Elyssa Ford

Elyssa Ford is an associate professor of history at Northwest Missouri State University, and her research centers on memory and identity, women’s history, and public history education. Ford’s first book […]
John C. Fisher

John C. Fisher studied geology at Southeast Missouri State University and at the University of Missouri in Columbia. From 1973 to 1999 he owned and operated diversified row crop and […]
Elizabeth Eikmann

Elizabeth Eikmann, PhD is an expert in St. Louis history, women’s history, and the history of photography. She is a teacher, scholar, and public historian with experience working with museums, […]
Michael Dickey

Michael E. Dickey was formerly the administrator of the Arrow Rock, Sappington Cemetery and Boone’s Lick State Historic Site (1986-2021). He is a graduate of University of Central Missouri in […]
Carol Davit

Carol Davit is the executive director of the Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native! program. She has worked for more than 25 years in the conservation and environmental fields […]
Stephen S. Davis

Stephen S. Davis is a federal litigator practicing with True North Law, LLC. Steve has practiced extensively before federal trial and appellate courts in cases involving Fifth Amendment takings and […]
Suzanne Corbett

Suzanne Corbett is an award-winning writer, food historian and foodways interpreter. Her by-line has appeared in local and national publications, including AAA Explorer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Midwest Living. […]
Mara Cohen Ioannides

Mara W. Cohen Ioannides is an emeritus faculty at Missouri State University, president of the Midwest Jewish Studies Association, founding president of the Ozarks Studies Association, and Vice President of […]
Gene Chavez

Dr. Chavez is known for documenting the life experiences of Mexican and other immigrants in the Midwest. He has led an oral history collecting initiative for the Kansas City Museum […]
Barnes Bradshaw

Barnes Bradshaw is a native St. Louisan who took the long road to his B.A. in History going to eight years of night school over a 10 year period. He […]