Dr. Abby Templer Rodrigues (Sociology and Anthropology Department) and Dr. Matthew Pierson (Cooperative Engineering Program) recently published an article on the importance of taking an intersectional approach when evaluating scholarship programs aimed at supporting low-income students in STEM fields. The full-text article is available from the Journal of STEM Education: … [Read more...] about S-STEM and an Intersectional Approach in Program Evaluations
Dr. Kyler James Sherman-Wilkins, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Missouri State University, was awarded NAACP-Springfield’s 2022 W.E.B. DuBois Education Award! This award, named for scholar-activist, Black intellectual, and sociologist W.E.B. DuBois, is given annually to a member of the community who embodies teaching excellence and is committed to strengthening our … [Read more...] about Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins receives the Springfield NAACP W.E.B. DuBois Education Award
The goals of the nonpartisan campus voter initiative Paws to the Polls is to increase civic engagement and voter literacy on campus. Birthed during the height of the pandemic in spring of 2020, we’ve already made a difference, working with the Office of Public Affair Support to put Missouri State University on the Washington Monthly’s list of Best Colleges for Student Voting in … [Read more...] about Paws to the Polls Visits with Missouri Legislators
Dr. Marnie Watson's latest edited volume, 'Refugee Resettlement in the United States: Loss, Transition, and Resilience in a Post-9/11 World,' is now available for pre-order from Routledge. I could create an even shorter synopsis of the book's content for this blog post, but I think it would be better to click here and view the book's full description on Routledge's website … [Read more...] about Refugee Resettlement in the United States: An Edited Volume by Dr. Marnie Watson
Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins was recently featured in an Ozarks First segment as part of their Black History Month coverage.Specifically, the story focuses on the research of Dr. Sherman-Wilkins and the undergraduate student members of the Health Equity Research Collective (HERC). The HERC group was formed to engage in research on health equity and advocate for healthier … [Read more...] about Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins on Ozarks First