UNL New Faculty 2014-15

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2014–2015 New Faculty

Great universities attract professors who combine passion for their discipline with a focused determination to do important work. Our campus is fortunate indeed to introduce the newest members of our faculty—talented and determined scholars who will enhance our greatest strengths. We hope that each of them enjoys a long and satisfying career at Nebraska.

In his 2012 State of the University address, Chancellor Perlman proposed a set of transformative goals for the University, including an historic investment in new faculty who are specifically selected for their ability to teach and inspire today’s students, focus their scholarship on issues of contemporary global significance and engage with Nebraska’s citizens on our state’s most pressing needs. These new members of our faculty embody the next installment toward this goal.

The entire campus community shares responsibility for the success of our newest colleagues. We ask each of you to join us in pledging your support and encouragement to this exceptional Class of 2014—our newest Big Ten faculty class at UNL.

Ellen WeissingerSenior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Ronnie GreenNU Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources and IANR Harlan Vice Chancellor

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Adesemoye, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Argyropoulos, Christos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Babchuk, Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Banerjee, Simanti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Beck, Tammy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Bosch, Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Brozovic, Nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Brunero, John. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Bruns, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Chaidez, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Chung, Soonkyu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Ciftci, Ozan Nazim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Clemens, Heather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Couch, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Critel, Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Cui, Bai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Davidson, Jennifer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6DeFrain, Erica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Dev, Dipti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Dinkelman, Andrea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Ditmars, Hannah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Downes, Jimmy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Elmore, Roger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Everhart, Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Farrell, Jackie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Fink, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Foged, Jaclynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Forbes, Cory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Garcia-Ruiz, Hernan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Goedeken, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Grassini, Patricio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Hamel, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Harvey, Judy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Hasan, Mohammad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Hoetger, Lori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Kamble, Baburao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Kennedy, Kaytlyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Khan, Imran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Kim, Jin Yeub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Knoll, Eric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Larios, Adam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Lewis, Ron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Lippman, Mike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MacDonald, Nichole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Madsen, Joshua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Mardesen, Chad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7McElravy, L.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Meiklejohn, Colin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Milius, Jacie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Montooth, Kristi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Morota, Gota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Morris, Jina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Mueller, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Neta, Maital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Nogueira, Lia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Olmanson, Justin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Parsons, Jay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Pickering, Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Qiu, Yumou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Redfearn, Daren. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Rice, Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Richards-Rissetto, Heather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Roston, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Ryherd, Erica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Savaiano, Mackenzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Schachtman, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Scharmann, Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Schnable, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Schoen, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Schroeder, Charles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Stepanovic, Strahinja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Thoegersen, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Thompson, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Trundle, Sean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Twidwell, Dirac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23van Dijk, Karin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Vazansky, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Wakefield, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Wang, Bing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Wang, Jing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Wesley, Katherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10White, Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Whittier, Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Williams, Natalie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Wintermute, Harriet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Woldesenbet, Asregedew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Xia, Jiangang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Yao, Christina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Yates, Dustin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Yuill, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Zafft, Carmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Zeng, Lirong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Zhu, Jinying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Zygielbaum Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Brandon BoschSociology; Political Science. Ph.D., University of Washington, 2012; M.A., University of Washington, 2007;

B.A., University of Minnesota, 2004. Hometown: Halstad, MN. Area of focus: Political communication, mass media. Representative publications: “Beyond Vox Pop: The Role of News Sourcing and Political Beliefs in Exemplification Effects,” Mass Communication and Society, 2014.

John BruneroPhilosophy. Ph.D., Columbia University, 2006; B.A. Colby College, 1998. Hometown: West Warwick, RI.

Area of focus: Ethics.

Brian CouchSchool of Biological Sciences. Ph.D., Yale University, 2011. Area of focus: Biology education research. Representative publications:

Coauthored “Bridging physics and biology teaching through modeling,” American Journal of Physics, 2014. Representative grants: Impact of the Summer Institutes on Faculty Teaching and Student Achievement, National Science Foundation ($476,147), 2014-17; Adopting Research-based Instructional Strategies for Enhancing STEM education, National Science Foundation ($1,990,279), 2014-17.

Mohammad HasanComputer Science and Engineering. Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2014; M.Sc., University of Dhaka, 2001; Master

of Applied Information Technology, Monash University, 2006; B.Sc., University of Dhaka, 2000. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Artificial intelligence and network science. Representative publications: “Topology Aware Convention Emergence, in the Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems,” AAMAS, 2014; “Emergence of Cooperation using Commitments and Complex Network Dynamics,” in the Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT-2013), 2013.

