College of the Ozarks welcomes new faculty members for 2024-2025 school year

POINT LOOKOUT, MO. — College of the Ozarks is entering the 2024-2025 academic year with four new faculty members. The College is excited to welcome these members onto campus.

Dr. Ryan Douglas will serve as assistant professor of business at College of the Ozarks. Before College of the Ozarks, Douglas worked as a business consultant for Cerner Corporation, and then he worked as an accountant in their finance department. After that, he served as a project accountant for Burns and McDonnell, staff accountant for Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., and an accountant for Mediware Information Systems, now known as WellSky. In higher education, he served as business faculty at Grantham University, now known as University of Arkansas Grantham. Douglas served in a faculty position at Highland Community College. For the past six years, he has served in a faculty position at the University of Mount Olive. Douglas also served as the department chair of accounting and cybersecurity, then as the department chair of economics and finance. Douglas earned his bachelor's degree in accounting at Northwest Missouri State University, and then earned his master’s degree in business administration. He earned his doctorate in business administration from California Southern University. Douglas is married to his wife of 12 years and is raising two young daughters.
 
Dr. A. Chase Sigler will serve as assistant professor of chemistry at College of the Ozarks. Sigler earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and human and molecular biology at College of the Ozarks in 2017. After graduating, Sigler worked as a high school life sciences teacher. Sigler earned a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry at Missouri University of Science and Technology. While doing so, Sigler got hired as a senior scientist, where he remained before returning to C of O. Sigler is married to his wife, Sierra, who also works in the education field. They have two sons and have parented nine foster kids in the last few years.
 
Dr. Raine Prather will serve as assistant professor of nursing at College of the Ozarks. Prior to coming to the College, Prather served as an active-duty Army nurse specializing in pediatric oncology, nurse manager of rehabilitative services, and didactic and clinical nurse educator of LPNs, ADNs, and RNs. Prather earned his bachelor’s degree at College of the Ozarks. He earned his MSN and DNP at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Prather is married to his wife, Brianna, and has a two-year-old son.
Erich Campbell will serve as assistant professor of behavioral science at College of the Ozarks. Campbell opened his own practice, Erich Campbell Counseling and Hypnosis, in Nov. 2023, where he serves as counselor and owner. Prior to that, he guest lectured at Williams Baptist University and interned at White River Health: Adult Psychiatric Unit & Geriatric Unit. After graduating from School of the Ozarks, Campbell earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology and family studies and social services at College of the Ozarks. Campbell then earned his Master of Science in marriage, couple, and family counseling at Harding University. Campbell is married to his wife, Hope, and has a labrador dog named Chief.
 
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About College of the Ozarks

College of the Ozarks is a private, Christian, liberal arts college, located in Point Lookout, Missouri, on a 1,000-acre campus. Christian values, hard work, and financial responsibility comprise the fundamental building blocks of the “Hard Work U.” experience. The College earns numerous accolades yearly, including No. 1 Most Innovative School in the Midwest and No. 1 Best Value Regional College in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report for 2023-2024 and No. 3 Best Bang for the Buck by Washington Monthly, 2023. To achieve its vision, the College pursues academic, vocational, Christian, patriotic, and cultural goals. These goals are mirrored in School of the Ozarks, a laboratory school that completes the K-college model.

The Keeter Center — the College’s award-winning lodge, restaurant, and conference facility — earns awards consistently, including the TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Award 2023 and the Best of the Best and Readers’ Choice Awards 2023 from ConventionSouth magazine. The Keeter Center features historic lodging, fine dining, and meeting rooms. With more than 350 student workers, it is the largest workstation on campus. Follow College of the Ozarks on Facebook at www.facebook.com/collegeoftheozarks , on Instagram, @collegeoftheozarks, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/school/college-of-the-ozarks/, or on X,  @CofOHardWorkU.