Meet our faculty and staff.
Teaching Faculty

Brady DeSanti, PhD
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
Director of Native American Studies
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
402.554.2628
bdesanti@unomaha.edu- Native American and Religious Studies

Brooktynn Blood
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
bblood@unomaha.edu
Michele Marie Desmarais, Ph.D.

Carolyn K. Fiscus
Ho-Chunk
cfiscus@unomaha.edu
Cindy Krafka
Sicangu Lakota
ckrafka@unomaha.edu
Dr. Susana Grajales Geliga (Sicangu Lakota)
Assistant Professor of History and Native American Studies
** Executive Council
History & Native American Studies
sgeliga@unomaha.edu
Laura Alexander, PhD

Sarah Nelson, Ph.D.
Affiliate of Medical Humanities, Native American Studies
snelson57@unomaha.edu
Lyn M. Holley

Maunka Morgan, MBA

Dr. Alan Joseph Osborn
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
aosborn2@unomaha.edu- Great Plains Archaeology, Paleoindian Adaptations, Nutritional Anthropology

Dr. David James Peterson
English, Associate Professor
davidpeterso1@unomaha.edu
Carol Redwing
Enrolled Yankton Dakota Tribe/Santee Dakota
Doctoral Student, Instructor
**Executive Council
School of Public Administration and Native American Studies
credwing@unomaha.edu
Beth Ritter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies
britter@unomaha.edu- Federal Indian Policy
- Contemporary Native American Issues

Dr. Barbara K Robins
English, Associate Professor
brobins@unomaha.edu- Native American Literature and Visual Arts, Historical Trauma, Native American responses to 9/11

Travis Robbins, Ph.D.

Mark Scherer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
mscherer@unomaha.edu- Nebraska and Great Plains Legal & political history Native American Legal History, American Revolutionary History

Dennis J. Smith, Ph.D.
Assiniboine (Fort Peck)
Associate Professor History
**Executive Council
402.554.3688
dennissmith@unomaha.edu- Northern Plains Tribes, Native American History, North American Indian Cultures
Miye Tom, Ph.D.

Catherine J. Warren
Staff

Gary Saul
Sičháŋǧu Lakȟóta Oyáte, Umoⁿhoⁿ, Hocąk
Office Associate-Native American Studies
Inter-tribal Student Council, Treasurer
gsaul@unomaha.eduAffiliated Faculty

Timi Barone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
tbarone@unomaha.edu- Medical Anthropology; Ethnomedicine; Human Adaptation

Jeanne Reames, Ph.D.
402.554.2489
mreames@unomaha.edu- Ancient Greece and Macedonia, Alexander the Great, History of the Early Church Power politics at the court of Alexander the Great, Macedonian social h

Hugh Reilly
Director and Associate Professor of Communication
402.554.3543
hreilly@unomaha.edu- Advertising; Journalism History; Public Relations
Emeritus Faculty

Jessiline Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
jessilineanderson@unomaha.edu- Psychological and endocrine disorders; Leadership styles of African-American women in the clergy; Suicide prevention/intervention strategies in Native

Jo Behrens
Professor Emerita
jlbehrens@unomaha.edu
Mike Carroll
Professor Emeritus
Goodrich Program

Dale Stover
Professor Emeritus

Michael Tate
Professor Emeritus
History