Stephanie Schroeder's main research focuses on how gene expression changes in response to environmental challenges in two model systems (Drosophila and Cancer). In Drosophila, Schroeder and her students have looked at conditions that increase the incidence of seizures, kidney stones and learning/memory (Alzheimers, Parkinsons, exposure to volatile anesthetics). The human cancer lines that students have explored are brain, breast, liver, melanoma, ovarian and stomach. They have analyzed the effect of various compounds on growth, viability and apoptosis. Schroeder welcomes undergraduate students interested in research to conduct independent research with her as early as their second semester at Webster. She also works with Nurse Anesthesia students in the DNAP program on how anesthetic and other clinical agents affect Drosophila at young and older ages.

David Lopatto 1, Anne G Rosenwald 2, , Stephanie Schroeder 63, , Sarah C R Elgin 73 (93 total contributors) Facilitating Growth through Frustration: Using Genomics Research in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience, J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2020 Feb 28 21(1): 21.1.6. doi: 10.1128/jmbe.v21i1.2005. eCollection 2020.

David I Hanauer, Mark J. Graham, SEA-PHAGES (222 contributors), Laura Betancur, Aiyana Bobrownicki, Steven G. Cresawn, Rebecca A. Garlena, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Nancy Kaufmann, Welkin H. Pope, Daniel A. Russell, William R. Jacobs*, Viknesh Sivanathan, David J. Asai*, and Graham F. Hatfull*. (2017) An Inclusive Research-Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning. PNAS 114(51): 13531-13536. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1718188115. Epub 2017 Dec 5.

Elgin, SCR, (2017) The GEP: Crowd-Sourcing Big Data Analysis with Undergraduates. Trends in Genetics. DOI information: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.11.004

Lopatto D, Schroeder SC, Shaffer CD, Threlfall J, Elgin SCR. (2014) A Central Support System Can Facilitate Implementation and Sustainability of a Classroom-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in Genomics. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2014 Winter 13(4): 711-23. doi: 10.1187/cbe.13-10-0200.

Shaffer CD, Schroeder SC, Elgin SCR (83 authors). (2013) A Course-Based Research Experience: How Benefits Change with Increased Investment in Instructional Time. CBE – Life Sciences Education. 13(1): 11-130.

Christopher D. Shaffer, Stephanie Schroeder, and Sarah C.R. Elgin (80 authors) (2010) The Genomics Education Partnership: Successful Integration of Research into Laboratory Classes at a Diverse Group of Undergraduate Institutions. Cell Biology Education 9: 55-69.

Zhang L, Schroeder S, Fong N, and Bentley DL. (2005) Altered nucleosome occupancy and histone H3K4 methylation in response to 'transcriptional stress'. EMBO J. 24: 2379-90.

Schroeder SC, Zorio DA, Schwer B, Shuman S, Bentley D. (2004) A function of yeast mRNA cap methyltransferase, Abd1, in transcription by RNA polymerase II. Mol Cell. 13: 377-87

Licatalosi, D.L., Geiger, G., Minet, M., Schroeder, S., Cilli, K., McNeill, J. B., and Bentley, D.L. (2002) Functional interaction of yeast pre-mRNA 3' processing factors with RNA polymerase II., Molecular Cell 9: 1101-1111.

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Nora Dunkel completed her undergraduate studies at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, where her research focused on Arsenic quantitation and speciation in biological systems, as well as determining the oxidation state of antimony samples via kinetic analysis. Her graduate work at Washington University in St. Louis focused on the radiochemistry of zirconium and copper, developing novel tracers for positron emission tomography (PET) to rapidly identify bacterial infections in vivo. In industry, Dunkel worked as an analytical chemist. She developed and validated analytical methods to separate and identify compounds in a wide variety of matrices, including pesticides, food additives, and animal feed.

J. Chem. Educ. 2013, 90, 11, 1501-1503. (https://doi.org/10.1021/ed400021q)

*Note: this was published under maiden name, Nora Goscinski

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Victoria Brown-Kennerly is an associate professor in the College of Science and Health.

Victoria Brown-Kennerly has been a full-time faculty member since she began teaching and pursuing research at Webster University in 2013. She teaches introductory biology, genetics, bioinformatics, and research methods, and directs undergraduate research in her laboratory. In her lab, students annotate phage genomes as a part of the HHMI SEA-PHAGES program. Other students study the sensory & behavioral genetics of insects, using ants as a model system to explore how chemical contaminants change gene expression in the brain, and lead to abnormal behaviors. Brown-Kennerly enjoys teaching and advising students and has received university honors including the Women of Webster award from MCISA, Learning Happens Everywhere from Student Affairs, and the Faculty Advising Excellence Award from Academic Affairs.

Brown-Kennerly holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Emory University. She pursued postdoctoral research in proteomics at the University of Washington in Seattle and was a research assistant professor in the Dept. of Genetics at Washington University in St. Louis.

Meza K, Elfrink J, Polzin R, Stanley R, Kodikara R, Brown-Kennerly V. (2021) Herbicide effects on tunneling behaviors in ants, manuscript in preparation.

Brown-Kennerly,V., Preuss, M.L., Delesalle,V.A., Garlena,R.A., Russell, D.A., Jacobs-Sera,D. and Hatfull,G.F. (2021) Mycobacterium phage Josuke, complete genome, NCBI GenBank accession number OK310504, https://phagesdb.org/phages/Josuke/

Brown-Kennerly, V., Preuss,M.L., Schroeder,S., Bradley,S., Durban,K., Harrison,M., Xie,W., Thomas,D., Davis,E., Lai,T., Mohamed,Y., Curtis,N., Garlena,R.A., Russell,D.A., Pope,W.H., Jacobs-Sera,D. and Hatfull,G.F. (2019) Mycobacterium phage Bobby, complete genome. NCBI GenBank accession number MK524516, http://phagesdb.org/phages/Bobby/

Schriefer A, Cliften P, Hibberd M, Sawyer C, Brown-Kennerly V, Burcea L, Klotz E, Crosby S, Gordon J, Head R (2018) A multi-amplicon 16S rRNA sequencing and analysis method for improved taxonomic profiling of bacterial communities, J Microbiol Methods, November, 154:6-13. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.09.019.

Hanauer DI, Graham MJ; SEA-PHAGES, Betancur L, Bobrownicki A, Cresawn SG, Garlena RA, Jacobs-Sera D, Kaufmann N, Pope WH, Russell DA, Jacobs WR Jr, Sivanathan V, Asai DJ, Hatfull GF. et. al. (2017) An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Dec 19;114(51):13531-13536. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1718188115, V Brown-Kennerly indexed as contributing author.

Turaeva N, and Brown-Kennerly V (2015) Marcus model of spontaneous point mutation in DNA Chemical Physics, 461: 106-110

Carbery IC, Ji D, Harrington A, Brown V, Weinstein EJ, Liaw L, Cui X (2010) Targeted Genome Modification in Mice Using Zinc Finger Nucleases Genetics 186: 451-459

Sabina J and Brown V, The Glucose Sensing Network in Candida albicans – A Sweet Spot for Hyphal Morphogenesis (2009) Eukaryotic Cell 8: 1314-1320

Brown V, Sabina J, Johnston M (2009) Specialized Sugar Sensing in Diverse Fungi Current Biology: 19: 436-41

Sexton JA, Brown V, Johnston M (2007) Regulation of Sugar Transport and Metabolism by the Candida albicans Rgt1 Transcriptional Repressor Yeast: 24: 847-860

Brown V, Sexton JA, Johnston M (2006) A Glucose Sensor in Candida albicans Eukaryotic Cell: 5: 1726-1737

Brown V, Brown RA, Ozinsky A, Hesselberth JR, Fields S (2006) Binding Specificity of the Toll-Like Receptor Cytoplasmic Domains European Journal of Immunology: 36: 742-753

Brown V and Warren ST (2001) Trinucleotide Repeats – Dynamic DNA and Human Disease The Encyclopedia of Genetics (S. Brenner and J. H. Miller, eds.) Academic Press, New York, New York

Brown V, Jin P, Ceman S, Darnell JC, O’Donnell WT, Tenenbaum SA, Jin X, Feng Y, Wilkinson KD, Keene JD, Darnell RB, Warren ST (2001) Microarray Identification of FMRP-Associated Brain mRNAs and Altered Translational Profile in Fragile X Syndrome Cell: 107: 477-487

Darnell JC, Jensen KB, Jin P, Brown V, Warren ST, Darnell RB (2001) Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein mRNA Targets Harboring Intramolecular G-Quartets Encode Proteins Related to Synaptic Function Cell: 107: 488-498

Lumeng CN, Hauser M, Brown V, Chamberlain JS (1999) Expression of the 71kDa dystrophin isoform (Dp71) evaluated by gene targeting Brain Research: 830: 174-178

Brown V, Small K, Lakkis L, Feng Y, Gunter C, Wilkinson KD, Warren ST (1998) Purified Recombinant Fmrp Exhibits Selective RNA Binding as an Intrinsic Property of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein The Journal of Biological Chemistry: 73:15521-15527

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Phone 314-246-8645
Email vbrownkennerly64@webster.edu

Andrew Elvington, PhD, joined the Webster faculty in 2020 and has been a full-time faculty member in higher education since 2015. His teaching expertise spans many disciplines related to the biomedical sciences, principally immunology, cell biology, microbiology, and gross anatomy. In addition to undergraduates, he also teaches for the nurse anesthesia and biomedical sciences graduate programs, specifically immunology, cell biology, pathophysiology, and human anatomy. With teaching, he has a strong focus on conducting research and including students in these pursuits. His doctoral research investigated aspects of the immune system in injury and recovery in experimental stroke, and he then did post-doctoral research at Washington University, exploring how the immune system influences progression of cardiovascular disease. At Webster, his main research interests are investigating modulation of immune cell effector functions in models of inflammation and disease. Other research interests include cell biology, human gross anatomy, microbiology, and educational research.

Detering L, Abdilla A, Luehmann HP, Williams JW, Huang LH, Sultan D, Elvington A, Heo GS, Woodard PK, Gropler RJ, Randolph GJ, Hawker CJ, Liu Y. CC Chemokine Receptor 5 Targeted Nanoparticles Imaging the Progression and Regression of Atherosclerosis Using Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography. 2021. Mol Pharm. 18(3): 1386-1396. [PMID: 33591187]. DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c01183

Baba O, Huang LH, Elvington A, Szpakowska M, Sultan D, Heo GS, Zhang X, Luehmann H, Detering L, Chevigne A, Liu Y, Randolph GJ. CXCR4-binding positron emission tomography tracers link monocyte recruitment and endothelial injury in murine atherosclerosis. 2021. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 41(2):822-836. [PMID: 33327748]. DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315053.

Williams JW, Zaitsev, Kim KW, Ivanov S, Saunders BT, Schrank PR, Kim K, Elvington A, Kim SH, Tucker GC, Wohltmann M, Fife BT, Epelman, S, Artyomov M, Lavine KJ, Zinselmeyer BH, Choi JH, Randolph GJ. Limited proliferation capacity of aorta intima resident macrophages requires monocyte recruitment for atherosclerotic plaque progression. 2020. Nat Immunol. 21(10): 1194-1204. [PMID: 32895539]. DOI: 10.1038/s41590-020-0768-4.

Nie X, Elvington A, Laforest R, Zheng J, Voller T, Zayed MA, Abendschein DR, Bandara N, Xu J, Li R, Randolph GJ, Gropler RJ, Lapi SE, Woodard PK. 64Cu-ATSM positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging of hypoxia in human atherosclerosis. 2020. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 13(1): e009791. [PMID: 31910670]. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009791.

Williams JW, Elvington A, Kessler S, Wohltmann M, Wu G, Randolph GJ. B cell-mediated antigen presentation through MHC-II is dispensable for atherosclerosis progression. 2019. ImmunoHorizons. 3(1): 37-44. [PMID: 31356175]. DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.1800015.

Huang LH, Zinselmeyer BH, Chang CH, Saunders BT, Elvington A, Baba O, Broekelmann TJ, Qi L, Rueve JS, Swartz MA, Kim BS, Mecham RP, Wiig H, Thomas MJ, Sorci-Thomas MG, Randolph GJ. Interleukin 17 drives interstitial entrapment of tissue lipoproteins in experimental psoriasis. 2019. Cell Metab. 29(5): 475-487. [PMID: 30415924]. DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2018.10.006.

Williams JW*, Elvington A*, Ivanov S*, Kessler S, Luehmann H, Baba O, Saunders BT, Kim KW, Johnson MW, Craft CS, Choi JH, Sorci-Thomas MG, Zinselmeyer BH, Brestoff JR, Liu Y, Randolph GJ. 2017. Thermoneutrality but not UCP1 Deficiency Suppresses Monocyte Mobilization into Blood. Circ Res. 121(6): 662-676. [PMID: 28696252]. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.311519.

Alaweih A*, Elvington A*, Zhu H, Atkinson C, Yu J, Kindy MS and Tomlinson S. 2015. Modulation of post-stroke degenerative and regenerative processes and subacute protection by site-targeted inhibition of the alternative pathway of complement. J Neuroinflammation. 12: 247. [PMID: 26714866]. DOI: 10.1186/s12974-015-0464-8.

Elvington A, Atkinson C, Zhu H, Yu J, Stahl GL, Takahashi K, Kindy MS and Tomlinson S. 2012. The alternative complement pathway propagates inflammation and injury in murine ischemic stroke. J Immunol. 189: 4640-4647. [PMID: 23028050]. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201904.

Elvington A*, Atkinson C*, Kulik L, Zhu H, Yu J, Kindy MS, Holers VM and Tomlinson S. 2012. Pathogenic natural antibodies propagate cerebral injury following ischemic stroke in mice. J Immunol. 188: 1460-1468. [PMID: 22198950]. DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102132.

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Walter Gavlick received his BA and MS degrees in Chemistry from St. Louis University and his PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts. He has spent over thirty years as an industrial analytical chemist developing pharmaceutical and agricultural chemical products while working at companies such as Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Monsanto/Bayer. During that time, he has managed analytical chemistry groups and was named a Monsanto Science Fellow in recognition of his expertise in analytical chemistry. His research interests include chromatographic separations associated with pharmaceutical and agricultural products, and the use of analytical chemistry to support product development.

Gavlick, W., “Humidome: A New Method to Determine Volatility of Pesticides,” Weed Science Society of America meeting, February 2017.

Gavlick, W. K., Wright, D. R., MacInnes, A., Hemminghaus, J. W., Webb, J. K., Yermolenka, V. I., Su, W., “A Method to Determine the Relative Volatility of Auxin Herbicide Formulations,” Pesticide Formulation and Delivery Systems: 35th Volume, ASTM STP1587, G. R. Goss, Ed., ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2016, pp. 24-32, doi:10.1520/STP158720150006.

Burns, A.W., Gavlick, W.K. “Determination of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Disinfectant Formulations by Potentiometric Titration with an Ionic Surfactant Electrode” 2012 Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council (CIPAC) Meeting.

Burns, A.W., Rains, D.M, Nelson, R.M., Gavlick, W.K., Bennett, O.O., Mathur, S. “Roundtable on Pesticide Formulations: Analytical Challenges, Regulatory Issues, Plus Unique Analyses” 2010 AOAC International Meeting.

Gavlick, W.K. and Tomkins, D.F. “An Updated Liquid Chromatographic Assay for the Determination of Glyphosate in Technical Material and Formulations” J. AOAC Int., 91, 1-4 (2008).

Eaton, D.R., Gavlick, W., Klopf, G., Hershman, A., Forster, D. “Use of Infrared Spectroscopy for On-line Process Control and Endpoint Detection” Monsanto Technology LLC, United States Patent No. US 6,818,450, B2, Nov. 16, 2004.

