Faculty

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...

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...

Dr. Walters received a B.A. in English from Fort Hays State University, an M.A. in English and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Wichita State University, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas. His scholarly essays, non-fiction essays, and short stories have appeared in magazines...

Dr. Washington holds a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and is trained in social psychology. He studies motivation and interest with an eye to create interventions to help people in their goal-pursuits. His work leverages conceptual metaphor theory (i.e., that metaphor is more than a figure of...