Missouri Journalism at AEJMC 2025: Advancing Ideas, Research and Impact
From AI and ethics to visual storytelling and media law, scholars from the Missouri School of Journalism are exploring the questions that matter most in journalism today — and sharing their work on one of the field’s biggest stages.
At the 2025 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in San Francisco August 6 – 11, more than 150 Missouri faculty, students and alumni will share their work through research presentations, panel discussions and leadership roles across dozens of divisions and interest groups.
This year, Missouri Journalism will present more than 80 peer-reviewed papers and contribute more than 70 moderators, discussants and panelists, highlighting the school’s continued leadership in media research, teaching and professional engagement.
Scholars from Missouri are being recognized across the board — earning top paper awards, leading conversations on generative AI and news literacy, and offering fresh perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing journalists around the globe.
What follows is a list of presentations, honors and roles representing the Missouri School of Journalism community at AEJMC 2025 (School of Journalism faculty, students and alumni are identified in bold face):
- Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award: Shelly Rodgers (PhD ’00), University of Missouri
- 2024 Scripps Howard Journalism & Mass Communication Teacher of the Year Award Recipient: Mark Horvit, University of Missouri
- 2025 Davis Ethics Award Recipient: Lisa Krantz (PhD ’25), Montana
- DEI Competition Award Winner: Whose voices are published? Public relations scholarship by race, place, and gender in 30 years of journal publications. Maria Len-Rios (PhD ’02), Minnesota, Rosalynn Vasquez, Suffolk University and Rita Tang, Minnesota
- Top Reviewer Award: Stan Jastrzebski, University of Missouri
Founded in 1912 in Chicago, AEJMC is an international nonprofit organization composed of more than 3,700 faculty, students and administrators at journalism and mass communication schools from more than 50 different countries. AEJMC is dedicated to providing the means necessary to journalism and mass communication educators and students to foster generations of practitioners and educators dedicated to better professional practices and a more informed public.
The full list of faculty, students, and alumni presenting their work at the conference, as well as those serving in leadership and advisory roles, is as follows:
AEJMC Division Officers
Professional Freedom and Responsibility
- Mimi Perreault University of South Florida
Research Committee
- Yong Volz (Chair), University of Missouri
- Patrick Ferrucci (PhD ’13), University of Colorado-Boulder
- Deborah Chung, University of Kentucky
- Summer Harlow, Texas A&M University/University of Texas at Austin
Teaching
- Harrison C. Hove, University of Florida
- Jeremy Littau, Lehigh University
- Tracy Everbach, University of North Texas
Publications
- Teri Finneman (MA ’10, PhD ’15), ( (Chair), University of Kansas
- Stephanie Craft, University of Illinois
- Alyssa Appelman, University of Kansas
- Uche Onyebadi, Texas Christian University
- Chelsea Reynolds, Arizona State University
Abstracts
* Extended Abstract
Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division
- * Countering stigma and finding social support for menopause on social media. Parul Jain, Ohio, Maria Comello, North Carolina, Diane Francis, Northeastern, Lina Elshrief, Ohio, and Jeannette Porter, University of Missouri
Communication Theory and Methodology, Communication Technology, and Cultural and Critical Studies Division
- (Dis)connected for Success: Media Ownership, Multitasking, And Gratifications as Predictors of Second- and Third-level Digital Divide Related to College Students’ Academic Performance and Career Aspirations. Anastasia Kononova (PhD ’10), Michigan State and Liu Wan, Communications University of China, Beijing
