Several faculty members were recognized for receiving promotions and/or tenure during the past year at Missouri State University-West Plains at the university’s Employee Recognition Luncheon Jan. 25 at the West Plains Civic Center. Dasha Russell was promoted to Assistant Professor of Accounting, and Dr. Rajiv Thakur was promoted to Associate Professor of Geosciences. Dr. Sharath Rongali was […]
Luncheon provides opportunity for recognition
AA Pre-Engineering: Del Mar College BS CIS: Columbia College MS CIS: Missouri State University Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems/Computer Graphics and Programming What made you decide to specialize in computer information systems? I had always enjoyed tinkering with mechanisms. When computers made the public scene, they seemed like the next thing to tinker with. […]
Associate Professor of Communications PhD: Southern Illinois University-Carbondale MA: Arkansas State University-Jonesboro BA: Arkansas State University-Jonesboro Subject area(s): Public Speaking, Debate, Intercultural Communication and Theatre What made you decide to specialize in communications? One of the things that attracted me to communication was that our research stole (or pulled from) many other fields – psychology, […]
DA English: University of Missouri MA English: Missouri State University BA English: Oral Roberts University What made you decide to specialize in English? I always knew I wanted to be a writer, and by the end of my sophomore year in college I had begun to enjoy the systematic study of literature, specifically American literature. […]