Mary Bagley <bagley@mobap.edu; 314-392-2310> is a professor of English, director of the MBU Testing Center, and faculty sponsor of Sigma Tau Delta. Former editor of Cantos: A Literary and Arts Magazine, she serves on the editorial advisory boards of Intégrité: A Faith and Learning Journaland Cantos. In addition, she chairs the Honors Committee that nominates students for inclusion in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges and the Dean’s List. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, a Ph.D. from St. Louis University, and an MBA from Missouri Baptist University.
She began her career as a journalist as a sports and features reporter for KWMU Radio and as a news anchor for America Alive!, a cable television news show. She also worked as a stringer for the Suburban Newspapers, a freelancer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Magazine, copy editor for St. Louis Bride Magazine and features editor of the Current newspaper. She wrote over 500 published articles.
Having published over nine books on literature and writing, Bagley was nominated for and awarded the William Barnaby Faherty award for her book, The Front Row: Missouri’s Grand Theatres, by the St. Louis Historical Society for contributions to Missouri history. She sponsored the international conclave for the National Theatre Historical Society and was responsible for bringing them to St. Louis, and an entire magazine from the historical society was devoted to the city. For promoting the Gateway City, the Mayor’s Office awarded her a Key to the City. Bagley also contributed a chapter to Mary Strauss’ book on the Fabulous Fox and published a calendar on historic St. Louis and served as President of Save the Ambassador Theatre Association.
As a college lecturer, Bagley had taught at St. Louis University, Maryville University, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and the University of Missouri-St. Louis before coming to Missouri Baptist University. She started at MBU as an instructor in English and communication. She currently teaches composition, business writing, world literature, and American literature. Bagley currently has two published texts. One is World Literature, a literature book co-authored and co-edited with Dr. John Han. The other is The Mercury Reader, a composition and rhetoric book co-authored and co-edited with Dr. John Han and Ms. Mary Ellen Fuquay.
In her free time, Bagley loves to read mysteries, to show her prize-winning schnauzers, and to experiment with photography. One of her photos made the cover of Watermark Literary Magazine, and many others have been published in newspapers and magazine. She recently was featured on City Corner,a cable television show that run through March and appears often on the MBU Radio Show, “The Wave.”
