Meet our faculty and staff.
Teaching Faculty
![Brady DeSanti, PhD](../_files/images/headshots/bdesanti.jpg)
Brady DeSanti, PhD
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
Director of Native American Studies
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
402.554.2628
bdesanti@unomaha.edu- Native American and Religious Studies
![Brooktynn Blood](../_files/images/headshots/brooktyn-blood.jpg)
Brooktynn Blood
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
bblood@unomaha.edu![Michele Desmarais](../_files/images/headshots/desmarais.jpg)
Michele Marie Desmarais, Ph.D.
![Carolyn Fiscus](../_files/images/headshots/38754398_1844891172270379_6344402900831174656_o.jpg)
Carolyn K. Fiscus
Ho-Chunk
cfiscus@unomaha.edu![Cindy Krafka](../_files/images/headshots/cindy.jpg)
Cindy Krafka
Sicangu Lakota
ckrafka@unomaha.edu![Susana Grajales Geliga](directory/susana-geliga.png)
Dr. Susana Grajales Geliga (Sicangu Lakota)
Assistant Professor of History and Native American Studies
** Executive Council
History & Native American Studies
sgeliga@unomaha.edu![Laura Alexander, PhD](alexander.png)
Laura Alexander, PhD
![Sarah Nelson, Ph.D.](sarah-nelson-directory.png)
Sarah Nelson, Ph.D.
Affiliate of Medical Humanities, Native American Studies
snelson57@unomaha.edu![](https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-public-affairs-and-community-service/gerontology/_files/images/headshots/lyn-holley-300x450.jpg)
Lyn M. Holley
![Maunka Morgan](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Maunka Morgan, MBA
![](https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/sociology-and-anthropology/_files/images/headshots/osborn.jpg)
Dr. Alan Joseph Osborn
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
aosborn2@unomaha.edu- Great Plains Archaeology, Paleoindian Adaptations, Nutritional Anthropology
![](https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/english/about-us/directory/petersonweb.jpg)
Dr. David James Peterson
English, Associate Professor
davidpeterso1@unomaha.edu![Carol RedWing, MPA | Doctoral Student](carolredwing.png)
Carol Redwing
Enrolled Yankton Dakota Tribe/Santee Dakota
Doctoral Student, Instructor
**Executive Council
School of Public Administration and Native American Studies
credwing@unomaha.edu![Beth Ritter](../_files/images/headshots/ritter.jpg)
Beth Ritter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies
britter@unomaha.edu- Federal Indian Policy
- Contemporary Native American Issues
![](https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/english/about-us/directory/robins-websitejpg.jpg)
Dr. Barbara K Robins
English, Associate Professor
brobins@unomaha.edu- Native American Literature and Visual Arts, Historical Trauma, Native American responses to 9/11
![Travis Robbins](../_files/images/headshots/travis-robbins.png)
Travis Robbins, PhD
![Mark Scherer](../_files/images/headshots/scherer.jpg)
Mark Scherer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
mscherer@unomaha.edu- Nebraska and Great Plains Legal & political history Native American Legal History, American Revolutionary History
![Dennis Smith](../_files/images/headshots/DennySmith.jpg)
Dennis J. Smith, Ph.D.
Assiniboine (Fort Peck)
Associate Professor History
**Executive Council
402.554.3688
dennissmith@unomaha.edu- Northern Plains Tribes, Native American History, North American Indian Cultures
Miye Tom, Ph.D.
![Catherine J. Warren](../_files/images/headshots/catherine.jpg)
Catherine J. Warren
Staff
![Gary Saul](directory/gary-saul.jpg)
Gary Saul
Sičháŋǧu Lakȟóta Oyáte, Umoⁿhoⁿ, Hocąk
Office Associate-Native American Studies
Inter-tribal Student Council, Treasurer
gsaul@unomaha.eduAffiliated Faculty
![Timi Barone, Ph.D.](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Timi Barone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
tbarone@unomaha.edu- Medical Anthropology; Ethnomedicine; Human Adaptation
![Jeanne Reames](../_files/images/headshots/reames.jpg)
Jeanne Reames, Ph.D.
402.554.2489
mreames@unomaha.edu- Ancient Greece and Macedonia, Alexander the Great, History of the Early Church Power politics at the court of Alexander the Great, Macedonian social h
![Hugh Reilly](../_files/images/headshots/reilly.jpg)
Hugh Reilly
Director and Associate Professor of Communication
402.554.3543
hreilly@unomaha.edu- Advertising; Journalism History; Public Relations
Emeritus Faculty
![Jessiline Anderson](../_files/images/headshots/jessiline.jpg)
Jessiline Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
jessilineanderson@unomaha.edu- Psychological and endocrine disorders; Leadership styles of African-American women in the clergy; Suicide prevention/intervention strategies in Native
![Jo Behrens](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Jo Behrens
Professor Emerita
jlbehrens@unomaha.edu![Mike Carroll](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Mike Carroll
Professor Emeritus
Goodrich Program
![Dale Stover](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Dale Stover
Professor Emeritus
![Mike Tate](https://www.unomaha.edu/_files/images/bio-icon.png)
Michael Tate
Professor Emeritus
History