Four Northwestern faculty members earn doctorates

Four Northwestern Oklahoma State University faculty members earned their doctoral degrees this past year.

They are Sarah Fry, assistant professor of criminal justice and sociology; Shane Hansen, chair of the Health and Sports Science Department and instructor of health and sports science; Shannon Leaper, library services director of the J.W. Martin Library and assistant professor of library and information science; and Keenan Meeker, assistant professor of mathematics.

Fry graduated with her Doctor of Sociology from Pennsylvania State University in 2023. Her dissertation is titled "Patterns of...