Adam LariosMathematics. Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2011; M.S., Western Washington University, 2006; B.S., Western Washington

University, 2004. Hometown: Seattle, WA. Area of focus: Partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, mathematical analysis, and computational science. Representative publications: Coauthored “Global well-posedness for the 2D Boussinesq system without heat diffusion and with either anisotropic viscosity or inviscid Voigt-alpha regularization,” J. Differ, Equations, 2013; coauthored “Numerical approximation of the Voigt regularization of incompressible NSE and MHD flows,” Comput. Math., 2012.

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Mike LippmanClassics and Religious Studies. Ph.D., Duke University, 2004; M.A., University of Vermont, 1997; B.A., Emory University,

1994. Hometown: Springfield, NJ. Area of focus: Ancient drama. Representative publications: “False Fortuna: Religious Imagery and the Painting Gallery Episode in the Satyricon,” Intende, Lector: Echoes of Myth, Religion and Ritual in the Ancient Novel, de Gruyter Press, eds. Futre-Pinheiro, Beck and Bierl, 2013; coauthored “Cleon’s Shields from Pylos and the Nike Temple Bastion: A Note on Knights,” 843-859, AJA, pp. 551-563, Fall 2006).

Colin MeiklejohnSchool of Biological Sciences. Ph.D., Harvard University, 2003; B.A., University of Chicago, 1996. Hometown: Lincoln,

NE. Area of focus: Genetics and evolution. Representative publications: Coauthored “The roles of cis- and trans-regulation in the evolution of sexually dimorphic gene expression and the accumulation of regulatory incompatibilities,” Genome Research, 2013; coauthored “Genetic conflict and sex chromosome evolution,” Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2010. Representative grant: The evolution of interactions affecting gene expression in Drosophila, NSF ($620,000), 2008-2012. Representative award: NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005-2007.

Kristi MontoothSchool of Biological Sciences. Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005; B.S., University of California, Irvine, 1998. Area of focus: Evolutionary

genetics and physiology. Representative publications: “Pleiotropic Effects of a Mitochondrial-Nuclear Incompatibility Depend upon the Accelerating Effect of Temperature in Drosophila,” Genetics, 2013; “Thermal adaptation of cellular membranes in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster,” Functional Ecology, 2014. Representative grant: CAREER: The physiology and genetics of adaptation in a complex environment, NSF ($1,052,975), 2012-2017. Representative award: NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH, 2006-2008.

Maital NetaPsychology; Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior. Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 2010; B.S., UCLA, 2002. Hometown: Monterey,

CA. Area of focus: Social neuroscience. Representative publications: “Separable responses to error, ambiguity, and reaction time in cingulo-opercular task control regions,” NeuroImage, 2014; “Neural responses to ambiguity involve domain-general and domain-specific emotion processing systems,” Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2013. Representative awards: William M. Smith Promise Award in the Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2010; AAAS/Science Excellence in Science Award, 2008-2010.

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Yumou QiuStatistics. Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2014; M.S., Peking University, 2010; B.S., Beijing Normal University, 2008. Hometown:

Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Inference on high-dimensional covariance matrices; high-dimensional statistical inference and applications in genetic analysis; empirical likelihood method and its application in spatial data. Representative publication: Coauthored “Test for Bandedness of High-dimensional Covariance Matrices and Bandwidth Estimation,” The Annals of Statistics 40 1285-1314, 2012. Representative awards: Snedecor Award, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, 2013; Laha Travel Award, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2013.

Heather Richards-RissettoAnthropology; Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. Ph.D., University of New Mexico,

2010. Hometown: Portland, ME. Area of focus: Mesoamerican archaeology, digital humanities, GIS, 3D visualization. Representative publications: Coauthored “Movement as a Means of Social Re(Production): Using GIS to Measure Social Integration in Urban Landscapes,” Journal of Archaeological Science 41: 365-375, 2014; coauthored “The MayaArch3D Project: A 3D WebGIS for Analyzing Ancient Maya Architecture and Landscapes at Copan, Honduras,” Literary and Linguistic Computing 2013, doi: 10.1093/

llc/fqt059, Oxford University Press, 2013. Representative award: National Science Foundation International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Office of International Science and Engineering, 2012-2013.

Sean TrundleHistory. Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2013; M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2009; B.A., Naropa University,

2002. Hometown: San Francisco, CA. Area of focus: Digital pedagogy, post-WWII cultural history. Representative awards: Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012; Biography Prize for Best Dissertation in Life Writing, Center for Biographical Research, 2013.

