Graduate School Faculty
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Graduate School Faculty
Peter W. Abel, PhD
- Chair, Department of Pharmacology
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Andy Alexander, SJ
- Lecturer and Director of the Collaborative Ministry offices and Online Ministries
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Carin Appleget, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3050
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Thomas F. Backer, MA, MDiv
- Resident Assistant Professor
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Laurie Baedke, MHA, FACHE, FACMPE
- Assistant Dean, Business & Leadership Education
- 402.280.4948
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Sara Elizabeth Banzhaf, DNP, APRN-NP, PMHNP-BC
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2534
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Laura C. Barritt, BS, PhD
- Chair, Oral Biology
- 402.280.5212
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Jason C. Bartz, PhD
- Associate Dean, Academic and Faculty Affairs
- 402.280.1811
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Andrew G. Baruth, BS, PhD
- Director, Office of Sustainability Programs
- 402.280.2644
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Thomas P. Berry, BS, DDS, MBA
- Chair, General Dentistry
- 402.280.5103
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Charles S. Bockman, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3141
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Dulcinea Lela Boesenberg, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2768
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Travis John Bourret, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Alfred G. Bracciano, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
- Coordinator, Alaska Pathway
- 402.280.4906
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James D. Bramble, PhD, MPH
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4129
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Charles Braymen, PhD, CFA
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2091
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Nancy D. Bredenkamp, PhD, APRN-NP
- Chair, College of Nursing Graduate Program
- 402.461.0931
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Kristie N. Briggs, PhD
- Associate Dean, Faculty
- 402.280.2672
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Sherri Brown, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3086
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Darwin Lee Brown, MPH, PA-C
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4010
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Abraham Carr, PhD, CPA
- Assistant Professor
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Catherine Ann Carrico, DNP, APRN-NP, FNP
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2035
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Leah Danielle Chrisman, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4253
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Jessica Clark, DNP, RN
- Dean, College of Nursing
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Susan C. Connelly, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP, PC/AC
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3712
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Brenda M. Coppard, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
- Associate Dean, SPAHP Office of Assessment - Dr. Coppard oversees programmatic assessment within SPAHP.
- 402.280.3128
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Ali Dag, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 605.202.1916
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Todd C. Darnold, PhD
- The Charles “Mike” Harper Endowed Chair in Business Leadership
- 402.280.2887
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Alekha K. Dash, RPh, PhD
- Gilbert F. Taffe, Jr. Endowed Chair
- 402.280.3188
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Rebecca Ann Davis, DNP, APHN-BC
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2043
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Daniel R. DiLeo, PhD
- Director, Justice and Peace Studies Program
- 402.280.1492
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Robert S. Dornsife, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Beverly Doyle, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2562
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Jonathan Drake, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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William M. Duckworth, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2609
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Lee M. Dunham, PhD, CFA
- Chair, Economics and Finance
- 402.280.2637
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Andrew E. Ekpenyong, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2208
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Max Thomas Engel, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3162
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Kevin T. FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, PhD
- Chair, Department of Medical Humanities
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Kathleen A. Flecky, OTD, OTR/L
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.5630
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Jill Fox, PhD, MS, BA, ELL
- Instructor and Director of the Intensive English Language Institute
- 402.280.2309
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M. Lance Frazier, PhD
- Director, MBA Program
- 402.280.1192
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Kevin T. Fuji, PharmD, MA
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4411
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Ronald David Fussell, EdD
- Associate Chair, Education Department
- 402.280.3357
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Jack R. Gabel, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3066
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Peter Jack Gallo, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2441
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Janee B. Gelineau-van Waes, DVM, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3457
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Natalie Gerhart, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4943
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Ernest P. Goss, PhD
- The Jack A. MacAllister Endowed Chair in Regional Economics
- 402.280.4757
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Bobbi Susanne Greiner, OTD, OTR/L, BCP
- Director, Occupational Therapy Fellowship Programs
- 402.280.3355
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Cynthia Jean Hadenfeldt, EdD, RN
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2003
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H. Ashley Hall, PhD
- Chair, Theology
- 402.280.2295
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Jacqueline R. Hanks, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3345
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Laura A. Hansen, PhD
- Associate Dean, Research
- 402.280.4085
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Jean Louise Hearn, EdD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4905
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Rosalind Lauren Heckman, PT, DPT, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2243
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Erin Jean Hoffman, MPAS
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4419
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Edward Horwitz, PhD
- Enterprise Risk Management
- 402.280.2476
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Jee-Yeon Hwang, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3157
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Lindsay M. Iverson, DNP, APRN-NP, ACNP-BC
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2032
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Lisa Ann Johnson, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, SANE
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3412
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Randy D. Jorgensen, PhD, CFA
