Russell Carpenter, Ph.D.

Russell Carpenter, Ph.D., is Assistant Provost and Professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University. Carpenter serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Faculty Development and past editor of the Communication Center Journal. Carpenter has written or edited a wide range of books including Engaging Millennial Faculty, Studio-Based Approaches for Multimodal Projects, Writing Studio Pedagogy, and Sustainable Learning Spaces. Articles have appeared in Computers and Composition, Journal of Learning Spaces, Across the Disciplines, Journal of Excellence in College Teaching, Academic Leader, and the Journal of Creative and Artistic Education, among others. Carpenter is the former President of the Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) and Chair of the National Association of Communication Centers. He received the 2018 Turner Award from the National Association of Communication Centers, along with the 2015 Preston Award for Leadership. In 2020, he was awarded the Southeastern Writing Center Association’s highest recognition, the Achievement Award. He designed and implemented the Faculty (Re)Engagement Institute, now in its third iteration.

Julia Alexander

Assistant Teaching Professor of Teacher Education and Certification

Missouri S&T

Julia Alexander is excited to join the team in the Missouri S&T Teacher Education and Certification Department. Mrs. Alexander earned her Master’s of Education with an emphasis in Special Reading from Drury University. Her research interests include dyslexia (early detection and intervention) and phonics intervention in struggling readers. Mrs. Alexander eagerly joins the department after eleven years in elementary and middle school education. During which she served in many roles such as Leadership Committee Chair, Teacher Advisory Group representative, PLC team member, student club sponsor(s), Washington D.C./N.Y.C. trip coordinator/leader, and cheerleading coach just to name a few. She understands the pivotal role educators play in the lives of students and is mindfully enthusiastic in the opportunity to share her experiences and knowledge with the next class of great educators.

Mohamad Ali bin Baba

Doctoral Candidate

Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Mohamad Ali bin Baba is a Doctoral Candidate in Learning System Design and Technology, Department of Curriculum & Instruction at Southern Illinois University. Research interests: Educational Data Mining Learning Management System Learner interaction

manon Allard-kropp

Instructional Designer

Missouri Online

Samuel Allen

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

Randolph-Macon College

Samuel Allen is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Randolph-Macon College. His research interests include argumentation, intersectional feminist and rhetorical theory, U.S. political communication, and the rhetoric of health & medicine.

Rachel Bailey-Wood

Assistant Clinical Professor

University of Missouri-Columbia

Rachel Bailey-Wood is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she teaches Social Work to primarily graduate students, both in seat and online. She is trained in evidence-based practices including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, and Prolonged Exposure. Rachel has extensive training and experience in assessment and treatment of suicidal patients and trauma. She is a co-founding member of DBT Vitality, and treats suicidal and trauma patients in her private practice.

Kris Baranovic

Instructional Design Manager

Missouri Online

Kris Baranovic is an instructional design manager for Missouri Online. He also sometimes teaches writing and once won a candy dispenser for a creative writing class he took back in the early 2000s.

Phillip Bode

Director of the Writing Center

Missouri S&T

I have been Director of the S&T Writing Center since September 2020. My interests in writing centers are varied and constantly evolving--be it service learning outreach, biased institutional language against multilingual students, new media affordances, and more.

Dr. Abram Book

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Modern Languages

Southeast Missouri State University

Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Modern Languages at Southeast Missouri State University. Research interests include communication within religious organizations, Southern rhetoric and media ecology. I am an ADHDer with a son on the autism spectrum, which means I am constantly learning about the necessity of conducting oneself with grace and I certainly am not always perfect at it.

Christina Branson

Instructor for Humanities

Maryville University

Javier Caride

Instructional Designer

Missouri Online

Javier Caride is an instructional designer with Missouri Online, where he helps design and support online courses and faculty development programs. However, he also has a background in philosophy, and will talk your ears off about educational theory, epistemology, or Aristotelian trivia.

Dr. Ryan Cheek

Assistant Professor of English and Technical Communication

Missouri S&T

Ryan Cheek is an assistant professor in the Department of English and Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science & Technology. He has extensive experience teaching courses in civic advocacy and his research addresses how technical rhetorics and technological phenomena iterate social relations, political ideologies, and ethical commitments in apocalyptic times.

