Chad Stebbins

Except for time away pursuing graduate degrees, Chad Stebbins has lived in Joplin, Missouri, since the age of 9. Even though he serves as Missouri Southern State University's international director, he is a local history buff. He is a member of the Joplin Celebration Commission, which is helping to plan the city's 150th birthday celebration in 2022-23. Stebbins has traveled to France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Ireland, England, Croatia, Turkey, Nepal, Russia, China, Taiwan, Senegal, Ivory Coast, the British Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Australia speaking at international conferences and negotiating agreements and partnerships for MSSU. Stebbins is also a professor of journalism and advised MSSU's weekly student newspaper, The Chart, for 15 years.