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, PhD
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