Dr. Robert Cote

Assistant Teaching Professor

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Robert Cote is the Assistant Teaching Professor and Program Director for the Undergraduate Bachelor of Arts Organizational Leadership Program in the School of Arts and Sciences. Robert Cote is an accomplished leader with 25 years’ experience in multiple industries in various management and leadership roles. His experience has focused on driving team commitment, encourage creativity and innovation that inspires a positive and productive culture. He is a transparent leader that utilizes an open and honest communication process to facilitate clear expectations. Throughout his career, he has been regarded as a leader that has been able to adapt to change while inspiring, motivating, and empowering individuals to succeed. Research Interests: Adaptive Leadership Darkside Leadership Task and Relationship Oriented Behaviors Situational Leadership Transformational/Transactional Leadership

Jason Crandall

Director of Learning Design & Innovation

Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Edward Crowley

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Edward Crowley is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. Crowley completed his undergraduate in Agricultural Economics with an emphasis in Computer Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia, followed by his MBA at Mary Hardin-Baylor University in Belton Texas, and finally his Doctorate in Business Administration at Manchester University in Manchester, England. Following a successful career in high tech fortune 500 companies such as Texas Instruments and Lexmark International, Dr. Crowley launched several of his own companies including a global consulting firm with offices in Kentucky, England, Singapore, and Japan where his team of advisors worked with high tech clients in over 50 countries globally.  In 2020 Dr. Crowley started his second career by entering academia at Southeast Missouri State University.  In addition to teaching, Dr. Crowley operates an integrated farming operation in Southeast Missouri and serves on multiple regional and community non-profit boards.

Carol DeFreese

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Qiang Dotzel

Teaching Professor in Department of Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, and Statistics

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Qiang Dotzel is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy and Statistics at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. She enjoys teaching with technology. She constantly searches for ways to be effective at her teaching and experiments with a variety of resources to enhance her students learning.

Corrie Dudley

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Southeast Missouri State University

Corrie Dudley is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She graduated from Southeast Missouri State with her BSN in 2002 and began working in an acute care maternal-child specialty until receiving her MSN in 2011. She is a licensed Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in the state of Missouri and received her Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree from Maryville University in 2017. As a FNP, she has worked in areas of Women’s Health, Urgent Care, and Abuse. In 2018, she began working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing at Southeast and was the Undergraduate Program Director from 2020- 2022. She teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.

Cheryl Eichenseer

Professor of Mathematics

St. Charles Community College

Cheryl Eichenseer has been teaching mathematics for over 20 years. Her current courses consist of math for liberal arts majors, both traditional lecture and online, and the Calculus sequence.

Laura Foley

Instructional Designer

Missouri Online

Laura Foley is an instructional designer with Missouri Online. She is a member of the University of Missouri System Digital Accessibility Taskforce and strives to find ways to make accessibility less daunting for faculty.

Dr. Daniel Forciniti

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Missouri S&T

Daniel Forciniti was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he pursued studies in Chemistry (B.S.) and then in Chemical Engineering (M.S.). He, Gladys (his wife) and Leandro (his son) came to the U.S. in 1984 to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemical engineering.  Two years later, their daughter Eliana was born. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from N.C.S.U. after spending one year in the Institute for Enzymology, Julich, Germany. He joined the Chemical Engineering Department of S&T in 1991, was promoted to Associate Professor in 1997 and to Full Professor in 2004. He is currently the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs at S&T.  His research interest is in the purification of biologics (proteins) and on protein aggregation. He has taught numerous courses over the years including a separations of biologics lecture and laboratory sequence. He enjoys watching football (the one with a spherical ball), building his H.O. layout and traveling through the word.

Kate Foster

Instructor

St. Charles Community College

Kate teaches Developmental Mathematics at St. Charles Community College. She is enthusiastic about helping students overcome their fears of math and reach their potential.

Tina Fox

Media Designer

Missouri Online

Tina Fox is a media designer with Missouri Online, where she helps create online courses that are visually engaging and accessible for all learners. Her background is in English, but she has always had a passion for art and graphic design.