- * Health Communication and AI in Nursing: Comparative Analysis of Generative AI Tool Perceptions Among Nursing Faculty, Practitioners, and Students. Chau Tong, Michael Hatley and Robert Bautista, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Applying Uses and Gratifications Theory to AI Tool: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of X/Twitter vs. Instagram Conversations about Sora. Jie Chen (MA ’05) and Matthew Pittman, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- Promises and Perils of AI-Assisted Journalism. Anayetur Rahaman (PhD candidate),University of Missouri
Communication Theory and Methodology Division
- * Modeling the Influence of Credibility and Media Literacy on the Prevalence of Information Disorder. Chandi Raj Dahal and Xin Frida Qi (PhD candidates), University of Missouri
Cultural and Critical Studies Division
- “Could have been better”: Tyreek Hill and the Social Construction of Race in News. Joseph Jones (PhD ’21), West Virginia
- Performing “Girl” on Tik Tok: “Girl Dinner” and the Memeification of Gender Essentialism. Joy Jenkins (PhD ’17) and Ivy Reed (Undergraduate Student), University of Missouri
- “It’s bigger than the music”: The Politics of The Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show and News Coverage of the Drake-Kendrick Rap Battle. Ruth DeFoster, Minnesota, and Chelsea J. Reynolds (MA ’12), Arizona State
Visual Communication Division
- Capturing Resilience: The Role of Embedded Photojournalists in Framing Collective Suffering During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Taylor Sheridan (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
- To Show or to Shield: Twin Cities News Media’s Gatekeeping of the George Floyd Video. Deborah Pastner (MA ’24), University of Texas-Austin
Law and Policy Division
- Shifting Rights: Examining Chinese Lawmakers’ Constructions of Press Freedoms Since 1992. Chris Duan, (Undergraduate Student), University of Missouri
- Synthetic Speech, Real Consequences: AI-Generated Hate and the Constitution. Pranaav Jadhav (PhD student), University of Missouri
- ChatGPT Says You’re Doing It Wrong: Using Bounded Rationality to Revise Marketplace Theory in the AI Era. Xin Frida Qi (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
- Third Place Student Paper: Meet My Auto-Deepfake: Self-Authorized AI Agents and Their Contributions to Democratic Societies. Rain Embusca (MA ’25), University of Missouri
Public Relations Division
- * “Do foreign patriots count?” The impact of corporate nationality and message transparency on audience response to patriotic-oriented CSR communication. Yoorim Hong (PhD candidate) and Sungkyoung Lee, University of Missouri
- Beyond Negative Emotions: The Effects of Positive Emotions and Stealing Thunder on Organizational Outcomes after a Crisis. James Ndone (PhD ’21), Coastal Carolina
Community Journalism Interest Group
- * The Outliers: An Exploration of News Oases in Rural America. Ivy Ashe (MA ’10), Florida Atlantic
Scholastic Journalism Division
- * Educator Perspectives on the Practice of Objectivity in Scholastic Journalism. Marina Hendricks (PhD ’17),South Dakota State, Leslie Klein, Nebraska-Lincoln, Peter Bobkowski, Kent State and Sarah Cavanah, Kansas
Communication Theory and Methodology Division
- Expanding Affective Intelligence Theory: How Voters’ Feelings of Disgust Toward the Candidates Affected Voting Intentions in 2024. Renita Coleman (MA ’97 and PhD ’01),Texas at Austin and Denis Wu, Boston University
Mass Communication and Society and International Communication Divisions
- Everyone is a War Reporter: Field Theory and Wellbeing Capital in Conflict Journalism. Sayyed Fawad Shah, Auburn, and Gregory Perreault (PhD ’15), South Florida
- * African News Audience Engagement with LGBTQIA+ News Framing in Digital Spaces. Dennis Okeke and Patrick Ferrucci (PhD ’13), Colorado-Boulder
- * The global-local journalism and Public Relations(PR) dynamic: evolving, adversarial, collaborative, or symbiotic partnership? Mildred Perreault (PhD’ 16), South Florida, Tyler Nagel, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology/University of Groningen, Jessica Walsh, Nebraska-Lincoln, Lenka Waschkova Cisarova, Masaryk University, Signe Ivask, University of Tartu, Estonia, Hanan Badr, University of Salzburg, Thawab Hilal, Paris Loudron University of Salzburg, Michael Koliska, Georgetown, Gregory Perreault (PhD ’15), South Florida
