Missouri State University
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Faculty and Staff

Modeling excellence in the classroom

The faculty in the department of history represent a class of highly trained and skilled specialists in a number of historical topics, time periods and geographical regions. From the history of the Ozarks to women’s history to military history, the faculty commit to sharing their knowledge with students in an engaging manner, emphasizing the importance of being a good communicator, researcher and problem solver. The faculty also assist students in scheduling their courses, conducting research projects and achieving their educational and professional goals.

Dr. Kathleen A. Kennedy

Dr. Kathleen A. Kennedy

Department Head

KathleenKennedy@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5511
Office: Strong Hall 410

Teaching: US Survey to 1877 Writing II Upper-level American History Courses

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Dr. Jamaine M. Abidogun

Dr. Jamaine M. Abidogun

Associate Professor
MSED Program Coordinator

JamaineAbidogun@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5916
Office: Strong Hall 444

Teaching: African civilization; women in Africa; teaching of secondary school social studies; supervised teaching (secondary social studies); seminar in supervised teaching; secondary school curriculum for the social studies

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Dr. Holly A. Baggett

Dr. Holly A. Baggett

Professor

HollyBaggett@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5206
Office: Strong Hall 433

Survey of the History of the United States to 1877, Survey of the History of the United States Since 1877, Introduction to Historiography, Special Topics in History

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Dr. Marlin C. Barber

Dr. Marlin C. Barber

Instructor

MCBarber@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5973
Office: Strong Hall 483

Teaching: Survey of US History to 1877

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Dr. Brooks R. Blevins

Dr. Brooks R. Blevins

Professor

BRBlevins@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5914
Office: Strong Hall 435

Teaching: Introduction to Ozarks studies; literature of the Ozarks; the Ozarks in American history; the upland south

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Dr. Bela Bodo

Dr. Bela Bodo

Associate Professor

BelaBodo@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6959
Office: Strong Hall 428

Teaching: World civilization, 1660-present; modern Europe; modern Germany, 1848-present; fascism; holocaust

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Dr. Larry W. Burt

Dr. Larry W. Burt

Associate Professor

LarryBurt@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4149
Office: Strong Hall 418

Teaching: US history before 1877; US history after 1877; Indian history; Plains Indians; graduate seminars and proseminars

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Dr. Marcia A. Butler

Dr. Marcia A. Butler

Assistant Professor

MButler@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5378
Office: Strong Hall 436

Teaching: Modern world history; pre-modern East Asia history; pre-modern world history; modern East Asia history

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Dr. John F. Chuchiak

Dr. John F. Chuchiak

Professor
Director

JohnChuchiak@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5425
Office: Strong Hall 441

Teaching: Freshman honors seminar; first year foundations; world history to 1600; US history to 1877; writing II: historical inquiry; Latin American civilization; history of Pre-Columbian Mexico; history of the inquisition in Spain and Spanish America...

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Dr. Marc Cooper

Dr. Marc Cooper

Professor

MarcCooper@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5024
Office: Strong Hall 424

Teaching: World history to 1600

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Dr. Tom S. Dicke

Dr. Tom S. Dicke

Professor

TomDicke@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5746
Office: Strong Hall 423

Teaching: International business history primary source seminar; business and society, US, UK and Japan; business and society, colonial times to the present; writing II: historical inquiry; survey of US history since 1877

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Dr. Edward M. Gutting

Dr. Edward M. Gutting

Instructor

EGutting@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5913
Office: Strong Hall 442
Dr. David W. Gutzke

Dr. David W. Gutzke

Professor

DavidGutzke@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5065
Office: Strong Hall 427

Teaching: Survey of British history; survey of US history, 1607-1877; historiography; Victorian and Ewardian England; graduate proseminars and seminars

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Dr. Angela M. Hornsby-Gutting

Dr. Angela M. Hornsby-Gutting

Associate Professor

AHornsbyGutting@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5681
Office: Strong Hall 431

Teaching: History 122 (2 sections); History 331/332 African-American History

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Dr. Andrew W. Lewis

Dr. Andrew W. Lewis

Professor

AndrewWLewis@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5385
Office: Strong Hall 425

Teaching: World history to circa 1600 CE; medieval Europe; the renaissance; senior seminar in history; proseminar in European history; ancient Rome

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Dr. Stephen L. McIntyre

Dr. Stephen L. McIntyre

Professor

StephenMcIntyre@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5920
Office: Strong Hall 421

Teaching: US labor and working-class history; the automobile in American life; Missouri history; historiography

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Dr. F. Thornton T. Miller

Dr. F. Thornton T. Miller

Professor

FTMiller@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5917
Office: Strong Hall 417

