2024-2025 UNO Faculty Senate Membership
*Updated January 4, 2025
| COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT | REPRESENTATIVE | TERM EXPIRATION | EMAIL ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES | |||
| History | Mark Celinscak | 2025 | mcelinscak@unomaha.edu |
| Geology | Karen Falconer Al-Hindi | 2025 | kfalconeralhindi@unomaha.edu |
| Mathematics | Michael Matthews | 2025 | michaelmatthews@unomaha.edu |
| Black Studies | Cynthia Robinson | 2026 | clrobinson@unomaha.edu |
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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 | Michelle Black | 2027 | michellblack@unomaha.edu |
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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 | 2025 | pbick@unomaha.edu |
| Management | Erin Pleggenkuhle-Miles | 2025 | erinpmiles@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 | Caitlin Cass | 2025 | ccass@unomaha.edu |
| Communication | Casey Riesberg | 2025 | clriesberg@unomaha.edu |
| Communication | Andrew Stem | 2026 | astem@unomaha.edu |
| Arts & Art History | Russ Nordman | 2027 | rnordman@unomaha.edu |
| COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND HUMAN SCIENCES | |||
| Teacher Education | Paula Jakopovic | 2025 | paulajakopovic@unomaha.edu |
| Health & Kinesiology | Richard Stacy | 2025 | stacy@unomaha.edu |
| Health & Kinesiology | Chris Wilcoxen | 2026 | cwilcoxen@unomaha.edu |
| Teacher Education | Michelle Friend | 2027 | mefriend@unomaha.edu |
| Teacher Education | Ferial Pearson | 2027 | fpearson@unomaha.edu |
| Health & Kinesiology | Sam Wilkins | 2027 | sjwilkins@unomaha.edu |
| COLLEGE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | |||
| Information Systems and Qualitative Analysis | Alfredo Perez | 2025 | alfredoperez@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 | Todd Armstrong | 2026 | toddarmstrong@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 | Tian Zhang | 2025 | tzhang1@unl.edu |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | Bing Chen | 2025 | bchen1@unl.edu |
| LIBRARIES | |||
| Research and Instructional Services | Lori Schwartz | 2025 | lschwartz@unomaha.edu |
Senators are representatives of the faculty. Individual Senators and the Senate Officers want to hear from the faculty on issues that affect UNO, the University of Nebraska, or individual faculty. Senators may be contacted in person or by clicking their individual email addresses. Please feel free to contact any member any time.
Faculty Senate Staff
| NAME | ROLE | EMAIL ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty Senate Coordinator | ||