Brian Booton

IMSD-EXPRESS Undergraduate Director

Phone: 573-884-1774

Email: BootonB@missouri.edu

Biography

Brian Booton serves as the Undergraduate Director for the University of Missouri’s IMSD EXPRESS (Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity – Exposure to Research for Science Students) Program funded by the National Institutes of Health via NIGMS. His wholistic intervention strategies draw upon his 25 years of higher education experience in positive coaching, academic advising, admissions, as well as new student orientation programs. Brian’s passion and effectiveness for creating successful programs aimed at implementing inclusion and diversity initiatives is highly regarded by his students and colleagues. At MU, he has been awarded the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award, the Division of Student Affairs Excellence in Education Award, and was named the MU NAACP Chapter’s Booker T. Washington Organization Advisor of the Year among other awards. He is often asked to consult and present on his undergraduate Peer Mentoring training program. Brian has recently presented workshops at the Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Research Careers Conference, as well as the Mentoring Institute’s Annual Conference at the University of New Mexico.