Aug. 26, 2024
At the end of the spring semester, 47 University of Missouri faculty learned they were accepted as 2024-26 fellows in three programs that will provide them with resources and training to help shape and fulfill their goals in teaching, research, scholarship and creative pursuits:
Arts and Humanities Fellows
Early and mid-career faculty in the arts and humanities attend monthly meetings and receive funding, mentoring, grant writing support and other assistance.
- Frances Dickey, associate professor, English
- Claire Horisk, associate professor, philosophy
- Kristin Kopp, associate professor, German
- Johanna Kramer, associate professor, English
- Sungkyoung Lee, associate professor, strategic communication
- Alexandru Radulescu, associate professor, philosophy
- Travis Shaffer, associate professor, visual studies
- Faizan Shafique, assistant professor, architectural studies
Mid-Career Development Fellows
This program provides associate professors with one-on-one grant proposal support, network building, identification of funding opportunities and other career development.
- Cynthia Dudenhoffer, associate teaching professor, information science and learning technologies
- Jamie Hall, associate teaching professor, physical therapy
- Christopher Josey, associate teaching professor, communication
- Kathryn Lucchesi, associate professor, journalism
- Rebecca Meisenbach, associate professor, communication
- Rosalie Metro, associate teaching professor, learning, teaching and curriculum
- Mike Metz, associate professor, learning, teaching and curriculum
- Mauro Palmero, associate teaching professor, hospitality management
- Karen Thies, assistant professor, clinical obstetrics and gynecology
- Robert Walker, associate professor, anthropology
- Hsin-I Sydney Yueh, associate teaching professor, communication
- Pete Zambito, associate teaching professor, music
LEAP Fellows
The Learning and Expanding Abilities for Professoriate Cohort Fellows Program (LEAP) is designed to support assistant professors as they begin their academic careers.
- Elizabeth Anderson, assistant professor, nursing
- Sarah Buckallew, assistant teaching professor, dietetics
- Emma Buckingham, assistant teaching professor, classical archaeology
- Clarissa Durie, assistant professor, biochemistry
- Ayca Fackler, assistant professor, learning, teaching and curriculum
- Aileen Garcia, assistant professor, human development and family science
- Maya Gibson, assistant teaching professor, women’s and gender studies
- Alisha Johnson, assistant professor, nursing
- Caroline Kopot, assistant professor, textile and apparel management
- Mert Korkali, assistant professor, electrical engineering and computer science
- Steven Krauss, associate professor, human development and family science
- Renee Stites Kruep, assistant teaching professor, learning, teaching and curriculum
- Bornali Kundu, assistant professor, neurosurgery
- Caroline Larson, assistant professor, speech, language and hearing sciences
- Hyeong Suk Na, assistant professor, industrial and systems engineering
- Christopher O’Bryan, assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Taylor Otto, assistant teaching professor, clinical and diagnostic sciences
- Susana Quiros, assistant teaching professor, public health
- Kathleen Rose, assistant professor, strategic communication
- Kelsey Rushing, assistant teaching professor, dietetics
- Rachel Santiago, assistant professor, educational, school and counseling psychology
- Neekun Sharma, assistant research professor, endocrinology
- Amber Smith, assistant teaching professor, learning, teaching and curriculum
- Cheyenne Staib, assistant teaching professor, textile and apparel management
- Eunjin Tracy, assistant professor, human development and family science
- Shuangyu Xu, assistant professor, natural resources
- Peifen Zhu, assistant professor, electrical engineering and computer science
