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The Master of Arts in Critical and Creative Thinking is comprised of graduate faculty from across the varied disciplines of the College of Arts and Sciences, working as a team to provide unique interdisciplinary courses, areas of study, and educational opportunities for our students.

Cultural & Global Analysis Faculty Ethics & Values Faculty Health & the Environment Faculty International Migration, Development & Citizenship Faculty Organizational Science & Leadership Faculty Writing & Critical Reflection Faculty Introductory Course

Cultural & Global Analysis Faculty

Lissette Aliaga-Linares, PhD
laliagalinares@unomaha.edu

Sociology & Anthropology, Assistant Professor

  • Urban Sociology, Work, Population and Development, Research Methods, US Latinos and Latin America
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Maria Arbelaez
Maria Arbelaez, PhD
marbelaez@unomaha.edu

Professor Emerita

Modern Mexico, Borderlands, Latino/Chicano Studies

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Juan Casas
Juan Casas, Ph.D.
jcasas@unomaha.edu

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

Professor, Psychology

  • Developmental Psychology
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Gwyneth Cliver
Gwyneth Cliver
gcliver@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

402.554.3820

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Eugenio-DiStefano
Eugenio Di Stefano
edistefano@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

402.554.4841

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Cristián Doña-Reveco
cdona@unomaha.edu

OLLAS Director

Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor

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Nikitah Imani, Ph.D.
Nikitah Imani, Ph.D.
nimani@unomaha.edu

Professor

402.554.4033

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Tatyana Novikov
Tatyana Novikov
tnovikov@unomaha.edu

Professor

402.554.4841

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Patrice Proulx
Patrice Proulx
pproulx@unomaha.edu

Professor

402.554.4839

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Juliette Parnell
Juliette Parnell
jparnell@unomaha.edu

Professor

402.554.4841

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Brigette Ryalls
Brigette Ryalls, PhD
bryalls@unomaha.edu

Department Chair and Associate Professor

402.554.2331

  • Developmental Psychology
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Jonathan Santo
Jonathan Santo, PhD
jsanto@unomaha.edu

Professor

402.554.4056

  • Developmental Psychology
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Steven Torres
Steven Torres
sltorres@unomaha.edu

Department Chair, Professor

402.554.3749

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Ethics & Values Faculty

Laura Alexander
Laura Alexander, PhD
lealex@unomaha.edu

Goldstein Family Chair in Human Rights

Assistant Professor

402.554.2628

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Rory J.Conces
Rory J. Conces, PhD
rconces@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

  • Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Philosophy, Critical Reasoning
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Laura Grams
Laura Grams, PhD
lgrams@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

  • Ancient Philosophy, History of Philosophy
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Carson Holloway
Carson Holloway, Ph.D.
cholloway@unomaha.edu

Political Science, Professor and Department Chair

402.554.4862

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Curtis Hutt
Curtis Hutt, PhD
chutt@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Executive Director, Goldstein Center for Human Rights

Director of Programming, Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies

402.554.4067

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Tammie Kennedy
Tammie Kennedy, PhD
tmkennedy@unomaha.edu

Director, Exploratory and Interdisciplinary Studies

Associate Professor

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Paul Williams
Paul Williams, PhD
pwilliams@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

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Health & the Environment Faculty

Patrick McNamara
Patrick McNamara, Ph.D.
pmcnamara@unomaha.edu

Director of International Studies

402.554.2389

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Dana Richter-Egger
Dana Richter-Egger, Ph.D.
drichter-egger@unomaha.edu

Math Science Learning Center Director

  • General Chemistry, Analytical
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Lillian Wolfenbarger
L. Lareesa Wolfenbarger, PhD
lwolfenbarger@unomaha.edu

Associate Dean of Science and Research

Professor

402.554.2405

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Eric O'Brien
Eric O'Brien, PhD
eeobrien@unomaha.edu

Instructor

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International Migration, Development & Citizenship Faculty

Laura Alexander
Laura Alexander, PhD
lealex@unomaha.edu

Goldstein Family Chair in Human Rights

Assistant Professor

402.554.2628

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Maria Arbelaez
Maria Arbelaez, PhD
marbelaez@unomaha.edu

Professor Emerita

Modern Mexico, Borderlands, Latino/Chicano Studies

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Danielle Battisti
Danielle Battisti, PhD
dbattisti@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

U.S. Immigration & Ethnic History, U.S. Foreign Relations, Modern America

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Cristián Doña-Reveco
cdona@unomaha.edu

OLLAS Director

Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor

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Claudia Garcia
Claudia Garcia
csgarcia@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

402.554.4837

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Lourdes Gouveia
Lourdes Gouveia, PhD
lgouveia@unomaha.edu

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Latino/Latin American Studies

  • Development, Food and Agriculture, Latino/a Latin American Sociology, Immigration
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Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra
Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra
rguerra@unomaha.edu

English, Associate Professor

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Organizational Science & Leadership Faculty

Dr. Nicholas Joseph Arreola
narreola@unomaha.edu

Management

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Michelle Black
Michelle Black, PhD
michellblack@unomaha.edu

Assistant Professor

402.554.4858

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Paul Landow
Paul Landow, Ph.D.
plandow@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

402.554.2048

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Donald C. Simmons Jr.
Donald C. Simmons Jr.
dsimmonsjr@unomaha.edu

Political Science

Adjunct Professor

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Roni Reiter-Palmon
Roni Reiter-Palmon, PhD
rreiter-palmon@unomaha.edu

Professor and Director, Industrial/Organizational Graduate Program

402.554.4809

  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
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Ryan Royston
Ryan Royston
rroyston@unomaha.edu
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Lisa Scherer
Lisa Scherer, PhD
lscherer@unomaha.edu

Associate Professor

ASH 402.554.2698, CEC 402.554.3575

  • Industrial/Organizational Psychology
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Joseph James
Joseph James
jjames@unomaha.edu

Instructor

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Writing & Critical Reflection Faculty

Dr. Tracy Bridgeford
tbridgeford@unomaha.edu

Department Chair, Director of Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication

English, Professor

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Dr. Margarette Christensen
mchristensen@unomaha.edu

Director, First-Year Writing

English, Lecturer

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Jody Lynn Keisner
jkeisner@unomaha.edu

English, Assistant Professor

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Tammie Kennedy
Tammie Kennedy, PhD
tmkennedy@unomaha.edu

Director, Exploratory and Interdisciplinary Studies

Associate Professor

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Eric O'Brien
Eric O'Brien, PhD
eeobrien@unomaha.edu

Instructor

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Introductory Course

Brian Kanouse
Brian Kanouse, PhD
bkanouse@unomaha.edu

Instructor

Master of Arts in Critical and Creative Thinking

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  • Email: jprice@unomaha.edu

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  • Katie Berger
  • Phone: 402.554.6638
  • Email: katieberger@unomaha.edu

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