Arts and Sciences Faculty
Creighton faculty will help you make the world better.
At Creighton University College of Arts and Sciences, you’ll be mentored and guided by award-winning teacher-scholars who have your success as their top priority. And because we have a nation-leading 11-1 faculty-student ratio, they’ll be accessible and responsive to you.
Our faculty will guide you to be a critical thinker, creative problem solver and strong communicator who is sought by employers or graduate and professional schools.
Here, you’ll work side by side with faculty members on undergraduate research opportunitiesÂÂ. Your work together can lead to presenting at national meetings and having your name on peer-reviewed publications.
You can also join College of Arts and Sciences faculty on study abroad opportunities. Through our Faculty-Led Programs Abroad, faculty members expand your knowledge and your world through study in other countries.
The personal attention you’ll receive from your College of Arts and Sciences faculty will prepare you to be more, to do more and to make a difference.

College of Arts and Sciences Faculty

Samer Al-khateeb, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5022
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Jordan Allen
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Simon James Appleford, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2824
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Carin Appleget, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3050
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Charles F. Austerberry, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2154
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Matthew K. Averett, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Erin Walcek Averett, PhD
- Associate Director, Honors Program
- 402.280.2261
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Colleen R. Baade, BA, PhD
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3701
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Catherine Baker, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Leland Barker, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Addie Barnhart, MFA
- Assistant Professor
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Andrew G. Baruth, BS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2644
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Jessica L. Benjamin, MFA
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2290
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Marty Birkholt, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Erin C. Blankenship-Sefczek, PhD
- Resident Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4934
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Dulcinea Lela Boesenberg, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2768
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Olaf Ernst Bohlke, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2505
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Benjamin M. Brandsen, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2153
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Eric Christopher Bredahl, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3471
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A. Barron Breland, DM
- Dean, Graduate School
- 402.280.1456
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Charles L. Brockhouse, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3393
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Sherri Lynn Brown, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3086
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Michael Anthony Brown, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Gordon P. Brubacher, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Thomas L. Budesheim, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3000
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Eileen C. Burke-Sullivan, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Susan A. Calef, BA, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5807
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James Wayne Carlson, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2578
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James Jay Carney, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4736
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Carol J. Carpenter, MS
- Adjunct Instructor
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Ann Cavanaugh, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Jon Cavanaugh, PhD
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Soochin Cho, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3375
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Timothy J. Cook, PhD
- Chair, Education Department
- 402.280.2561
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Randall L. Crist, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2580
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Alistair John Cullum, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3080
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Sabrina Marie Danielsen, MA, PhD
- Program Director, Sociology Program Director
- 402.280.4909
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Joel F. Destino, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2179
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James Columcille Dever, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Lynne Margaret Dieckman, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3438
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Daniel R. DiLeo, PhD
- Director, Justice and Peace Studies Program
- 402.280.1492
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David Allen Dobberpuhl, PhD
- Chair, Department of Chemistry
- 402.280.5712
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Margaret Doig, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Robert S. Dornsife, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Meghan Dowd Schlattmann, PhD
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Beverly Doyle, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2562
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Eileen T. Dugan, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3156
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Andrew E. Ekpenyong, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2208
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Elizabeth R. Elliot-Meisel, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2654
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Max Thomas Engel, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3162
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Kevin A. Estep, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2635
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Joshua A.L. Fairchild, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3755
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Carol A. Fassbinder-Orth, PhD
- Director, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
- 402.280.3544
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Julia A. Feder, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2209
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Steven L. Fernandes, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Laura L. Finken, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3192
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Cathy M. Fox, MSW
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5940
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Josef (Jody) Derek Franke, PhD
- Resident Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2873
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Mark A. Freitag, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2274
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Ronald David Fussell, EdD
- Associate Chair, Education Department
- 402.280.3357
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Jack R. Gabel, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3066
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David M. Galant, DMA
- Assistant Professor
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Maria Garcia-de la Torre, PhD
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Samuel Gavin, PhD
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Kevin M. Graham, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.1219
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Pierce Greenberg, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.1896
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Corey L. Guenther, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3165
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Jess M. Gunn, PhD
- Instructor
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Eric J. Haas, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2276
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Martha W. Habash, BA, PhD
- Program Director, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
- 402.280.5527
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H. Ashley Hall, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2295
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Kelley G. Hammond, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4110
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Jeffrey P. Hause, PhD
- Program Director, Honors Program
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Michael Carey Hawkins, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2347
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Jean Louise Hearn, EdD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4905
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Laura L. Heinemann, PhD
- Director, Medical Anthropology Undergraduate Program
- 402.280.2302
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Scott A. Hendrickson, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2643
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Richard Hobbs, MS
- Assistant Professor
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Andrew Joseph Hogan, MA, PhD
- Director, Science and Medicine in Society Program
- 402.280.2376
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Amanda Jean Holman, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2530
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Dawn M. Irlbeck, MA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2565
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Maorong Jiang, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Marc E. Johansen, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Erin L Hart Johnston, MA
- Adjunct Instructor
- 402.280.2528
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Bethany (Betni) Ann Kalk, MFA
- Associate Professor
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Dimitrios Katsavelis, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2073
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Bridget M. Keegan, MA, PhD
- Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
- 402.280.4015
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Melani Kelly, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Thomas J. Kiefer, PhD
- Instructor
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Jiwon Kim, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2557
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Gwendalyn King, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3125
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Alicia Klanecky Earl, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2146
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Brian J. Kokensparger, MFA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2878
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Brooke A. Kowalke, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3828
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Faith Marie Kurtyka, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Amy M. Lane, PhD
- Coordinator, Theatre & Dance - I am the Coordinator for the Thearte and Dance programs within the Fine & Performing Arts Department.
