Dr. Mark Neels
Dr. Mark A. Neels holds a Doctorate in history from Southern Illinois University, a Master of Arts in History from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and a Bachelor of Arts […]
Dr. Kitty Ledbetter
After a 25-year career as a disc jockey at radio stations in Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, and North Carolina, I received a PhD in English at the University of South Carolina. […]
Valerie Battle Kienzle
I am a native of Nashville, Tennessee, and a graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. I spent the last 40-plus years employed in various writing-related positions — […]
Dorris Keeven-Franke
Dorris Keeven-Franke loves to share the more difficult stories that help us understand our history and who we are today. She has been writing those stories and sharing her programs […]
Dr. Becky Imhauser
Dr. Becky Imhauser is an author, speaker, and conference leader. She has been named Missouri’s Best Local Author for the past five consecutive years based her 21 published books. With […]
Dr. Debra Greene
Dr. Greene holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Alcorn State University in her home state of Mississippi; and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia, […]
James Erwin
I practiced law in St. Louis for 38 years, primarily in business litigation and state and local tax litigation. In later years, I specialized in appellate litigation, arguing appeals in […]
Rachael Cozad
Rachael Blackburn Cozad is the former Director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City (2001-2012). She is the proprietor of Rachael Cozad Fine Art and Madison Group […]
Suzanne Corbett
Raised on a South St. Louis truck farm where her passion for food and historic foodways was born. Before becoming an award-winning writer, cookbook author, food historian/ foodways interpreter, she […]
David Burton
David Burton has been a community development specialist with University of Missouri Extension for over 22 years. He is headquartered in Springfield (Greene County) and creates educational programs focused on […]
