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Rebecca Best is an associate professor in and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, where where she is also an associate faculty member of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Her research focuses on women in conflict...

Viviana Grieco is a professor in the Department of History. As a colonialist, she specializes in the history of Spanish America between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), The National Science Foundation (NSF), The John Carter Brown Library...

Michelle Perez is a UMKC alumni who served as a Supplement Instructor for the Bridging the Gap project in the Spring of 2023 and is currently part of the Bridging the Gap research team. She has received her Bachelors in Political Science and is working on her Bachelors in Criminal Justice and...

Eric Gormly is the UMKC Student Veteran Support Services Director, and has been with the University since 2020. In this role he creates on-campus programming for student veterans, as well as oversees GI Bill processing. Prior to that he has worked in various Veteran Services roles at other...

Whitney Terrell’s most recent novel, The Good Lieutenant, was selected as a best book of 2016 by The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Refinery 29. It was long-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He is also the author of The Huntsman, a New York Times notable book...

Carlos ParraCervantes is a recent graduate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) with a Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing. Carlos brings invaluable experience gained from the United States Marine Corps where they served for four years as a Legal Services...