Faculty

Dr. Lawrence Abernathy is the Interim Director of Choral Studies at William Jewell College. Recognized for his dynamic conducting style, Lawrence was awarded the 2023 Dale Warland Prize in Choral Conducting presented by The American Prize and is regularly in demand as a guest artist and lecturer...

Dr. Armstrong's special interests include American foreign and security policies, international relations theory, international conflict and war ethics, and international political economy.

Dr. Bartels conducts research on achievement motivation, self-regulated learning and critical thinking. His scholarly work includes a critical thinking textbook, Revisiting Psychology: A Student's Guide to Critical Thought , and research published in numerous academic journals including the Journal...

After teaching high school history for two years in Queens, N.Y., Dr. Benz attended Princeton Theological Seminary, earning the Henry Snyder Gehman Award in Old Testament and graduating with an M.Div. He earned a Ph.D. from the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. While...