Dr. Kevin Merges is the Executive Director of Global Education Programs at Rutgers Preparatory School and a co-founder of Virtual Research, LLC.  He has presented at conferences around the United States, as well as Canada, China, Jamaica, and Turkey, on the topics of communication through online environments, virtual reality, and augmented reality in education.  His work with UN-affiliated NGOs includes a focus on using immersive and Web3 technologies to connect constituents to the mission of the civil society members.