Faculty
In the News: Stroble on ‘Stay Tuned’ tonight; Military student in USA Today; Brasfield on health care reform
Upcoming and recent news coverage involving Webster University includes: President Beth Stroble will be interviewed on live television tonight as part of a four-person panel discussing the value of a college education. Her appearance will be on the public affairs show, “Stay Tuned,” which broadcasts on the PBS St. Louis affiliate, channel 9. It will [...]
Scaff’s Cross-Genre Art Book is Part Cultural Inquiry, Part Modern Romance
Julian H. Scaff, assistant professor in the Webster Department of Art, Design and Art History, has published a book this spring titled Jamal and Damilola: A Nigerian Banking Scam Romance. Jamal and Damilola is a cross-genre art book existing as art object, performance and cultural inquiry. It lays out, in detailed exchange, the online romance [...]
Stiles Publishes with Alumnus on Growing Up Muslim in Other Cultures
School of Education professor Deborah Stiles publishes a book chapter with former Webster University MAT student, Osman Özturgut, now assistant professor of Doctoral Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word, in San Antonio, Texas. Their invited book chapter, “The Personal Aspirations and Cherished Ideals of Muslim Adolescents Living in Norway and Singapore,” was written [...]
SOE’s Marlene Birkman Authors Ruth Lynford Biography
Webster University School of Education professor Marlene Birkman has garnered attention in recent years for her biographies of world leaders in design and architecture. Her second biography in three years, Ruth Lynford: My Life in Design, was released this spring. Ruth Lynford is an internationally recognized interior designer as well as a political force, who [...]
News Around Webster: Faculty, Staff on Library and Outcomes Assesment, Visual Arts; Music Student Chapter Honored
Recent professional achievements and collaboration by Webster University faculty and staff include: Weissman, Hellerud, Watts on Outcomes Assessment Institutional Effectiveness director Julie Weissman, associate provost Nancy Hellerud, and Instruction and Liaison librarian John Watts published an article in the Higher Learning Commission’s Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement. The article, “Student Learning Outcomes [...]
Women and Gender Studies Open House May 9
Please join the Women and Gender Studies (WGST) program for drinks and hors d’oeuvres at our annual Open House on Thursday, May 9, 4:15 – 6:15 p.m., in the Faculty Development Center. Hear reports from the WGST students who attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, congratulate the first two students who [...]
David Porras Named Walker School Business Chair
Faculty of the Business Department in the Walker School of Business and Technology have elected David Porras, associate professor of Finance and asset pricing expert, as the next department chair. Porras will begin leading the Business Department June 1, 2013. He says as chair of the department, he looks forward to the curriculum development that [...]
Webster Thailand Hosts ASEAN Integration Colloquium in Bangkok
Webster University Thailand hosted its first colloquium, “Regional Interdependence in Southeast Asia,” at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bangkok on April 26-27. The event brought scholars from around the world together to participate in a focused examination and exchange of views on the problems and opportunities pertaining to Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration. [...]
Web Grading Instructions Spring 2
Instructions for Spring 2, 2013, web grading from Donna Gilmore, assistant registrar: Begin at Webster’s home page (www.webster.edu) Log on to your Connections Account Click on the Faculty tab Click on the word “here” in the Faculty Academic Services box Enter your Connections User Name and Password and click OK. Set Options: Select graduate program [...]
A&S Advisory Board Challenge Success
The College of Arts & Sciences is pleased to announce the success of its Advisory Board Challenge. The Advisory Board pledged a gift of $25,000 to be awarded if at least 525 alumni made gifts, thereby marking a big step towards one of the University’s stretch goals for 2015. Dean David Carl Wilson stated that [...]
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