{"id":322,"date":"2023-10-30T12:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/?page_id=322"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:23:43","slug":"community-academic-recognition-of-faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/community-academic-recognition-of-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Community\/Academic Recognition of Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.achievement {\n  color:var(--true-blue);\n  font-size: 20px;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  margin-top: -10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coreen Derifield<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\"><strong>We Were Still Ladies:&nbsp;<\/strong>Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest After World War II<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/03\/Coreen-Derifield.png\" alt=\"Cori Derifield portrait\" class=\"wp-image-683\" style=\"width:302px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/03\/Coreen-Derifield.png 960w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/03\/Coreen-Derifield-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/03\/Coreen-Derifield-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/03\/Coreen-Derifield-768x766.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Coreen Derifield is an associate professor of history and recently published a book through University of Iowa Press!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong>We Were Still Ladies:&nbsp;<\/strong>Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest After World War II&#8221;<br>University of Iowa Press, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/03\/We-Were-Still-Ladies.jpeg\" alt=\"Cover image of We Were Still Ladies: Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest After World War II by Coreen Derifield\" class=\"wp-image-682\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Following World War II, women living in small towns and farms all across the Midwest, woke every morning, packed their lunches, and headed out for a long day of work in a nearby factory. Many of these women never envisioned themselves as industrial workers, but the political and economic changes to the region after World War II opened new opportunities and experiences for hundreds of women throughout the Midwest. How does the stereotypical image of the Midwestern farm wife making apple pie in her kitchen find herself working for wages by trimming rubber for tires in the nearby factory? Understanding these discordant images drives this investigation into the demographic shift of women out of the traditional female role of housekeeping and into industrial wage work. How did this transition into industrial work affect their sense of self? How did it change the dynamic of their families and communities? While it may be a seemingly mundane decision women and their families made in working for wages outside of the home, it caused tremendous change within families and women&#8217;s roles in the home. These small alterations in daily life rippled throughout Midwestern culture and society, even changing the landscape of the small towns into decentralized industrial centers. This book explores this subtle yet fundamental shift of women in rural areas and small towns who ventured into an industrial workplace and who began earning their own wages and supporting their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adisa Velic M.Ed, CCMA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\">Completed Masters of Education\/Educational Psychology degree<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/adisa-velic-portrait-637x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Adisa Velic portrait\" class=\"wp-image-587\" style=\"width:151px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/adisa-velic-portrait-637x1024.jpg 637w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/adisa-velic-portrait-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/adisa-velic-portrait-768x1234.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/10\/adisa-velic-portrait.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spring 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adisa is passionate about helping students at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø reach their maximum potential and making a positive impact within the community by educating competent healthcare professionals. She is captivated by a continued desire to learn and grow. Adisa started her Doctorate Degree in higher education at UMSL in Fall 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Parvadha Acosta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\">NISOD Excellence Award<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/09\/dr-parvadha-acosta-headshot.png\" alt=\"Dr. Parvadha Acosta\" class=\"wp-image-439\" style=\"width:189px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dr. Acosta has grown in her role as faculty, becoming one of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø\u2019s strongest student advocates. She is an active supporter of faculty professional development and took on a leadership role in ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø\u2019s faculty professional development\u2019s first ever Chew On This watch party and discussion. Her commitment to the community shows in her leadership of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø\u2019s Earth Day and United Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Shanee Haynes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\">Doctorate of Education<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/shanee-haynes-portrait-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Shanee Haynes\" class=\"wp-image-439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/shanee-haynes-portrait-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/shanee-haynes-portrait-700x699.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/shanee-haynes-portrait-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/shanee-haynes-portrait-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/shanee-haynes-portrait-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/02\/shanee-haynes-portrait.jpg 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spring 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Shanee Haynes has successfully completed her doctoral studies and has been awarded a Doctorate of Education degree (EdD) in Educational Practice from the University of Missouri St. Louis.&nbsp; She successfully defended her dissertation, \u201cStudent-Faculty Engagement Solutions For Retention of Racially Minoritized Students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Katie Holtmeyer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\"><em>She Asked Me Where<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/03\/katie-holtmeyer-poetry-photo-250x277.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Holtmeyer with her new book, &quot;She Asked Me Where&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/03\/katie-holtmeyer-poetry-photo-250x277.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/03\/katie-holtmeyer-poetry-photo-700x777.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/03\/katie-holtmeyer-poetry-photo-768x852.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/03\/katie-holtmeyer-poetry-photo-120x133.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/03\/katie-holtmeyer-poetry-photo.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spring 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Katie\u2019s debut poetry collection&nbsp;<em>She Asked Me Where<\/em>&nbsp;was recently published through Unsolicited Press. The book captures the pull of several spectrums innate to the human experience: pain and triumph, fear and power, longing and overcoming, the perfect and the flawed, approaching the liminal spaces of these binaries through recurring themes that are connected in their struggle for control and understanding over what cannot be controlled or understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing has always been a huge passion of Katie\u2019s, and she is so grateful for the support she\u2019s received from the ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø community upon the publication of the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/rec\/share\/VZoK-qKhN46UlcleltRsNKoPY8oCJMr1nwS8tPdSufQWTIZ-3wmdaYZQvWW8Z3SC.Nind9zPz-WL7_QN6?startTime=1709233057000\">Watch Katie\u2019s poetry reading from on campus.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aaron Bounds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\">Phi Beta Mu<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2024\/01\/aaron-bounds-headshot-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Bounds portrait\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spring 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aaron was inducted into the Lamba chapter of Phi Beta Mu. Phi Beta Mu is an international honorary fraternity for band directors. Membership is through invitation as voted on by your peers and is selective. It was extra special for Aaron as his father was also a member and was able to be at his induction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jessica Van Leer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\">Outstanding Young Professionals<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/10\/recognition-jessica-van-leer-young-professionals-250x211.jpg\" alt=\"Jessica Van Leer\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>October 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nursing Instructor, Jessica Van Leer was nominated by Dr. Bauer, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø President, for the Outstanding Young Professionals award through the Washington Area Chambers of Commerce. Bauer said, \u201cJessica leads by example. Jessica is devoted and passionate about nursing education and teaching future nurses. She teaches from the scope of compassion while adhering to the standards of excellence in nursing. She challengers herself to step out of the box, think critically, and deliver excellence in nursing education on a daily basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bobby Bland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aqua-hr\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"achievement\">NISOD Excellence Award<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/10\/Bobby-Bland-700x528-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bobby Bland shaking hands with presenter on stage\" class=\"wp-image-338\" style=\"width:262px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/10\/Bobby-Bland-700x528-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/10\/Bobby-Bland-700x528-1-250x189.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2023\/10\/Bobby-Bland-700x528-1-120x91.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>June 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welding Program Coordinator Bobby Bland was nominated by Dr. Richard Hudanick, dean of career and technical education for \u201cextraordinary work\u201d he exhibits daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver and above his duties as a faculty member and a coordinator for East Central\u2019s Welding program, Bobby continuously is setting the bar higher and higher for standards in classroom instruction and industry partnership relations.\u201d Hudanick commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn any given day, Bobby can be found critiquing the quality of weld-joints performed by his students to talking with industry partners to coordinate interviews for future graduates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coreen Derifield We Were Still Ladies:&nbsp;Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest After World War II Coreen Derifield is an associate professor of history and recently published a book through University of Iowa Press! &#8220;We Were Still Ladies:&nbsp;Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest After World War II&#8221;University of Iowa Press, 2025 Following World War [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-322","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/322\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eastcentral.edu\/free\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}