Faculty and Alumni Awards, begun in 1968 by the Mizzou Alumni Association, recognize the achievements of faculty and alumni.
Faculty are selected for accomplishments in their chosen field, excellence in fulfilling their academic responsibilities, and exemplary relationships with students. Alumni are chosen for outstanding professional achievement and loyal, devoted service to their community and alma mater.
Among this year's twelve recipients are three College of Arts and Science faculty members: Nicole Campione-Barr, Jung Ha-Brookshire, and Brad Prager.
Nicole Campione-Barr, BA ’99
Nicole Campione-Barr, BA ’99
Nicole Campione-Barr is Professor of Psychological Sciences, as well as the Director of Undergraduate Research for the Department. Her research focuses on adolescents’ relationships with their parents and siblings, and the ways those relationships influence their social and emotional development and well-being; this work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, among other grants, and is the basis of many of her and her students’ and colleagues’ research into family dynamics at large.
Her development and coordination of FARR-Net, the Family and Relationships Research Network of Missouri, has helped connect researchers and experts with Missouri schools, policymakers and communities, improving the lives of children and families across the state. Additionally, of the thousands of students she has taught over her 25-year career in developmental psychology, many have gone on to produce independent research projects of their own — more than 80% of her undergraduate mentees have earned Masters or Doctoral degrees in various aspects of social and behavioral science.
During a Homecoming visit back to campus, Dr. Campione-Barr was proposed to in front of the Columns by her future husband, Darin Barr (BA ’98); they were joined in celebration by friends and family who had also ‘come home’ for the occasion. The Barrs are members of the Mizzou Alumni Association and have two children, Ethan and Fischer.
Jung Ha-Brookshire
Jung Ha-Brookshire
Dr. Ha-Brookshire serves as chair of the Department of Textile and Apparel Management (TAM) in the College of Arts and Science. Her more than 17 years with the University have been shaped by her global education and international industry experience, and she teaches from a perspective that brings together the past, present, and future.
Her work focuses on the sustainability of the textile and fashion industries, with over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook publications, and $500,000 in internal and external grant funding supporting her department, college and students. She has also served as a consultant for the US Trade Representative and Department of Commerce on matters related to textile and apparel manufacturing growth in developing countries.
Dr. Ha-Brookshire was a key leader in TAM’s migration and integration into the College of Arts and Science and overcoming the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Her vision helped produce expanded opportunities for the department’s students and faculty during a pivotal period of change, easing the transition for both current students and alumni of HES.
Brad Prager
Brad Prager
Brad Prager is an internationally published and renowned scholar of the Holocaust and its representation in documentary and feature films. His award-winning teaching in film studies, film history, and Holocaust studies challenges students to explore difficult material, helps them to develop critical methodologies, and prepares them to join the scholarly debates he himself has helped to shape.
In addition to having served as the university's appointed representative on the state's Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission, Dr. Prager teaches for the Holocaust Educational Foundation at Northwestern University and has taught as a Guest Professor at the Institute for Literature and Media at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität in Bamberg.
Dr. Prager’s latest project focuses on German-Jewish actor and director Kurt Gerron, who lived and died during the Nazi era and whose story delves into the history of Nazi propaganda films. The book will be the first work on this major figure to appear in English, with research funded by the Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.