Alexander VazanskyHistory. Ph.D., Ruprecht-Karls-Universität (Heidelberg), 2009; M.A., Miami University (Ohio), 1999.

Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: History of postwar Germany and Europe. Representative publications: “Army in Anguish: The United States Army, Europe, in the Early 1970s,” GIs in Germany: The Social, Economic, Military, and Political History of the American Military Presence, edited by Detlef Junker and Thomas Maulucci, Cambridge University Press, 2013; “Civil Rights und Black Power in Rheinland-Pfalz,” Amerikaner in Rheinland-Pfalz: Alltagskulturelle Begegnungen, edited by Werner Kremp (Trier: WVT Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2009).

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Nathan WakefieldMathematics. Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, 2013; M.A., University of Northern Colorado, 2008; M.S., University of Colorado

Boulder, 2012; B.S., State College of Denver, 2006. Hometown: Gilcrest, CO. Area of focus: Arithmetic dynamics, post-secondary teaching and learning.

Tyler WhitePolitical Science.Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2010; M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2006; B.A.,

University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2003. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: International relations and national security. Representative publications: Coauthored “Human Security in the 21st Century: Surprising Policymakers and Defying Theories,” Routledge Press, 2014; coauthored “Closer to the Real Thing: Creating Realistic Intelligence Focused Simulations for College Students,” Journal of Intelligence Analysis, Summer 2014.

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Tammy BeckCBA Dean’s Office; Management. Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio, 2006; M.B.A., University of Houston, 1995; B.B.A.,

University of Texas, 1984. Hometown: Wharton, TX. Area of focus: Inter-

organizational collaboration; organizational resilience. Representative publications: Coauthored “Temporary, Emergent Interorganizational Collaboration in Unexpected Circumstances: A Study of the Columbia Space Shuttle Response Effort,” Organization Science, 2014; coauthored “A Complexity Perspective of a Meta-Organization Team: The Role of Destabilizing and Stabilizing Tensions,” Human Relations, 2014.

Heather ClemensFinance. M.A., Bellevue University, 2007; B.S.B.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1996.Area of focus: Actuarial science.

Jennifer DavidsonEconomics; Economic Education. M.Ed., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2010; B.A., California State University, Bakersfield,

2005. Hometown: Burbank, CA. Area of focus: Economic education, economics for teachers, principles of macro, principles of micro, and special topics in economics. Representative publications: “Math and the Real World: A High School Curriculum Guide for Teachers,” with the National Council for Economic Education, in press; coauthored “Elementary Banking: A Guide to Starting a Student Branch in Your Community,” 2012.Representative grant: Nebraska Council on Economic Education, (responsible for $200,000 budget), 2013-14. Representative award: Outstanding Graduating Senior in Economics, 2005.

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Jimmy DownesAccounting. Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2014; M.A.C.C, Kansas State University, 2008; B.S., Kansas State University,

2007. Hometown: Overland Park, KS Area of focus: Financial accounting.

Imran KhanMarketing. Ph.D., Kennesaw State University, 2014; M.B.A., University of South Alabama, 1995; B.S., University of South

Alabama, 1993. Hometown: Mobile, AL. Area of focus: B2B marketing.

Jin Yeub KimEconomics. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2014; M.A., University of Chicago, 2010; B.A., Yonsei University, 2007; B.S., Yonsei University,

2007. Hometown: Seoul, Republic of Korea. Area of focus: Microeconomic theory, game theory, mechanism design, political economy. Representative publication: Coauthored “The Strategy of Manipulating Joint Decision-Making,” Economics Letters, 123(2):127-130, 2014. Representative awards: G. Stigler Memorial Fund Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2013-2014; Graduate Scholarship, Kwanjeong Educational Foundation, 2008-2013.

Nichole MacDonaldGraduate Programs/M.B.A. Programs. M.B.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2006; B.S.B.A, University of Nebraska–

Lincoln, 2001. Hometown: Lincoln, NE.

Chad MardesenMarketing. M.B.A., Bellevue University, 2001; B.A., Iowa State University, 1993. Hometown: Omaha, NE. Area of focus:

Sales communication, advanced sales communication, amd sales management.

Jina MorrisSchool of Accountancy. M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1998; B.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1994. Hometown:

Denton, NE. Representative awards: Student Achievement Award, The Organization of Accredited Graduate Programs in Accounting, 1998; Graduated with Distinction from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1994.