Dr. Cathryn Friel

Sr. Instructional Designer and Quality Evaluation Team Lead

Missouri Online

Dr. Catt Friel is a Sr. Instructional Designer and Quality Evaluation Team Lead at Missouri Online. Her professional work focuses on faculty development, quality assurance, and research. Dr. Friel’s research interest is in applying learning theories and course design to support neurodiverse learners and create inclusive learning environments. She has over 13 years of experience teaching in-person and online courses.

Dr. Jana Gerard

Coordinator of the EDvolution Center

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Jana Gerard is the Coordinator of the EDvolution Center at Southeast Missouri State University. She spends her time solving problems, creating cool multimedia projects, and tinkering with robots.

Dr. Mary Gillis

Assistant Teaching Professor of Teacher Education and Certification

Missouri S&T

Mary Gillis comes to the Missouri S&T Teacher Education and Certification Department after a career in secondary public education. Dr. Gillis earned her doctorate in Educational Practice with an emphasis in Heritage Leadership for Sustainability, Social Justice, and Participatory Culture from the University of Missouri St. Louis. Her research interests include the development of a curricular model and methodology for empowering youth to become civically engaged citizens. Dr. Gillis joins the department after 20 years in the English Language Arts Department at Rolla High School where she served as Department Chair and Curriculum Specialist for the English Department, advised numerous school publications, and served as the English Language Arts Embedded Credit Coordinator for Rolla Technical Institute/Center. She is passionate about the important role of public education and is excited to mentor teacher candidates through coursework and the student teacher experience. 

mathew Goldberg

Associate Teaching Professor of English and Technical Communication

Missouri S&T

Mathew Goldberg is an Associate Teaching Professor in the English and Technical Communication Department at Missouri S&T. He earned an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Arkansas and a BSE in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering at Duke University. Before he entered graduate school in English, he studied and worked as an engineer. He brings this fact up with his students and stresses the importance of writing in every discipline. Writing is a craft like any other, and he hopes that his passion encourages students to conscientiously embrace the process. He teaches several courses, including Introductory Composition, Writing and Research, American Literature 1865-Present, Detection Fiction, Introductory to Creative Writing, and Fiction Writing, and he co-established the Creative Writing Minor in the English and Technical Communication Department. He has taught his courses in a variety of formats, including seated, blended, online synchronous, and online asynchronous. He is the recipient of a Faculty Achievement Award as well as a “We Love Your Class” Award. He also serves as the faculty advisor for Southwinds, the university’s arts magazine that mixes the literary with other aesthetic modes. His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Shenandoah, American Short Fiction, and StoryQuarterly, among others. His short story collection placed as a finalist for The Iowa Review Award, and he received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council as well as a Special Mention for a Pushcart Prize.

Dr. Michel Gueldry

Professor of French and Intercultural Studies

Missouri S&T

I was raised between France, Germany, and North Africa, and spent more than half of my life in the US. I often taught and researched across traditional academic silos and disciplines, because reality is not organized along neat academic fields. I have a personal and professional interest in intercultural competence (IC) and in cognitive and neuro-psychology, evolutionary psychology, and transpersonal psychology. I am fascinated by the fundamental questions: self-knowledge, knowledge of reality, and epistemological questions--how do we know, how do we know that we know, and how do we differentiate between beliefs and truth? This knowledge and skills are vital for self and society, especially in our age of faux news, toxic lies, and cognitive, emotional, and ethical confusion. Indeed, emotional and social intelligence are key to our students' learning, personal and social development.

Dr. Lauren Hays

Assistant Professor of Educational Technology

University of Central Missouri

Lauren Hays, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of educational technology at the University of Central Missouri where she teaches classes on research, leadership, and emerging technologies. She is passionate about good instruction and is always looking for a new teaching method to try.

Dushanthi Herath

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Maryville University

Dr. James Hutson

Lead XR Disruptor

Lindenwood University

Dr. James Hutson is Lead XR Disruptor at Lindenwood University and oversees interdisciplinary research in the XR and Gaming Lab and Arts and Immersive Culture Hub in the College of Arts and Humanities. Areas of research interest include gamification, game-based learning, AI, XR, and online education.

