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 Interdisciplinary Security Studies International Migration, Development & Citizenship Faculty Organizational Science & Leadership Faculty Writing & Critical Reflection Faculty Introductory Course Emeritus Faculty Other Faculty
Cultural & Global Analysis Faculty
Lissette Aliaga-Linares, PhD
she/her/hers
Sociology & Anthropology
Associate Professor
Sociology & Anthropology, Assistant Professor
laliagalinares@unomaha.edu- Urban Sociology, Work, Population and Development, Research Methods, US Latinos and Latin America
Gwyneth Cliver
Eugenio Di Stefano
Nikitah Imani, Ph.D.
Patrice J. Proulx
Jonathan Santo, PhD
Steven Torres
Ethics & Values Faculty
Laura Alexander, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Goldstein Center for Human Rights
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
lealex@unomaha.edu
Rory J. Conces, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
rconces@unomaha.edu- Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Philosophy, Critical Reasoning
Laura Grams, PhD
Chair and Associate Professor, Philosophy
402.554.2628
lgrams@unomaha.edu- Ancient Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Carson Holloway, Ph.D.
Curtis Hutt, PhD
Tammie Kennedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
tmkennedy@unomaha.edu
Paul Williams, Ph.D.
Health & the Environment Faculty
Elizabeth Chalecki, Ph.D.
Dana Richter-Egger, Ph.D.
Eric O'Brien, PhD
Instructor
eeobrien@unomaha.eduInterdisciplinary Security Studies
Michelle Black, PhD
Dr. Tracy Bridgeford
Director of Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication
English, Professor
tbridgeford@unomaha.edu
Rory J. Conces, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
rconces@unomaha.edu- Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Philosophy, Critical Reasoning
Nikitah Imani, Ph.D.
Lana Obradovic, Ph.D.
International Migration, Development & Citizenship Faculty
Laura Alexander, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Goldstein Center for Human Rights
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
lealex@unomaha.edu
Danielle Battisti, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Associate Professor
U.S. Immigration & Ethnic History, U.S. Foreign Relations, Modern America
dbattisti@unomaha.edu
Claudia Garcia
Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra
Organizational Science & Leadership Faculty
Dr. Samantha Kay Ammons
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
sammons@unomaha.edu- Work, Family, Sex and Gender, Organizations, Qualitative Research Methods
Michelle Black, PhD
Donald C. Simmons Jr.
Ryan Royston
Lisa Scherer, Ph.D.
Joseph James
Instructor
jjames@unomaha.eduWriting & Critical Reflection Faculty
Dr. Tracy Bridgeford
Director of Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication
English, Professor
tbridgeford@unomaha.edu
Jody Lynn Keisner
English, Assistant Professor
jkeisner@unomaha.edu
Tammie Kennedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
tmkennedy@unomaha.edu
Eric O'Brien, PhD
Instructor
eeobrien@unomaha.eduIntroductory Course
Brian Kanouse, PhD
Emeritus Faculty
Maria Arbelaez, PhD
Dr. Margarette Christensen
English, Lecturer
mchristensen@unomaha.edu
Lourdes Gouveia, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Latino/Latin American Studies
lgouveia@unomaha.edu- Development, Food and Agriculture, Latino/a Latin American Sociology, Immigration
Paul Landow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
plandow@unomaha.edu
Patrick McNamara, Ph.D.
Instructor, Political Science
pmcnamara@unomaha.edu
Tatyana Novikov
Juliette Parnell
Other Faculty
Dr. Tanushree Ghosh