Dr. Stephen Spates, assistant professor in the department of communication, successfully defended his dissertation “Exploring Workplace Connections of Employees with Multiple Role Expectations: Accommodating Communication Behaviors of Hospital Chaplains” at the University of Tennessee. Recent accomplishments Publication Spates has the following 2017 peer-reviewed … [Read more...] about Publication and recognition for Stephen Spates
“Ancient Mesoamerica,” the premier scholarly journal in the Mesoamerican art history and archeology fields, has published the co-authored paper of art history professor Dr. Billie Follensbee and Loyola University anthropology professor Dr. Philip Arnold. The paper, titled “Early Formative Anthropomorphic Figurines from La Joya, Southern Veracruz, Mexico,” is Follensbee’s … [Read more...] about Books, publications on tap for art history professor
Navona Records will release the album “Percipience,” featuring music composed by Missouri State University professor of music Dr. Michael Murray, on April 14. The album will be available as a CD, digital download, and streaming audio from Amazon, iTunes and Spotify, among others. … [Read more...] about University professor releases album
For Dr. LeAnn Brazeal, assistant professor of communication at Missouri State University, the key to having civil discussions on the internet is simple: Just go back to the fundamentals. “I think a lot of it is just basic good manners and things we were taught as children,” Brazeal said. “But once we sit down in […] … [Read more...] about Be nice: How to achieve civility in a digital age
Dr. Mitzi Kirkland-Ives says pre-modern European art was rarely produced with the primary intention of being beautiful. In her new book, “Death, Torture and the Broken Body in European Art, 1300-1650,” the essays explore the function of torture in Renaissance art. … [Read more...] about Paintbrush power: Art historian notes poignancy of imagery of death