Past Faculty Fellows

On behalf of the University of Missouri Difficult Dialogues Initiative, and the Office of the Chancellor's Diversity Initiative, please join us in congratulating the following individuals who were selected as 2006-2007 MU Difficult Dialogue Faculty Fellows:

Winter Semester '07

	Kathleen Boggs, Educational, School & Counseling Psychology Within a multicultural context, Kathleen Boggs teaches courses in theories and practices of clinical supervision, counseling methods and practices, practica in counseling psychology, and theories of career development for women. She works with the advanced doctoral students in Counseling Psychology and School Psychology to obtain their clinical-practice internships across the country and monitors their year-long training experiences. Her primary interests are in clinical training/teaching and supervision, career transitions of adults, developmental/clinical issues of college students, consultation, and campus mediation. She has been involved with national issues on psychology internship and postdoctoral training and is a licensed psychologist in Missouri and Utah. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in the Society of Counseling Psychology and in the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues.
	Vicki Boyd-Kennedy, The Learning Center Vicki Boyd-Kennedy is the TRiO Academic Advisor at the MU Learning Center and Academic Exploration and Advising Services. She advises first-year students and instructs FIG Pro-Seminar and First-Year Experience courses. The focus of her teaching is to help students learn the culture of college and to become successful students.
	Nathan Boyer, The Department of Art Nathan Boyer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Art. He earned his BFA at Tufts University and his MFA at the Yale School of Art. He has participated in the Skowhegan and U-Cross residency programs and received awards including the Gloucester Landscape Painting Fellowship from Yale and the Traveling Scholar Prize from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For several years he has worked on parallel projects exploring serial narratives in painting and Web-based animation. He teaches graduate and undergraduate painting and drawing courses that engage cultural and critical theory as well as practical skills.
	Philip Clart, Department of Religious Studies Philip Clart is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, where he serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies and teaches classes in East Asian religions. He received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1997. His research focuses on popular religion and religious change in Chinese societies past and present.
	Patricia Friedrichsen, Learning, Teaching & Curriculum and Division of Biological Sciences Patricia Friedrichsen is an Assistant Professor, jointly appointed in the Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum and the Division of Biological Sciences. She received her Ph.D. from Penn State in 2002. She teaches a course in introductory biology for non-science majors and science methods courses for prospective science teachers. She also teaches graduate methods courses in the SMAR2T program, an alternative certification program for science and mathematics teachers. She conducts research on secondary science teacher learning.
	Candace Galen, Biological Sciences Candace Galen is a professor in the Division of Biological Sciences and co-director of MU's Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology Program "Training Ecologist Doctors for the 21st Century". The NSF funded UMEB program aims to increase minority representation in environmental biology. She conducts research on the ecology, evolution and conservation of mutualisms--relationships between species in which both partners benefit. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an Associate Editor-in-Chief for the Ecological Society of America. Galen's research has been the topic of news features in Science magazine, Natural History Magazine, and Science News.
	Glen Heggie, Nuclear Medicine Technology Glen Heggie is the director of UMC's Nuclear Medicine Technology program. Dr. Heggie spent 27 years overseeing the clinical portion of the Nuclear Medicine Technology program in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he also completed three degrees in post-secondary education and its administration (BEd, MEd, EdD). Earning his designation as a registered technologist from the CSRT (Canadian Society of Radiographic Technologists) in 1973 he also holds a Fellowship with the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). Other than Nuclear Medicine Dr Heggie has worked in Anatomic Pathology, Medical Laboratory and Radiotherapy and has acted as a consultant for national professional associations in both Nuclear Medicine and Medical Sonography.
	Brick Johnstone, Health Psychology Brick Johnstone is a Professor, Chair of the MU Department of Health Psychology, and the director of the Spirituality and Health research project of the MU Center for Religion, the Professions, and the Public. He is a clinical neuropsychologist and the PI of a grant to train more rehabilitation and neuropsychologists to serve persons with chronic disabilities in rural, underserved areas of the state.
	M. Harold Laughlin, Biomedical Sciences Dr. Laughlin is a Curators' Professor and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics at the University of Iowa in 1974. He teaches anatomy to medical students and undergraduate students and physiology to medical students. He does research on the cardiorespiratory effects of exercise and the importance of physical activity to vascular health. Using molecular biology, biochemistry, vascular cell biology, physiology, and anatomy, current experiments are focused on endothelial cell biology and determining the effects of physical activity on endothelial phenotype in health and vascular disease.
	S. David Mitchell, School of Law S. David Mitchell is an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. He earned his aw degree at the University of Pennsylvania and a M.A. in Sociology. He teaches courses on Torts, Criminal Justice Administration, and Law and Society. His scholarship interests focus on issues surrounding felon disenfranchisement, ex-offender reentry and the restoration of rights, and citizenship. Prior to joining the law school faculty, Professor Mitchell was a Scholar in Residence in the Sociology Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has taught history at the Collegiate School in New York City and served as the Director of Student Multicultural Services.
	Eryca Neville, Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum Eryca Neville is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum. She teaches Classroom Research, Authentic Assessment, Inquiry into Schools, Community and Society, and Elementary Social Studies Methods. Topics addressed in her classes include: multicultural education, the interplay of class, gender, and race in education, and creating curriculum that meets the needs of diverse learners.
	Elizabeth Pickens, MU Women’s Center Elizabeth Pickens is the MU Women’s Center Advisor where she works with students and programming. She is currently completed her MEd. in Counseling Psychology. Her research interests include feminist theories in Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, and grass roots activism. She currently teaches a Women’s & Gender Studies course examining race and U.S. experiences of girlhood.
	Chris Pierret, Doctoral Candidate, Biological Sciences Chris is a graduate student in the Biological Sciences working in the laboratory of Mark D. Kirk. He studies the process of mammalian adult neurogenesis using a novel culture system developed in the Kirk Lab. He employs mouse embryonic stem cells to grow cultures which may provide information both about the process of neurogenesis and possibly lead to new therapeutic approaches for neurodegenerative disease. Chris has included in his studies the development of a new course together with Pat Friedrichsen for intersession offering entitled Stem Cells and Society.
	LuAnne Roth, English LuAnne Roth is an Instructor in the English Department where she teaches courses in American folklore and film studies and serves as Associate Editor of the Center for eResearch. Roth’s research has primarily focused on foodways and material culture in America, her current study interrogating cinematic representations of the Thanksgiving meal through a postcolonial lens. Her courses focus in particular on how food and film are used to negotiate ethnicity, race, gender, and power.
	Frank Schmidt, Biochemistry Frank Schmidt is Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Medicine and the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Schmidt's teaching interests are in the development of interactive, inquiry-based science education for Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Students. He serves as Principal Investigator for the NSF-supported CUES (Connecting Undergraduates to the Enterprise of Science) project. His research is in nucleic acid biochemistry and in genomically-guided strategies for the identification of novel antimicrobial compounds. He is a member of Faculty Council and is Chair of the University of Missouri system Intercampus Faculty Council for 2006-2007. He received MU's Human Rights Achievement Award in 1995 and was named Honors College Professor of the Year in 2000.
	Carol Snively, School of Social Work Carol Snively is the MSW Program Director in the School of Social Work. She received her PhD in Social Work from the Ohio State University. Prior to academia, Carol worked for 15 years as a registered/ board certified art therapist and social worker with youth and their families in mental health and addiction treatment in hospital, residential, school based and community settings. She teaches courses on mental health and social justice issues such as SW8040 Narrative Approaches to Social Work Practice and SW7760 Foundations of Social Justice. Her research interests include youth development and community betterment and effective helping strategies for sexual minority youth.
	Donna Strickland, English Donna Strickland is an Assistant Professor of English, where she teaches undergraduate courses in writing and graduate courses in writing pedagogy and rhetorical theory. Her research works at the intersection of composition studies, rhetorical theory, and cultural studies, examining the ideological leanings and managerial imperatives of composition as a field of study.

