Kira Lemons serves as the International Programs Coordinator at Stanford Law School, where she supports international programs and opportunities for global and intercultural engagement.

Prior to joining Stanford Law School, Kira worked with professional programs in the College of Engineering at San José State University. While at SJSU, she earned an M.A. in Higher Education Leadership and began an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. Her doctoral research focuses on equitable access to study abroad and study away opportunities for undergraduate students. She also holds an M.A. in International Education Management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

Kira brings extensive international experience to her work in higher education. She served for two years in the Peace Corps and later spent two years at an international school in Mongolia, where she taught A-Level and IGCSE English and served as a secondary school principal. Earlier, she taught in Japan through the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program.

Kira earned her B.A. in English Language, Linguistics, and Literature from the University of Mary Washington. Across her professional, academic, and international experiences, her work is grounded in a commitment to expanding meaningful and equitable opportunities for students to learn across cultures.

Kira’s commitment to international education is rooted in her own experiences growing up in an Army family. She spent part of her childhood in Germany and traveled throughout Germany and Europe, experiences that fostered an early appreciation for learning across cultures. She believes that international and intercultural experiences are an important part of education and that higher education offers a particularly meaningful opportunity to make those experiences accessible to students.