Welcome to Our New Faculty!
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Jeffrey Carter, Associate Professor, Music, Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, B.A., Southwest Baptist University, 1983; M.A., University of Central Missouri, 1996; D.M.A., University of Kansas, 2000. (replacement) |
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Cheryl Cohen, Visiting Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., San Francisco State University, 1974; Ph.D. candidate, University of California. (replacement) |
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Thomas Cornell, Visiting Assistant Professor, Communication Arts, Reading and Early Childhood, School of Education, B.S., Northern Michigan University, 1976; M.A., Michigan State University, 1978; Ed.D., St. Louis Univeristy, 2008. (replacement) |
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Jeff David, Visiting Assistant Professor, Electronic and Photographic Media, School of Communications, B.A., Webster University, 1996; M.A., Webster University 2006. (replacement) |
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Kristen DiFate, Visiting Assistant Professor, Communication and Journalism, School of Communications, B.F.A., Washington University, 2003. (replacement) |
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Richard Dippel, Visiting Assistant Professor, Business, School of Business and Technology, B.S., St. Louis University, 1976; M.B.A., St. Louis University, 1979; J.D., St. Louis University, 1979. (replacement) |
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Iyun Harrison, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance, Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, B.F.A., The Julliard School, 1999; M.F.A., Hollins University (exp. 2009). (replacement) |
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Robin Jefferson Higgins, Visiting Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1987, 1982; M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997; J.D., St. Louis University, 2000. (replacement) |
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Karin Hodgin Jones, Visiting Artist, Art, Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, B.F.A., University of Utah, 2004; M.F.A., University of Illinois, (exp. 2008). (replacement) |
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Michiko Iwasaki, Visiting Assistant Professor, Behavioral and Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., Maryville University, 1996; M.A., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 1998; Ph.D., Ball State University, 2006. (replacement) |
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William “Lee” McCorkle, Visiting Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1996; M.A., Western Michigan University, 2002; Ph.D., Queen’s University, Belfast, 2007. (replacement) |
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Victoria Meyer, Assistant Professor, Electronic and Photographic Media, School of Communications, B.A., Webster University, 1988; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, 1998. (new position) |
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Amy Narishkin, Visiting Assistant Professor, Teacher Education, School of Education, B.S., Wheelock College, Boston, 1987; M.S., Bank Street College of Education, NY, 1989; M.S., University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2006; Ph.D., University of Missouri, St. Louis, 2008. (replacement) |
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Run Hong (Annie) Niu, Assistant Professor, Business, School of Business and Technology, B. Eng/Econ., Tsinghua University, 1993; Masters, Tsinghua University, 1995; Ph.D., University of Alberta (expected 2008). (new position) |
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George Slusarz, Assistant Professor, Business, School of Business and Technology, B.B.A., University of Memphis, 1983; M.S., University of Memphis, 1986; J.D., University of Oklahoma, 1999. (replacement) |
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Karen Trinkle, Visiting Assistant Professor, Music, Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts, B.M., Roosevelt University, 1985; Ph.D./Musicology, Washington University, 2004. (replacement) |





















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