Welcome to the Social Science Division! We offer courses dealing with how people live, including things such as geography, history, philosophy, political science, and sociology. Courses include classroom instruction, flexible classes, and online classes to best fit the student’s needs. Crowder College offers an Associate of Arts degree in History.
History Symposium
Faculty
Dr. Denna Clymer
(DennaClymer@Crowder.edu)
Division Chair
McDonald Hall, MDH 155
417.455.5614
Dr. Denna Clymer is a History and Geography instructor. She holds degrees from Missouri Southern State University, Pittsburg State University, and the University of Arkansas. Her field of study is in agriculture and food supply, and she has sub-fields in Latin American and Chinese history.
Dr. G. David Schieffler
(DavidSchieffler@Crowder.edu)
Instructor
McDonald Hall, MDH 156
417.455.5601
David is a full-time history instructor and the Honors Program Coordinator at Crowder. A born and bred Delta Arkansan, he holds a PhD from the University of Arkansas and has been teaching in high school and college classrooms since 2005. He specializes in nineteenth-century U.S. history (especially the Civil War era) and is co-editor, with Matthew M. Stith, of Hundreds of Little Wars: Community, Conflict, and the Real Civil War (Louisiana State University Press, 2025). He is currently at work on a book manuscript entitled “Civil War in the Delta: Environment, Race, and the 1863 Helena Campaign.” When he’s not investigating the natural environment’s pivotal role in the Helena campaign, David has been known to do a little fishing (of the fly variety), including chasing Ozark smallmouth for miles on end. He is also passionate about helping students become “deep learners”—that is, people who learn for learning’s sake (not high grades), view failure as an opportunity to learn, and constantly think about the implications and applications of what they are learning.