ECC Insiders is produced by East Central College, located in Union, Missouri. The show is hosted by Joel Doepker, Vice President of External Relations and Leigh Kolb, Associate Professor of English.
ECC Insiders will take a deeper look at East Central College and its many roles in the east central Missouri region. The focus will be both local and universal, as the goal is to provide a better understanding of the community college as a public good.
Contact ECC Insiders at ECCInsiders@eastcentral.edu (mailto:ECCInsiders@eastcentral.edu).
Dr. Isaiah Kellogg, associate professor of physics, is known for his costumes - and not just during Halloween. He dresses as characters from Star Trek, Fallout and Lord of the Rings. He does so to create an atmosphere that increasing the interest and engagement with his engineering and physics students.
He's been recognized for his unique teaching style - winning the 2025 Missouri Community College Association (MCCA) Innovation Award for transforming ECC’s Introduction to Engineering course into a dynamic learning experience through a gamified, semester-long design project.
Find out more about Dr. Kellogg at: https://www.eastcentral.edu/blog/bringing-engineering-to-life-through-storytelling/ (https://www.eastcentral.edu/blog/bringing-engineering-to-life-through-storytelling/)
2 Sept 2026
1950s Working Women
ECC Associate Professor of History Dr. Coreen Derifield’s book We Were Still Ladies: Gender and Industrial Unionism in the Midwest after World War II was published by the University of Iowa Press, and in this episode, she talks to Joel and Leigh about her research and some of the most poignant stories from the book.
Dr. Derifield recently accepted the Benjamin F. Shambaugh Award for the most significant book published about Iowa history in 2025 for the book.
This award is given each year by the State Historical Society of Iowa and was presented in a ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa.
For more, see https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/we-were-still-ladies (https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/we-were-still-ladies)
19 Aug 2026
A poetic episode
ECC English instructor Katie Holtmeyer’s book of poetry, She Asked Me Where, was published in 2024. She is a pushcart-nominated author, and her work has appeared in Vast Chasm, Stanchion Zine, and Author Magazine, among others.
She received the 2025 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, and was recognized as an Outstanding Young Professional through the Washington Area Chamber of Commerce. In this episode,
Katie talks to Joel and Leigh about her writing process and reads selections from She Asked Me Where (adult language).
For more information visit https://www.katieholtmeyer.com/ (https://www.katieholtmeyer.com/)
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626,559
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
2 ratings
Spotify
4.3 / 5
3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100
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YouTube
82
Engagement
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