Ashley Simpson
Dual Credit Coordinator
Office: Springfield Campus Suite ITC 222H
Phone: 417-447-8198
Ashley has over a decade of experience in higher education and first joined OTC in 2015 as a writing tutor. Since then, she has served in a variety of roles at the college.
Her academic background is rooted in historical research and analysis, with a specialization in Civil War medicine, particularly in wartime medical bureaus and sanitation policy. Ashley earned her bachelor’s degree from Drury University, where she minored in political science and criminology, and later completed a master’s degree in U.S. and world history at Missouri State University. She has worked with several local historical sites, including Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Grey-Campbell Farmstead, Christian County Museum, and Smallin Civil War Cave.
Throughout her academic career, Ashley received multiple research grants, including two Greene County Historical Society Research Fellowship Awards, which enabled her to conduct archival research across the country. She was later accepted into the Ph.D. program in history at the University of Missouri–Columbia. She currently teaches history at MSU, Drury, and OTC.
Ashley finds great fulfillment and values the opportunity to support and inspire students in achieving their academic goals both through her classroom interactions and her work as OTC’s Dual Credit Coordinator.