Morningside College recently announced four new faculty members in the social sciences and two new faculty members in education and nursing.

Lindsey R. Dutler	Geoff Harkness	Valerie Hennings	Earle Knowlton	Layana C. Navarre-Jackson	Anne Garreans Power

Morningside College recently announced four new faculty members in the social sciences and two new faculty members in education and nursing.

The new faculty members are Lindsey R. Dutler, assistant professor of nursing education; Geoff Harkness, assistant professor of sociology; Valerie Hennings, assistant professor of political science; Earle Knowlton, professor of graduate education; Layana C. Navarre-Jackson, assistant professor of sociology; and Anne Garreans Power, associate professor of business administration.

Dutler previously taught graduate-level nursing courses at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City. She continues to work part time as a family nurse practitioner. Dutler has a Doctor of Nursing Practice from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and a nurse educator certificate from the University of Texas Arlington.

Harkness previously was a visiting assistant professor of sociology at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Prior to that, he spent three years as a postdoctoral teaching fellow at Carnegie Mellon and Northwestern universities in Qatar. The University of Minnesota Press recently published his first book, “Chicago Hustle and Flow: Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class.” Harkness has a doctorate in sociology from Northwestern University in Evanston.

Hennings previously taught at Iowa State University in Ames, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Morningside College, and she received an innovating teaching award. She is writing a book, “Civic Selves: Gender, Candidate Training Programs, and Envisioning Political Participation.” Hennings has a doctorate in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Knowlton previously was a faculty member at the University of Kansas in Lawrence for 36 years. At the University of Kansas, he specialized in human-computer interaction as it pertains to teacher development and quality. Knowlton has a doctorate in special education from the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Navarre-Jackson previously was an assistant professor online for Ashland University. Before that, she was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Iowa. She has done research on perceptions of Middle Easterners and Muslims in the United States. Navarre-Jackson has a doctorate in sociology from the University of Iowa.

Power was previously employed for 12 years as an associate professor of business and management information systems at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, where she also served as division chair and department chair of business administration, accounting and human resource management. She has an MBA in management information systems from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion and a doctorate in higher education administration and leadership from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.