It’s 11 a.m. on Wednesday, and Dr. Richard Neel is getting his class warmed up for the day’s lecture. His long, silver hair is split over the tops of his shoulders, just shy of catching up to the tail-end of his beard.
A cellphone rings out — a modern, hip-hop number. Neel dances along to the disruption, toes tapping, arms pumping, concentration plastered across his face. Friendly laughter ripples through the almost-full classroom.
“Good afternoon,” Neel says with a smile.
He’s used to this — engaging students with unconventional antics. He’s been teaching at Ball State on one-year contracts for 30 years running.
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