Faculty

Sadie Shannon is still new to the Kansas City area after relocating last year with her family from North Mississippi. She has an MFA in Acting Pedagogy from the University of Alabama, a BA in Music from William Carey University and 15 years of directing and collegiate teaching experience. As a...

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...

Originating from the state of New York, Dr. Jen Townsley is an instructor of voice, language diction and opera workshop at Jewell. Townsley has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music, where she was awarded the Harriette Yeckel Award, the...