The University of Nebraska–Lincoln announces faculty receiving promotion and/or tenure in 2025.

Mirzo Abdurakhmonov
Management
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Nirupam Aich
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Granted Tenured

Heather Akin
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Mahmoud (Moe) Alahmad
Architectural Engineering and Construction
Promoted to Professor

Katie Anania
Art, Art History and Design
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Rachel Azima
English
Promoted to Professor of Practice

Joan M. Barnes
Libraries
Promoted to Professor of Practice

Ashley Benes
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Extension Educator

Andreia Bianchini
Food Science and Technology
Promoted to Professor

Connor Biehler
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Margaret Bohls
Art, Art History and Design
Promoted to Professor

Ian Borden
Theatre and Film
Promoted to Professor

Rebecca Leigh Brock
Psychology
Promoted to Professor

Michael Burton
Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Rob Campbell
Management
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

James W. Checco
Chemistry
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Christopher Chizinski
Natural Resources
Promoted to Professor

Halden Clark
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Roberto Cortinas
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Promoted to Professor of Practice

Jenny Dauer
Natural Resources
Promoted to Professor

Joseph Dauer
Natural Resources
Promoted to Professor

Amy Desaulniers
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Mary Drewnoski
Animal Science
Promoted to Professor

Anne Duncan
Classics and Religious Studies
Promoted to Professor

Christian Elowsky
Agronomy and Horticulture
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Jennifer Epp
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Extension Educator

Jesse Reding Fleming
Art, Art History and Design
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Rhonda Fuelberth
Music
Promoted to Professor

Michelle Garwood
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Souparno Ghosh
Statistics
Promoted to Professor

Katarzyna Glowacka
Biochemistry
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Christine Graves
Journalism and Mass Communications
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Tricia Gray
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Eloísa Grifo
Mathematics
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Piyush Grover
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Jordan Grummert Rasmussen
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Erin Haacker
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Megan Hanefeldt
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Jon Hendricks
Management
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Tim Hodges
Management
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Javed Iqbal
Agronomy and Horticulture
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Jim Jansen
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Extension Educator

Danielle C. Jefferis
Law
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Yu Jin
Mathematics
Promoted to Professor

Erin Kampbell
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Shawn Kaskie
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Extension Educator

Brian M. Kelly
Architecture
Promoted to Professor

Taeyeon Kim
Educational Administration
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Lisa Knoche
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
Promoted to Research Professor

Kyle Koch
Entomology
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Alexey Kovalev
Physics and Astronomy
Promoted to Professor

Matt Kriefels
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
Promoted to Professor of Practice

Debbie Kuenning
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Extension Educator

Patty Kuo
Child, Youth and Family Studies
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Abdelghani Laraoui
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Adam Larios
Mathematics
Promoted to Professor

Andrew Little
Natural Resources
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Kendra Locklear Ordia
Interior Design
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Geoffrey Lorenz
Political Science
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Jordan Luxa
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Louise Lynch-O'Brien
Entomology
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

David Mabie
Biological Systems Engineering
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Eric Markvicka
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Cole Meador
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Deepika Menon
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Jake Messersmith
Management
Promoted to Professor

Laurie Miller
Economics
Promoted to Professor of Practice

Francisco Munoz Arriola
Natural Resources
Promoted to Professor

Mariah Newmyer
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Marcel Ngoko
Physics and Astronomy
Granted Tenured

Elizabeth Niehaus
Educational Administration
Promoted to Professor

Jacquelyn Omelian
Psychology
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Gabrielle (Brie) Owen
English
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Grace Panther
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Darcie Pesek
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Extension Educator

Kurt Piepenbrink
Food Science and Technology
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Anne Marie Pollard
Theatre and Film
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Chris Proctor
Agronomy and Horticulture
Promoted to Extension Educator

Nathan Rice
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

Benjamin Riggan
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Tirthankar Roy
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Erica Christine Schauer
Modern Languages and Literatures
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Sarah Sillman
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Ash Smith
Art, Art History and Design
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Hyun-Seob Song
Biological Systems Engineering
Promoted to Professor and Granted Tenured

Chung Song
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Promoted to Professor

Jonathan Spurgeon
Natural Resources
Promoted to Research Associate Professor

Nicole Stoner
Nebraska Extension
Promoted to Extension Educator

Shinya Takahashi
Nutrition and Health Sciences
Promoted to Professor of Practice

Matthew Scott Van Den Broeke
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Promoted to Professor

Ashley M. Votruba
Psychology
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured

Yujia Wang
Landscape Architecture
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Thomas Weissling
Entomology
Promoted to Professor

Derek Weitzel
Computing
Promoted to Research Associate Professor

Lorey Wheeler
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
Promoted to Research Professor

Chelsea A. Witt
Psychology
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Simon A. Wood
Classics and Religious Studies
Promoted to Professor

Xiaoshan Xu
Physics and Astronomy
Promoted to Professor

Becky Young
Agronomy and Horticulture
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Hongfeng Yu
Computing
Promoted to Professor

Sabine Zempleni
Nutrition and Health Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

Federico Zincenko
Economics
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenured