Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activityTreasure Troves from the Past
A visit with Steven Watts, Professor, History
Research and Teaching
Topics:
teaching
research
When thinking about research universities like MU, Watts is perplexed by people who are skeptical about the value of research at a teaching institution. Looking at his own department, he observes that “the research activity of our faculty, without question, invigorates the teaching mission of the department. It is my experience that the best teachers…are the best publishers.” Uncovering new knowledge in the field, he says, helps to “get the juices running and overflows the bounds of research alone,” enabling new perspectives in the classroom.