Faculty

Ryan holds a Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner degree from University of Central Missouri. She has experience as a family nurse practitioner at a rural family practice clinic. Her career focus has been in primary care and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Prior to...

Dr. Schutte is a professor of management, human resources and organizational behavior. Her dissertation topic focused on organizational culture from a human resource perspective with an emphasis on work/life initiative effectiveness. She has been a contributor to numerous publications including the...

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. Skelton, P.E., specializes in geotechnical engineering including modeling and full-scale experimental testing. Prior to joining the faculty at Jewell, Dr. Skelton worked for over seven years as a geotechnical engineer where she developed site exploration plans, determined soil properties and...

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. 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...