Teaching: Colonial America; the American Revolution; early American republic; British Atlantic; legal and constitutional history of the US

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Dr. Kyle T. Miller

Dr. Kyle T. Miller

Instructor

KyleMiller@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5749
Office: Strong Hall 461

Teaching: World History since 1600

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Dr. Michelle M. Morgan

Dr. Michelle M. Morgan

Assistant Professor
BSED Program Coordinator

MichelleMorgan@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6670
Office: Strong Hall 439

Teaching: History of the US since 1877 (and honors section); teaching of secondary school social studies

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Dr. Jeremy C. Neely

Dr. Jeremy C. Neely

Instructor

JeremyNeely@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6221
Office: Strong Hall 422

Teaching: History of the United States to 1877 History of the United States since 1877

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Dr. Eric W. Nelson

Dr. Eric W. Nelson

Professor
Dean's Fellow for Transformation

EricNelson@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-6437
Office: Strong Hall 416

Teaching: World history to 1500; the reformation; world history graduate proseminar

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Dr. William G. Piston

Dr. William G. Piston

Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

WilliamPiston@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5207
Office: Strong Hall 426

Teaching: US history to 1877; US history since 1877; writing II: historical inquiry; Civil War and reconstruction; the Civil War in the Ozarks; military history of the US; independent readings; internship in public history; historiography...

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Dr. Bethany J. Walker

Dr. Bethany J. Walker

Professor

BethanyWalker@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5099
Office: Strong Hall 429

Teaching: World history to circa 1600 CE; survey of Middle Eastern history from 600-1914; history of Middle East since 1914; women in Islam; history and archaeology of the Middle East; Jordan archaeology study away program...

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Per-Course Faculty

Amanda J. Bodenstein

Amanda J. Bodenstein

Per Course Faculty
Practicum Supervisor

Teaching: HST 423 and HST 418

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Mary Beth B. Breshears

Mary Beth B. Breshears

Per Course Faculty
Supervisor of Student Teaching

MBBreshears@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5511
Office: Strong Hall 410

Teaching: Middle school social studies

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Dr. Dominic J. Capeci

Dr. Dominic J. Capeci

Per Course Faculty

DominicCapeci@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5919
Office: Strong Hall 440

Teaching: African American history; US history since 1877 (iTunes course)

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Meaghan J. Collier

Meaghan J. Collier

Per Course Faculty

MCollier@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-3508
Office: Strong Hall 381

Teaching: HST 103 World History I

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Carey L. Kelley

Carey L. Kelley

Per Course Faculty

CKelley@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-3508
Office: Strong Hall 381

Teaching: History 121 and history 122

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Lynn M. Lansdown

Lynn M. Lansdown

Per Course Faculty

LMLansdown@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5511
Office: Strong Hall 410
Dr. Worth R. Miller

Dr. Worth R. Miller

Per Course Faculty

BobMiller@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-4141
Office: Strong Hall 419

Teaching: Survey of the history of the US to 1877; survey of the history of the US since 1877; nineteenth century America; Gilded Age/Progressive Era America, 1865-1920; history of the American South, 1607-present

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Jennifer L. Mitchell

Jennifer L. Mitchell

Per Course Faculty

JenniferMitchell@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5479
Office: Strong Hall 430

Teaching: US History Since 1877

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La Reva I. Newcomer

La Reva I. Newcomer

Per Course Faculty
Practicum Supervisor

LaRevaNewcomer@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5511
Office: Strong Hall 410

Teaching: Practicum and student teacher field observations

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Stephanie L. O

Stephanie L. O'Neal

Per Course Faculty

StephanieOneal@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-3508
Office: Strong Hall 381
Dr. Judith A. Rice

Dr. Judith A. Rice

Per Course Faculty

JRice@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5479
Office: Strong Hall 430

Teaching: US history to 1877; US history since 1877

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David P. Roggensees

David P. Roggensees

Per Course Faculty

DavidRoggensees@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5479
Office: Strong Hall 430

Teaching: HST 210

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Gay L. Russell

Gay L. Russell

Per course Faculty
Student Teaching Supervisor

GLRussell@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5511
Office: Strong Hall 410

Student Teacher Supervisor

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Staff

Gail E. Emrie

Gail E. Emrie

Academic Advisor
Program Coordinator

GailEmrie@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5915
Office: Strong Hall 443
Jean A. Thomas

Jean A. Thomas

Academic Administrative Assistant I

JeanThomas@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5511
Office: Strong Hall 410
Margie Vonderheide

Margie Vonderheide

Academic Administrative Assistant II

MargievonderHeide@MissouriState.edu
Phone: 417-836-5511
Office: Strong Hall 410

Graduate Assistants