Gavlick, W.K. “Analysis Of Tetrahydrofuran And Methanol In Distillation Residue Samples By Automated Headspace Solid Phase Microextraction – Gas Chromatography With Flame Ionization Detection” J. Chromatogr. Sci. 38, 117-121 (2000).

Biwald, C.E. and Gavlick, W.K. “The Use Of Total Organic Carbon Analysis And Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy To Determine Cleaning Agent Residues On Surfaces” J. AOAC Int. 80, 1078-1083 (1997).

Ohlemeier, L.A. and Gavlick, W.K. “Liquid Chromatographic Determination Of Phenolic Compounds In Hospital Disinfectant Products” J. Liquid Chromatogr., 18 (9), 1833-1849 (1995).

Gavlick, W.K., Ohlemeier, L.A. and Kaiser, H.J. “Analytical Strategies For Cleaning Agent Residue Determination” Pharm. Technol. 19 (3), 136-144 (1995).

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Research in the Groeneman group focuses on the chemistry of the organic state in terms of both photoreactivity and thermal extension within these molecular solids. The photoreaction we investigate is based upon the solid-state [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction. They utilize this light induced reaction with the goal of synthesizing unique molecules that contain cyclobutane rings. Within the area of thermal expansion, Groeneman researches the ability to control the direction and magnitude of the tensors of expansion by varying the type and strength of non-covalent interactions that sustains these solids. In a similar manner, he also investigates the role of motion capable and incapable components play on the overall thermal expansion within these molecular crystals.

Professor Groeneman holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from the University of Missouri.

T.J. Dunning, D.K. Unruh, E. Bosch, and R.H. Groeneman, Controlling Topology within Halogen-Bonded Networks by Varying the Regiochemistry of the Cyclobutane-based Nodes. Molecules 2021, 26, 3152.

N. Juneja, D.K. Unruh, R.H. Groeneman, and K.M. Hutchins, Positive thermal expansion facilitates the formation of argentophilic forces following an order-disorder phase transition. New Journal of Chemistry 2021, 45, 8898.

MA Sinnwell, R.H. Groeneman, B.J. Ingenthron, C. Li, and L.R. MacGillivray, Supramolecular construction of a cyclobutane ring system with four different substituents in the solid state.Communications Chemistry 2021,4, 60.

C.L. Santana, JD Battle, D.K. Unruh, and R.H. Groeneman, Honeycomb molecular network based upon a hydrate of 4,6-dichlororesorcinol and the photoproduct rtct-tetrakis(pyridin-4-yl)cyclobutane. Acta Crystallographica Section C 2021, C77, 111.

R.H. Groeneman, D.-K. Bučar, L.R. MacGillivray, and J.L. Atwood, Quasi self-inclusion of a 1-D coordination polymer within a 2-D hydrogen-bonded grid: a chaperone effect. Journal of Coordination Chemistry 2021, 74, 162.

MA Sinnwell, C.L. Santana, E. Bosch, L.R. MacGillivray, and R.H. Groeneman, Application of a tetrapyrimidyl cyclobutane synthesized in the organic solid state: a halogen-bonded supramolecular ladder. CrystEngComm 2020, 22, 6780.

X. Ding, D.K. Unruh, R.H. Groeneman, and K.M. Hutchins, Controlling Thermal Expansion within Mixed Co-crystals by Tuning Molecular Motion Capability. Chemical Science 2020, 11, 7701.

S.M. Oburn, C.L. Santana, E. Elacqua, and R.H. Groeneman, A diamondoid net sustained by halogen bonds: employing a cyclobutane to generate a tetrahedral architecture. CrystEngComm 2020, 22, 4349.

E. Bosch, JD Battle, and R.H. Groeneman, Crystal structure and photoreactivity of a halogen-bonded cocrystal based upon 1,2-diiodoperchlorobenzene and 1,2-bis(pyridin-4-yl)ethylene. Acta Crystallographica Section C 2020, C76, 557.

S.J. Kruse, E. Bosch, F. Brown, and R.H. Groeneman, Incorporating Ester Functionality within a Solid-State [2 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction Based Upon Halogen Bonding Interactions. Crystal Growth and Design 2020, 20, 1969.

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Shannon Kispert holds a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Tulsa and a PhD in Pathology from Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Kispert is a passionate educator and has taught anatomy and physiology at the undergraduate, graduate, and medical school level. She has been at Webster since 2020 and currently teaches human anatomy and physiology I and II. Her research interests in the field of pathophysiology include the investigation of cigarette smoking and E-cigarettes on breast and bladder cancer development and progression. She specifically studies phospholipase-A2 pathways and their dysregulation in response to smoke exposure. Kispert serves as the club advisor for Beta Beta Beta, the national biology honor society, as well as the Webster University PreMedical Society (WUPMS). She is also recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges as a prehealth advisor.

Website: https://shannonkispert.wordpress.com/

Kispert, S., Marentette, J., McHowat, J. (2019) Cigarette smoking promotes bladder cancer via increased platelet-activating factor. Physiological Reports. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30756528/

Kispert, S., Marentette, J. Campian, C., Isbell, S., Kuenzel, H., McHowat, J. (2017) Cigarette Smoke-Induced Bladder Damage: The Impact of Cigarette Smoking on Urothelial Cell Integrity. Physiological Reports. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270596

Kispert, S., McHowat, J. (2017) Recent insights into cigarette smoking as a lifestyle risk factor for breast cancer.. Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331363

Kispert, S., Crawford, S., McHowat, J. (2017) In Vivo Effects of Long Term Cigarette Smoke Exposure on Mammary Tissue in Mice. American Journal of Pathology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28388394

Kispert, S., Schwartz, T., McHowat, J. (2017) Effects of Cigarette Smoke Exposure on PLA2 Pathways in Breast Cancer. American Journal of Pathology. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28618256/

Kispert, S., Marentette, J.O., Powell, J., McHowat, J. (2016) Role of PLA2 in Cancer; Chapter 10. Horizons in Cancer Research. Volume 60. Nova Science Publishers.

Kispert, S., Marentette, J.O., McHowat, J. (2014) Enhanced Breast Cancer Cell Adherence to The Lung Endothelium via PAF Acetylhydrolase Inhibition: A Potential Mechanism for Enhanced Metastasis in Smokers. American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25186013

Kispert, S., Marentette, J., McHowat, J. (2014) Cigarette Smoke Induces Cell Motility via Platelet Activating Factor Accumulation in Breast Cancer Cells: A Potential Mechanism for Metastatic Disease. Physiological Reports. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25802360

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Ravin Kodikara is a physicist and my research interests are in the areas of physics education and physics of sports. His recent, ongoing projects involved developing new laboratory activities for college and university physics laboratory courses and also studying kinematics of soccer. Another area of interest is investigating behavioral patterns in the insect world. In the recent past Kodikara has supervised several student projects to study olfactory memory and responses to earth’s magnetic field in western harvester ants.

Past research projects with students:

• The Science behind Flip-Throw, Seema Haridas and Ravin Kodikara, Buffalo Case Study Conference, July 2019
• Short and Long-Term Olfactory Memory Retention in pogonomyrmex occidentalis, Laura Meyer and Ravin Kodikara, St Louis Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 2018
• Robotics in Undergraduate Physics Lab , Ravin Kodikara, American Association of Physics Teachers, Summer Meeting, July 2018, DC
• Improving Students Success with New Physics Labs, Ravin Kodikara, The Physics Teacher, August 2017
• Kinematics with Robotics - Using an Arduino based robot to study motion in physics, Megan Brandt and Ravin Kodikara,Research Across Disciplines Conference, Webster University, May 2017
• Magnetoreception in Western Harvester Ants, Beltran Torres, Laura Meyer, Victoria Brown Kennerly and Ravin Kodikara, National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Memphis, April 2017

 

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Phone 314-246-7184
Email ravinkodikara30@webster.edu

Julie Mehringer earned her BA in Biology from St. Olaf College and her PhD in Cell and Integrative Biology from Washington University. Her areas of interest include the role of major histocompatibility molecules and intracellular trafficking in antigen presentation.

 

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Phone 314-246-4212
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Nicole Miller-Struttmann, PhD, is an evolutionary ecologist who specializes in plant-pollinator interactions and science outreach. She teaches ecology, evolution, and biology of plants, and mentors students in independent research and senior thesis courses, which emphasize self-directed learning through scientific inquiry.

Her lab uses bees as a model system to explore the ecological and evolutionary impacts of environmental change on plants and pollinators. What allows some species to adapt and persist while others are more sensitive to changes in their environments? How do their interactions with each other influence the stability and resilience of their community? This work integrates ecological and evolutionary theory related to behavior, species interactions, and community dynamics.

As the director of the Shutterbee Citizen Science Program, Miller-Struttmann collaborates with community members to monitor the bees in their backyards and neighborhoods. She has co-developed resources for the public, such as an identification guide to the bees of St. Louis, MO; a pollinator garden and associated exhibit at the St. Louis Public Library; and learning activities for K-12 students. She also presents regularly to additional community partners, such as the Missouri Master Naturalists, Missouri Master Gardeners, church groups, and school groups. In 2019, she received the Science Educator Award from the Academy of Science, St. Louis for her outreach and education work.

Miller-Struttmann received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Loyola University, Chicago and her PhD in Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology from Washington University, St. Louis.

Website sites.google.com/view/millerstruttmann

*denotes undergraduate co-authors

Christmas, M, J Jones, A Olsson, O Wallerman, I Bunikis, M Kierczak, NE Miller-Struttmann, JC Geib, Matthew T. Webster (2021) Cryptic speciation with gene flow in alpine bumblebees revealed by comparative population genomics. Molecular Biology and Evolution DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab086 PDF

Miller-Struttmann NE, Heise D, Schul J, Geib JC, Galen C (2017) Flight of the bumble bee: Buzzes predict pollination services. PLoS ONE 12 (6): e0179273. PDF Featured by: Science, St. Louis Public Radio. Used as the inspiration and foundational text for a middle school STEM lesson plan

Kettenbach*, J. A., N. Miller-Struttmann, Z. Moffett, and C. Galen (2017) How shrub encroachment under climate change could threaten pollination services for alpine wildflowers: A case study using the alpine skypilot, Polemonium viscosum. Ecology and Evolution 7: 6963-6971. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3272 PDF

Heise D, NE Miller-Struttmann, C Galen, and J Schul. (2017) Acoustic detection of bees in the field using CASA with focal templates. 2017 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS 2017) Proceedings: 360-364 PDF

Tipton, A, NE Miller-Struttmann, and C Galen (2016) Finding partners in a habitat mosaic: patch history and size mediate host colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecosphere 7(11): e01570. PDF

Gibb, H and NE Miller-Struttmann (2015) Map that find! An archaeological science investigation. Science and Children 53(4): 68-75. PDF

Miller-Struttmann, NE, JC Geib, JD Franklin, PG Kevan, RM Holdo, D Ebert-May, AM Lynn, JA Kettenbach, E Hedrick, and C Galen (2015) Functional mismatch in a bumble bee pollination mutualism under climate change. Science 349: 1541-1544 DOI: 10.1126/science.aab0868 Full Text PDF SI Featured by: BBC Radio, Nature, The Atlantic, Washington Post

Warren AL, M Burfield, and NE Miller-Struttmann (2015) The power of water: Modeling change in human-environment interactions. Science and Children 52(8): 50-56. PDF

Miller-Struttmann NE and C Galen (2014) High altitude multi-taskers: Bumble bee food plant use broadens along an altitudinal productivity gradient. Oecologia 176(4): 1033-1045 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3066-8 PDF

Miller-Struttmann NE (2013) Rarity and reproductive biology: Habitat specialists reveal a complex relationship. Botany 91: 349-359. PDF

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Mary Lai Preuss, PhD, has a background in plant cell biology, exploring the mechanisms by which molecules move for cell growth to occur. Currently she has a diverse array of research interests, including microbial diversity in freshwater systems, duckweed-mediated bioremediation of water systems, and bacteriophage discovery. She earned her BS in Biology with an emphasis in Plant Biotechnology at Cornell University and her PhD in Plant Cell Biology at the University of California, Davis. She completed postdoctoral work at the Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri.

Kuehm L, Khojandi N, Piening A, Klevorn L, Geraud S, McLaughlin N, Griffett K, Burris T, Pyles K, Nelson A, Preuss M, Bockerstett K, Donlin M, McCommis K, DiPaolo R, and Teague R. Fructose promotes cytoprotection in melanoma tumors and resistance to immunotherapy. Cancer Immunology Research. 2020; 12(16): 2326-6066. doi: 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-20-0396

Lopatto D, Rosenwald AG, DiAngelo JR, et al. Facilitating Growth through Frustration: Using Genomics Research in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2020;21(1):21.1.6. doi:10.1128/jmbe.v21i1.2005

Bolyen E, Rideout JR, Dillon MR, et al. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. Nat Biotechnol. 2019;37(8):852-857. doi:10.1038/s41587-019-0209-9

Hanauer DI, Graham MJ; SEA-PHAGES, et al. An inclusive Research Education Community (iREC): Impact of the SEA-PHAGES program on research outcomes and student learning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(51):13531-13536. doi:10.1073/pnas.1718188115

Elgin SCR, Hauser C, Holzen TM, et al. The GEP: Crowd-Sourcing Big Data Analysis with Undergraduates. Trends Genet. 2017;33(2):81-85. doi:10.1016/j.tig.2016.11.004

Fleischacker CL, Segura-Totten M; SEA-PHAGES 2016 Bioinformatics Workshop, et al. Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium Phage CrystalP. Genome Announc. 2017;5(28):e00542-17. Published 2017 Jul 13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00542-17

Office Browning Hall, ISB 344
Phone 314-246-4211
Email marypreuss34@webster.edu

Dave Reddy is the owner of REDDY Health & Performance, a fitness consulting and coaching business. He specializes in active adult and functional aging fitness, transitional training from rehab back into fitness, and youth athletic development. Redd mentors many EXSC students in their research, but focuses mostly on practical application, fitness business, and health coaching skills for his students studying to become physical and occupational therapists, chiropractors, personal trainers, and fitness gym owners.

Reddy has been featured on local Channel 2 and 5, Fox and NBC affiliates, discussing functional aging fitness before and during Covid, and in the St. Louis Post Dispatch talking about technology in fitness. Redd has created a “Catholic FIT” curriculum where he consults both locally and nationally with grade school PE teachers helping them update their fitness and physical literacy curricula and family fitness programs. His areas of expertise include: exercise kinesiology and functional anatomy, coaching health and fitness, and business of fitness and personal training.

Reddy received his BS in Biology at UM-St. Louis, Missouri, and his MS in Athletic Training at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is a NSCA Strength and Conditioning Specialist, NSCA Certified Personal Trainer, NSCA Certified Special Populations Specialist, NASM Certified Fitness Trainer, IYCA Certified Youth Fitness Specialist, and Functional Movement Systems FMS Level 1.

 

Phone 314-246-7611
Email davidreddy93@webster.edu

Nigora Turaeva has authored or co-authored three books, over 60 research articles, two chapters on theoretical aspects of radiation processes in condensed matter and biological systems, synergetics, nanoscience and catalysis. She reviewed research articles of Chemical Physics Letters, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. She is on the Editorial Board of Polymers. She reviewed PhD and DSc dissertations in Uzbekistan.

Turaeva's areas of expertise include nanoscience, biophysics, radiation physics of condensed matter, and self-organization in physics, chemistry and biology (synergetics). She earned her DSc from the Institute of Polymer Chemistry and Physics, Uzbekistan, in 2006; her PhD from Institute of Nuclear Physics, Uzbekistan, in 1994; and her MS from Tashkent State University, Uzbekistan, in 1991.

