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English Department Chair English Department Faculty Emeritus Faculty English Department Staff

English Department Chair

Dr. Tanushree Ghosh

Department Chair

English, Associate Professor

tghosh@unomaha.edu
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English Department Faculty

Dr. G. Travis Adams

English, Associate Professor

gtadams@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Tracy Bridgeford

Director of Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication

English, Professor

tbridgeford@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Lisabeth Claire Buchelt

English, Professor

lbuchelt@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Robert Farquhar Darcy

English, Professor

rdarcy@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Kristin Marie Girten

English, Professor

kgirten@unomaha.edu
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Nicholas Gomez
Nicholas Gomez

Instructor

English

nicholasgomez@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra
Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra

Graduate Program Chair

English, Associate Professor

rguerra@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Charles Johanningsmeier

Isaacson Chair

English, Professor

jmeier@unomaha.edu
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Annie Johnson
Annie Johnson, MA

Instructor

402.554.3636

aejohnson@unomaha.edu
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Tammie Kennedy
Tammie Kennedy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

tmkennedy@unomaha.edu
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Jody Lynn Keisner

English, Assistant Professor

jkeisner@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Lisa Knopp

English, Professor

lknopp@unomaha.edu
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Sarah Mason
Sarah Mason, MFA

Instructor

402.554.2635

sarahmason@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Owen Glen Mordaunt

English, Professor

omordaunt@unomaha.edu
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Eric O'Brien
Eric O'Brien, PhD

Instructor

eeobrien@unomaha.edu
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Sarah Faltin Osborn

English, Instructor

srfosborn@unomaha.edu
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Dr. David James Peterson

English, Associate Professor

davidpeterso1@unomaha.edu
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John T Price

English, Professor

jtprice@unomaha.edu
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Jill Quandt
Jill Quandt, MA

Instructor

402.554.3636

jillianquandt@unomaha.edu
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Aero Rogers

he/him

English, Instructor

aerorogers@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Barbara K Robins

English, Associate Professor

brobins@unomaha.edu
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Kimberly T Schwab

English, Lecturer

kschwab@unomaha.edu
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Melanie Seitzer
Melanie Seitzer

Instructor

English

mseitzer@unomaha.edu
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Professor Kay Ann Siebler

she/her

English, Assistant Professor

ksiebler@unomaha.edu
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Kyle A Simonsen

English, Instructor

ksimonsen@unomaha.edu
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Mr. Bobby Juan Vasquez

English, Lecturer

bvasquez@unomaha.edu
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James L Vnuk, Jr.

English, Instructor

jvnuk@unomaha.edu
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Emeritus Faculty

Professor Nora Anne Bacon

English, Professor

nbacon@unomaha.edu
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David Boocker
David Boocker, Ph.D.

Professor

402.554.2338

dboocker@unomaha.edu
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Dr. Margarette Christensen

English, Lecturer

mchristensen@unomaha.edu
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Maria Knudtson
Maria Knudtson, MA

Emeritus Lecturer

mknudtson@unomaha.edu
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Marsha Kruger

English, Lecturer

mkruger@unomaha.edu
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John McKenna
John McKenna, PhD

Professor Emeritus

jmckenna@unomaha.edu
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Joan Susan Latchaw

English, Associate Professor

jlatchaw@unomaha.edu
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Kathryn Radosta

English, Lecturer

kradosta@unomaha.edu
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English Department Staff

Dustin Pendley
Dustin Pendley, MA

Coordinator of Administration

dpendley@unomaha.edu
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Jill Sutton
Jill Sutton

Department Staff Assistant

jmsutton@unomaha.edu
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Announcements

  • UNO Names Jill Sutton Employee of the Month
  • TATP Hosts "Reentry Past and Present: Bridging Communities for Change"
  • Abby Swoboda receives 2024 College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Award
  • Anna Kollmeyer receives Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Service Learning
  • Tyler Ayres receives Fulbright award to teach English in Taiwan
  • Jody Keisner receives Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
  • UNO English Alum Earns Nebraska English Teacher of the Year Award
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