Fall Semester '06

	Motoko Akiba, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Motoko Akiba is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education, Leadership and Policy Analysis. She conducts research on school safety, multicultural teacher education, and comparative and international education. Applying quantitative policy methods, her research program aims to produce policy-relevant knowledge useful for improving student learning and health.
	Mary Bixby, The Learning Center Mary Bixby is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education in the department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum and a Learning Resource Specialist at the MU Learning Center. She works with students to help them develop their learning strategies, and in 1989 she developed the campus First-Year Experience Course; which she instructs annually. Her research interests are adult literacy, how differently-abled (attention-disordered and learning disabled students) learn, and strategies for success, retention and graduation of underrepresented undergraduates.
	Bill Bondeson, Philosophy Bill Bondeson is Curators' Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy and Family and Community Medicine. He is also Consultant to the Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Affairs, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Nursing, and a member of the Center for Health Ethics. He teaches Introduction to Philosophy, Medical Ethics, and in the Honors College Humanities Sequence. He has published four books and numerous articles on health care, ancient philosophy, higher education and teaching.
	Karen Cockrell, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis Karen Cockrell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She teaches courses on philosophic theories, professional ethics, and politics in education as well as a foundations of education course in the College of Education teacher preparation program. Her articles are published in the Journal of School Leadership, Teaching and Teacher Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Educational Administration Quarterly, and Journal of Higher Education. Cockrell is a member of the review panel for the Journal of American Indian Education.
	Jonathan Hess, Communications Jonathan Hess is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication. He instructs courses on personal and family relationships, communication ethics, and controversies in communication. Some of the topics addressed in his classroom include the ethics of teaching evolution vs. intelligent design in high school science classes, or providing health information vs. abstinence-based curriculum in sex education classes.
	Elizabeth Hornbeck, Architectural Studies Elizabeth Hornbeck is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Architectural Studies. She instructs courses including Architecture in Film, Renaissance and Baroque Architecture and Modern Architecture.
	Victoria Johnson, Sociology Victoria Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Davis with a designated emphasis in the Social Theory and Comparative History program. Her areas of specialization are social movements, historical and comparative methods, cultural sociology, political sociology and labor history.
	Michael Porter, Communications Michael J. Porter is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Director of Special Degree Programs for the College of Arts and Science. He teaches an upper level course, Media Communication in Society, for majors in television criticism. His research interests focus on media literacy, analyzing the narrative structure of television programs, and gender representation in the media.
	Jenice Prather-Kinsey, Accountancy Jenice Prather-Kinsey is an Associate Professor in the School of Accountancy and an Administrative Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Vice Provost at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She teaches international accounting and cost accounting. She co-authors a textbook "Cost Accounting: Foundations and Evolutions", 6th edition with Thomson Southwestern Publishers.
	Katherine Reed, Journalism Katherine Reed is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism. She joined the journalism faculty after a five-year stint in Prague, Czech Republic, where she was the editor-in-chief of Prague Business Journal and an instructor at the Center for Independent Journalism. She taught news writing and reporting at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va., where she also worked as a copy editor and film/theater reviewer for the Roanoke Times. Reed received a master's degree in English and creative writing from Hollins University in Roanoke, Va., in 1991 and a bachelor's degree in journalism (news-editorial) from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1982.
	Sharon Santus, Journalism Sharon Santus is an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Journalism. She has worked as a reporter, projects editor and writing coach for newspapers in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Missouri and Germany. She has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and a master's degree in journalism with an international affairs concentration from Columbia University in New York. Her specialty is developing and producing in-depth reports and investigative journalism on social issues including the millions of Americans without health insurance, racial profiling, injustice inside America's courtrooms, and drug and alcohol addiction.
	Deanna Sharpe, Personal Financial Planning Deanna Sharpe is an Associate Professor and Certified Financial Planner Program Director in the Department of Personal Financial Planning. Her courses include Assessing the American Dream, a writing intensive course that evaluates the impact of values, choice, and social and economic trends on individual and family financial and economic well-being; Tax Planning and Employee Benefit and Retirement Planning in the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards registered curriculum, and family economics. Her research examines factors affecting family economic well-being. Recent work has analyzed wealth and income distribution, economic aspects of grandparents caring for their grandchildren and the financial impact on families of having a child with autism.
	Daniel Wescott, Anthropology Daniel Wescott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, who received his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee in 2001. His research and teaching focus is in the area of human skeletal biology, with special interests in bioarchaeology, forensic anthropological methods, long bone biomechanics, and secular change. His research primarily concerns understanding human skeletal variation and how and why the skeleton changes through time within populations.
	Elizabeth Wilson, Social Work Elizabeth Wilson is a Clinical Instructor in the School of Social Work. She received her Bachelors and Masters of Social Work degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She teaches courses such as Introduction to Child Welfare; Community and Organization, Child Welfare Policy Programs. Her research interests include rights for victims of crime; grief work with violent crime victims; and vicarious trauma in crisis workers and advocates.