The University of Missouri System honored four faculty members for their outstanding work Sept. 26 during a dinner in their honor in Columbia. Systemwide committees select the winners of faculty awards for outstanding teaching and research and creativity. Nominations for the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award are evaluated by a panel that includes representatives from the four campuses, off-campus faculty and Missouri citizens. The winner of the Curators' Award for Scholarly Excellence is selected by a subcommittee of the University of Missouri Press.
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Joyce Corey, professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is the 2002 winner of the Presidential Award for Research and Creativity. The award is given in recognition of a sustained effort of nationally or internationally prominent research or creativity and includes a $15,000 stipend.
UM-St. Louis did not offer an advanced degree in chemistry when Corey joined the faculty in 1968. Corey quickly began establishing a productive research program. One of the world's leading experts on organosilicon chemistry, Corey is an active member of the American Chemical Society.
Chemists around the world use a process Corey developed early in her career called the "Corey reaction." She has authored more than 100 articles.
Corey attended Radcliffe College from 1956-58, received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of North Dakota in 1960 and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961 and 1964, respectively.
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Glen Easter, Regional Director for University Outreach and Extension's Northwest Region, is the 2002 winner of the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award. The award, which includes a $5,000 stipend, recognizes an individual who personifies the creativity, vision and leadership exhibited by the late C. Brice Ratchford, who was president of the University and vice president of cooperative extension.
Easter joined University Outreach and Extension in 1989 as Regional Livestock Specialist and County Program Director. In 1994 he was selected Director of the Northeast Region and in 2000 he became Director of the Northwest Region.
Easter has initiated two programs with impact far beyond the Northwest region. The Missouri Extension Leadership Development program facilitates professional development for Outreach and Extension personnel, while the Exploring Global Resources through Extension Training program provides opportunities for regional and campus faculty to study community development and agriculture in Costa Rica. The goal of both programs is to develop faculty who can better serve Missouri.
Easter also has worked as an agricultural consultant in the Near East and as a training specialist in Swaziland.
Easter received a bachelor's degree in agriculture, a master's degree in agricultural education and a certificate of specialization in agricultural education from UM-Columbia in 1968, 1973 and 1974, respectively, and a doctorate in agricultural education from Pennsylvania State University in 1985.
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Larry Gragg, professor of history at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is the 2002 winner of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award, which includes a $15,000 stipend, recognizes long-term achievements in teaching.
In the classroom Gragg focuses not just on facts but also on the primary sources used by historians to instill in his students a deeper understanding of the field and of the critical role that research plays.
During his career Gragg has received 11 Outstanding Teacher awards and three Faculty Excellence awards from UM-Rolla, among other campus honors, and has mentored new UM-Rolla faculty. He received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in December.
An expert on the Salem witch trials, Gragg has authored three books, with a fourth to be issued soon, and dozens of articles, essays and book chapters. He also has created study guides for UM's Center for Distance and Independent Study courses.
Gragg, who has appeared on the PBS "Teacher to Teacher" program, also served as president of Champions of Rolla Education, an organization that helped Rolla Senior High retain "Blue Ribbon" school status.
He received a bachelor's degree in education, magna cum laude, from Southwest Missouri State University in 1972, a master's degree in history from SMSU in 1973 and a doctorate in history from UM-Columbia in 1978.
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Elaine Lawless, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English, Folklore, Women's Studies, Religious Studies, and Anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, is the winner of the Curators' Award for Scholarly Excellence for her book Women Escaping Violence: Empowerment Through Narrative. The award is given to the faculty author of the most outstanding book published by the University of Missouri Press, and includes a $2,500 stipend.
Since joining the UM-Columbia faculty in 1983, Lawless has written four other books, plus numerous book chapters and scholarly articles. She is a Fellow of the American Folklore Society and serves on its executive board. Two years ago she was appointed editor of the Journal of American Folklore.
Lawless has received a Faculty-Alumni Award, a Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching, Purple Chalk Awards for undergraduate teaching, a Gold Chalk Award for graduate and professional teaching, and a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research and Creativity.
Women Escaping Violence: Empowerment Through Narrative presents the experiences, in their own words, of women who have fled to domestic violence shelters with few possessions and often with small children in tow.
Lawless received a bachelor's degree in English from Southeast Missouri State University in 1969, a master's degree in English from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1973 and a doctorate in folklore/ethnographic studies and women's studies from Indiana University in 1982.
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