Faculty

Whitney teaches Intro to Theatre and is a proud alumni of the Jewell Theatre Company. She is ecstatic to bring her years of experience back to their beginnings in the theater that kick-started it all. She spent her years after graduating from Jewell teaching speech, theatre, debate and playwriting...

Pianist Dr. Jessica Koebbe is active as a performer, clinician and educator. She enjoys performing music of all genres, but especially enjoys championing lesser-known works by historically excluded composers. Her love of music and travel has resulted in opportunities to work and perform throughout...

Dr. Kotzin's areas of specialty are American immigration history, the history of the Civil War, modern Jewish history and the history of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. He is author of Judah L. Magnes: An American Jewish Non-Conformist (Syracuse University Press, 2010). Dr. Kotzin’s current...

Professor Land has a B.A. in English and Film Studies from the University of Missouri. She also received an M.A. and was a Ph.D. candidate in Media & Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has taught courses in digital media production, race and media, media history and...

Dr. Lindquist, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, teaches introductory courses as well as structural engineering and materials. His research interests include concrete durability, fatigue cracking in steel girder bridges and bridge stability during construction. He is a district director for Tau Beta Pi and...

In teaching the Spanish language and Hispanic literary and cultural studies, Dr. Lisenby challenges students to engage our world’s socio-cultural complexities. Through the Honors Institute, Dr. Lisenby guides students to self-consciously examine their cognitive processes and then to find ways to...

Dr. Lowry is the director of undergraduate vocal studies and teaches studio voice, vocal pedagogy, diction and song literature. She also maintains a private studio of high school students in Lee’s Summit. As a soprano, Dr. Lowry is a versatile performer of operatic, song, oratorio and choral...

Dr. Robert Luther maintains an intensive performing, teaching, composing, and arranging schedule in Kansas City and around the country. He is the Associate Director of Bands at William Jewell College, where he instructs the Cardinal Sound Athletic Band and the Jewell Jazz Ensemble, and he also...

Dr. Anthony Maglione is the Director of Choral Studies and the Robert H. McKee Chair of Music at William Jewell College where, under his direction, the Concert Choir was Runner Up (2nd Place) for the American Prize in Choral Performance, College/University Division in 2015-2016 and 2018-2019. In...

Dr. Dorothy Glick Maglione is an assistant professor of musicology and music education at William Jewell College where she teaches in the music history and music education sequence. She also teaches in the Critical Thought and Inquiry core curriculum. As one of the first recipients of the...