Making a Difference Through Dialogue
Summer Institute Faculty
The Institute faculty has extensive experience as professors, department chairs, deans, and university administrators at three major universities. They cover an impressive range of subjects and areas of expertise including counseling, education, agriculture, anthropology, intercultural communication, the performing arts, law, religious studies, gender studies and theatre.
Roger L. Worthington, Ph.D.
Assistant Deputy Chancellor and
Chief Diversity Officer
Principal Investigator
University of Missouri
Noor Azizan-Gardner, MBA
Director of Programming and
Professional Development
Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative
University of Missouri
Robert Baum, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Religious Studies
University of Missouri
Suzanne Burgoyne, Ph.D.
Curators’ Teaching Professor of Theatre and
Catherine Middlebush Chair of
Fine & Performing Arts
Co-Principal Investigator
University of Missouri
Sandra Hodge, Ph.D.
Extension Associate Professor
Division of Applied Social Sciences
University of Missouri
Paul Ladehoff , Esq.
Director, Campus Mediation Service
University of Missouri
Peggy Placier, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Missouri
Libby Roderick, M.A.
Associate Director,
Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
Project Director
University of Alaska Anchorage
Pauline Strong, Ph.D.
Associate Director, The Humanities Institute
Principal Investigator
University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Student Assistants
Greg Alfred, M.S.
Ph.D. Student/Graduate Research Assistant
Noah Lelek, M.A.
Ph.D. Student, Theatre
Andrea Onstad, M.F.A.
Ph.D. Student, Theatre
Taleb Khairallah, M.S.
Ph.D. Student/Licensed Professional Counselor
Cece McFarland, M.A.
Ph.D. Student, Theatre
Emily Rollie, M.A.
Ph.D. Student, Theatre