Nebraska strives to hire a talented faculty that produces important work and builds noteworthy careers. Those colleagues who are invited to join the senior faculty each year shape the University’s academic reputation for years to come.
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Simanti Banerjee
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agricultural Economics
Demet Batur
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics
Donnia Behrends
Promoted to Extension Educator
Nutrition & Health Sciences
Andreia Bianchini Huebner
Granted Tenure
Food Science & Technology
Karly Black
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator
Eastern Research & Extension Center- Southeast District
Humberto Blanco
Promoted to Professor
Agronomy & Horticulture
Kristen Blankley
Promoted to Professor
College of Law
Kathleen Brooks
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agricultural Economics
Thomas Burkey
Promoted to Professor
Animal Science
Mehmet Can Vuran
Promoted to Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Kathy Castle
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Communication Studies
Weiwen Chai
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Nutrition & Health Sciences
Christopher Chizinski
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
School of Natural Resources
Ozan Ciftci
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Food Science & Technology
James Coltrain
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of History
Nathan Conner
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication
Brian Couch
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
School of Biological Sciences
Jenny Dauer
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
School of Natural Resources
Joseph Dauer
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
School of Natural Resources
Lorna Dawes
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
University Libraries
Gustavo Delhon
Promoted to Research Professor
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Yasar Demirel
Promoted to Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dipti Dev
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Child, Youth and Family Studies
Nikolaos Dimotakis
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Management
Mary Drewnoski
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Animal Science
Richard Endacott
Promoted to Professor
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film
Sydney Everhart
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Plant Pathology
Mikil Foss
Promoted to Professor
Department of Mathematics
Matthias Fuchs
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Yufeng Ge
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Biological Systems Engineering
Sarah Gervais
Promoted to Professor
Department of Psychology
Chandra Giles
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator
Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center- Northeast District
Leonardo Gonzalez
Promoted to Extension Educator
Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center- Northeast District
Mark Griep
Promoted to Professor
Department of Chemistry
Linxia Gu
Promoted to Professor
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Christopher Gustafson
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agricultural Economics
David Hall
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Glenn Korff School of Music
Kathryn Hanford
Promoted to Professor of Practice
Statistics
Abla Hasan
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Lindsay Hastings
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication
Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Educational Administration
Carolyn Heitman
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Anthropology
Joanna Hergenreder
Promoted to Associate Professor
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
Rosemarie Holz
Promoted to Professor of Practice
Women's and Gender Studies Program
Adam Houston
Promoted to Professor
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Jacqueline Huscroft-D'Angelo
Promoted to Research Associate Professor
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders
Jim Jansen
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator
Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center- Northeast District
Elizabeth Jones
Promoted to Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Wendy Katz
Promoted to Professor
School of Art, Art History and Design
Jennifer Keshwani
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Biological Systems Engineering
Dane Kiambi
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Kelly Kingsbury-Brunetto
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Alexey Kovalev
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Yvonne Lai
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Mathematics
Kyungyong Lee
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Mathematics
Joe Louis
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Entomology
James MacDonald
Promoted to Professor
Animal Science
Larry McElravy
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication
Stephen Morin
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Chemistry
Nathan Mueller
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator
Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center- Metro District
Ashley Mueller
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator
Nebraska Extension
Francisco Munoz-Arriola
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Biological Systems Engineering
Timothy Nelson
Promoted to Professor
Department of Psychology
Maital Neta
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Psychology
Elizabeth Niehaus
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Educational Administration
Stanislava Nikolova
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Finance
Wayne Ohnesorg
Promoted to Extension Educator
Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center- Northeast District
Kristen Olson
Promoted to Professor
Department of Sociology
Jenna Pieper
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Management
Santosh Pitla
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Biological Systems Engineering
Heather Rasmussen
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Nutrition & Health Sciences
Philip Sapirstein
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
School of Art, Art History and Design
Erin Sayer
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Biochemistry
Marilyn Schlake
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator
Agricultural Economics
James Schnable
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agronomy & Horticulture
Natalie Sehi
Promoted to Extension Educator
Nutrition & Health Sciences
Bradley Shadwick
Promoted to Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
John Shrader
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Jeffrey Smith
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Sociology
Jordan Soliz
Promoted to Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Greg Somerville
Promoted to Professor
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Gerald Steinacher
Promoted to Professor
Department of History
Aaron Sutherlen
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
School of Art, Art History and Design
Tsegaye Tadesse
Promoted to Research Professor
School of Natural Resources
Zhenghong Tang
Promoted to Professor
College of Architecture
John Thomas
Promoted to Extension Educator
Panhandle Research & Extension Center
Ann Tschetter
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Department of History
Adam Wagler
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Cory Walters
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Agricultural Economics
Tara Warner
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Sociology
Eric Weaver
Promoted to Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences
Lorey Wheeler
Promoted to Research Associate Professor
Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families & Schools
Tyler White
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Department of Political Science
Robert Williams
Promoted to Professor
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Natalie Williams
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Child, Youth & Family Studies
Brenda Wristen
Promoted to Professor
Glenn Korff School of Music
Xiaoshan Xu
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Bin Yu
Promoted to Professor
School of Biological Sciences