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Reynolds College of Arts and Letters Associate Dean receives award for outstanding scholarship

October 12, 2022 by Ellora Bultema

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When Dr. Jake Simmons talks about performance studies, he’s talking about everyday life performances. Rather than a staged production of Shakespeare or a run of "Grease" at your local theatre, performance studies in communication is referring to how performance manifests in our daily world. People perform identity, culture, and even sustainability and in Simmons’ article, … [Read more...] about Reynolds College of Arts and Letters Associate Dean receives award for outstanding scholarship

Filed Under: Communication, Faculty News, News Tagged With: award, Communication, Jake Simmons, performance studies

Reynolds College of Arts and Letters leaders receive national Distinguished Article Award

October 9, 2021 by Angela Barker

Photos of Dr. Simmons and Dr. Wahl

Dr. Jake Simmons and Dr. Shawn Wahl’s article “Understanding the African-American student experience in higher education through a relational dialectics perspective” (co-authored by Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart. Amarillo College, and Dr. Chad McBride, Creighton University) was selected for recognition with the Distinguished Article Award by the Instructional Development Division of … [Read more...] about Reynolds College of Arts and Letters leaders receive national Distinguished Article Award

Filed Under: Admin News, Awards & Accolades, Communication, Faculty News, News Tagged With: Jake Simmons, National Communication Association, Shawn Wahl

Meet the Smart Professors

September 13, 2021 by Nichole Clark

Photos of Cameron LaBarr, Lisa Brescia, and Etta Madden

Three faculty members from the Reynolds College of Arts and Letters have been appointed as Smart Professors. This title comes with an endowed professorship for the departments of music, theatre and dance, and English. An endowed professorship is the highest honor a university can bestow on a faculty member, a title that will last as long as the university itself. The endowment … [Read more...] about Meet the Smart Professors

Filed Under: Announcement, Awards & Accolades, English, Faculty & Staff Accomplishments, Faculty News, Music, News, Theatre and Dance Department Tagged With: Accomplishments, English, Music, Theatre and Dance

Teaching poverty, enriching education

October 3, 2019 by

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Dr. Alan Tinkler, associate professor of English, has spent the better part of his professional career dedicated to bettering the world. Through decades of extensive volunteer work ranging from his time in Papua New Guinea with the PeaceCorps to his role on the Community Impact Team with the United Way of Northwest Vermont, and his dedication to the Shepherd Higher Education … [Read more...] about Teaching poverty, enriching education

Filed Under: Announcement, English, Faculty & Staff Accomplishments, Faculty News, Philanthropy Tagged With: Civic Service, College of Arts and Letters, community impact, Community Service, Dr. Alan Tinkler, education, English, Globe Newswire, Missouri State University, PeaceCorps, Philanthropy Journal News, poverty, SHECP, Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty, United Way, United Way of Northwest Vermont, Volunteer Work, volunteering

Simmons’ work featured in Mind’s Eye

April 22, 2019 by Strategic Communication

Jake Simmons

Congratulations to Dr. Jake Simmons. His research will be in the 2019 issue of Missouri State's research publication, Mind's Eye. It was recently published on the Mind's Eye blog and highlighted on the research page. His story focuses on previous research regarding diversity and inclusion in higher education. Read an excerpt: “It’s important to create safe spaces to … [Read more...] about Simmons’ work featured in Mind’s Eye

Filed Under: Communication, Faculty & Staff Accomplishments, Faculty News Tagged With: Communication

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