Tom Rafiner
Tom Rafiner is an independent researcher having devoted twenty-one years recovering and documenting Missouri’s Burnt District (Jackson, Cass, and Bates counties) history. A University of Missouri graduate, he later earned […]
Alex Primm
My work has centered around oral history projects as a result of having lived in the Ozarks and worked as a reporter in various settings. I could see that often […]
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. Huping Ling
An internationally renowned historian and prolific award-winning writer, Huping Ling (令狐萍) is Professor of History Emerita, the founder of the Asian/Asian American Studies Program, and the past department chair at […]
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. […]
Elizabeth Kurrus
Elizabeth Kurrus is a historian and author in St. Louis, Missouri. She earned her Bachelors in history from the University of Nebraska at Kearney and her Masters in public history […]
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 — […]
Susan Croce Kelly
Susan Croce Kelly is a former newspaper reporter in Springfield, and the prize-winning author of two important books of Route 66 history. Her most recent book, Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks, […]
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 […]
Suzanne Jones
Suzanne Jones is a high school science teacher in the Ferguson Florissant School District. She received a bachelor of science degree in zoology, a master’s degree in biology, and a […]