Kulonov A., Mirzarakhmetova D., Turaeva N., Obtaining of bacterial polysaccharides, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 2020 (4), 63-67 (2021).

Turaeva N., Aripova N., Oksengendler B.L., Long-range correlations in Covid-19 growth, Europe PMC, Preprint from arXiv, 06 May 2020, https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR268542.

Turaeva N., Fushimi R., Yablonsky G., Kinetic expression for optimal catalyst electronic configuration: The case of ammonia decomposition, The journal of Physical Chemistry C 124(48), 26310-26319 (2020).

Oksengendler B.L., Turaev N.Yu., Turaeva N.N., Suleymanov S.X., Ashirmetov A.Kh., Iskandarova F., Auger-destruction of deformed quasi-one-dimensional molecular objects: features and applications, Doklady of Uzbek Academy of Sciences 3, 43-49 (2020).

Oksengendler B.L., Turaeva N.N., Nikiforova N.N., Minina M.V., Chechulina M.V., Iskandarova F., Hypothesis about the universal role of the Auger-cascade in the selection of the elemental composition and chiral dissymmetry of macromolecules in living systems, Russian Journal of biological physics and chemistry 5 (4), 571-579 (2020).

Turaeva N., Electronic model of enzymatic reactions, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry1180, 112827 (2020).

Turaeva N., Krueger H., Wolkenstein`s model of size effects in CO oxidation by gold nanoparticles, Catalysts 10(3), 288 (2020).

Turaeva N., B.L. Oksengendler, Non-Poissonian distribution of point mutations in DNA, Frontier in Chemistry 8, 38 (2020).

Phone 314-246-7626
Email nigoraturaeva82@webster.edu

Murray Farish's stories have been published in such journals as Epoch, The Missouri Review, Black Warrior Review, Phoebe, Low Rent, The Roanoke Review. Farish is the faculty advisor to The Green Fuse, Webster's student literary magazine. He was the winner of the Donald Barthelme Fellowship at the University of Houston. His first book, a collection of stories called "Inappropriate Behavior," will be published by Milkweed Editions in 2014.

 

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Karla Armbruster is the co-editor of two collections of criticism: "The Bioregional Imagination: Literature, Ecology, and Place" and "Beyond Nature Writing: Expanding the Boundaries of Ecocriticism." She is also executive secretary of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, having held several other leadership positions within that organization in the past.

Most recently, she has become very interested in animal studies and is working on a book on literary and popular representations of dogs. This project combines personal narrative, literary and cultural analysis, and scientific information on canine behavior and genetics in order to examine the ways we position dogs on the border between culture and nature. In the process, it explores how our representations of dogs inform not only our relationships with real dogs but also our engagement with the wildness of the natural world. For a taste of this project, read a talk Armbruster gave on “Dogs, Dirt, and Public Space” at a gathering sponsored by the Animals and Society Institute at Duke University in 2009.

Armbruster's interests are also reflected in her courses; for example, her Perspectives course on Werewolves, Seal Wives, Grizzly Men and Other Metamorphoses (now offered as Human-Animal Transformations) won the 2011 Distinguished New Course Award from the Humane Society of the United States and the Animals and Society Institute. View the Global Thinking story.

 

Phone 314-246-7577
Email armbruka@webster.edu

Kimberly Grey is the author of three books, "A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing: Hybrid Essays" forthcoming from Persea Books in 2023, "Systems of the Future of Feeling," and "The Opposite of Light," winner of the 2015 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. She has been awarded a Wallace Stegner Fellowship and teaching lectureship from Stanford University, a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, and a Taft Research Fellowship from the University of Cincinnati, where she earned a PhD in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing. Her work has appeared widely in journals such as The Kenyon Review, A Public Space, New England Review, Tin House, PN Review (UK) and elsewhere. She is currently a visiting assistant professor of English at Webster University and lives in St. Louis.

"A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing," Persea Books, forthcoming 2023

"Systems for the Future of Feeling," Persea Books, 2020https://www.perseabooks.com/systems

"The Opposite of Light," Persea Books, 2016https://www.perseabooks.com/opposite-light

Email kimberlygrey@webster.edu

Sheila Hwang is currently working on a project entitled "The Watering Place in Jane Austen's Novels: Space, Language, Consumerism." In the past, Hwang has published on the impact of identity on choices in pedagogy as well as on the links between advertising and literature during the consumer revolution. In addition to sharing her scholarly work at academics conferences, she has welcomed opportunities to give presentations to the general public in conjunction with organizations such as the Dickens Universe, the Jane Austen Society of North America, and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

 

Phone 314-246-7817
Email hwangsh@webster.edu

Anne Mcllhaney received her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia, where she completed her dissertation on 16th- and 17th-century British angling literature. She has published articles on women anglers in 17th-century British poetry and on Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler, and has presented her scholarly work on early modern angling at various regional and national academic conferences. She has also presented public lectures on gender in Shakespeare's plays at such venues as the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

 

Phone 314-246-7581
Email mcilhaan@webster.edu

Hanssen has taught in in the College of Arts and Sciences since she arrived at Webster in 1994. She teaches introduction to German, as well as intermediate and advanced German courses. Her specialties include German drama, especially 20th century, and Bertolt Brecht and his collective approach to authorship. She has created high-impact courses, many on performance in German, and many faculty-led study-travel courses to Europe, including to Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, Munich, Prague, and a course comparing the cities of Paris and Vienna. Hanssen also served in the Faculty Senate and has served as head of the International Studies Committee for several years. She has also worked to create travel scholarships for her students.

She has written about high-impact travel courses and presented to conferences and to Webster faculty. She writes about 20th century women authors, especially those who worked with Brecht, and those who were forced into exile from Germany during WWII. She was co-teacher with a Truman State German professor on a course about Elisabeth Hauptmann, Brecht’s major collaborator, for which students created a podcast in German (Webster) and a short documentary (Truman State), another high-impact course. She is a recipient of the Friedrich Hecker Award from the German American Heritage Society, named for a popular 1848 German revolutionary and presented to an outstanding individual who has works for closer ties between Germany and the United States.

Hanssen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Master of Arts in German from Texas Tech University, and a PhD in German from University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana.

Book:
Elisabeth Hauptmann: Brecht's Silent Collaborator, New York University Ottendorfer Series, Neue Folge Band 46. Ed. Volkmar Sander. Bern: Peter Lang, 1995.

Articles in German:
"Elisabeth Hauptmann: Schriftstellerin, Dramaturgin, Muse"in "Was fur eine Frau!" Portraits aus Ostwestfalen­ Lippe. Ed. A.Brtinink, H. Grubitzsch. Bielefeld: Westfalen 1992, 245-56.
"Elisabeth Hauptmann" in "Bertihmte Frauen Kalender 1997." Frankfurt a.M.: Suhrkamp, 1997.
"Elisabeth Hauptmann" in "300 Portraits beruehmter Frauen," Surhkamp, 2000.

Articles in English:
"The Indispensable 'Mitarbeiterin' in Theater": Yale School of Drama 25, No. 2, 1994, 30-32.
"Elisabeth Hauptmann and Brecht's Chinese Poems" in The Brecht Yearbook 19(1994): 187-210.
"Prostitutes in Brecht's Dramas" in Prostitution in Modern German Literature. Camden House, 2000.
"Women in Exile: E. Hauptmann and M. Steffin in exile with Brecht" in a forthcoming anthology (2006).

Reviews in various journals of:
Astrid Horst, "Prima inter pares" in the "German Quarterly" 66, 3 (Summer 1993), 396-98.
"Vol. 1, Journale" in "Bertolt Brecht: GroBe, kommentierte Berliner und Frankfurter Ausgabe, Vol. 26" in "GDR Bulletin" (Sp. 1996), 18ff.
Jan Knopf , "Gelegentlich: Poesie" in "Brecht Yearbook 22" (1997), 488f. Lyon, James. "Brecht Unbound " in "Monatshefte 89," (Winter 1997), 580.
Annedore Leber et al., "The Conscience in Revolt: Portraits of Resistance," in the "Journal of Women in Ger­ man" (1998).
Weeden, Chris. "Postwar Women's Writing in German"in "The German Studies Review Vol. 21, No. 3," Oct. 1998 (661).

Office Browning Hall, ISB 411
Phone 314-968-7054
Email hanssen@webster.edu

Sarah Navarrete has an MAT with an emphasis in Social Science earned in 2011 from Webster University and a BA in International Studies with an emphasis in Asian area studies with Japanese minor earned in 2006 from Webster University. In 2004, Navarrete was selected to live abroad in Nagano, Japan, for the International Business Internship Exchange, where she worked for the Special Olympics Games Organization Committee translating and inspecting Olympic sites.

Navarrete has a passion for language, culture, travel, and helping students with similar interests achieve their goals.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 407
Phone 314-968-7047
Email fobertsa@webster.edu

Salim Ayoub is an assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies at Webster University. He is the director of the Francophone Center in St. Louis. Ayoub graduated with a PhD in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies from the University of Miami in May 2020. He is a former visiting assistant professor of French at Colby College, teacher of English, journalist, and social worker who graduated from the university of Rabat in Morocco with a degree in English. He received his professional bachelor’s from the University of Meknes with a concentration in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), and his MA in American Studies from the University of Casablanca. Ayoub’s research and teaching interests are: French and Francophone languages, literatures and film, applied and sociolinguistics, film studies, de-/post-colonial studies, and women and gender studies. In Spring 2016, he received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, and in the summer of the same year, he obtained the Summer Research Award that enabled him to conduct research in the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. In Spring 2019, Ayoub was the recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Award. During the same period, he served as the on-site coordinator for the University of Miami in Paris Study Abroad Program (UParis).

Ayoub, S. (2020). Abdellah Taïa’s Decolonial Trajectory Toward Unbelonging. In Poetics and Politics of Engaged Desire Around Abdellah Taïa. Paris, France: Editions Passage(s).

Office Browning Hall, ISB 401
Phone 314-246-8619
Email salimayoub@webster.edu

Elsa Fan is a medical anthropologist whose research looks at how global health practices travel across different social and cultural contexts. Her book, "Commodities of Care: The Business of HIV Testing in China" (University of Minnesota Press, 2021), examines how scaling up HIV testing unfolded in unexpected ways across communities of men who have sex with men in China. She has published papers in Critical Public Health, Global Public Health, and Medicine Anthropology Theory about metrics, the portability of standardized global health interventions, and how categories transform subjectivity and sociality. Fan’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation, and UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation among others. Her areas of research expertise include medical anthropology, critical global health, humanitarianism, development studies, and gender and sexuality studies.

She previously worked and consulted in international development and philanthropy with organizations like UNDP, Global Fund for Children and Give2Asia, and lived in Asia for years as part of her development career.

Fan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Psychology from University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Science in Anthropology and Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in Anthropology from University of California at Irvine.

Fan, Elsa (2021). Commodities of Care: The Business of HIV Testing in China. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.

Fan, Elsa L., Matthew Thomann, and Robert Lorway (2019). “Making up MSM: Circulations, Becomings and Doings in Global Health,” special section edited by Elsa L. Fan, Matthew Thomann, and Robert Lorway. Medicine Anthropology Theory 6(4): 179–86. http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4969/6999

Fan, Elsa L. And Elanah Uretsky. (2017). “In Search of Results: Anthropological Interrogations of Evidence-Based Global Health,” special section edited by Elsa L. Fan and Elanah Uretsky. Critical Public Health 27(2): 157–62. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09581596.2016.1264573

Fan, Elsa L. (2017). “Counting Results: Performance-Based Financing and HIV Testing in China.” In “Anthropological Interrogations of Evidence-Based Global Health,” ed. Elsa L. Fan and Elanah Uretsky, special section Critical Public Health 27(2): 217–27. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09581596.2016.1259458?journalCode=ccph20

Fan, Elsa L. (2014). “HIV Testing as Prevention among MSM in China: The Business of Scaling-Up.” In “HIV Scale-Up and the Politics of Global Health,” ed. Richard Parker and Nora Kenworthy, special issue Global Public Health 9 (1–2): 85–97. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24498955/

Office Browning Hall, ISB 321
Phone 314-246-8082
Email elsafan19@webster.edu

JB Kwon, PhD, is an associate professor of cultural anthropology in the Department of Global, Languages, Cultures and Societies.

He teaches Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Urban Studies, Globalization, Race and Ethnicity, Ethnographic Method, and a range of topical courses including Modern Korea and Film, Anthropology of Capitalism, and Asians in America.

He received his doctorate from New York University and is a former Fulbright Scholar and University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles. His work appears in such prominent journals as Positions: Asia Critique and American Ethnologist. He has published on neoliberalism and policing in South Korea; multi-racial immigrant labor organizing in Koreatown Los Angeles, CA; masculinity and the cultural politics of memory in Korean social and labor movements; global unemployment; and most recently on the Ferguson Uprising – “@Ferguson: Still Here in the Afterlives of Black Death, Defiance, and Joy.”

Kwon’s current research examines the dilemma of whiteness in St. Louis, Missouri, in the wake of the Ferguson Uprising, and he’s begun a study of Black youth’s aspirations and social mobility in the time of BLM and white nativism.

In addition to his academic work, Kwon has been involved with racial justice and equity projects in the St. Louis region, including with Forward through Ferguson; Focus St. Louis; and Before Ferguson, Beyond Ferguson, and has given public lectures and workshops on racism and racial equity.

Kwon, J. B. (2009). The Frailty of Men: The Redemption of Masculinity in the Korean Labour Movement. In R. Barraclough & E. Faison (Eds.), "Gender and Labour in Korea and Japan: Sexing Class" (pp. 103-127). New York: Routledge.

Kwon, J. B. (2010). The Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance: Spatializing Justice in an Ethnic 'Enclave.' In R. Milkman, J. Bloom, & V. Narro (Eds.), "Working for Justice: The L.A. Model of Organizing and Advocacy" (pp. 23-48). Ithaca: ILR Press/Cornell University Press.

Kwon, J. B. (2011). Exorcizing the Ghosts of Kwangju: Policing Protest in the Post-Authoritarian Era. In G.-W. Shin & P. Y. Chang (Eds.), "South Korean Social Movements: From Democracy to Civil Society" (pp. 59-73). New York: Routledge.

Kwon, J. B. (2014). Forging a Modern Democratic Imaginary: Police Sovereignty, Neoliberalism, and the Boundaries of Neo-Korea. "Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique," 22, 71-101.

Kwon, J.B. (2015) ‘Severed in Neoliberal South Korea: Cho˘ngdŭnilt’o˘ and the Dis/assembly of Industrial Bodies’, "Critique of Anthropology" 35(4): 407-429.

Kwon, J. B., & Lane, C. M. (Eds.). (2016). "Anthropologies of Unemployment: New Perspectives on Employment and Its Absence." Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Kwon, J. B., & Lane, C. M. (2016). Introduction. In J. B. Kwon & C. M. Lane (Eds.), "Anthropologies of Unemployment: New Perspectives on Work and Its Absence" (pp. 1-17). Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Kwon, J. B. (2016). Occupation. In J. B. Kwon & C. M. Lane (Eds.), "Anthropologies of Unemployment: New Perspectives on Work and Its Absence" (pp. 53-70). Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Kwon, J. B. (2020). Forging Workers of Iron: The Politics of Memory and the Performance of Revolutionary Promise. Korea Journal, 60, 188-217.

Kwon, J. B. (2020). Paradoxes of White Moral Experience: Opaque Selves, Racial Suspicion, and the Ethics of Whiteness. American Ethnologist, 47, 184-191.

Kwon, J. B. (2020). Troubling Whiteness: An Interview with Dr. Mary Ferguson (Witnessing Whiteness) and Tiffany Robertson (Touch Topics Tuesday). Forum, American Ethnologist, 47, 176-181.

Parikh, S., & Kwon, J. B. (2020). @Ferguson: Still Here in the Afterlives of Black Death, Defiance, and Joy. Forum, American Ethnologist, 47.

Parikh, S., & Kwon, J. B. (2020). Crime Seen: Racial Terror and the Technologies of Black Life and Death. Forum, American Ethnologist, 47, 128-138.

Parikh, S., & Kwon, J. B. (2020). Introduction: Still Here in the Afterlives. Forum, American Ethnologist, 47, 110-120.

Kwon, J. B., & Rubio, E. H. (2021). On ‘Asian America’ and Multiracial Solidarity: A Conversation between Jong Bum Kwon and Elizabeth Hanna Rubio. Home/Field: Journal of Anthropology of North America https://www.homefieldanthro.org/index.php/2021/08/14/on-asian-america-and-multiracial-solidarity/.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 327
Phone 314-246-7018
Email jongkwon00@webster.edu

Originally from Navia, a small town on the Northwestern coast of Spain, Silvia Navia Mendez-Bonito completed her Licenciatura in English at the Universidad de Oviedo (Spain). She earned her PhD on Hispanic Literatures at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a specialization in the literature of the Spanish American Colonial period. In addition, Mendez-Bonito is an invited lecturer and author on the history of the Kingdom of Quito (modern day Ecuador), with an emphasis in patriotic feelings surfacing in historical discourse. At Webster University, Mendez-Bonito is chair of the Department of International Languages and Cultures where she oversees the operational and educational goals of the department.

Teaching is Mendez-Bonito’s passion, inspiration, and vocation. She leads Spanish language courses, Spain and Spanish America cultural courses, and advanced seminars on different topics. For her, teaching provides a window of opportunity to share her students adventure into learning, discovering, and experiencing others worlds, people, and cultures. She also is the faculty advisor for Latin American Student Organization.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 435
Phone 314-246-7879
Email navia@webster.edu

Emily Thompson earned a BA in History and French from Duke University in 1991. She completed her doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, receiving a PhD in French Literature in 1996. She teaches courses in French language, Francophone literatures and cultures, and global studies. She also teaches a global cornerstone seminar for the Gleich Honors College on place-based learning and civic engagement. She serves as a member of the Women, Gender and Sexuality Academic Committee and Executive Council. Professor Thompson’s research interests focus on sixteenth-century French literature, specifically the evolution of the nouvelle and the history of the book. She won the William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016.

"Storytelling in Sixteenth-Century France: Negotiating Shifting Forms," ed. Emily Thompson. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press & Rutgers University Press, January 2022.

Déstructurer et Reformer un Genre: Les Histoires des Amans Fortunez, in "Pierre Boaistuau ou le génie des formes," eds. Nathalie Grande and Bruno Méniel. Paris: Classiques Garnier, April 2021.

Shifting Rules and Shifty Wives: A Historical Reading of Three Tales in the "Heptaméron in Women in the World and Works of Marguerite de Navarre," guest editor, Judy Kem, L’Esprit créateur 57:3 (2017) 67-78.

"Lettres from the Queen of Navarre, with an Ample declaration." Translation with Colette H. Winn and Kathleen Llewellyn. The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series (U of Toronto Press), 2016.

Playing with Fire: Narrating Angry Women and Men in the Heptaméron in "Les Passions et leurs enjeux au seizième siècle, Renaissance et Réforme" 38:3 (2015) 161-176.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 403
Phone 314-968-7050
Email thompsem@webster.edu

Carolyn Trachtova has been teaching English as a Second Language for over 20 years. As ESL Director for Webster University, Trachtova oversees the ESL program for Webster’s St. Louis and other U.S. campuses, including developing the program’s curriculum, facilitating testing and ESL placement, and advising ESL students throughout their studies at Webster. In the past she has worked in many different EFL contexts. She spent nearly six years in Prague, CZ, primarily as an EFL instructor for Charles University’s Natural Sciences Faculty, though she also taught at a STEM high school and lead courses in business English and proficiency test preparation. Upon returning to the U.S., Trachtova worked with refugees and immigrants as a Pre-employment ESL Program Coordinator. Prior to joining Webster, she taught EAP courses at community colleges in Georgia and Missouri. Trachtova received her master’s degree from Georgia State University in Applied Linguistics and TESOL and holds a Certificate in ELT Leadership Management from TESOL Association. Trachtova has presented in a variety of professional settings, including at TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, ITBE Annual Convention, MidTESOL Annual Conference, and most recently at the 2021 College Reading and Learning Association annual conference and the 2021 International Chinese Language Education Salon at BLCU, where she lectured on content-based language instruction. Current interests include content integrated approaches, international student/faculty interaction, international student/domestic student interaction, motivation, second language writing, ESL program coordination and teacher training.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 405
Phone 314-246-7757
Email ctrachtova77@webster.edu

Dongling Zhang is an assistant professor of sociology and criminology in the Department of Global Languages, Cultures and Societies at Webster University in the United States. He obtained his PhD degree in Justice Studies from Arizona State University. His research primarily focuses on university entrepreneurship education, microenterprise development programs in urban China and women’s massive entry into entrepreneurship in post-1978 China. He is currently working on a new research project on China’s partnership with United Nations Development Program to promote women’s entrepreneurship.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 322
Phone 314-968-3263
Email donglingzhang17@webster.edu

Kristen Anderson completed her PhD at the University of Iowa. She specializes in 19th century U.S. social history, in particular the history of immigration, slavery, and the Civil War. She is currently working on a new book project examining how German immigrants remembered and commemorated their Civil War participation. Anderson teaches a wide variety of classes on the 19th century United States, including courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, U.S. women’s history, St. Louis history, the history of the American West, the history of U.S. slavery, and the history of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

Immigration in American History. Seminar Studies Series. New York: Routledge, 2021.

"Abolitionizing Missouri: German Immigrants and Racial Ideology in 19th Century America." Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2016.

Evolving Toward Abolition: German Attitudes Towards the Fugitive Slave and Kansas-Nebraska Acts, under contract with University of Missouri Press for "German Immigrant Abolitionists: Fighting for a Free Missouri."

‘Wir auch im Süden halten Wacht’: Ethnic Germans and Civil War Commemoration in Nineteenth-Century Charleston. The South Carolina Historical Magazine 117, No. 4 (Oct. 2016): 294-313.

“‘Broadhead’s Blunder’: James O. Broadhead and the 1882 Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee,” Gateway 34 (2014): 42-51.

Lessons in Whiteness: German Immigrants and Racial Ideology in 19th Century America, in "Cross-Cultural History and the Domestication of Otherness," edited by Michal Jan Rozbicki and George O. Ndege (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

“German Americans, African Americans, and the Republican Party in St. Louis, 1865-1872,” Journal of American Ethnic History 28, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 34-51.

Office H. Sam Priest Center 204
Phone 314-246-7065
Email kanderson80@webster.edu

 

 

Office H. Sam Priest Center 208
Phone 314-968-7060
Fax 314-968-7403
Email robbieotoole@webster.edu

 

 

 

John Chappell, PhD, is a professor of history with a specialization in 20th century U.S. history. He is a recipient of Webster University’s William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Professor Chappell published the book "Before the Bomb: How America Approached the End of the Pacific War" and is currently revising the book "The Methods and Skills of History: A Practical Guide" originally written by two former colleagues. He has presented numerous conference papers on popular music while researching and writing a manuscript titled "Tell Me Something Good: The Top 40 and American Culture in the 1970s." Chappell has written essays for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and published book reviews in the American Historical Review, Gulf South Historical Review, and the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law.

Noteworthy presentations by Chappell include an Oxford University Roundtable for Social Justice, the live videoconference “Mr. Truman Meets Hiroshima on the Future of Nuclear Weapons,” — a historic cooperation between the Harry S Truman Presidential Library and Museum and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum — and at the International Conference for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World held at Riverside Church in New York City.

Chappell worked with history teachers from the Parkway and Rockwood public school districts in a series of Teaching American History grants. He also participated with other scholars and students in a peace studies trip to Japan through American University and taught at Regent’s University in London.

Chappell earned his BS in History from Illinois State University, his MA in History with an emphasis in American history from Indiana University, and his PhD in History with an emphasis 20th century U.S. history from Indiana University.

 

Office H. Sam Priest Center 216
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Email chappejo@webster.edu

Lindsey Kingston is an associate professor of international human rights in Webster University’s Department of History, Politics, International Relations, and Religious Studies. She directs the university’s Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, which includes overseeing the undergraduate human rights program and the research journal Righting Wrongs: A Journal of Human Rights. Kingston is a Fulbright Scholar (Università degli Studi di Milano) who edited "Human Rights in Higher Education: Institutional, Classroom, and Community Approaches to Teaching Social Justice" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and "Statelessness, Governance, and the Problem of Citizenship" (Manchester University Press, 2021). She also authored the monograph "Fully Human: Personhood, Citizenship, and Rights" (Oxford University Press, 2019), which won the International Studies Association’s 2020 Human Rights Best Book Award.

Kingston is a topical expert on the issue of statelessness — when an individual does not have legal nationality to any country. Her research interests also include forced migration, Indigenous rights, transnational social movements, and human rights education (HRE). Her work has been published in International Journal of Refugee Law, The Journal of Human Rights, Human Rights Review, The Journal of Human Rights Practice, Forced Migration Review, BMC International Health and Human Rights, and several edited volumes.

Kingston earned her PhD in Social Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where she also earned an MA in Political Science. She holds an MA in Ethics and International Affairs from American University in Washington, D.C., as well as a BS in Journalism from Boston University.

"Fully Human: Personhood, Citizenship, and Rights." Oxford University Press, 2019.

"Statelessness, Governance, and the Problem of Citizenship. Manchester University Press" (2021). Tendayi Bloom and Lindsey N. Kingston, Eds.

"Human Rights in Higher Education: Institutional, Classroom, and Community Approaches to Teaching Social Justice." Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy series (2018). Lindsey N. Kingston, Ed.

Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers on their College Journeys. Forthcoming, International Journal of Human Rights Education. Lindsey N. Kingston and Esma Karakas.

Asylum seekers' experiences on the migration journey to Italy (and beyond): Risk factors and future planning within a shifting political landscape. International Migration, March 2021. Livia Elisa Ortensi and Lindsey N. Kingston.

Healing the Scars of Forced Migration: An Italian-American Story. RSAJournal – Rivista di Studi Americani, 30, 2019. https://www.aisna.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Kingston.pdf

Conceptualizing Statelessness as a Human Rights Challenge: Framing, Visual Representation, and (Partial) Issue Emergence. Journal of Human Rights Practice, May 2019.

Biometric identification, displacement, and protection gaps. In "Digital Lifeline? ICTs for Refugees and Displaced Persons", edited by Carleen Maitland. MIT Press, 2018.

Bringing Rwandan Refugees ‘Home’: The Cessation Clause, Statelessness, and Forced Repatriation. International Journal of Refugee Law, 29(3), November 2017.

Worthy of Rights: Statelessness as a Cause and Symptom of Marginalization. In "Understanding Statelessness," edited by Tendayi Bloom, Katherine Tonkiss, and Philip Cole: 17-34. Routledge, 2017.

Office H. Sam Priest Center 210
Phone 314-246-8794
Email lkingston54@webster.edu

Allan MacNeill, PhD, is a professor of political economy, with a joint appointment in the Departments of History, Politics, and International Relations and Business. He teaches a variety of courses in political economy and economic history, including International Political Economy, The Political Economy of Sex, Drugs, and Garbage, Gender and Globalization, Economic Development, and The History of Economic Crises. MacNeill received both the Kemper and Emerson awards for excellence in teaching in 2012. Since arriving at Webster in 1994, MacNeill has taught in the Netherlands, Thailand, China, and Russia.

 

Office H. Sam Priest Center 201A
Phone 314-968-7489
Email macneiam@webster.edu

 

 

Office H. Sam Priest Center 103
Phone 314-246-7739
Email parrch@webster.edu

Kelly-Kate S. Pease, PhD, is professor of international relations and director of the International Relations online program at Webster University. She has published extensively in areas related to international relations, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. Her books include "International Organizations: Perspectives on Global Governance" (6th ed), "The United Nations and Changing World Politics" (co-author, 8th ed), and "Human Rights and Humanitarian Diplomacy." Pease also publishes articles and chapters on human rights, humanitarian intervention, humanitarian assistance, diplomacy, the United Nations, and international criminal law.

Pease received her PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1994, her MA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1990, and her BA from Louisiana State University in 1987. Her areas of interest include international relations, international political economy, international organizations, international law, foreign policy, and human rights.

"United Nations and Changing World Politics." 8th Edition [updated and revised]. New York: Routledge, 2020. https://www.routledge.com/The-United-Nations-and-Changing-World-Politics-Revised-and-Updated-with/Weiss-Forsythe-Coate-Pease/p/book/9780367353919

"International Organizations: Perspectives on global governance." 6th Edition. New York: Routledge, 2019. https://www.routledge.com/International-Organizations-Perspectives-on-Global-Governance/Pease/p/book/9780815380467

Book review of "The Social Practice of Human Rights," edited by Joel. R. Pruce. New York: Palgrave, 2015 in PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS, 15 (March 2017) 1: 305-307. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/the-social-practice-of-human-rights-edited-by-joel-r-pruce-new-york-palgrave-macmillan-2015-235p-10000/84E8BDCBFD32252A224A260C2BBBE55D

"Human Rights and Humanitarian Diplomacy." Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. 2016. https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784993290/

Human Rights and Humanitarian Diplomacy (1856-). Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford University Press, 2015. https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199743292/obo-9780199743292-0126.xml

Kelly-Kate S. Pease. 2013. The Joint Criminal Enterprise Debate and the Case of Charles Taylor: The Politics of International Criminal Tribunal Law, 33-46 in S. Mitchell and H. Carey (Eds.), "Trials and Tribulations of International Prosecution." Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. https://books.google.com/books?id=YWUSAAAAQBAJ

The Role of the United Nations in International Law. Insights on Law and Society. 11(July 2011)3: 6-27.

Who Says What the Law Is? International Studies Review. Winter/December (2010) 12: 628-636.

Office H. Sam Priest Center 212
Phone 314-968-7083
Email peasekk@webster.edu

David Pennington completed his PhD at Washington University in St. Louis and came to Webster University in 2011. He enjoys teaching a wide variety of courses on Britain, early modern Europe, women and gender history, and world history. He has served in a variety of roles for the Midwestern Conference for British Studies.

Pennington’s research focuses on how British people responded to economic crises and commercialization in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He has published on parliamentary law-making, retail commerce in early modern towns, and women’s working roles. His first book rethinks women’s contributions to the early modern commercial economy. His current project focuses on how Parliament and the Crown responded to the economic upheavals of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Pennington intends to place his work in comparative perspective to show the different ways representative institutions in early modern Europe grappled with the general crisis of the seventeenth century.

"Going to Market: Women, Trade and Social Relations in Early Modern English Towns, c. 1550-1650" (Ashgate 2015/Routledge, 2016)

‘Three Women and a Goose Make a Market’: Representations of Market Women in Seventeenth-Century Popular Literature, The Seventeenth Century, vol. 25, no. 1 (Spring 2010)

Taking it to the Streets: Hucksters and Huckstering in Early Modern Southampton, circa 1550-1652, Sixteenth Century Journal vol. 39, no. 3 (2008)

Beyond the Moral Economy: Economic Change, Ideology and the 1621 House of Commons, Parliamentary History vol. 25, no. 2 (2006).

Office H. Sam Priest Center 206
Phone 314-246-7562
Email dpennington41@webster.edu

 

 

Email leifrosenberger@webster.edu

Warren Rosenblum teaches and writes about modern world history and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Europe. His book "Beyond the Prison Gates: Punishment and Welfare in Modern Germany" won the Baker-Burton Prize of the Southern Historical Association. Recent work includes essays on the history of disability and euthanasia, antisemitism in the German justice system, and the rise of fascism.

Rosenblum has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies and the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington. In Spring 2021, he was a Fulbright scholar in Brussels, Belgium.

In addition to his teaching, Rosenblum has organized a number of workshops and conferences, including a Youth Summit on the police for St. Louis area high school students, an undergraduate research conference on “Hatebrakers in History” at the Missouri History Museum, and a workshop for Missouri teachers on the Holocaust, in conjunction with the St. Louis Holocaust Museum.

He is a proud resident of St. Louis City, where he lives with his wife, two daughters, and two cruel and indifferent cats.

Rosenblum earned his PhD from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and his BA from Cornell University. He was previously a student at Deep Springs College.

Website https://webster.academia.edu/WarrenRosenblum

The Dangers of Diversity: ‘The Feeble-Minded’ in Modern Germany, in "Disability in Modern Germany," eds., Tanja Nusser and Katherine Sorrels (Camden Press, 2022).

Dreyfus in Deutschland. Die französische Affäre als Modell und Gegenmodell für den C. V. in "Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens. Anwalt zwischen Deutschtum und Judentum" eds. Tilmann Gempp-Friedrich and Rebekka Denz, (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2021).

A Universal Madness: Disability and Immigration Policy in European History, in "Family, Separation and Migration: An Evolution-Involution of the Global Refugee Crisis," ed. Oreste Foppiani (Brill and Peter Lang, 2017)

Serene Justitia and the Passions of the Public Sphere, InterDisciplines. Journal of History and Sociology 6, no. 2 (2015).

Welfare and Justice: The Battle over Gerichtshilfe in the Weimar Republic, in "Crime and Criminal Justice in Modern Germany," ed. Richard Wetzell (Berghahn, 2014)

Jews, Justice, and the Power of ‘Sensation’ in the Weimar Republic, Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook 58 (2013)

Office H. Sam Priest Center 213
Phone 314-968-7066
Email wrosenbl@webster.edu

 

 

Office H. Sam Priest Center 203
Phone 314-968-7135
Email jstimpfl@webster.edu

Keith Welsh joined the faculty at Webster in 1988 after his completing his PhD in English and American literature at Indiana University, where he was selected the Best Graduate Student for that year. His career began in the English Department, His research interests began in Victorian studies, an interdisciplinary major that allowed him to expand into other areas of study, particularly art history and gay studies. He has been most fortunate to have been able to teach at other Webster University campuses, including Vienna and the former campuses in London and Thailand. As an undergraduate he spent a semester in Vienna and Budapest, and now he has Vienna in his blood, including translating plays by Arthur Schnitlzer. However, his heart is passionate about Thailand. Perhaps the peak point of his career was his leadership of the Thailand campus from 2016-18. He first taught at the Thailand campus in 1999 and returned several times. Perhaps the peak point of his career was his leadership of the Thailand campus from 2016-18. Consequently, he has expertise in Thai culture and literature. With his experience abroad, his interdisciplinary outlook, and his command of textual study, joining the religious studies department was a logical move that reflected his own intellectual development. There, he teaches classes ranging from “The Problem of Evil” to “The Emergence of Christianity.”

Essays in ‘Valences’ Wrestle with Question of Interdisciplinarity. Integrative Pathways 35 no. 2 (May 2013). Pp. 1-2; 6-7.

Renault, Mary, in Brulotte, Gaetan and Phillips, John, eds; "The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature." 2 vols. Routledge, 2006

Thai Erotic Literature in Gaetan and Phillips, John, eds; "The Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature." 2 vols. Routledge, 2006.

Life is a Cabaret in "Blending In," ed. Graham Thomas. Studies in Thai Culture and Society. William Wormsely, general editor. Isan Books, 2005.

Edmund Burke in "Dictionary of Literary Biography: Eighteenth Century British Philosophers," Bruccoli, Layman, and Clark, 2001.

Strangers,”a translation from the German of Arthur Schnitzler’s "Die Fremde."

Review of "The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage" edited by Claude Summers in College Literature 25.2: Spring 1998, 206-08.

Review of "Nature into Art" by Carl Woodring in College Literature 19 (February, 1992): 153-54.

Review of "Iconography of Landscape" ed. by Cosgrove and Daniels, "The Garden in Victorian Literature" by Michael Waters, and "Loudon and the Landscape" by Melanie Simo in Victorian Studies 34 (Autumn, 1990): 117-19

Office H. Sam Priest Center 205
Phone 314-968-7182
Email welshke@webster.edu

Gwyneth Williams is a full-time member of the Department of History/Political Science/International Relations/Religious Studies. Her general teaching field is U.S. politics, including courses in the Presidency, Political Parties, Campaigns and Elections, Religion and American Politics, and Politics and Gender. In addition, Williams regularly teaches public law courses such as constitutional law, civil liberties, and judicial politics. Also, she has taught interdisciplinary classes, including the history and politics of the American family and contemporary women’s issues. Williams is a recipient of the William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Professor Williams’s research interests are varied. In the field of U.S. politics, she has published/presented work on child custody law, prayer in schools, the use of religious rhetoric in the public realm, and student attitudes towards President Trump. For the past decade, Williams has engaged in interdisciplinary research on the politics and meaning of clothing and fashion.

Williams’s service to the University includes supervising student internships. In recognition of her work in this area, she received a certificate from The Women Legislators of Missouri "in Honor of Her Outstanding Dedication to the Field of Education," 11th Annual Deverne Lee Calloway Awards Ceremony. She also has been a regular commentator on US politics on KWMU and other local media outlets. Within the University, Williams has served as Faculty Senate President and worked on a wide variety of committees and task forces.

Williams received her BA in Political Science from Knox College; her MA and PhD in Politics from Princeton University.

Exhibition Review: Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA: February 12–May 7, 2017.

Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, USA: June 24 – September 24, 2017), Fashion, Style, and Popular Culture, Vol. 7,(1), Jan. 2020.

The Presidential Nominating System: Goals and Consequences. Glimpse, Summer 2016. http://www.websterglimpse.com/summer-2016/the-last-word.

Communities of Faith as Leadership Grounds. Co-author: Elizabeth J. Stroble. Women in Higher Education, Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan. 2016.

Civil Rights versus Civil Liberties. "American Political Culture: An Encyclopedia" (3 vols.), Michael Shally-Jensen, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2015.

Faculty Women and Clothing Choices: Negotiating Fashion, Gender, and Professionalism. Co-author: Monica M. Moore. The Almanack, Nov. 2014.

The Democrats Embrace God: An Unqualified Blessing? Forum on Public Policy Online, Summer 2007 edition. http://www.forumonpublicpolicy.com/archivesum07

Looking at Joint Custody Through the Language and Attitudes of Attorneys, Justice System Journal 26, no. 1 (2005): 1-34.

Essay on Fathers’ Rights Movement, "Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Female Reproductive Rights in the United States." Ed. Judith A. Baer, Greenwood, 2002.

SAMPLE OF CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Undergraduate Attitudes Towards Donald Trump. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Apr. 17, 2021 (virtual).

'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination:' Reviewing the Reviewers. Presented at the National Popular Culture Association Conference, Washington, DC: Apr. 19, 2019.

Magna Carta and American Political Thought. Presented at Magna Carta Symposium, Regent’s College, London, UK, Jan. 7, 2015; Plenary Address at Missouri Judicial Conference, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 7, 2015.

Policing the Body of the Male Academic. Co-author: Monica M. Moore. Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 6-8, 2014; American Men’s Studies Association Conference, New York City, NY, Mar. 7, 2015.

Office H. Sam Priest Center 209
Phone 314-968-7069
Email williagi@webster.edu

Robin Jefferson Higgins is an assistant professor, chair, director, and associate professor for the Legal Studies Department at Webster University. She earned her BA in Economics, BA in Spanish, and MA in Spanish from the University of Missouri-Columbia, as well as a Juris Doctor from St. Louis University School of Law. Prior to her position with Webster University, she was a federal law clerk for Charles A. Shaw, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. After her clerkship, she joined the law firm of Lashly & Bear, P.C. where she practiced school law, administrative law, worker’s compensation, and employment law. She currently teaches a variety of courses for Webster University, such as Methods of Legal Research and Writing, Civil Litigation, Introduction to Legal Studies, American Constitutional Law, Anglo-American Legal History, School Law, and Legal Ethics.

 

Office Webster Hall 315
Phone 314-246-8724
Email robinjefferson85@webster.edu

 

 

Office Webster Hall 320
Phone 314-246-7068
Email ghalley54@webster.edu

Anne Geraghty-Rathert is a professor in the Department of Law, Crime and Social Justice at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. She teaches many courses in the Legal Studies program including Introduction to Law, Criminal Litigation, Evidence, Women and Law, Wrongful Convictions, among others. Anne also teaches in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program and serves on its executive committee. Her research interests include legal issues surrounding domestic violence, as well as issues related to criminal justice reform.

In addition to teaching full time, Anne is an attorney in private practice. She is the director of and attorney for The WILLOW Project, where she represents wrongfully convicted female clients, all of whom have lengthy sentences in prison.

Professor Geraghty-Rathert is a proud alum of St. Louis University School of Law.

Awards Won:

• The Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, 2019
• The William T. Kemper Award for Teaching, 2019
• Faculty Research Grant recipient, 2018
• Faculty/Student Collaborative Research Grant recipient, 2018
• Connections to Success Honoree for the WILLOW Project, 2017
• Women of Webster Award, 2017
• Golden Lane Award from the League of Women Voters, 2016

Website: www.willowprojectstl.org

Community-Based Social Justice Work: The WILLOW Project, chapter 12 of "Human Rights in Higher Education: Institutional, Classroom, and Community Approaches to Teaching Social Justice."

Wrote chapter on the WILLOW Project and internships; published in Lindsey Kingston’s edited undergraduate "Human Rights" textbook.

Wrote chapter on topic of how to incorporate local human rights internships and field work into the academic discipline of a Human Rights curriculum. Published Fall 2018.

Office Webster Hall 317
Phone 314-246-7827
Email arathert@webster.edu

 

 

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Email allisongorga@webster.edu

 

 

Office Webster Hall 318
Phone 314-246-7067
Email hartch@webster.edu

 

 

Phone 314-968-5913
Email mccartt@webster.edu

MacCartney, D. (in press). Monitoring the world society: LGBT human rights in Russia and Sweden. In V. Demos & M. T. Segal (Eds.), "Gender panic, gender policy" (Advances in Gender Research, Volume 24): Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Stotzer, R. & MacCartney, D. (2015). The role of institutional factors on on-campus reported rape prevalence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-21.

MacCartney, D. (2015). International LGBT rights. In S. Thompson (Ed,), "The Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social Justice." (Vol.1, pp. 476-483). Washington, DC: Rowman and Littlefield.

Kingston. L., MacCartney, D., & Miller, A. (2014). Facilitating student engagement: Social responsibility and freshmen learning communities. Teaching and Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal, 2(1), 63-80.

Woolf, L. M., & MacCartney, D. (2014). Sexual and gender minorities. In C. V. Johnson, H. Friedman, J. Diaz, B. Nastasi, & Z. Franco (Eds.), "Handbook of social justice and psychology" (pp. 155-176). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

MacCartney, D. (2013). The state of same-sex marriage in the United States. In L.P. Itaborahy & J. Zhu (Eds.). "State sponsored homophobia: A world survey of laws, criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love" (pp. 98-101). Brussels, Belgium: International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 331
Phone 314-246-7516
Email dmaccartney@webster.edu

Joe Zlatic attended Saint Louis University where he earned his BA, MA, and PhD. Zlatic has worked in higher education since 2013 and previously served the U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri for seven years as a community supervision officer. He has engaged in policy advising and implementation at federal, state, local, and nonprofit levels. His research interests include criminal justice policy development and evaluation, implementation of evidence-based practices, community corrections, and alternatives to traditional criminal case processing. Zlatic seeks to conduct field-based action research dedicated to the identification and exploitation of points of leverage within criminal justice organizations in order to contribute to enhanced public service. 

2021. Incomplete Narratives: Modern Policing, Reform Efforts, and the Influence of Politics in Eye- Witness Identification Procedures. Lead Author with Thies, J. Missouri Policy Journal. No. 6. Fall/Winter 2021-2022. (forthcoming)

2020. Social Affinity Flow Theory: A New Understanding of Both Human Interaction and the Power of Baha’i Training Institute Process. In collaboration with Gourdine, C.; Edgren, J.; and Trice, T. Journal of Baha’i Studies. Winter Issue. Vol 29, 4.

2016. Correctional Reform in Red States: Missouri’s Role. Lead Author with Thies, J. Missouri Policy Journal. No 4. Fall/Winter 2016-17.

2010. Pretrial Diversion: The Overlooked Evidence-Based Practice. Lead author with Wilkerson, D. and McAllister, S. Federal Probation. Vol. 74, 1.

2009. An Audit of District Reviews: Implications for U.S. Pretrial Services Policy Development and Practice. Federal Probation.. Vol. 73, 2.

Office Webster Hall 303
Phone 314-246-5932
Email josephzlatic@webster.edu

Jill Stulce, PhD, CRNA received her BSN from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1988, MSN Nurse Anesthesia Specialization from Southern Illinois University in 1998, and a PhD in Health Related Sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Allied Health in 2016. She joined Webster University in 2006 and currently serves as the program director since 2008 and department chair since 2012.

Stulce has various research interests and serves as the research director for the program. She is published in the Respiratory Care Journal regarding her work utilizing a novel biomarker, isofuran, to better understand the potential of oxygen therapy as an instigator of oxidative stress.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 105
Phone 314-246-7846
Email jillstulce02@webster.edu

Jamie Breuer has been involved in medical and healthcare education for over twenty years. He joined Webster University in 2020 as the coordinator for the Nurse Anesthesia department.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 101
Phone 314-246-5927
Email jamiebreuer@webster.edu

Michael Burns has been a CRNA for 21 years and an active member of AANA, MOANA, ASRA, and ESRA professional organizations. His clinical practice and research areas of interest are ERAS, acute pain management, and regional anesthesia. Burns’s lifelong focus has been to improve his patient’s safety, experience, and access to affordable healthcare in an economical responsible manner by educating future and present nurse anesthetists. Burns is a consultant and advisory panel member for several anesthesia medical device companies such as B Braun, Avanos, Teleflex, Edward’s Lifescience and Cumberland Pharmaceutics assisting with their development of new products and advancing the utilization of their current products as well as a medical legal consultant.

Research Projects:

2007. Moderated Poster Presentation, European Society of Critical Care, Brijuni, Croatia. Sv-SVV mirror Frank-Starling EDV-SV Relationship as Preload Increases.

2009. Moderated Poster Presentation, CHEST Conference, Philadelphia, USA. Physiologic Management of Hemodynamics in the Operating Room using Arterial Pressure Based Stroke Volume and Stroke Volume Variation.

2012. Moderated Poster Presentation, World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Does 5 ml Bolus Volumes and Fluroscopic Assessment Affect Hemidiaphragm Incidence after Brachial Plexus Blocks?

2012. Two Moderated Poster Presentations, World Congress of Nurse Anesthetists, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Effect of Transverse Abdominis Plane Blocks and Low Dose Intrathecal Opioids on Morphine Requirements Following Cesarean Delivery, and Does 5 ml Bolus Volumes and Fluroscopic Assessment Affect Hemidiaphragm Incidence after Brachial Plexus Blocks?

2017. Two Moderated Poster Presentations, European Society of Regional Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy Congress, Lugano, Switzerland. How Often Do Continuous Peripheral Nerve Provide 72 Hours of Pain Relief? and Continuous Bilateral Transverse Abdominis Plane Blocks Decrease Opioid Consumption by 47 Percent Following Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.

2017. Moderated Poster Presentation, American Society of Regional Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine, San Francisco, USA. Opioid reduction strategy utilizing esmolol in patients undergoing arthroscopic shoulder procedures with continuous brachial plexus blockade reduces unanticipated admissions and 30-day emergency department visits.

2018. Poster Presentations, European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy Congress, Dublin, Ireland. ERAS including Esmolol for Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery Decreases Length of Stay without Increasing 30 and 60 Day Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits, A Community Hospital Report on the Incidence of Complications and Catheter Failures of Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks at 48 Hours Postoperatively, and Opioid Reduction Strategies Utilizing Esmolol During Shoulder Surgery Reduces Unanticipated Same-Day Admissions without Increasing 30-day Readmissions or Emergency Visits.

2019. Moderated Poster Presentation, European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy Congress, Bilbao, Spain. Community Hospital Decreases Length of Stay in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients Utilizing Continuous Adductor Canal and Infiltration Between the Popliteal Artery and Knee Capsule Blocks.

2020. Moderated Poster Presentation, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Congress, San Francisco, USA. Community Hospital Decreases Opioids by 51.2% for Mastectomy Patients Utilizing ERAS Protocol with Erector Spinae Plane Blocks.

2020. Moderated Poster Presentation, World Congress of Anaesthesia Congress. Community Hospital Decreases Opioids by 51.2% for Mastectomy Patients Utilizing ERAS Protocol with Erector Spinae Plane Blocks.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 109
Phone 314-246-5927
Email michaelburns90@webster.edu

Vicki Callan, PhD, CRNA, CHSE received her BSN from the University of Buffalo in 1991, a MS in Nurse Anesthesiology from Albany Medical College in 1996, and a PhD in Health Related Sciences from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Allied Health in 2005. Callan is an associate professor and serves as the director of clinical education for the Department of Nurse Anesthesia. Basic principles of anesthesia is her main focus of teaching, and her research interests include amniotic fluid embolism and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurse anesthesia practice and education. Callan is also editor-in-chief of the International Student Journal of Nurse Anesthesia, and a past president of the Missouri Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

Callan, V., Eshkevari, L. Finder, S., Jeter, L., May, S., Stulce, J., Hoyem, R.L., & Everson, M. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on certified registered nurse anesthetist practice. The Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 89(4), 334-340. [publication pending]

Everson, M., Wilbanks, B.A., Hranchook, A.M., Hirsch, M., Clayton, B.A., Jordan, L.M. & Callan, V. (2021). From the operating room to the frontlines: Shared experiences of nurse anesthetists during the coronavirus pandemic. The Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, 89(2), 109-116.

Coopmans, V.C. (2020). Drug therapy with local anesthetics. In G. Frandsen & S. S. Pennington, (Eds.) "Abrams’ Clinical Drug Therapy: Rationales for Nursing Practice" (12th ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

Coopmans, V.C. (2020). Drug therapy with general anesthetics. In G. Frandsen & S. S. Pennington, (Eds.) "Abrams’ Clinical Drug Therapy: Rationales for Nursing Practice" (12th ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

Coopmans, V.C. (2018, September 22-25). The Mystery of Amniotic Fluid Embolism and the A-OK Protocol. [Conference presentation]. Nurse Anesthesia Annual Congress, Boston, MA.

Coopmans, V.C. (2017). Testing the student’s knowledge. In B. Henrichs & J. Thompson, (Eds.), "A Resource for Nurse Anesthesia Educators" (2nd ed.). Park Ridge, IL: AANA Publishing.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 107
Phone 314-246-5928
Email vickicoopmans20@webster.edu

Nicholas Curdt, DNAP, CRNA received his BSN from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2002, MS in Nurse Anesthesia from Webster University in 2006, and a DNAP from University of Michigan-Flint, in 2019. Curdt joined the Webster University Department of Nurse Anesthesia in 2012, and currently serves as the Director of Simulated Learning and involved in didactic nurse anesthesia education for over 12 years. Curdt has been a practicing CRNA specializing in cardiothoracic anesthesia for over 15 years, and currently maintains a practice at Missouri Baptist Medical Center with privileges at Barnes Jewish Hospital.

Curdt appreciates all forms of research. His focus is directed toward simulated learning, clinical improvement outcomes, cardiothoracic surgery anesthesia, nurse anesthesia patient safety, and nurse anesthesia education.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 117
Phone 314-246-7203
Email curdtni@webster.edu

Martina R. Steed received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1988, a Master of Science in Nursing with a nurse anesthesia specialization in 1996 and a PhD in Health Services in 2015. Steed has been a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) since 1997. She is the assistant director of the doctorate of nurse anesthesia practice program at Webster University in St Louis. She has taught a variety of courses related to anesthesia practice and simulation and has mentored research projects at the master’s and doctoral level since 2008. Since 2019, she has served on the board of directors of the Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia Mentorship program. Professionally, she serves as an on-site reviewer for the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthesia Programs and a CPCA item writer for the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists. She owns a small anesthesia staffing business and has worked as a nurse anesthetist in obstetric anesthesia as well as a sole anesthesia provider in various practice settings underserved areas Southern Illinois and Missouri.

Steed has various research interests, including disparities in health service, simulation in nurse anesthesia education, health care policy and cultural competence in CRNAs.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 115
Phone 314-246-7765
Email martinasteed32@webster.edu

Jan Palmer serves as chair of the Nursing Department at Webster University. She has over 30-years experience as a registered nurse and over 10-years experience in academia. She is a National League for Nursing certified nurse educator (CNE), an Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing peer reviewer, a licensed nursing home administrator and a long-term active member of Delta Lambda at Large which is a chapter of the nursing honor society, Sigma Theta Tau International. Her research experience dates to 1994 when she became a 11-year member of the Washington University Memory Diagnostic Center/Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center team. In 2013, Palmer was recognized by the Saint Louis Alzheimer’s Association for 20 years of service to individuals and families touched by Alzheimer’s disease. In 2019, she received the Delta Lambda, Mae J. Hamilton Nursing Excellence Award in recognition of her contributions to nursing research. And in 2020, she was recognized as a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing (DEGN) by the National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence. Palmer earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at University of Missouri-Columbia, a Master of Science in Gerontology at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, and a PhD in Nursing at Saint Louis University. Research interests include Alzheimer’s disease, caregivers, older adults, and nursing education. Palmer teaches the following content areas: growth and development, gerontology, evidence-based practice, health promotion, leadership, instructional strategies, curriculum development, and the nurse educator role.

Palmer, J.L., McLaughlin, D., & Hankamer, B. (2021). A simulation boot camp for future nurse educators, Nurse Educator, 46 (3), 134-135.

SmithBattle, L., Lorenz, R.A., Reangsing, C., Palmer, J.L., & Pitroff, G. (2018). A methodological review of qualitative longitudinal research in nursing. Nursing Inquiry, 25 (4), e12248. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12248

Langan, J., Palmer, J.L., Christopher, K., & Shagavah, A. (2017). Joplin tornado survivors, hospital employees and community members: Reflections of resilience and acknowledgement of pain. Health Emergency and Disaster Nursing, 4(1): 57-65.

Palmer, J.L., Bultas, M., Davis, R.L., Schmuke, A.D., & Fender, J.B. (2016). Nursing examinations: Promotion of integrity and prevention of cheating. Nurse Educator, 41(4): 180-184.

Palmer, J.L., Lach, H.W., McGillick, J., Murphy-White, M., Carroll, M.B., & Armstrong, J.L. (2014). The Dementia Friendly Hospital Initiative education program for acute care nurses and staff. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45(9): 416-424.

Palmer, J.L., Langan, J., Krampe, J., Krieger, M., Lorenz, R., Schneider, J.K., Smith, J.M., & Lach, H. (2014). A model for risk reduction for older adults vulnerable to nursing home placement. Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, 28(2): 162-192.

Murray, T., Palmer, J.L., Wunderlich, R.J., Giancola, J., & Shaw, J. (2014) An academic-service partnership to promote and support RNs return to school, Journal of Nursing Education, 53(5): 291-294.

Palmer, J.L. (2013). Preserving personhood of individuals with advanced dementia: Lessons from family caregivers. Geriatric Nursing, 34: 224-229.

Palmer, J.L. (2012). Just TALKKK to me! 6 communication patterns for nursing. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 38(4): 47-54.

Langan, J.C., Palmer, J.L. (2012). Listening to and learning about older adult Hurricane Katrina survivors. Public Health Nursing, 29(2), 126-135.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 441
Phone 314-246-7488
Email janicepalmer47@webster.edu

During Theresa Altmann’s 35-year tenure at Webster University, she has had many responsibilities including adjunct faculty records, appointments, and other projects for the Office of Academic Affairs. In the role of Nursing Department Coordinator, she now registers all students for class; coordinates with the Bursar’s office for direct billing of cohort students; uploads courses into CARS each term; assists with accreditation reports; tracks compliance documentation of students; coordinates graduation activities; and more.

Altmann's areas of expertise include Jenzebar CX (CARS), CastleBranch compliance documentation, qualtrics for course and accreditation surveys, prioritization and time management, and the Enrollment Management tool in Slate. She earned her BA in Management with a minor in Computer Studies at Webster University.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 407
Phone 314-246-7483
Email altmantm@webster.edu

Stephanie Dribben is an assistant professor in the Nursing Department at Webster University where she has been a full-time faculty member since 2019. Dribben teaches courses in the RN-BSN and MSN programs, including advanced pathophysiology, leadership and management, and interprofessional collaboration and communication.

As a registered nurse, Dribben worked in emergency medicine, hematology-oncology, and critical care. After attaining her MSN, she began practicing as an acute care nurse practitioner in the surgical and trauma intensive care unit at Barnes Jewish Hospital where she continues to work. Dribben also taught medical-surgical and mental health nursing as an Assistant Professor at St. Louis Community College for three years prior to joining Webster University as a Hearst Fellow. Stephanie's current research focus includes violence prevention and nursing retention.

Dribben holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a BS and MS in Nursing as well as a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College.

Dribben, S., Curtis, M. P., Foraker, R., Kush, C., & Trolard, A. (2021). Improving Cardiff Model Data Collection in the Emergency Department. Computers, Informatics, Nursing: CIN, 39(7), 341–344. https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000786

Office Browning Hall, ISB 433
Phone 314-246-7482
Email sdribben84@webster.edu

Sue McFarlan is a nurse with 33 years of experience in critical care, leadership and, since 2015, education. Her main area of interest is facilitating the development of nursing leadership at all levels. Her goal is to improve patient outcomes, strengthen and empower the nursing profession, and the healthcare system as a whole.

Bedside nursing care drives patient outcomes and the leaders providing management at this level are pivotal in achieving patient outcomes, staff satisfaction, retention, healthy work environments and all organizational outcomes. McFarlan's interest is in empowering nurses in leadership roles to be innovative and provide evidence-based leadership. From providing care at the bedside to implementing a Rapid Response Team, and being a nurse leader over several hospital units, McFarlan has sought to educate and empower nurses to practice to their greatest ability. McFarlan espouses that mutual respect, knowledge and an environment of collaboration are keys to creating an innovative and healthy nursing workforce.

McFarlan received the Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. McFarlan has been an assistant professor at Webster University since fall 2015. As a nursing faculty person, she works with nurses taking leadership courses in the RN to BSN and the MSN programs. McFarlan is very interested in implementing interactive and engaging learning techniques with her students, helping them to apply new knowledge in their practice environments.

 

Office ISB/Browning Hall 437
Phone 314-246-7132
Email susanmcfarlan08@webster.edu

Dorcas McLaughlin is a professor in the Nursing Department at Webster University. Prior to joining the faculty at Webster University, Dorcas served as the coordinator and lead faculty for the psychiatric-mental health nursing specialty in the undergraduate and accelerated nursing programs at Saint Louis University. At Webster University, Dorcas teaches graduate and undergraduate students. Her areas of expertise include psychiatric-mental health nursing, education, psychodrama, expressive art therapies, mindfulness, trauma-informed care and family violence. Currently, Dorcas teaches the practicum courses for graduate nursing students preparing to be nurse educators. Also, she teaches a psychodrama course to graduate students in the professional counseling program and teachers pursing an advanced graduate certificate in trauma-informed education and intervention. In addition, Dorcas teaches an undergraduate keystone course on family violence in the Global Citizenship Program (GCP). In 2017, Dorcas became a fellow in the Global Leadership Academy at Webster University. With over 30 years of experience as a nurse educator and psychodramatist, she has been invited to provide psychodrama training workshops and personal growth groups in the U.S., Asia, and Europe.

Dorcas earned her BS in Nursing and MS in Nursing from the University of Missouri in Columbia and her PhD in Nursing from the University of Missouri in St. Louis. She is dually certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS-BC) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and as a Trainer, Educator, and Practitioner (TEP) by the American Board of Examiners in psychodrama, sociometry and group psychotherapy.

McLaughlin, D.E., Spiess, J. & Palmer, J.L. (2022). Recovery: Promoting behavioral health. In J.C. Langan, "Preparing nurses for disaster management: A global approach." Elsevier.

Palmer, J.L., McLaughlin, D.E., Hankamer, B.A. (2021). A simulation boot camp for future nurse educators. Nurse Educator 46 (3), 134-135.

Freed, P.E. & McLaughlin, D.E. (2018). Promoting cultures of thinking: Transforming nursing education to transform nursing practice. Creative Nursing Supplement 24, 174-181.

Smithbattle, L., Chantamit-o-pas, C., Freed, P.E., McLaughlin, D. E., Schneider, J, K. (2017). Moms Growing Together: Piloting action methods and expressive arts in a therapeutic group for teen mothers. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jcap.12172

Freed, P. E., Bertram, J. & McLaughlin, D. E. (2013). Using lecture capture: A qualitative study of nursing faculty’s experience. Nurse Education Today 2013 Jul 12.pii: S0260-6917(13)00233-5. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.06.021

Freed, P. E. & McLaughlin, D. E. (2011). Futures thinking: Preparing nurses to think for tomorrow. Nursing Education Perspective, 32 (3), pp. 173-178.

Freed, P. E., McLaughlin, D.E., SmithBattle, L., Leander, S., Westhus, N. (2010). “It’s the little things that count.” The value in receiving therapeutic letters. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 31 (4), pp. 265-272.

Freed, P. E., McLaughlin, D.E., SmithBattle, L., Leander, S., Westhus, N. (2009). Therapeuticletters in undergraduate nursing education: Ideas for clinical nurse educators.  Nurse Education Today. Retrieved from http://www.biomedsearch.com/nih/Therapeutic-letters-in-undergraduate-nursing/19932532.html.

Weaver, T. L., Allen, J. A., Hopper, E., Maglione, M. L., McLaughlin, D., McCullough, M.A. Jackson, M, K., & Brewer, T., (2007). Mediators of suicidal ideation within a sheltered sample of raped and battered women. Health Care for Women International, 28 (5), 478-489.

McLaughlin, D. E., Freed, P. E., & Tadych, R. A. (2006). Action methods in the classroom: Creative strategies for nursing education. International Journal of Nursing Scholarship (Vol. 3, no. 1, article 11). Web site: http://www.bepress.com/ijnes/vol3/art11

Office Browning Hal, ISB 439
Phone 314-246-7179
Email dmclaughlin53@webster.edu

Jody Spiess is a registered nurse with 20 years of experience. Her nursing history includes cardiac, mother/baby, public health nursing and nursing education. Her main area of interest is in the public health nursing specialty, and Spiess' passion is in helping underserved residents in the St. Louis community.