Dr. Beth Kania-Gosche

Professor and Chair of Teacher Education and Certification

Missouri S&T

Dr. Kania-Gosche (Dr. Beth to her students) is Professor and Chair of Teacher Education and Certification at Missouri S&T. She taught high school English in a rural high school and is passionate about providing quality teachers to schools in the region. Dr. Beth holds a PhD in Educational Studies from Saint Louis University, an MEd in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a BS in English Education from Southeast Missouri State. She currently teaches the undergraduate course EDUC 3216 Reading in the Content Area, and she also has experience teaching doctoral research courses, supervising student teachers, and serving as a national site visitor. She embraces innovative ideas to strengthen the preparation of teachers in her program and consistently seeks input from students, alumni, and other stakeholders. Dr. Kania-Gosche is the president of the Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and she has served on many state workgroups and committees. Her accomplishments include leadership of the state report card revision for educator preparation programs and development of statewide instruments such as the student teaching evaluation rubric and the alumni/employer survey. Her goal is that every Missouri public school student has a caring, qualified teacher in their classroom.

Dr. Rachel Kohman

Director of Kummer Student Programs

Missouri S&T

Rachel Kohman, Ed.D. has worked in student affairs since 2011. Her professional roles range from residential life coordinator to student involvement. Her experiences have centered on supporting student success which includes coordinating a CARE team, advising student government and recognized student organizations, and organizing new student orientation. Rachel is passionate about utilizing adaptive leadership in action and building holistic, collaborative solutions to support student success.

Tucker Krone

Lecturer

Washington University in St. Louis

Natalya Kutsevalova

Instructor of Mathematics

Southeast Missouri State University

Ying-Hsiu Liu

Instructional Designer

Missouri Online

Ying-Hsiu has worked with individual faculty members in providing pedagogical and curricular design consultation; her interest areas are: active learning pedagogy (case-based method, case-based reasoning, problem-based learning, etc.), knowledge application,  computer supported collaborative learning, and authentic assessment.

Jaqueline Meinecke

Assistant Director of Kummer Student Programs

Missouri S&T

Johnna Murray

Associate Teaching Professor

University of Missouri-St. Louis

I am an Associate Teaching Professor in the College of Business at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. I teach Accounting at the introductory level as well as Accounting Information Systems. The use of technology is important for all my classes and I enjoy finding new ways to introduce technology to my students. I am also enrolled in the DBA program at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. My research interests include leadership influences on financial information.

Dr. Pam parry

Professor of Mass Media

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Pam Parry has been teaching communication/media studies for 25 years, and her research focuses on teaching philosophy and
student engagement.  Her father, Dr. Myron G. Parry, was an associate professor and registrar at Missouri S&T for nearly 40 years.

Dr. Meghann Pytka

Instructional Specialist

Washington University in St. Louis

Meghann Pytka, PhD, is an instructional specialist in the McKelvey School of Engineering. In her previous life, she was a trained historian. Now, she brings her dedication to students and data-informed solutions to teaching and learning in STEM environments.

Dr. Monica Radu

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Social Work, & Sociology

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Monica Radu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology.  She teaches a wide-range of courses, including Racial and Ethnic Relations, Social Stratification and Inequality, Deviant Social Behavior, and Invisible Families. Her research interests include intimate partner violence, school safety, and family inequality.

Dr. Sophia Scott

Professor

Faculty Director for the Center for Teaching and Learning-Agriculture, Center for Teaching and Learning, and Engineering & Technology

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Sophia Scott has been teaching in higher education for over 20 years. Her research interest focus on leadership, problem solving, and innovative teaching methods.

Dr. Jenna Sehmann

Instructor of Double Reeds and Music History

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Jenna Sehmann is Instructor of Double Reeds and Music History at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO. In addition to her music performance endeavors, Dr. Sehmann's research interests include narrative and storytelling in instrumental music, ethnomusicology, and popular music in America. At SEMO, Dr. Sehmann teaches all upper-level special topics musicology courses, and has focused on diversifying the music history curriculum beyond the traditional Western Music History canon.

Dr. BJ Shrestha

Associate Teaching Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Missouri S&T

The presenter has been teaching various courses since 1996 to the present at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology. Striving for excellence in teaching by way of incorporating innovative approaches is his passion.

Outside of Educational innovation research, his discipline-based research interests are in the field of image processing, specifically as applied to skin cancer diagnosis, neutron and photon transport, Monte Carlo Simulations.

