Faculty

After teaching high school history for two years in Queens, N.Y., Dr. Benz attended Princeton Theological Seminary, earning the Henry Snyder Gehman Award in Old Testament and graduating with an M.Div. He earned a Ph.D. from the Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. While...

Prior to joining William Jewell College, Dr. Bots received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in economics in Ukraine, where he also worked for two years as an economist. Later he continued his education at Purdue University where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in economics with a concentration in...

Dr. Braitman teaches Introduction to Psychological Science, Statistics for Psychological Science, Personality Psychology, Capstone in Psychological Science, and Identity and Society. Her primary areas of research are in highway safety (distracted driving and young drivers) and the scholarship of...

Dr. Cawthon is an astronomer and cosmologist. He presently does research with the international Dark Energy Survey where he studies the large-scale structure of galaxies in the Universe to learn about dark energy and dark matter.

Born in Bristol, England, Dr. Coleman has developed a growing reputation as a composer and arranger in American and Europe. His music has been performed in the States, Europe and New Zealand. He has written for The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers, The King’...

Instructor Cordell teachers musical theatre dance styles and is a Liberty native who graduated from Jewell in communication with an emphasis in public speaking. She owns Stars Unlimited Dance of Liberty, teaches master dance classes nationwide and provides choreography for theatre productions,...