Media Ethics Division
- A Cathedral of Trust: How Journalists Built Relationships “Brick by Brick” in Uvalde. Lisa Krantz (PhD ’24), Montana State
- Second Place Faculty Paper: Taking the Long View: The Case for a Life Story-Based Media Ethics Pedagogy. David Craig, Oklahoma, Chris Roberts, Alabama, Erin Schauster (PhD ’13), Colorado-Boulder, Patrick Lee Plaisance, Pennsylvania State, Katie Place, Quinnipiac, Daniel Thompson, Langston University, Jiaqi(Agnes) Bao, Pennsylvania State and Yetter Casey, Cherokee Nation 3S
Public Relations Division
- Punish or Forgive? Exploring the Mediating Role of CEO Attitudes on the interaction of Emotional Crisis Communication and Crisis Type. James Ndone (PhD ’21), Coastal Carolina, Qi Zheng, Michigan State, Rongting Niu, Yan Jin, Georgia and Margaret Duffy, University of Missouri-
- The Effects of CSR Framing on Greenwashing in the AI Environmental Crisis. Erika Schneider (PhD ’21), Victoria Kyriakopoulos, Syracuse
- Conceptualizing Transnational Social Issues Management(TSIM). Luke Capizzo, Michigan State, Yu Chen and Anli Xiao, South Carolina, Bingbing Zhang, Iowa, and Fritz Cropp (PhD ’96), University of Missouri
- Seeing Journalism Through ChatGPT: Textual Analysis of ChatGPT’s Answers to Top-Searched Quora Questions on Journalism. Xin Frida Qi (PhD candidate),University of Missouri
- First Place Paper, Teaching Paper Competition: AI Intervention in PR Education for Digital Competence. Erika Schneider (PhD ’21), Syracuse
Sports Communication Interest Group
- Clark and Reese Lead Women’s College Basketball to New Heights. Tracy Everbac (Ph ’04) and Gwen Nisbett, North Texas
Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division
- Localizing Environmental Concern: An Examination of the Mississippi River Basin. Kathleen Rose and Vy Luong (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
- * #NewMomsStruggle: Communicating Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health on Facebook in Ghana. Priscilla Aboagyewaa Boateng, and Lisa Lenoir (PhD ’22), Indiana-Bloomington
- * The Efficacy Pathway in Adaptive Framing: Visuals Drive Effects on Community Optimism and Behavioral Intentions. Kami Vinton and Renita Coleman (MA ’97, PhD ’01), Texas at Austin and Lesa Major, Indiana-Bloomington
- Deliberate or Duped? Understanding Global Consumer Counterfeit Purchase Behavior Through the Lens of Protection Motivation Theory. Heijin Lee, Pepperdine, Saleem Alhabash (MA ’08, PhD ’11), Moldir Moldagaliyeva, Patricia Huddleston, and Anastasia Kononova (PhD ’10), Michigan State
- Savoring Truth: Exposing Disinformation in the World of Alternative Meats. Courtney Boman (PhD ’20),Alabama and Erika Schneider (PhD ’21), Syracuse
- Care-Based Practices in Health News: Why and How U.S. Health Journalists include Exemplars in their Reporting. Rachel Young (MA ’01, PhD ’13) and Munachim Amah, Iowa, Amanda Hinnant (MA ’99), University of Missouri and Maria Len-Rios (PhD ’02), Minnesota
- Unpacking Framing in Data Journalism: Analyzing Narratives of Declining U.S. Life Expectancy. Taylor Sheridan (PhD candidate), University of Missouri and Carlo Byrd, Texas at Austin
Cultural and Critical Studies Division
- Selling Typical Americans: Anheuser-Busch’s Gender Construction Through Super Bowl Commercials. Paul Myers (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
Small Programs Interest Group
- * Navigating AI in the Classroom: Ethical Tensions and Pedagogical Opportunities in Communication Courses. Alexander Carter, Indah Setiawati (PhD ’24), Kristen A. Patrow, and Lee K. Farquhar, Butler University
History Division
- A Murder in Queens: Examining the Facilitative Role Through The New York Times Coverage of the ’38 Witnesses’ Case. Chad Painter (MA ’09, PhD ’12), University of Dayton
Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Division
- Staying in the Game: Field-Specific Capital and Career Mobility of TV News Directors. Vy Luong (PhD candidate) and Yong Volz, University of Missouri