- Director, Master of Finance program
- 402.280.5513
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Bridget M. Keegan, MA, PhD
- Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
- 402.280.4015
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Gwendalyn King, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3125
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Bradley T. Klontz, PsyD, CFP
- Associate Professor of Practice
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Joseph A. Knezetic, PhD
- Director, Research Compliance Office
- 402.280.2511
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Maggie Knight, DBA, CPA, CGMA
- Chair, Accounting and Business Intelligence & Analytics
- 402.280.4942
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Echo Koehler Perlman, DNP, RN
- Assistant Professor
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Brooke A. Kowalke, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.3828
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Beverly J. Kracher, PhD
- The Robert B. Daugherty Endowed Chair in Business Ethics and Society
- 402.280.2061
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Kenneth Louis Kramer, PhD
- Chair, Department of Medical Education
- 402.280.2763
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Mary Kunes-Connell, PhD, RN
- Associate Dean, College of Nursing Academics, Assessment, and Accreditation
- 402.280.2024
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Faith Marie Kurtyka, PhD
- Associate Director, Magis Core Curriculum
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Joan Marie Lappe, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Associate Dean, College of Nursing Research
- 402.280.4646
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Mark A. Latta, DMD, MS
- Chair, English Department
- 402.280.5061
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Jared Reed Little, BA, DDS
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.5643
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Don Lux, DBA, CMA
- Assistant Professor of Practice
- 402.280.4970
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Surbhi V. Malik, MA, PhD
- Associate Professor
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Luke F. Matranga, DDS, MS
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- 402.280.4556
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Ann Therese Mausbach, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2889
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Timothy P. McMahon, PhD
- Associate Professor of Practice
- 402.280.2616
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Renee Mixan
- Executive Assistant, Graduate School
- 402.280.3903
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Trey Moody, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2548
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Keli Mu, PhD, OTR/L
- Associate Dean, Chair & Professor of Department of Occupational Therapy
- 402.280.5938
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Eric J. Neuman, PhD
- Associate Dean, Operations & Graduate Programs
- 402.280.1813
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Michael G. Nichols, MS, PhD
- Program Director, M.S. Physics and M.S. Medical Physics Programs
- 402.280.2159
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Brian J. North, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3855
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Elton Jeffrey North, BS, MS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2871
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Tirimba Obonyo, PhD, CFA
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4805
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Keith A. Olson, DBA, CFA
- Assistant Professor of Practice
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Dustin Ormond, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.4832
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Neel Pathak, DS
- Assistant Professor of Practice
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Angela L. Patterson, OTD, OTR/L
- Director, Master of Science in Rehabilitation/Master of Science in Occupational Therapy - Program director for MSR/MSOT programs in Graduate School for international students.
- 402.280.5980
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Thomas E. Pisarri, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4016
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Jan Powers, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2230
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Nalini Prabagaran, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3898
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Joshua David Prenosil, PhD
- Assistant Professor
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Thomas J. Purcell, PhD, CPA
- The John P. Begley Endowed Chair in Accounting
- 402.280.2062
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Mark V. Reedy, PhD
- Chair, Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences
- 402.280.3341
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Sonia Maria Rocha-Sanchez, BS, MS, PhD, MBA
- Director, Biomedical Sciences Research Core
- 402.280.5098
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Nicholas Santos, SJ
- Board Membership
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Patty Jean Scholting, MPAS, MPH, PA-C
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.4417
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Misty M. Schwartz, PhD, RN
- Adjunct Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2141
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LuAnn Schwery, MS
- Assistant Dean, Graduate School
- 402.280.2772
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Thomas A. Shimerda, PhD, CMA
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2615
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Kristina A. Simeone, PhD
- Director, Master's in Neuroscience Program
- 402.280.2734
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Mark V. Siracuse, BSPha, MS, PharmD, PhD
- Chair, Department of Pharmacy Sciences
- 402.280.3722
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Megan Sorensen, MHA, BSN, RN, CEN
- Graduate Studies Coordinator, EMS Education
- 402.280.1280
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Patricia Soto Becerra, BA, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3361
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Patrick C. Swanson, PhD
- Program Director, Graduate Program Director
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology - 402.280.2716
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Regina Michelle Taylor, PhD
- Chair, Marketing & Management
- 402.280.1246
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Tal Teitz, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2324
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Andrea M. Thinnes, OTD, OTR/L
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.5929
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Justin A. Tolman, PharmD, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2915
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Stephane P. VanderMeulen, MPAS, MA, PA-C
- Program Director, Physician Assistant Program
- 402.280.2798
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Trina K. Walker, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.2049
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Sijing Wei, PhD, CPA
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.1297
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Michael D. Weston, MA, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5030
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Thomas Wong, PhD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.1720
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Melissa Kaye Woodley, PhD, CFA
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.3317
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Jonathan Paul Wrubel, BS, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2638
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James J. Zboja, PhD
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.2622
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