Faculty Directory
- Maria Arbelaez, PhD — marbelaez@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- Modern Mexico, Borderlands, Latino/Chicano Studies
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- Danielle Battisti, PhD — dbattisti@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- U.S. Immigration & Ethnic History, U.S. Foreign Relations, Modern America
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- Kent Blansett, PhD — kblansett@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- Charles & Mary Caldwell Martin Prof. of Western American History
- Native American, Modern U.S., Global Indigenous
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- Mark Celinscak, Ph.D. — mcelinscak@unomaha.edu
- Louis & Frances Blumkin Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies
- Executive Director, Sam & Frances Fried Holocaust & Genocide Academy
- Modern Europe, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, War and Culture Studies
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- James D. Clark, Ph.D. — jdclark@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- Middle East, Islam, Iran, and Central Asia
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- Moshe Gershovich, PhD (In Memoriam, 1959-2017)
- Professor
- Director, Natan & Hannah Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies
- Israel & Palestine, Modern Middle East, Moroccan Politics
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- John Grigg, PhD — jgrigg@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- Department Chair
- Early America, Atlantic History, Global Encounters 1500-1800
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- Charles King, PhD — cwking@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- Roman History, Late Antiquity, Social & Religious History
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- Elaine Marie Nelson, PhD — emnelson@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- Executive Director, Western History Association
- American West, Women and Gender, Native American and Indigenous History
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- Jeanne Reames, PhD — mreames@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor & Graduate Program Chair
- Director, Ancient Mediterranean Studies
- Greece & Alexander the Great, Ancient Near East, Early Church
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- Martina Saltamacchia, PhD — msaltamacchia@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor, Charles & Mary Caldwell Martin Professor of History
- Director, Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Medieval History, Economic History, Social & Religious History
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- Mark Scherer, PhD — mscherer@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- Legal & Constitutional, Native American Legal History, Nebraska & Great Plains
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- Dennis J. Smith, PhD — dennissmith@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- Director, Native American Studies
- Native American History, Federal Indian Policy, Plains Tribes
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- Sharon E. Wood, PhD — swood@unomaha.edu
- Professor
- American Social History, Gender, Material Culture
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- Anthony Aftonomos, PhD — aaftonomos@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Jeremiah Bauer, PhD Candidate — jbauer@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Kimberly King, Ph.D. Candidate — kaking@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Charles Klinetobe, PhD — cjklinetobe@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Kenneth Knotts, MA
- Adjunct Faculty
- Molly P. Loesche, MA — mloesche@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Mary Lyons-Carmona, PhD — mlyonsbarrett@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Fred Nielsen, PhD — fnielsen@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- David Robertson, MA — drobertson@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
- History Department
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- Sonya Stejskal, MA — ssstejskal@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Dan Weis, MA — dweis@unomaha.edu
- Adjunct Faculty
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- Bri Battern — bhargan@unomaha.edu
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Ancient Greece, Rome, and Middle East
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- Timothy Eckerman
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- American West and Native American History
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- Ellie Lowderman
- Graduate Assistant
- History
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- Nick Reis — nreis@unomaha.edu
- Graduate Assistant
- History
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- Dennis Rinderknecht
- Graduate Assistant
- History
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- Kaitlin Sundberg — ksundberg@unomaha.edu
- Graduate Assistant, Western History Association
- American West and Native American History
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- Matthew Slisik — mslisik@unomaha.edu
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- International, Modern American, War and Culture Studies
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- JoAnn Carrigan, PhD
- Professor Emerita
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- Harl Dalstrom
- Professor Emeritus
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- Bruce Garver — bgarver@unomaha.edu
- Professor Emeritus
- History
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- Lorraine M. Gesick, PhD
- Professor Emerita
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- Marian Nelson, PhD
- Professor Emerita
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- Richard Overfield, PhD
- Professor Emeritus
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- William Petrowski
- Professor Emeritus
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- Oliver B. Pollak, PhD
- Professor Emeritus
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- William C. Pratt, PhD
- Professor Emeritus
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- Jerold Simmons, PhD
- Professor Emeritus
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- Jacqueline St. John, PhD
- Professor Emerita
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- Michael L. Tate, PhD
- Professor Emeritus
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- Tommy Thompson, PhD
- Professor Emeritus
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The History Department is housed on the second floor of Arts and Sciences Hall (ASH) on UNO's Campus.
Contact Us
- Department of History
- 287 Arts & Sciences Hall
- University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Omaha, Nebraska, 68182-0213
- Phone: 402.554.2593
- Email: history@unomaha.edu
- Hours: M-F, 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
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