- Top 2 Faculty Paper: Joy, Media Innovation and Change in Journalism. Valerie Belair-Gagnon, Minnesota, and Gregory Perreault (PhD ’15), South Florida
Newspaper and Online News Division
- * Digitalization of local news: Assessing trust across rural and urban communities. Zivile Raskauskaite (PhD candidate), Joy Jenkins (PhD’ 17), Kathleen Rose, Balaji Rajagopalan and Michael Dieringer (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
Cultural and Critical Studies Division
- * “You’re Only Hurting the Journalists”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of ‘Don’t Unsubscribe’ to the Washington Post and the L.A. Times. Ever Figueroa and Patrick Ferrucci (PhD ’13), Colorado-Boulder
Visual Communication Division
- In Search of the Ethical Exposure: How Extensions from Centering Fractures Practitioners. Ross Taylor (BJ ’10), University of Colorado-Boulder
Commission and the Status of Women
- She’s no “Lady President”: Exploring the evolution of women presidents on television. Lauren Furey, California Poly Pomona, and Andrea Hall (MA ’13), Middle Tennessee State
- Top Open Paper: Shaping the 21st Century Woman: Fourth-Wave Feminism in Shapewear Social Media Marketing. Anika Ausness-Ayres, California State Fullerton, Chelsea J. Reynolds (MA ’12), Arizona State
- A Lively Lawsuit: Exploring gender bias in Blake Lively’s and Justin Baldoni’s media battle. Andrea Hall (MA ’13), Middle Tennessee State, Lauren Furey, Teresa Acosta and Kristine Pascual, California Poly Pomona
Gender in Sports and Entertainment Media
- Empowering or exploitative? Examining young adult perceptions of NIL athletes’ social media posts. Gwen Nisbett, Tracy Everbach (PhD ’04), North Texas and Stephanie Schartel Dunn, Winona State.
Newspaper and Online News Division
- Understanding the Deadline Routine in Journalism: A Rapid Newsroom Ethnography during the 2024 Presidential Election. Xin Frida Qi (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
- Dark Metajournalism: Connecting Dark Participation and Metajournalistic Discourse. Gregory Perreault (PhD’15), South Florida, Kalyani Chadha, Northwestern, Johana Kotisova and Signe Ivask, University of Tartu, Estonia; Volha Kananovich, Appalacian State and Michael Koliska, Georgetown.
- * The Climate Change Narrative: Trends in US Newspaper Coverage of Natural Disasters. Damilola Oduolowu (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
- Appalachia Strong: Joy in Reporting Appalachian Recovery from Hurricane Helene. Grace Ficara, University of South Florida; Grace Smith; Ella Hackett, Teodora Tavares; Jin Young Hwang; Ava Jochims; Monica Crawford; Volha Kananovich; Gregory Perreault (PhD ’15), South Florida
- News Location and Platform as Factors in Adherence to Suicide Reporting Guidelines among Nigerian Journalists. Opeyemi Lawal, Texas Tech, Miglena Sternadori (MA ’05, PhD ’08), Texas Tech
- * Analyzing News Media Coverage of the Tennessee Drag Ban: A Longitudinal Content Analysis. Cody Hays and Chelsea J. Reynolds (MA ’12), Arizona State and Juan Mundel, Michigan State.
- Third Place Open Competition Paper: When software becomes the newsroom: Journalists and the loss of organizational connections. Patrick Ferrucci (PhD ’13), University of Colorado-Boulder
- Third Place Student Competition Paper: News Managers’ Perception of AI Adoption in Local Newsrooms: A Study on Professionalism and Jurisdiction. Wahida Alam (PhD candidate) and Muhammad Saurav Rahman (MA student), University of Missouri and Ahmad Shatil Alam, Oklahoma
Visual Communication Division
- Audiences in the Shadows: American Journalists’ Perspective on Dark Participation. Zivile Raskauskaite (PhD candidate) and Kathleen Rose, University of Missouri
Commission on Graduate Education Teaching Showcase
- Semester in a Scroll: From Class Notes to Learning Timelines with Padlet. Vy Luong (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
Media Ethics Division
- * A Journaling Intervention in Advertising and Public Relations: Moral and Deliberate Psychological Education. Erin Schauster (PhD ’13), University of Colorado-Boulder and Christopher Vardeman, Towson and Toby Hopp, University of Colorado-Boulder.
