Jeffrey Ball, Ph.D. (A.B.D)

Professor Ball has a joint appointment with the Departments of History and Creative and Fine Arts. His research interests include American public art and architecture during the Progressive Era, particularly state capitols. His book on the Missouri State Capitol, co-authored with Bob Priddy, will be published by the University of Missouri Press sometime in the next two years. Another research area of interest is the original architectural competition for the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C., which he hopes to turn to more fully once the work on the Missouri project is completed.

Jeff is hoping to conduct a series of NEH workshops on the topic of Las Vegas, to be held in the summer of 2010. The workshops are intended for high school teachers, and will be proposed to the NEH next spring. He has worked as a consultant for the Educational Testing service for the last six years, and serves as one of the exam leaders at the annual readings of the Advance Placement (AP) art history exam.

Having taught at William Woods University (Missouri), Adrian College (Michigan), and Minnesota State University Moorhead, this is Jeff's first year at UNE. (For some reason, he only teaches in states that begin with M.)