The Master of Arts in Critical and Creative Thinking is comprised of graduate faculty from across the varied disciplines of the College of Arts and Sciences, working as a team to provide unique interdisciplinary courses, areas of study, and educational opportunities for our students.
Cultural & Global Analysis Faculty Ethics & Values Faculty Health & the Environment Faculty Interdisciplinary Security Studies International Migration, Development & Citizenship Faculty Organizational Science & Leadership Faculty Writing & Critical Reflection Faculty Introductory Course Emeritus Faculty Other Faculty
Cultural & Global Analysis Faculty
Lissette Aliaga-Linares, PhD
she/her/hers
Sociology & Anthropology
Associate Professor
Sociology & Anthropology, Assistant Professor
laliagalinares@unomaha.edu- Urban Sociology, Work, Population and Development, Research Methods, US Latinos and Latin America
Gwyneth Cliver
Eugenio Di Stefano
Cristian Dona
Nikitah Imani, Ph.D.
Patrice J. Proulx
Jonathan Santo, PhD
Steven Torres
Ethics & Values Faculty
Laura Alexander, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Goldstein Center for Human Rights
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
lealex@unomaha.edu
Rory J. Conces, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
rconces@unomaha.edu- Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Philosophy, Critical Reasoning
Laura Grams, PhD
Carson Holloway, Ph.D.
Curtis Hutt, PhD
Tammie Kennedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
tmkennedy@unomaha.edu
Paul Williams, Ph.D.
Health & the Environment Faculty
Elizabeth Chalecki, Ph.D.
Dana Richter-Egger, Ph.D.
Eric O'Brien, PhD
Instructor
eeobrien@unomaha.eduInterdisciplinary Security Studies
Michelle Black, PhD
Associate Professor
michellblack@unomaha.edu
Dr. Tracy Bridgeford
Director of Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication
English, Professor
tbridgeford@unomaha.edu
Rory J. Conces, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
rconces@unomaha.edu- Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics, Applied Philosophy, Critical Reasoning
Cristian Dona
Nikitah Imani, Ph.D.
Lana Obradovic, Ph.D.
Director, International Studies
Program Director, BOLD Institute
Associate Professor, Political Science
402.554.3027
lobradovic@unomaha.eduInternational Migration, Development & Citizenship Faculty
Laura Alexander, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Goldstein Center for Human Rights
Associate Professor
402.554.2628
lealex@unomaha.edu
Danielle Battisti, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Associate Professor
U.S. Immigration & Ethnic History, U.S. Foreign Relations, Modern America
dbattisti@unomaha.edu
Cristian Dona
Claudia Garcia
Dr. Ramón Javier Guerra
Organizational Science & Leadership Faculty
Dr. Samantha Kay Ammons
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
sammons@unomaha.edu- Work, Family, Sex and Gender, Organizations, Qualitative Research Methods
Michelle Black, PhD
Associate Professor
michellblack@unomaha.edu
Donald C. Simmons Jr.
Ryan Royston
Lisa Scherer, PhD
Joseph James
Instructor
jjames@unomaha.eduWriting & Critical Reflection Faculty
Dr. Tracy Bridgeford
Director of Graduate Certificate in Technical Communication
English, Professor
tbridgeford@unomaha.edu
Jody Lynn Keisner
English, Assistant Professor
jkeisner@unomaha.edu
Tammie Kennedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
tmkennedy@unomaha.edu
Eric O'Brien, PhD
Instructor
eeobrien@unomaha.eduIntroductory Course
Brian Kanouse, PhD
Emeritus Faculty
Maria Arbelaez, PhD
Dr. Margarette Christensen
English, Lecturer
mchristensen@unomaha.edu
Lourdes Gouveia, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Latino/Latin American Studies
lgouveia@unomaha.edu- Development, Food and Agriculture, Latino/a Latin American Sociology, Immigration
Paul Landow, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
plandow@unomaha.edu
Patrick McNamara, Ph.D.
Instructor, Political Science
pmcnamara@unomaha.edu
Tatyana Novikov
Juliette Parnell
Other Faculty