- Criminal Justice and Digital Shame: Shifting News Norms Around Police Mug Shots Reflect Journalism’s Ethical Reckoning. Jodi Friedman (MA ’13), Maryland
- Breaking the Barrier: Rethinking Objectivity in Journalism. Taylor Sheridan (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
- * That’s So True: Assessing the Impact of Market Factors on Authenticity in Travel Media Production. Ivy Ashe (MA ’10), Florida Atlantic
Political Communication Division
- * Political Satire from left to right and media literacy. Heesook Choi (PhD ’19), Mississippi State
- Partisanship, Political Satire and Emotions: Applying Social Identity Theory to the Study of Political Satire and Affect Toward Presidential Candidates. Heesook Choi (PhD ’19), Mississippi State
- Politics of Posting: Analyzing Social Media Posts in Knoxville’s 2021 City Council Races via the ELM lens. Pranaav Jadhav (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
- How News Media Choices Relate to Need for Chaos, Authoritarian Tendencies, and Political Violence Acceptance in the Context of Brazil, Marina Petric and Miglena Sternadori (MA ’05, PhD ’08), Texas Tech
Cultural and Critical Studies Division
- AI is a story about labor automation: Journalism, tech, and perceptions of precarity. Patrick Ferrucci (PhD ’13) and Qiongye Chen, Colorado-Boulder
Minorities and Communication Division
- Third Place Graduate Student Research Paper Award: Restorative and Solidarity Journalism in Contemporary Media Discourse. Taylor Sheridan (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
Scholastic Journalism Division
- First Place Faculty Research Paper Award: Balancing the Budget: Educator Perceptions of the Business Side of High School Journalism. Sara Cavanah, Kansas, Peter Bobkowski, Kent State, Leslie Klein, Nebraska-Lincoln, Monica Hill, North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Marina Hendricks (PhD ’17), South Dakota State
- Doctoral Education Trends: Content Analyses of Dissertations and Job Postings. Alyssa Appelman (BJ ’08), Huong Ha and Neelofar Ahmad, Kansas
History, Institutions and Legitimacy
- Conceptualizing Transnational Social Issues Management(TSIM). Luke Capizzo, Michigan State, Yu Chen, and Anli Xiao (MA ’14), South Carolina, Bingbing Zhang, Iowa and Fritz Cropp (PhD ’96), University of Missouri
Entertainment Studies Interest Group
- “People Will at Least Listen to Her”: Coverage of Celebrity Presidential Endorsements and the Convergence of Political and Lifestyle Journalism. Hadley Hoskins, Jae Jepsen, Joy Jenkins (PhD ’17), University of Missouri
Magazine Media Division
- Glamourous Grief: The Visual Language of Maternal Mortality in Women’s Magazines Post-Dobbs. Taylor Sheridan (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
Broadcast and Mobile Journalism Division
- * Reporting From Exile: The Roles and Practices of Russian Dissident Journalists. Teodora Trifonova (PhD candidate) and Joy Jenkins (PhD ’17), University of Missouri
International Communication Division
- * Can a Regime Change, Change the Media in Bangladesh? Muhammad Saurav Rahman (MA student), University of Missouri
- Frivolous and Malicious: Judicial Constructions of SLAPPs Against Journalists in the EU. Teodora Trifonova (PhD candidate) and Jared Schroeder, University of Missouri
- Investigating the Pandora Papers: How Global Collaboration Begins Shifting the Journalistic Field, Han Vu (RJI Student Innovation Fellow ‘23) and Beverly Horvit (MA ’96, PhD ’99), University of Missouri
Participatory Journalism Interest Group
- Top Student Paper: Negotiating Truth in the Age of Networked Journalism: Exploring News production in the Nepali Newsrooms. Chandi Raj Dahal (PhD candidate), University of Missouri
Communication Technology Division
