Faculty

Dr. Shih has had a wide range of experience in biology higher education. While he currently teaches anatomy and physiology in the biomedical cciences at William Jewell College, prior to his current position he was an assistant professor of biology at the University of Saint Mary, where he taught...

Dr. Sperry’s teaching and scholarship focus on American philosophy, social philosophy, epistemology, feminist theory and moral psychology. Her publications include “The Contested Marriage of Rorty and Feminism” in A Companion to Rorty (Wiley Blackwell, ed. Alan Malachowski, 2020) and “Dupes of...

Dr. Staal's areas of specialty are political philosophy, American political thought, and politics and literature.

Dr. Stoll’s main research interests are in the areas of literacy and thinking in the disciplines, social studies education and curriculum development. A former secondary teacher, he has worked in schools in the Chicago, New York City, and Kansas City metropolitan areas and currently collaborates...

Professor Testerman joined Jewell in 2020, most recently serving as director of forensics at Texas Tech University, where he coached the top-ranked team in the nation and several national top speaking champions. He also coached another team of national champions at Lewis and Clark College...

Dr. Thomas' teaching philosophy is to prepare students to be productive and considerate educators through theoretical and authentic learning experiences. She gained teaching experience in middle grades mathematics in Dallas and Kansas City urban settings, where she was also certified to teach...

Jen Townsley is a professional voice instructor and soprano currently based in Kansas City. Originally from New York, Townsley holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from SUNY Fredonia, a master’s degree in Vocal Performance from Texas Tech University, and is currently working towards her...

After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Vohra pursued further research in the pharmacology and neurobiology of learning and memory at Su-Yat-sun University in China through an Indo-Chinese scholar exchange grant, then completed post-doctoral research in neurodegeneration at the University of Minnesota...