Staff

Cristian Dona
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
cdona@unomaha.edu
Thomas Wayne Sanchez
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
thomassanchez@unomaha.edu
Yuriko Doku, M.S.
OLLAS Assistant Director
ydoku@unomaha.edu- Labor Economics, Economic Inequality, Economics of Migration
- Non-Profit Management, Leadership

Ana Díaz-Orozco
OLLAS Community Engagement Coordinator
adiazorozco@unomaha.eduFaculty

Lissette Aliaga-Linares, PhD

Timi Barone, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology
402.554.3372
tbarone@unomaha.edu- Epidemiology/Evolution of Human Disease, Ethnomedicines, Health Care Utilization

Theresa Barron-McKeagney, Ph.D.
Grace Abbott School of Social Work, Professor
tbarronm@unomaha.edu
Dr. Danielle M Battisti
History, Assistant Professor
dbattisti@unomaha.edu
Dr. Isabelle Beulaygue

Juan Casas, Ph.D.

Dr. Eduardo Cenci
Economics, Assistant Professor
ecenci@unomaha.edu
Dr. Ashlee Dauphinais Civitello

Armando De Alba Rosales, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor Department of Health Promotion
UNMC College of Public Health

Eugenio Claudio Di Stefano

Dr. Adrian Rafael Duran

Dr. Claudia Garcia
Foreign Languages and Literature, Associate Professor
csgarcia@unomaha.edu
Dr. Ramón J. Guerra
English, Associate Professor
rguerra@unomaha.edu
Gabriel Gutiérrez

Brett J. Kyle, Ph.D.
Orville D. Menard Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Political Science
Political Science, Associate Professor
bjkyle@unomaha.edu
Athena Ramos, PhD, MBA, MS, CPM
Assistant Professor
UNMC College of Public Health, Center for Reducing Health Disparities
aramos@unmc.edu
Heidi Adams Rueda
she/her
John E. Christensen Community Chair in Child Welfare
Grace Abbott School of Social Work, Associate Professor
hrueda@unomaha.edu
Dr. Sandra Rodríguez-Arroyo
She/Her/Ella
Professor Robert Ackerman Faculty Fellow of Community Engagement
Teacher Education, Professor
srodriguezarroy@unomaha.edu
Dr. Troy Angelo Romero
Goodrich, Associate Professor
tromero@unomaha.edu
Thomas Wayne Sanchez
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
thomassanchez@unomaha.edu
Dr. Jonathan Santo

Jose Sequeros Valle

Professor Isabel Soto-Luna
She/Her
Business Librarian
Research and Instruction Services, Assistant Professor
msoto-luna@unomaha.edu
C. Cecilia Tocaimaza-Hatch
Foreign Languages and Literature, Assistant Professor
ctocaimazahatch@unomaha.edu
Dr. Steven Luis Torres
Foreign Languages and Literature, Professor
sltorres@unomaha.edu
Dr. Laura C. Walls
Foreign Languages and Literature, Assistant Professor
lwalls@unomaha.eduPart-Time Faculty
Jasney Cogua-Lopez, PhD

Omar Correa, M.Ed

Roxana Cortes-Mills, JD

Kristin Fearnow, JD

Huascar Garcia, M.A.
Instructor
hgarcia02@unomaha.eduEmeritus Faculty

Dr. Maria S. Arbelaez
History, Associate Professor
marbelaez@unomaha.edu
Michael Carroll, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Goodrich Program
402.554.3458
mcarroll@unomaha.edu- Indian Poetry, Chicano/a Literature, Multicultural Education and African American Cultural Studies

Ann Coyne, PhD
Professor of Social Work
402.554.2798
acoyne@unomaha.edu- Developmental Disabilities, Child Welfare, Public Welfare, Program Evaluation and Grant Writing and Research

Dr. Ana Maria Cruz
Communication, Associate Professor
anacruz@unomaha.edu
Lourdes Gouveia, PhD
Professor Emerita of Sociology
OLLAS Director Emerita
lgouveia@unomaha.edu- Global Development and Food and Agriculture
- Latin American Migration, US Latino Populations, and Latino American Societies in the Globalization Era

Dr. Mary Ann Powell
Sociology & Anthropology, Associate Professor
maryannpowell@unomaha.edu