- * The Use of AI in Newsrooms in Developing Nations: The Nigerian Experience. Shugofa Dastgeer and Uche Onyebadi (PhD ’08), Texas Christian
- * Do Large Language Models Help Micro-Influencers? AI Transparency and Multicultural Ad Effectiveness. Donggyu Kim and Eunjin (Anna) Kim (MBA ’10, PhD ’15), University of Southern California, Taenyun Kim, Michigan State University
Moderators, Discussants, Panelists and Hosts
- Alyssa Appelman, BJ ’08, Kansas
- Amanda Hinnant, MA ’99, University of Missouri
- Amy Simons, BJ ’99, MS ’19, University of Missouri
- Anastasia Kononova, PhD ’10, Michigan State
- Andrea Hall, MA ’13, Middle Tennessee State
- Andrea Miller, PhD ’03, Gaylord College
- Anli Xiao, MA ’14, South Carolina
- Beverly Horvit, MA ’96, PhD ’99, University of Missouri
- Bu Zhong, MA ’00, Hong Kong Baptist
- Chad Owsley, PhD ’23, Nebraska-Omaha
- Chad Painter, MA ’09 and PhD ’12, Dayton
- Chang-Dae Ham, PhD ’11, Illinois Champaign-Urbana
- Chau Tong, Faculty, University of Missouri
- Chelsea J. Reynolds, MA ’12, Arizona State
- Courtney Boman, PhD ’20, Alabama
- Damilola Oduolowu, PhD ’25, University of Missouri
- David D. Kurpius, University of Missouri
- Daxton Stewart, MA ’04, Texas Christian
- Deborah Chung, BJ ’96, University of Kentucky
- Deborah Pastner, MA ’24, University of Texas-Austin
- Erika Schneider, PhD ’21, Syracuse
- Erin Schauster, PhD ’13, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Eunjin(Anna) Kim, MBA ’10 and PhD ’15, University of Southern California
- Fritz Cropp, PhD ’96, University of Missouri
- Gregory Perreault, PhD ’15, South Florida
- Harrison Hove, MA ’16, University of Florida
- Heather Shoenberger, MA ’06, JD ’06, PhD ’14, Pennsylvania State
- Heesook Choi, PhD ’19, Mississippi State
- Indah Setiawati, PhD ’24, Butler
- Ivy Ashe, MA ’10, Florida Atlantic
- James Ndone, PhD ’21, Coastal Carolina
- Jared Schroeder, Faculty, University of Missouri
- Jeanne Abbott, BJ ’67, MA ’69, PhD ’88, University of Missouri
- Jennifer Greer, BJ ’88, University of Kentucky
- Jeremy Littau, MA ’07, PhD ’09, Lehigh University
- Jie Chen, MA ’05, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- Jodi Friedman, MA ’13, University of Maryland
- Joseph Jones, PhD ’21, West Virginia
- Joy Jenkins, PhD ’17, University of Missouri
- Kathleen Rose, Faculty, University of Missouri
- Keith Greenwood, PhD ’06, University of Missouri
- Laura Ruel, MA ’93, North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- Lisa Krantz, PhD ’24,University of Montana
- Margaret Duffy, University of Missouri
- Maria Len-Rios, PhD ’02, University of Minnesota
- Marina Hendricks, PhD ’17, South Dakota State
- Marlene Neill, MA ’07, Baylor University
- Melissa Greene-Blye, MA ’12, University of Kansas
- Michael Vosburg, MA ’98, Benedict College
- Miglena Sternadori, MA ’05, PhD ’08, Texas Tech
- Mildred Perreault, PhD ’16, South Florida
- Nick Mathews, Faculty, University of Missouri
- Patrick Ferrucci, PhD ’13, Colorado-Boulder
- Rachel Grant, PhD ’18, University of Florida-Gainesville
- Renita Coleman, MA ’97 and PhD’01, Texas at Austin
- Ross Taylor, BJ ’10, Colorado-Boulder
- Saleem Alhabash, MA ’08 and PhD ’11, Michigan State
- Samuel M. Tham, MA ’15, Colorado State
- Shane Epping, MA ’08, PhD ’23, Wyoming
- Stan Jastrzebski, Faculty, University of Missouri
- Stephanie Craft, MA ’90, University of Illinois
- Summer Harlow, BJ ’99, University of Texas-Austin
- Sungkyoung Lee, University of Missouri
- Takeya Mizuno, PhD ’00, Meiji University
- Teri Finneman, MA ’10, PhD ’15, University of Kansas
- Tracy Everbach, PhD ’04, North Texas
- Uche Onyebadi, PhD ’08, Texas Christian
- Vincent Filak, PhD ’03, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Vy Luong, PhD candidate, University of Missouri
- Xin (Frida) Qi, PhD candidate, University of Missouri
- Yong Volz, Faculty, University of Missouri
Updated: August 4, 2025