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chancellorGuy Bailey
Guy Bailey, Ph.D., became chancellor of the University
of Missouri–Kansas City in January 2006. Bailey
joined the University after serving as provost and
the Peter Flawn Professor of English and Linguistics
at the University of Texas–San Antonio.
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Univ. of Alabama ‘74
Bailey earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees
in his home state, at the University of Alabama.
From there, he went to the University of Tennessee
and received his Ph.D. in English linguistics in 1979.
As recently as 1999, Bailey continued postdoctoral
work in linguistics at such institutions as CUNY,
Stanford and Emory University.
For the past 27 years, Bailey has worked as a researcher,
instructor and administrator. As provost at
the University of Texas–San Antonio, he confronted
most of the pressing issues in higher education. He
elevated hiring standards for faculty, while at the
same time adding tenured positions. Enrollment
nearly doubled during his term of service. By drawing
on university, business and civic partnerships
and increased external funding, Bailey found ways
to improve the university and its urban home. He
made nondiscrimination a cornerstone of UTSA.
Bailey’s academic interests and strengths mesh
well with those of UMKC. During his years at UTSA,
he invigorated those programs built around science,
engineering, molecular studies, biotechnology and
transnational research. He and others sought and
won competitive national grants and contracts to
fund this prolific scientific investigation.
In the field of linguistics, Bailey’s name is synonymous
with meticulous research in speech and
vocabulary, speech patterns, idioms and the racial
mix that contributed to the rich amalgam of the language
of the South. Jan Tillery, Bailey’s wife, is a
frequent partner and contributor in these efforts.
A partial list of his grants and research projects includes
the following: funding from the National Endowment
for the Humanities, National Endowment
for the Arts and the Texas Council for the Humanities
for a radio documentary, “Honky Tonks, Hymns and
the Blues;” the National Geographic Society for field
interviews to study the dialects of Texas and Oklahoma;
the American Council of Learned Societies
for a study of the roots of Black English vernacular;
and funds from the United States Air Force and
Texas Instruments for computer languages and data
collection and management. His publication credits
comprise various studies, articles and textbooks.
chancellor bailey’sexecutive cabinet
Curt Crespino
Interim Vice Chancellor for
University Advancement
Rick Anderson
Interim Vice Chancellor for
Administrative Services
Doug Buchanan
Associate Vice Chancellor
for Human Resources
Karen Dace
Deputy Chancellor for
Diversity, Access and Equity
Betty Drees
Interim Provost and Vice
Chancellor for Academic
Affairs
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Ken Ferguson
Associate Professor, Law
Faculty Athletics
Representative
Mary Larson-Diaz
Chief of Staff
Mel Tyler
Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs and Enrollment
Management
Karen Wilkerson
Interim Director of Budget
and Planning
Gary Ebersole
Professor, History
Chair, UMKC Faculty
Senate