Jing WangFinance. Ph.D., Purdue University, 2013; M.S., Boston College, 2008; B.S., Fudan University, 2007. Hometown: Shanghai, China. Area

of focus: Corporate finance. Representative publication: “Debt Covenant Renegotiations and Creditor Control Rights,” Journal of Financial Economics, 2014

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SCIENCES

Wayne BabchuckEducational Psychology; Anthropology; Sociology. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1997; M.A., University

of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1991; M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1982; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1978. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Qualitative research methods, grounded theory, ethnography, indigenous land rights and resource use, history of theory in the social sciences. Representative publications: Coauthored “Teaching Applied Anthropology and International Development in U.S. and Canadian Community Colleges,” Teaching Anthropology: SACC Notes, Vol 19, No. 1, Spring 2013; “Grounded Theory as a Family of Methods: A Genealogical Analysis to Guide Research,” U.S.-China Education Review, 1(3): 383-388, 2011. Representative awards: University of Nebraska–Lincoln Certificate of Recognition for Contribution to Students, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Parents Association and University of Nebraska Teaching Council, 2012 and 2013.

Hannah DitmarsSpecial Education and Communication Disorders. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2009; M.S., University of Nebraska–

Lincoln, 2008; B.A., Manchester College, 2004. Hometown: Pickerell, NE. Area of focus: Clinical audiology.

Judy HarveySpecial Education and Communication Disorders; Speech-Language Pathology. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2013; M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1992; B.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1989. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Adult and pediatric neurogenic communication disorders, especially acquired brain injury. Representative publications: Coauthored “Text-to-Speech Technology Effects on Reading Rate and Comprehension by Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury,” Brain Injury, 27 (12), 1388-94, 2013; coauthored “Using Text-to-Speech Technology to Support Reading: An Aphasia Case Study,” Communication Disorders Quarterly, 35 (1), 37-41, 2013.

Lori HoetgerCenter on Children, Families and the Law. J.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2014; M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2014; B.A., University of Notre Dame, 2009. Hometown: Northville, MI. Area of focus: Program evaluation, juvenile law.

Justin OlmansonTeaching, Learning and Teacher Education. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2011; M.Ed., University of Houston, 2001; B.A.,

Minnesota State University, Mankato, 1997. Hometown: Mankato, MN. Area of focus: Design, development, and implementation of

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literacy, writing, and expressive technologies in and beyond multilingual K-12 classrooms. Representative publications: Coauthored “Constellations of support and impediment: Understanding early implementation dynamics in the research and development of an online multimodal writing and peer review environment,” Journal of E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013; coauthored “New pedagogies of motivation: Reconstructing and repositioning motivational constructs in the design of learning technologies,” Journal of E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013. Representative grants: After School Achievement Program, Mayor’s Office, City of Houston ($90,000), 2001-2004; Texas Technology Infrastructure Fund Special Projects Grant, State of Texas ($40,000), 2002-2003. Representative awards: Institute of Education Sciences Postdoctoral Training Fellowship in Literacy, Technology, and Assessment, 2011-2014; Innovative Social Entrepreneurship Design and Development Award, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 2007.

Mackenzie SavaianoSpecial Education and Communication Disorders. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2014; M.Ed., CUNY Hunter College,

2009; B.S., New York University, 2006. Area of focus: Visual impairments. Representative publications: Coauthored “Reading comprehension for braille readers: An empirical framework for research,” International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2014; coauthored “Using repeated reading to

improve reading speed and comprehension in students with visual impairments,” Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013. Representative award: Outstanding Graduate Award, Council for Exceptional Children, 2014.

Lawrence ScharmannTeaching, Learning and Teacher Education. Ph.D., Indiana University, 1985; M.Ed., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

1980; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1978. Hometown: Point Pleasant, NJ. Area of focus: Teaching pedagogy. Representative publications: Coauthored “Defining versus describing the nature of science: A pragmatic analysis for classroom teachers and science educators,” Science Education, 1999; “Examining students’ views on the nature of science: Results from Korean 6th, 8th, and 10th graders,” Science Education, 2005. Representative grants: K-State TEACH Program, National Science Foundation (Washington, DC) ($875,359) (Principal Investigator), 2009-2014; Evidence-based inquiry into the distant, remote, or past (EIDRoP): Linking evidence to inference in the Kansas science classroom, National Science Foundation (Washington, DC) ($3.1 million) (Senior Collaborator), 2009-2014. Representative awards: Outstanding Paper Award (with Mark W. Winslow and John R. Staver), National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 2010; Outstanding Paper Award (with Ann Stalheim-Smith), Association of Science Teacher Educators, 1996.

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Katherine WesleyEducational Administration. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2012; M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2011; B.A., Washington State University, 2006. Hometown: Pana, IL. Area of focus: Community colleges and issues surrounding gender and leadership.