Spiess received an ADN from St. Louis Community College at Meramec, BSN and MSN from Webster University, a graduate certificate in public health from the University of Missouri Columbia and her PhD in nursing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Spiess' dissertation was on the disaster preparedness of community health nurse educators all over the United States.

Spiess is extremely honored to be a Hearst fellow and faculty member at Webster University.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 454
Phone 314-246-7003
Email jodyspiess06@webster.edu

Melissa Spriggs has worked in the human services field for over 20 years in the areas of disabilities services, substance abuse, juvenile corrections, mental health, and several middle and high school settings. Spriggs has also been adjunct faculty at George Washington University, Trinity Washington University, McKendree University and Lindenwood University. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Truman State University, a master's degree in counseling from Western Illinois University and a doctorate in counseling from George Washington University.

Spriggs is currently the director of the MA in Human Services program at Webster University in St. Louis. The program began in the fall of 2015 and is now offered both as a blended program to local students and also fully online. Spriggs enjoys educating, mentoring and advising her students as they progress and grow through the program and in their careers. Her current research interests are compassion fatigue, wounded healers and identity and career development of human services workers.

 

Office Human Services, Browning Hall, ISB 404
Phone 314-246-3197
Email melissaspriggs55@webster.edu

Cami Weber is an alumna of Webster University’s BSN (2004) and MSN (2007) nursing programs. She is working towards a PhD in Nursing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is expected to complete her degree in Spring 2022. In addition to the previous academic accomplishments, Weber received her MBA from DeVry University in 2015.

Weber’s clinical nursing experience includes obstetrics, special care nursery and women’s health. Additionally, she has experience working in higher education publishing, nursing education and management. Her research interests include populations of women with substance use disorder and nursing education.

Weber’s personal interests include cooking, gardening and traveling with her husband and two daughters. Both daughters are graduates of Webster University’s George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology.

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 454
Phone 314-246-7988
Email weberca@webster.edu

Bruce Umbaugh is professor and chair of the Philosophy Department. He became a philosopher to understand things deeply and in ways that allow action to make the world better. His research has addressed relativism and rationality; the ethical implications of technology design; and privacy, free expression, and identity in online environments. His book on the thought of George Berkeley defends idealism in light of all the latest scientific knowledge. Most recently, he has been exploring how ethics of care may be fundamental to all the best practices for helping students to learn.

Umbaugh has been a full-time faculty member at Webster since 1994. He has been recognized with the inaugural Learning Happens Everywhere award as well the William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has taught Cornerstone and Keystone seminars, as well as introductory courses in philosophy and courses such as Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy and Technology, and Global Information Ethics. He currently serves as Director of Webster's Global Citizenship Program and as Past President of the international Association for General and Liberal Studies.

Umbaugh earned an AB in Philosophy degree from the Honors Tutorial College of Ohio University, and an MA and PhD in philosophy from the University of Maryland.

"On Berkeley." Wadsworth Publishing, 2000. Translated into Chinese, 2015.

Foreword to Karim Dharamsi and David Ohreen, eds., "Between Truth and Falsity: Liberal Education and the Arts of Discernment," Vernon Press, 2020.

Extended Mind and the Music of Trans, in Douglas Berger, ed., "Neil Young and Philosophy," Lexington Books, 2019.

Tailoring the Web for Profit, Computer underground Digest, June 21, 1998, File 1.

Canada's Anti-hate Laws: Two Views, Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education, vol. 2 (1990), pp. 100-101, 110.

Pearson House lower level
Phone 314-968-7172
Email bumbaugh@webster.edu

 

 

Phone 314-968-7170
Email kmiller@webster.edu

Don Morse's main interest is American Pragmatism, especially the philosophy of John Dewey. He is also interested in phenomenology and existentialism. Morse's work focuses on the ways in which concrete life — or what Dewey calls "primary experience" — is the source of meaning and value. He teaches courses in American philosophy, continental philosophy, political theory, and aesthetics.

 

Phone 314-246-7737
Email dmorse@webster.edu

Kate Parsons is full-time professor of Philosophy and Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.

Parsons has taught at Webster since 1997. Her interdisciplinary teaching is grounded in a commitment to social and environmental justice and connected to a range of programs, including sustainability studies and international human rights. She regularly teaches Contemporary Moral Problems, Environmental Ethics, Bioethics, Global Ethics, Feminist Philosophy, Inequality and the Environment, and Philosophy of Sex and Love.

Parsons’ research grapples with ethical questions related to climate change, international travel, anti-racist and anti-sexist work, and motherhood. She is recipient of the William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching, the William and Roswell Messing, Jr. Faculty Award, the Provost’s Faculty Fellowship Award, and the Leif J. Sverdrup Global Teaching Fellowship. She has taught and conducted research in Japan, England, Turkey, Brazil, Thailand, and Costa Rica and regularly leads study abroad trips with her students.

Professor Parsons holds a PhD in Philosophy from Washington University, an MA in Philosophy and graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from Washington University, and a BA in Philosophy and Spanish from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Sustainable Ambivalence in Tanya Cassidy, Susan Hogan, and Sarah LaChance Adams, eds. "Maternal Tug." Demeter Press, 2020.

Social Justice Programs and Just Administrative Practices in Lindsey Kingston, ed. "Human Rights in Higher Education: Institutional, Classroom, and Community Approaches to Teaching Social Justice." Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Wild Child: Reflections and the Intersections of Nature, Gender, Race, and Parenthood in Lynn Comerford, Heather Jackson and Kandee Kosior, eds. "Feminist Parenting." Demeter Press 2016.

Academic Pressures and Feminist Solutions: Teaching Ethics Against the Grain. The American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy. Vol. 14 No. 1, Fall 2014.

Feminist Reflections on Miscarriage, in Light of Abortion. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. Vol. 3 No. 1, Spring 2010.

Subverting the Fellowship of the Wedding Ring. Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 39 No. 3, Fall 2008, 393–410

Anorexia Nervosa and Our Unreasonable Perceptions, in Hilde Nelson and Robin Fiore, eds., "Recognition, Responsibility and Rights: Feminist Ethics and Social Theory." Rowman and Littlefield, 2003.

"Rights and Reason: Essays in Honor of Carl Wellman." Co-edited with Marilyn Friedman, Larry May, and Jennifer Stiff. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

Phone 314-246-7887
Email kparsons@webster.edu

Wilson received his PhD in Philosophy from UCLA, where he then taught and served as an administrator for fifteen years. In 2002 he left his position as associate provost at UCLA to become dean of Webster’s College of Arts and Sciences, a position in which he served for almost fourteen years.

His academic focus is social and political philosophy, with a special interest in the philosophy of leadership and management. He has taught numerous courses on related topics in the Walker School, has several recent publications in this area, and serves on the executive editorial board of the international journal Philosophy of Management. He has developed a Webster introductory course in the philosophy of leadership and management. He chose this area because leadership and management can be hugely consequential, and we need to better understand those practices and how they can be done well.

He also teaches ethics and political philosophy courses, and a summer course in Florence, Italy, on that most controversial and entertaining of all leadership and political thinkers, Machiavelli.

His book "A Guide to Good Reasoning: Cultivating Intellectual Virtues" has recently been released in its second edition by the University of Minnesota; it is now available free and online. He is currently completing a textbook on ethics, tentatively entitled The Human Factor.

He is an enthusiast of the arts, currently serving as a trustee on several arts boards and as the staff philosopher for Tennessee Williams St. Louis, which was founded by his wife, Carrie Houk.

Website: www.davidcarlwilson.com

 

Phone 314-246-7180
Email wilson@webster.edu

Molly Stehn is an associate professor and chair of the Professional Counseling Department at Webster University. She holds an EdD in Counselor Education and Supervision and an Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Cincinnati (both are CACREP accredited programs). Stehn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (Missouri), a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (Ohio), as well as a Nationally Certified Counselor and Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor through NBCC. She received intensive training on the practice of dialectical behavior therapy from BehavioralTech. Stehn is a member of the ACA and several of its divisions, including the Association for Creativity in Counseling, the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, ACA of Missouri, South Carolina Counseling Association, and NCACES. The high value Stehn places on student learning is evident in her relational approach to teaching, her scholarly activity, her professional development and her university service.

Prior to going into counselor education, Stehn trained for a career as a professional opera singer. During that stage in her life, she earned her Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and was a regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. Thus, she thoroughly enjoys finding any means possible for incorporating her musical expertise into her teaching, research and clinical practice.

For fun, Stehn enjoys the performing arts, running, cooking and baking.

 

Office Webster Hall 304
Phone 314-246-8646
Email mollystehn05@webster.edu

 

 

Office Webster Hall
Phone 314-246-7795
Email susanspiess@webster.edu

Hasmik Chakaryan is an associate professor and clinical director of the Department of Professional Counseling at Webster University. She has obtained her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Toledo in 2013. Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in social justice and human rights activism and advocacy. Among many projects, Chakaryan has also established a training program for mental health paraprofessionals in Mexico. She has presented in numerous state and national conferences. Her experience includes extensive work with marginalized populations and groups nationally and internationally. She specializes in working with immigrant and refugee populations and also training mental health professionals in providing culturally competent services.

Chakaryan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri and a Certified Trauma Specialist as well as a victim advocate. She specializes in multicultural counseling and supervision, trauma and disaster mental health, and grief counseling. Chakaryan provides training for professionals on intimate partner violence, multicultural competence in counseling and supervision, working with refugee and immigrant populations, and working with victims of various traumas. Her current research focuses on internationalizing the profession of counseling and bringing awareness about mental health stigma and barriers.

Chakaryan was a recent recipient of the Certificate of Achievement by Webster University College of Arts and Sciences.

 

Office Webster Hall 300
Phone 314-246-8217
Email hchakaryan06@webster.edu

Stacy L. Henning is an associate professor in the Professional Counseling Department at Webster University. She holds a PhD and an MEd in Counselor Education and Supervision from CACREP-accredited doctoral and master’s programs; and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and an Approved Clinical Supervisor through NBCC. Stacy is an active member in ACA Committees including former senior chair to the ACA Ethics Committee and member of the Public Policy and Legislative Committee; a Site Team member and Chair for the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP); a member of university committees; an administrator, faculty and team member for the Professional Counseling department; and a practicing professional counselor in St. Louis. Current research includes pedagogical efficacy in counselor education, neuroscience in clinical counseling, and couples counseling.

Fort, K. Gonzalez. M., Henning, S., Johnson, L, & Wilkerson, J. (2022). Understanding the CACREP Standards and Developing a Self-Study. In D. Stalnaker-Shofner (Ed), "Teaching and Administration in Counselor Education: A Practical Guide for Training Graduate Students and New Educators." New York: New York. Springer. Book Chapter in Progress.

Watson, L. R., & Henning, S. L. (in press). Behavioral outcomes with law enforcement officers with compassion fatigue. "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin."

Henning, S. L., Smith, A., O’Brien, D., & Paige, K. (2021). "Twentieth century theories; Twenty-first century counseling." [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Professional Counseling, Webster University.

Sheperis, D., Henning, S. L., Kocet, M. (2015). "Ethical Decision Making in the 21st Century." Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Offfice Webster Hall 302
Phone 314-246-8215
Email stacyhenning67@webster.edu

Ryan Liberati is an assistant professor of professional counseling at Webster University. His main research interests are intimate partner violence, competency with sexual minorities, and counseling adolescents and children. His clinical specialties are children, adolescents, and LGBTQ. He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois, as well as a National Certified Counselor and Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors. In addition, he has earned his Approved Clinical Supervisor credential through the Center for Credentialing and Education. Liberati also serves as editor for the Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in Counseling newsletter. He also is appointed by the Mayor of Fairview Heights, Illinois, as a committee member for the Americans with Disabilities Act committee.

 

Office Webster Hall 301
Phone 314-246-7624
Email ryanliberati24@webster.edu

Muthoni Musangali is an associate professor in the Counseling Department at Webster University. She earned her PhD in Counselor Education from the University of Central Florida (2006). She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Heidelberg College and a BEd (Arts) from Kenyatta University, Kenya. She is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES), North Central ACES, and the Association for Assessment in Counseling (AACE). She is a board-certified telemental health counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor (MO). Musangali is the principal investigator for the Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Grant that was awarded to Webster's Department of Professional Counseling by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2021-2025).

Musangali’s publications include a co-authored a chapter in ACA’s "Handbook on International Counseling" (2013), as well as an article in the Journal of Counseling & Development on the development of counseling in Kenya.

Musangali, M., Daire, A. & DeLorenzi, D. (2016). The Impact of Caregiver Coping Strategies and Patient Level of Functioning on Perception of Caregiver Burden among Caregivers of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS in Kenya. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2014.912176.

Okech, J.A. & Kimemia, M. (2013). Professional Counseling in Kenya. In T. Hohensil, N. Amundson, & S. Niles (Eds.), "Handbook of international counseling" (pp. 31-39). Fairfax, VA: American Counseling Association.

Okech, J.A. & Kimemia, M. (2012). Professional Counseling in Kenya: History, Current Status, and Future Trends. Journal of Counseling and Development, 90, 1, 107-112, DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-6676.2012.00015.x.

Office Webster Hall 307
Phone 314-246-8278
Email muthoni08@webster.edu

Hemla D. Singaravelu, PhD is a Licensed Professional Counselor and professor in the Department of Professional Counseling, Webster University-St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Prior to her role at Webster, she was an associate professor at Saint Louis University and served as the co-chair/director of the master's program. She was an assistant professor at Southwest Missouri State University and prior to this, the coordinator of Counseling, Career and Mentor Programs at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts, USA. She received her doctorate in counselor education from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, specializing in multicultural/diversity counseling and career development. She has been the editorial board member for the Journal of Counseling and Development, the Career Development Quarterly (ad hoc), and the Journal of LGBT issues in Counseling. She has published and presented in the areas of multicultural counseling, career development of diverse populations, and the gay, lesbian, bisexual population. She has also published the book "A Handbook for Counseling International Students in the United States." She identifies as a Malaysian Indian.

 

Location Webster Hall 312, Webster Groves, MO
Phone 314-246-7569
Email hsingaravelu79@webster.edu

Eric Goedereis earned his PhD in Lifespan Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University and a master’s degree in general/experimental psychology from Western Illinois University. Research projects within his Lifespan Wellness Lab (LWL) at Webster University have examined the psychosocial determinants and correlates of various aspects of health and well-being from adolescence through older adulthood. In addition, Goedereis’s work has explored ways to promote optimal developmental outcomes across the lifespan. To this end, Goedereis has a keen interest in promoting opportunity and equity and has long sought to engage in purposeful, inclusive advising, outreach, and mentoring to provide high-impact experiences in ways that are equitable and inclusive.

Much of his career has been devoted to leading, mentoring, and supporting undergraduate research, scholarly, and creative activities and engaging in work to advance such high-impact experiences at Webster and beyond. Specifically, Goedereis has demonstrated a strong track record of mentoring and collaborating with students, resulting in numerous submissions to local, regional, and national professional conferences and peer-reviewed empirical journals. His students have also had much success gaining acceptance into competitive graduate programs in psychology and related fields, as well as securing internal and external funding to support their research and travel. He is a strong advocate for study abroad and has had the good fortune to teach at Webster’s Vienna (Austria) campus and to lead an integrated field research/study abroad experience to Athens, Greece. His teaching, research, and mentorship efforts have been recognized via multiple awards.

Goedereis, E.A., & Gray-Graves, A. (2020). Making your "pitch": A flexible assignment for engaging students in aging. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 91, 435-442. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415020928535.

