Adam C. Hill joined the College of Public Affairs and Education in September 2025 as an academic advisor. He previously held faculty positions at Greenville University in Illinois, Sterling College in Kansas, and Concordia College in New York, including six years as a department chair in the social sciences and humanities. He also has experience teaching at the secondary level. A Springfield native, Adam holds a BA in History from the University of Missouri--St.

"The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy⿦Urging all of us to open our minds and hearts so that we can know beyond the boundaries of what is acceptable, so that we can think and rethink, so that we can create new visions⿦." --bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress

Dr. Kristi N. Barnwell received her Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin in History in 2011. She has published works on the creation of the United Arab Emirates, British imperialism and American-Jordanian relations.