Previously, he presented a talk on “Building Expectations” in the Teaching and Learning Technology (TLT) Conference during (March 12-13, 2015) Conference, on “Learning to Learn” (TLT) Conference during (March 17-18, 2016) Conference, on “Striving for Excellence in Teaching Circuit” (TLT) Conference during (March 16-17, 2017) Conference, on “Literacy in S.T.E.M. Education” (TLT) Conference during (March 15, 2018) Conference, and on “Assessment” (TLT) Conference during (March 14, 2019) Conference.

Eva Grouling Snider

Instructional Consultant

Ball State University

I am an Instructional Consultant in the Division of Online and Strategic Learning at Ball State University. In my role, I support faculty in realizing their teaching goals, including innovative teaching practices and uses of educational technologies. I have taught professional writing, graphic design, web design, and marketing.

Dr. Kristen N. Sobba

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Kristen N. Sobba is Associate Professor and the Criminal Justice Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, & Sociology, Southeast Missouri State University. Her research interests include bullying & cyberbullying, victimology, and juvenile delinquency.

Dr. Steven Austin Stovall

Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. Stovall is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He has started 7 companies, including business-to-business, restaurants, and publishing. As an author, he has written four books and has published over 500 articles in magazines and journals. His research interests are in the fields of entrepreneurship, human resource management, business history, and qualitative research.

Kelly Tate

Associate Teaching Professor of English and Technical Communication

Missouri S&T

Kelly Tate is an Associate Teaching Professor in the English and Technical Communication Department at Missouri S&T. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas. With her background in Creative Writing and strong interest in American Literature and Composition, she teaches a variety of courses, including Introductory Composition, American Literature, Introductory to Creative Writing, and Creative Nonfiction Writing, and she co-established the English and Technical Communication Department's Creative Writing Minor. She has taught courses in a variety of formats, including seated, blended, online synchronous, and online asynchronous. For her, teaching is first and foremost a human activity that requires respect and care for students' well-being. She believes that when students feel comfortable and respected, they are better able to rise to the challenge of meeting high expectations. This is true both in seated classes as well as online classes. Exploring the ways in which technology can improve the learning experience for all students is one of her top priorities. She agrees with poet Naomi Shihab Nye who says, “Teaching and writing are separate, but serve/feed one another in so many ways. Writing travels the world inward, teaching, the road out – helping OTHERS move inward. It is an honor to be with others in the spirit of writing and encouragement.” She is the recipient of two Faculty Achievement Awards, and she has been nominated for a We Love Your Class award four times. Her creative work has been published in Eastern Iowa Review, Cave Region Review, Art Amiss, and Many Mountains Moving. 

Dr. Emmanuel Thompson

Professor of Mathematics

Southeast Missouri State University

Dr. haohao Wang

Professor of Mathematics

Southeast Missouri State University

Alicia Ward

Instructional Designer

University of Texas-Arlington

As an instructional designer (her dream job!) in higher education, Alicia enjoys the creativity, brainstorming, and problem-solving that come with bringing faculty visions for course design to life. She enjoys working with diverse faculty who challenge her and strives to take an individualized approach for each course she collaborates on. If she's not working on course design, she's making memorable messes in the kitchen with her three kids who are learning to master her top secret chocolate chip cookie recipe, getting a sunburn at the swimming pool, or sitting under the stars roasting smore's in the mountains of Idaho.

Kris Wingo

Instructional Designer

Missouri Online

Dr. Sally Wu

Assistant Director for Educational Technology

Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. Sally PW Wu is the Assistant Director for Educational Technology at Washington University in St Louis. Her work focuses on enhancing instructional design and pedagogical practices with educational technologies, using theories based in learning sciences research. She is passionate about: #mentoring #visualization #metacognition #scaffolding #activelearning #data #formativeassessment #equity #technology #STEMed #learningsciences #interdisciplinarystudies

Alexander Wulff

Assistant Professor and Director of Writing and Multimodal Composition

Maryville University

Alex Wulff is an assistant professor and the director of Writing and Multimodal Composition at Maryville University. He teaches writing and rhetoric courses with an emphasis on writing across the disciplines. His research interests are in writing center scholarship, composition studies, and the long nineteenth century.