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Steve Wiegenstein

Steve Wiegenstein taught at a number of Missouri colleges, including Drury University, Culver-Stockton College, and Central Methodist University, until his retirement. A native of the Ozarks with roots in Madison, […]

Becky Imhauser

Dr. Becky Imhauser is an author, educator, and conference leader. She has been named Missouri’s Best Local Author for 2020, 2021, and 2022 based on her 18 published books. Imhauser […]

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 […]

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. […]

Jeffrey Smith

Jeffrey Smith is professor emeritus of history after 26 years teaching history and a nationally recognized scholar writing about cemeteries and death studies. He is author of The Rural Cemetery […]

Marideth Sisco

Marideth Sisco is a retired journalist, storyteller and singer-songwriter who participated in making a low budget film about the country of her roots, crafting the soundtrack, finding musicians, choosing songs, […]

John Drake Robinson

John Robinson grew up in the Ozarks and graduated from Mizzou JSchool. Along the way he formed a deep abiding love for Missouri’s culture. He served Missouri as director of […]

Madeline Rislow

Dr. Madeline Rislow is an art historian, currently serving as the senior manager of learning and engagement at The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures in Kansas City. She has […]

Annett Richter

A native of Halle, Germany, Annett Richter has taught courses in music history, music iconography, music bibliography, and writing about music at North Dakota State University, Concordia College and Minnesota […]

Alex Primm

Alex Sandy Primm has been an oral historian for 40+ years in the Ozarks. Beginning his journalism career in Vietnam and Pennsylvania, he realized his reporting was often the final […]