Goedereis, E.A., Kracen, A.C., Walla, P., Michl, T., & Wilson, J. (2020). 'Zehn' (10) issues students may want to consider when studying abroad. In A. Schwartz & R. Miller (Eds.), "High impact educational practices: A review of best practices with illustrative examples." Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology web site: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/.

Kurzu, S., & Goedereis, E.A. (2020). Personal control beliefs. In R Summers, C. Golden, L. Lashley, & E. Ailes (Eds.). Essays in Developmental Psychology. Retrieved from https://www.assessmentpsychologyboard.org/edp/.

McMullin, S.D., & Goedereis, E.A. (2020). Obesity. In R Summers, C. Golden, L. Lashley, & E. Ailes (Eds.). Essays in Developmental Psychology. Retrieved from https://www.assessmentpsychologyboard.org/edp/.

Theberge, K., & Goedereis, E.A. (2020). Binge drinking. In R Summers, C. Golden, L. Lashley, & E. Ailes (Eds.). Essays in Developmental Psychology. Retrieved from https://www.assessmentpsychologyboard.org/edp/.

Goedereis, E.A., & MacCartney, D. (2019). Creating common ground: A framework for promoting interdisciplinarity. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 8, 173-183. https://doi.org/10.32674/jise.vi0.1088.

Nienaber, K., & Goedereis, E.A. (2015). Death anxiety and education: A comparison among undergraduate and graduate students. Death Studies, 39, 483-90.

Goedereis, E.A., & Mitchell, H.H. (2013). Thinking about thinking: Using metacognitive strategies in introductory psychology courses. In S. Baker and J. Holmes (Eds.), "Excellence in Teaching Essays" (pp. 33-36). Retrieved from http://teachpsych.org/Resources/Documents/ebooks/eit2012.pdf

Goedereis, E.A., & Cohen, S.H. (2010). Crafting and implementing a career development course in psychology. In D.S. Dunn, B.C. Beins, M.A. McCarthy, & G.W. Hill, IV [Eds.]. "Best Practices for Beginnings and Endings in the Psychology Major."

Meegan, S.P. & Goedereis, E.A. (2006). Life task appraisals, spouse involvement in strategies, and daily affect among short- and long-term married couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 319–327.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 311
Phone 314-246-7513
Email ericgoedereis18@webster.edu

 

 

Office Browning Hall, ISB 305
Phone 314-246-6970
Email emilycullins84@webster.edu

 

Grenwald, G. (2007). Using a narrative approach to internationalize the psychology curriculum. Symposium Presentation, 115th Annual American Psychological Association Convention. San Francisco, California.

Grenwald-Mayes, G. (2003). Assessing the benefit of internationalized psychology courses: Student outcomes. Symposium Presentation, 111th Annual American Psychological Association Convention. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Grenwald-Mayes, G. (2002). Relationship of current quality of life and family of origin dynamics for college students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Paper presented at Family: Strengths and Cohesion Conference sponsored by the Institute of Sociology, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and University Of Nebraska-Lincoln, Shanghai, China.

Grenwald-Mayes, G. 2002). Understanding and working with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder children: Teachers and parents. Invited Workshop at South China Normal University in Guangzhou, Guangzhou, China.

Grenwald-Mayes, G. (2002). Relationship between current quality of life and family of origin dynamics for college students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Journal of Attention Disorders, 5, 211-222.

Grenwald-Mayes, G. (2001). Global studies programs linked via the Internet. Panel Chair. International Studies Association Meeting, Chicago.

Grenwald-Mayes, G. (2001). Must international studies be so darned international? Panel Chair. Title VI-A Project Directors meeting, Washington D.C.

Grenwald-Mayes, G. (2001). Curriculum strategies. Plenary Presentation. Human Rights Education Workshop co-sponsored by United States Institute for Peace, Webster University.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 319
Phone 314-968-7073
Email grenwald@webster.edu

Morgan Grotewiel is an assistant professor of psychology. She teaches courses related to counseling psychology, measurement, statistics, research methods, and lifespan development, both in-person and online. She currently serves as the Department Online Retention and Recruitment Coordinator as well as the co-chair of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Co-Curricular Committee.

Grotewiel conducts research on a variety of topics using a feminist and positive psychology framework. Recently she has been studying the conceptual overlap of flow and hyperfocus. Past work has examined student experiences such as test anxiety and academic cheating as well as mindfulness, self-compassion, women’s and gender-related concerns, body image and disordered eating, and sexual objectification experiences and consequences. Grotewiel is a consulting editor for Psychology of Women Quarterly and serves as the newsletter editor and website coordinator for the Section for the Advancement of Women (SAW) within APA's Division 17, The Society of Counseling Psychology.

Grotewiel holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (APA-accredited), a Master of Arts in Counseling and Guidance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Creative Writing from Missouri State University. She completed her predoctoral internship at the University of Iowa Student Counseling Service (APA-accredited).

* indicates undergraduate student mentee

Grotewiel, M., Crenshaw, M.*, Dorsey, A.*, & Street, E.* (accepted, pending revisions). Daily experiences of hyperfocus and flow in college students with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Current Psychology.

Watson, L. B., Flores, M., Grotewiel, M., Brownfield, J., Aslan, S., & Farrell, M. (2018). How do feminist-identified women cope with discrimination? A feminist standpoint and grounded theory study. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 43, 291-312. http://doi.org/10.1177/0361684318777722

Miller, A. D., Murdock, T. B., & Grotewiel, M. (2017). Addressing academic dishonesty among our highest achievers. Theory into Practice, 56, 121-128. http://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2017.1283574

Murdock, T. B., Stephens, J. M., & Grotewiel, M. (2016). Student dishonesty in the face of assessment: Who, why, and what can we do about it. In G. T. L. Brown & L. R. Harris (Eds.), "Handbook of human and social conditions in assessment" (pp. 1-39). New York: Routledge.

Watson, L. B., & Grotewiel, M. (2016). The protective role of commitment to social change in the relationship between women's sexist experiences and self-silencing. Sex Roles, 75, 139-150. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-016-0594-1

Watson, L. B., Grotewiel, M., Farrell, M., Marshik, J., & Schneider, M. (2015). Experiences of sexual objectification, minority stress, and disordered eating among sexual minority women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 39, 458-470. http://doi.org/10.1177/0361684315575024

Office Browning Hall, ISB 315
Phone 314-246-7339
Email mgrotewiel04@webster.edu

Gary D. Kannenberg, PhD, is a full-time member of the Department of Psychology. He has held numerous positions at Webster including coordinator of the human resource graduate program, director of the McDonnell-Douglas/Boeing diversity training program, interim director of the Graduate Program in Professional Counseling, associate chair of the Psychology Department, and director and co-director of the Graduate Program in Gerontology. Kannenberg has taught in the Professional Counseling graduate program, MAT graduate program, the Human Resource Development graduate program, and the Gerontology Graduate Program. His current primary teaching responsibilities are in the undergraduate psychology program. He has taught a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate courses over his time at Webster. His current courses include: Drug and Alcohol Dependency, Introduction to Counseling, Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the Integrated Studies in Gerontology Capstone graduate course.

Kannenberg is a trained practitioner (counseling) and is licensed in Missouri. He also holds memberships in the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association. While his expertise is primarily in practice, Kannenberg is also involved in various research and professional writing areas. These areas include classical conditioning of single-celled organisms, learning, genetics and free will, human behavior and culture, and government and human behavior.

Kannenberg holds a PhD from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.

Kannenberg, G.D. (2021). Behavior of Single-Cell Organisms. Principle Researcher, Research project currently in process at Webster University.

Kannenberg, G.D. (2021). "The Underestimated Importance of Classical Conditioning and Free Will." Currently under peer review.

Kannenberg, G.D. & Kannenberg, K.L. (2020). Eleven considerations in online teaching. Manuscript to be presented at an International Conference in 1/2022.

Kannenberg, G.D. (2019). "Cultural evolution in America: Confronting the foundational beliefs of the United States." Unpublished manuscript.

Kannenberg, G.D. (2019). "Control through power and authority: The behavioral relationship between citizens and government." Unpublished manuscript.

Kannenberg, G.D. (2018). Course Development Guidelines for Online Capstone/Thesis Courses. (Presented at the 2019 17th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Jan. 2019).

Kannenberg, G.D. and Kannenberg, K.L. (2017). The Impact of Cultural Changes in the United States of America. (Presented at the 2017 Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research – AAER)

Kannenberg, G.D. and Kannenberg K.L. (2016). The Effects of Centrally Planned and Market Economies on Dependent and Independent Citizen Behavior. (Presented at the 2016 Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research – AAER).

Kannenberg, G.D. & Goedereis, E.A. (2015). The Use of the Capstone Course in the Assessment of An Online Gerontology Graduate Program. (Presented at International Conference – 2015).

Office Browning Hall, ISB 317
Phone 314-968-7071
Email kannengd@webster.edu

Heather Mitchell, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her BS (and a torn ACL from soccer) at Lambuth University, as well as her MS and PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Memphis. Heather teaches general and cognitive courses including Introduction to Psychology, Psychology of Women and Gender, Applied Learning Theory, Memory, Sensation and Perception and Psychology of Humor. Mitchell’s research interests include humor, metacognition, scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL), academic disabilities, as well as decision making, and she has numerous publications in these areas. Heather also has received several faculty research grants (with Gloria Grenwald) from Webster University to investigate the experiences of college students who have ADD or ADHD.

Mitchell is a member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and has received a SOTL award from the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. She is also a member of the Society for Text and Discourse where she serves as a reviewer and received the Jason Albrecht Outstanding Young Scientist Award. Heather recently received a best paper award (with Afton Nelson and Kristijan Civljak) for their cross-cultural research investigating decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic. Heather’s hobbies include reading, traveling, watching Netflix, playing the piano, and safely playing soccer with her children.

Goedereis, E. A., & Mitchell, H. H. (2013). Thinking about thinking: Using metacognitive strategies in introductory psychology courses. In S. Baker and J. Holmes (Eds.), "Excellence in Teaching Essays" (pp. 33-36). Society for the Teaching of Psychology ebook.

Mitchell H. H. (2021). Getting the last laugh: Seven mechanisms of joke aesthetics for effective teaching. In "Teach Psychology with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Psychology Teacher and Laugh All the Way to Your Class?" [ISBN 978-1-925128-04-8] https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Psychology-Sense-Humor-Effective-ebook/dp/B0964LF688

Mitchell H. H. (2019, January). Are in class practice tests effective review activities? Poster presented at the 41st Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Pete’s Beach, FL, USA.

Mitchell H. H. (2018, May). Metacognitive Awareness in Traditional and Conditional Transitions Courses. Poster presented at the 30th American Psychological Society – Psychology Teaching Institute, San Francisco CA, USA.

Mitchell, H. H., Graesser, A. C., & Louwerse, M. M. (2010). The Effect of context on humor: A constraint-based model of verbal jokes. Discourse Processes, 47, 104-129.

Mitchell, H. H., Kleinman, K. Daniel, R. (2018). Academic advising tools through a metacognitive lens. In L. Scharff, J. Draeger, and A. Richmond (Co-creators), Teaching with Metacognition Issue 2 June 2018. Retrieved from http://www.improvewithmetacognition.com/academic-advising-tools

Mitchell, H. H. & Kleinman, K. (2014). General education for psychology majors through a metacognitive lens. In J. Irons and R. Miller (Eds.), "Academic advising: A handbook for advisors and students. Society for the Teaching of Psychology" ebook https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/academic-advising-2014-vol1

Mitchell H. H. (2018, May). Metacognitive Awareness in Traditional and Conditional Transitions Courses. Poster presented at the 30th American Psychological Society – Psychology Teaching Institute, San Francisco CA, USA.

Nelson, A., Civljak, C. & Mitchell, H.H (2021, October) Pandemic Perspectives: Confidence, Decision-Making, and Behaviours across Cultures during the Covid 19 Pandemic. Paper presented at the NORDSCI International Conference on Social Sciences https://www.nordsci.org/nordsci-online-2021

Nelson, A., Civljak, C. & Mitchell, H.H. (2021, August). Pandemic Perspectives: Exploring Confidence and Decision-Making during the COVID-19 Pandemic across Cultures. Paper presented at the International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research https://zoom.us/j/2654445134

Office Browning Hall, ISB 313
Phone 314-246-7019
Email hmitchell33@webster.edu

 

 

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Phone 314-246-6970
Email ugo@webster.edu

Linda M. Woolf, PhD, is a professor of psychology and international human rights at Webster University. She teaches a variety of classes in psychology including Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Measurement and Statistics, Psychology and Ethics, Personality Theory, Political Psychology, and History, Philosophy, and Systems of Psychology. Woolf also teaches specialty courses related to the Holocaust, genocide, and peace psychology.

Woolf won the 2020 American Psychological Foundation’s Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award, the William T. Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Emerson Electric Excellence in Teaching Award, and has won several awards from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

Woolf currently serves on the American Psychological Association (APA) Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP), the APA Ethics Code Revision Task Force, and is the 2022 president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2, APA). She also serves on the board of the Institute for the Study of Genocide and on the Rafael Lemkin Book Award Committee. She is former president of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, served on TOPSS (APA Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools), and served on the APA Commission on Ethics Processes. She recently ended her terms on the APA Council of Representatives (the APA legislative body), and the executive committee of the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35, APA).

Website:  http://faculty.webster.edu/woolflm/

Hulsizer, M. R., & Woolf, L. M. (2021). Statistical toolbox of psychology. In D. F. Ragin & J. P. Keenan (Eds.). "Handbook of research methods in health psychology." (pp. 20-33). Routledge.

Sveaass, N., & Woolf, L. M. (2020). Human rights: A psychologist's path to "Do no harm." In N. Rubin, & R. Flores (Eds). "Cambridge handbook on psychology and human rights" (pp. 135-149). Cambridge University Press.

Woolf, L. M. (2019). Peace and Social Justice. In M. G. Njoku, L. A. Jason, & R. B. Johnson (Eds.). "Psychology of peace promotion: Global perspectives on personal peace, children and adolescents, and social justice" (pp. 219-235). Springer.

Woolf, L. M., & Hulsizer, M. R. (2018). Peace psychology: A gateway and path to culture and diversity. In K. Keith (Ed.). "Culture across the curriculum: A psychology teacher's handbook" (pp. 427-446). Cambridge University Press.

Woolf, L. M., & Hulsizer, M. R. (2019). Infusing Diversity Into Research Methods = Good Science. In K. D. Keith (Ed.). "Cross-cultural psychology: Contemporary themes and perspectives" (2nd ed., pp. 107-127). Wiley-Blackwell.

Woolf, L. M. (2016). Peace psychology: A tapestry in history. In W. D. Woody, R. L. Miller, & W. J Wozniak (Eds.). "Psychological specialties in historical context: Enriching the classroom experience for teachers and students." http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/psychspec

Woolf, L. M. (2014). Teaching human rights: Teaching LGBTQI rights. International Psychology Bulletin, 18 (2-3), 39-43.

Woolf, L. M., & MacCartney, D. (2014). Sexual and gender minorities. In C. V. Johnson (Eds.). "Praeger handbook of social justice and psychology." Praeger.

Woolf, L. M. (2012). Teaching psychology, human rights, and peace. Peace Psychology, 21(2), 20-22.

Woolf, L. M. & Hulsizer, M. R. (2011). Peace and war. In R. L. Miller, E. Balcetis, S. R. Burns, D. B. Daniel, B. K. Saville, & W. D. Woody (Eds.), "Promoting student engagement" (Vol. 2, pp. 225-229). Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/pse2011/vol2/index.php

Hulsizer, M. R., & Woolf, L. M. (2008). "Teaching statistics: Innovations and best practices." Blackwell.

Office Browning Hall, ISB 318
Phone 314-968-7062
Email woolflm@webster.edu