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2024-2025 UNO Faculty Senate Membership

*Updated January 4, 2025

COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE TERM EXPIRATION EMAIL ADDRESS
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
History Susana Geliga 2028 sgeliga@unomaha.edu
Geology Farrah Grant 2028 fgrant@unomaha.edu
Mathematics Nicole Infante 2028 ninfante@unomaha.edu
Black Studies Cynthia Robinson 2026 clrobinson@unomaha.edu
Sociology & Anthropology
A. Olu Oyinlade 2026 aoyinlade@unomaha.edu
Biology David Manning 2026 dmanning3@unomaha.edu
English Kyle Simonsen 2026 ksimonsen@unomaha.edu
Chemistry Ed Tisko 2026 etisko@unomaha.edu
Political Science Huchen Liu 2026 huchenliu@unomaha.edu
Psychology
William Kramer 2027 wkramer@unomaha.edu
Religious Studies
John Lyden 2027 jlyden@unomaha.edu
Physics
Ryan Riskowski 2027 rriskowski@unomaha.edu
World Languages & Literature Laura Walls 2027 lwalls@unomaha.edu
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Finance Banking & Real Estate Patty Bick 2026 pbick@unomaha.edu
Management Ed Cochran 2028 ecochran@unomaha.edu
Accounting Aaron Knape 2026 aknape@unomaha.edu
Marketing & Entrepreneurship Xiaoming Yang 2027 xyang2@unomaha.edu
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, FINE ARTS AND MEDIA
Arts & Art History Deb Smith-Howell 2028 dsmith-howell@unomaha.edu
Communication Jeremy Johnson 2028 jeremyljohnson@unomaha.edu
Communication Andrew Stem 2026 astem@unomaha.edu
Arts & Art History Nicky Chang Bi 2027 cbi@unomaha.edu
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SCIENCES
Teacher Education Lisa Epp 2028 lepp@unomaha.edu
Health & Kinesiology Richard Stacy 2028 stacy@unomaha.edu
Health & Kinesiology Chris Wilcoxen 2026 cwilcoxen@unomaha.edu
Teacher Education Michelle Friend 2027 mefriend@unomaha.edu
Teacher Education Jonathan Scherling 2027 jsherling@unomaha.edu
Health & Kinesiology Sam Wilkins 2027 sjwilkins@unomaha.edu
COLLEGE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Information Systems and Qualitative Analysis Hesham Ali 2028 hali@unomaha.edu
Interdisciplinary Informatics Kate Cooper 2026 kmcooper@unomaha.edu
Information Systems & Qualitative Analysis Magie Hall 2027 mahall@unomaha.edu
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Criminology & Criminal Justice Laurel Sariscsany 2026 lsariscsany@unomaha.edu
Social Work Henry D'Souza 2026 hdsouza@unomaha.edu
Social Work Deb Circo 2027 dcirco@unomaha.edu
Emergency Management Namkyung Oh 2027 noh@unomaha.edu
EXTERNAL FACULTY
Civil & Environmental Engineering Jinying Zhu 2028 jyzhu@unomaha.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering Bing Chen 2026 bchen1@unl.edu
LIBRARIES
Research and Instructional Services Tammi Owens 2028 tammiowens@unomaha.edu


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Aimee Correa Faculty Senate Coordinator acorrea@unomaha.edu

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