- 402.280.2671
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Angela J. Lederach, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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James L. Leighter, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Jose Miguel Lemus, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2765
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Jean R. Lilly, MS
- Adjunct Instructor
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Mitchel A. Magrini, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Surbhi V. Malik, MA, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Jacob Martin
- Assistant Professor
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Ann Therese Mausbach, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2889
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Joseph (José) C. McClanahan, PhD
- Chair, Modern Languages and Literatures, HCCA 111-B
- 402.280.3868
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Britta I. McEwen, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2658
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George (Guy) F. McHendry, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2531
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David L. McPherson, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2726
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Christina Gail McRorie, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2506
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Maria Fidela Mena-Bohlke, MA
- Adjunct Instructor
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Eric Russell Meyer, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3203
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Michael L. Miller, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Rachel Lynn Mindrup, BFA, MFA
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4990
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Vanessa Minervini, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3195
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Trey Moody, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2548
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Erika Moreno, PhD
- Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations
- 402.280.2388
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David Philip Mullins, MFA
- Assistant Director, Summer School in Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin
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Rebecca K. Murray, MA, PhD
- Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
- 402.280.3062
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Alexander F. Myers, MFA
- Associate Professor
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Amy M. Nelson, MFA
- Director, Scheerer Scholars in the Arts Program
- 402.280.2510
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Peter Nguyen, SJ, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Michael G. Nichols, MS, PhD
- Program Director, M.S. Physics and M.S. Medical Physics Programs
- 402.280.2159
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Momoro Ono, DMA
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- 402.280.1125
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Kayode Denis Oshin, PhD
- Director, CAS Haddix STEM Corridor Program
- 402.280.2236
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Anne C. Ozar, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2847
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Kathryn Boyd Padilla, MA
- Adjunct Instructor
- 402.280.2547
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Edwin Paniagua, MA
- Instructor
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Bradley F. Parsons, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Nathan K. Pennington, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3338
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Chris P. Pliatska, PhD
- Adjunct Instructor
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Cristina A. Pop, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2735
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Jan Powers, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2230
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Joshua David Prenosil, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Graham P. Ramsden, PhD
- Chair, Department of Political Science & International Relations
- 402.280.4711
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Mark V. Reedy, PhD
- Chair, Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences
- 402.280.3341
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Matthew L. Reznicek, MA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3458
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Abbey Rieber, MS
- Instructor
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Leticia Rincon Herce, PhD
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Angela Rivera, PhD
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Gabriel Rivera, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Alexander Roedlach, MA, PhD
- Chair, Department of Cultural and Social Studies
- 402.280.2567
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Martin Renzo Rosales, SJ, MA, PhD
- Program Director, Cultural Anthropology
- 402.280.2587
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Jacob Martin Rump, MA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2648
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Peggy M. Rupprecht, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3014
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Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ
- Instructor, Psychology
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Samantha Senda-Cook, PhD
- Chair, Communication Studies
- 402.280.2794
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John Francis Shea , BS, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3051
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Sherianne Shuler, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2194
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Jacob Andrew Siedlik, MA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2474
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Zachary B. Smith, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Patricia Soto Becerra, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3361
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Andrew Spaid, PhD
- Visiting Professor
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Ryan A. Spangler, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3867
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Juliane K. Strauss-Soukup, BS, PhD
- Vice Provost, Research and Scholarship
- 402.280.3265
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Adam David Sundberg, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2657
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Mackenzie Lorraine Taylor, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2157
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David S. Vanderboegh, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Eric Matthew Villa, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2275
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Mary Ann Vinton, PhD
- Program Director, Environmental Science - An interdepartmental degree program offering a BS in EVS, a minor in EVS and a minor in Environmental Policy
- 402.280.2065
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Susan K. Walsh, MHSA, RN, FACHE
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3288
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Theodore Wheeler, MFA
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Monica White, MSW
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5594
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Tamora A. Whitney, PhD
- Adjunct Instructor
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Ogechukwu Williams, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Ryan Wishart, MA, PhD
- Program Director, Sociology Program
- 402.280.1780
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Thomas Wong, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.1720
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Amy Marie Worthington, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3863
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Jonathan Paul Wrubel, BS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2638
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Aaron Yamada, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Xiaoyi Yang, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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M. Carol Zuegner, PhD
- Associate Professor
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