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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 Emeritus 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
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Gwyneth Cliver
Gwyneth Cliver

Associate Professor

402.554.3820

gcliver@unomaha.edu
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Eugenio-DiStefano
Eugenio Di Stefano

Associate Professor

402.554.4841

edistefano@unomaha.edu
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Cristián Doña-Reveco

OLLAS Director

Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor

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

Professor

402.554.4033

nimani@unomaha.edu
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Patrice Proulx
Patrice J. Proulx

Professor of Foreign Languages & Director, Women's and Gender Studies

pproulx@unomaha.edu
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Jonathan Santo
Jonathan Santo, PhD

Professor

402.554.4056

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

Professor

402.554.3749

sltorres@unomaha.edu
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Ethics & Values Faculty

Laura Alexander
Laura Alexander, PhD

Executive Director, Goldstein Center for Human Rights

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

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

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

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

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

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

Political Science, Professor and Department Chair

402.554.4862

cholloway@unomaha.edu
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Curtis Hutt
Curtis Hutt, PhD

Professor of Religious Studies

402.554.4067

chutt@unomaha.edu
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Tammie Kennedy
Tammie Kennedy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

tmkennedy@unomaha.edu
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Paul Williams
Paul Williams, PhD

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

pwilliams@unomaha.edu
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Health & the Environment Faculty

Patrick McNamara
Patrick McNamara, Ph.D.

Instructor, Political Science

Academic Director, BOLD Institute

402.554.2389

pmcnamara@unomaha.edu
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Dana Richter-Egger
Dana Richter-Egger, Ph.D.

Math Science Learning Center Director

drichter-egger@unomaha.edu
  • General Chemistry, Analytical
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Eric O'Brien
Eric O'Brien, PhD

Instructor

eeobrien@unomaha.edu
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International Migration, Development & Citizenship Faculty

Laura Alexander
Laura Alexander, PhD

Executive Director, Goldstein Center for Human Rights

Associate Professor

402.554.2628

lealex@unomaha.edu
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Danielle Battisti
Danielle Battisti, PhD

Department Chair

Associate Professor

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

dbattisti@unomaha.edu
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Cristián Doña-Reveco

OLLAS Director

Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor

cdona@unomaha.edu
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Claudia Garcia
Claudia Garcia

Associate Professor

402.554.4837

csgarcia@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra
Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra

Graduate Program Chair

English, Associate Professor

rguerra@unomaha.edu
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Organizational Science & Leadership Faculty

Dr. Samantha Kay Ammons

Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor

sammons@unomaha.edu
  • Work, Family, Sex and Gender, Organizations, Qualitative Research Methods
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Michelle Black
Michelle Black, PhD

Associate Professor

402.554.4858

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

Political Science

Adjunct Professor

dsimmonsjr@unomaha.edu
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Ryan Royston
Ryan Royston
rroyston@unomaha.edu
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Lisa Scherer
Lisa Scherer, PhD

Associate Professor

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

Instructor

jjames@unomaha.edu
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Writing & Critical Reflection Faculty

Dr. Tracy Bridgeford

Director of Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication

English, Professor

tbridgeford@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Margarette Christensen

English, Lecturer

mchristensen@unomaha.edu
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Jody Lynn Keisner

English, Assistant Professor

jkeisner@unomaha.edu
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Tammie Kennedy
Tammie Kennedy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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

Instructor

eeobrien@unomaha.edu
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Introductory Course

Brian Kanouse
Brian Kanouse, PhD

Instructor

Master of Arts in Critical and Creative Thinking

bkanouse@unomaha.edu
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Emeritus Faculty

Maria Arbelaez
Maria Arbelaez, PhD

Professor Emerita

Modern Mexico, Borderlands, Latino/Chicano Studies

marbelaez@unomaha.edu
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Lourdes Gouveia
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
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Paul Landow
Paul Landow, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

402.554.2048

plandow@unomaha.edu
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Tatyana Novikov
Tatyana Novikov

Professor

402.554.4841

tnovikov@unomaha.edu
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Juliette Parnell
Juliette Parnell

Professor

402.554.4841

jparnell@unomaha.edu
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