Faculty & Staff Directory
Mission
The Department of Political Science at UNO stresses its instructional mission, while strongly fulfilling its research and service obligations. Our instructors have received Excellence in Teaching Awards, published books and articles, and regularly share their professional knowledge with the community.
Our award winning faculty is here to provide you with courses leading to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Master of Science degrees.
Our faculty specialize in a variety of areas including: American government, European politics, Latin American politics, East Asian politics, Middle East politics, Islam and politics, gender and politics, Intelligence and national security, US foreign policy, political theory, Constitutional law, environmental security, authoritarian regimes, conflict resolution and methodology.
Courses are designed to introduce you to the political ideas and events that have shaped our world and to train you to think critically about issues pertinent to our interdependent world. Our program is designed to prepare you for a variety of careers including: academia, law, journalism, government, non-profit organizations, international organizations, research, education and business.
- Carson Holloway, Ph.D. — cholloway@unomaha.edu
- Political Science, Professor and Department Chair
- 402.554.4862
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- Randall E. Adkins, Ph.D. — radkins@unomaha.edu
- Senior Associate Dean of the Social Sciences and Graduate Education
- Professor
- 402.554.3617
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- Jonathan C. Benjamin-Alvarado, Ph.D. — jalvarado@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Professor
- 402.554.4859
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- Michelle Black, PhD — michellblack@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- 402.554.4858
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- Elizabeth Chalecki, Ph.D. — echalecki@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- 402.554.3613
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- Austin C. Doctor — adoctor@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
- Political Science, NCITE
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- Ramazan Kılınç, Ph.D. - rkilinc@unomaha.edu
- Political Science, Professor
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- Hannah June Kim, Ph.D. — hannahkim@unomaha.edu
- Assistant Professor
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- Brett J. Kyle, Ph.D. - bjkyle@unomaha.edu
- Political Science, Associate Professor
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- Patrick McNamara, Ph.D. — pmcnamara@unomaha.edu
- Director of International Studies
- 402.554.2389
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- Jody Neathery-Castro, Ph.D. — jneathery@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- 402.554.3611
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- Lana Obradovic, Ph.D. — lobradovic@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- 402.554.3027
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- Gregory Petrow, Ph.D. — gpetrow@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- 402.554.3991
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- Adjunct Faculty
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- Paul Landow, Ph.D. — plandow@unomaha.edu
- Associate Professor
- 402.554.2048
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