Faculty

Alyssa Bell has a passion for music performance and education and is devoted to sharing multi-genre music. In 2019 Alyssa co-founded Soundwave Academy, a music academy focusing on holistic music learning including ear training, chamber music, keyboard skills, and more. Alyssa has been teaching...

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...

A registered nurse certified in inpatient obstetrics and a certified nurse educator, Blades has 10 years’ professional experience. She has worked in high-risk obstetrics and as a clinical nursing instructor and community nurse educator in Kansas City and throughout the region as a traveling nurse...

Prior to joining William Jewell College, Dr. Bots received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in economics in Ukraine, where he also worked for two years as an economist. Later he continued his education at Purdue University where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in economics with a concentration in...

Dr. Braitman teaches Introduction to Psychological Science, Statistics for Psychological Science, Personality Psychology, Capstone in Psychological Science, and Identity and Society. Her primary areas of research are in highway safety (distracted driving and young drivers) and the scholarship of...

Dr. Cawthon is an astronomer and cosmologist. He presently does research with the international Dark Energy Survey where he studies the large-scale structure of galaxies in the Universe to learn about dark energy and dark matter.

Dr. Chasteen teaches Public Relations, Communication Theory, Interpersonal, Small Group and Integrated Communication. She is also the advisor to Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication honor society and the Jewell Communication Society. Her passion is traveling, especially international teaching.