Natalie WilliamsChild, Youth and Family Studies. Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2008; M.A., University of Missouri, 2003; B.A., Colgate

University, 1998. Hometown: Bloomington, IN. Area of focus: Child health behaviors, child and family adaptation to childhood chronic illness, parenting, person-centered statistical approaches in family and pediatric psychology. Representative publications: Coauthored “An Introduction to Latent Variable Mixture Modeling (Part 1): Overview and Cross-Sectional Latent Class and Latent Profile Analyses,” Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2014; coauthored “An Introduction to Latent Variable Mixture Modeling (Part 2): Longitudinal Latent Class Growth Analysis and Growth Mixture Models,” Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2014.

Jiangang XiaEducational Administration. Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 2014; M.A., East China Normal University, 1997; B.S.,

East China Normal University, 1997. Area of

focus: K-12 leadership and policy analysis. Representative publications: Coauthored “Effects of traditional and non-traditional forms of parental involvement on school-level achievement outcome: An HLM study using SASS 2007-08,” The Journal of Educational Research, 2014; coauthored “The relationship between teachers’ and principals’ decision-making power: Is it a win-win situation or zero-sum game?” International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2012. Representative awards: Rising Star Award, College of Education and Human Science, Western Michigan University, 2014; Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award, Western Michigan University, 2012.

Christina YaoEducational Administration. Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2014; M.Ed., Loyola University Chicago, 2002; B.A.,

Marquette University, 2000. Hometown: Savannah, GA. Area of focus: Higher education administration. Representative publications: “Influence of Academically-Based Living-Learning Communities on Men’s Awareness and Appreciation for Diversity,” Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2013; coauthored “Enhancing Undergraduate Education: Examining Faculty Experiences during their First Year in a Residential College and Exploring the Implications for Student Affairs Professionals,” Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2011.

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Christos ArgyropoulosElectrical Engineering. Ph.D., Queen Mary-University of London (UK), 2010; M.Sc., The University of Manchester (UK),

2007; Diploma, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), 2006. Area of focus: Linear and nonlinear plasmonics and nanophotonics, metamaterials and their applications, antenna design, transformation optics, photonics, active, tunable and reconfigurable metadevices, microwave/mm-wave/THz engineering, novel optical interconnects, thermal emission from plasmonic structures, graphene nanophotonics, novel energy harvesting devices and computational electromagnetics. Representative publications: Coauthored “Giant nonlinear response from plasmonic metasurfaces coupled to intersubband polaritons,” Nature, 2014; coauthored “Nonlinear plasmonic cloaks to realize giant all-optical scattering switching,” Physical Review Letters, 2012. Representative grants: International Travel Grant, The Royal Academy of Engineering ($1,100), 2010; Marie Curie Actions Grant, European School of Antennas ($1,300), 2009. Representative awards: Junior Researcher Award of the Raj Mittra Travel Grant, IEEE, 2013; Full-time Research Scholarship, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 2007.

Bai CuiMechanical and Materials Engineering. Ph.D., Imperial College London, UK, 2011; M. Eng., Tsinghua University, China,

2008; B. Eng., Tsinghua University, China, 2006. Area of focus: Nuclear materials, high temperature materials, electron microscopy, corrosion. Representative publications: “Influence of irradiation damage on slip transfer across grain boundaries,” Acta Materialia, 2014; “Microstructural evolution during high-temperature oxidation of spark plasma sintered Ti2AlN ceramics,” Acta Materialia, 2012. Representative awards: Richard Brook Prize for Best Ph.D. in Ceramics in the UK, UK Centre for Structural Ceramics, 2012; Guastv Eirich Award, European Centre for Refractories, 2012.

Erica RyherdThe Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2006; B.S.,

Kansas State University, 2001. Area of focus: Architectural acoustics, noise control, and human response to the built environment. Representative publications: “Speech intelligibility in hospitals,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2013; “Linking acoustics and floor-plate shape qualities in healthcare settings,” Architectural Science Review, 2013. Representative grants: Sound Transmission Indoors–Study of Whole Houses, Federal Aviation Administration ($236,000), 2010-14; Improving the

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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Soundscape, Center for Outcomes Research and Public Health ($49,327), 2013-14. Representative awards: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. Top 5 New Faces of Engineering, 2008; Acoustical Society of America (ASA) F.V. Hunt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Acoustics, 2006.

Asregedew WoldesenbetThe Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2014; M.Sc., Oklahoma

State University, 2010; B.Sc., Bahir Dar University, 2005. Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Area of focus: Construction cost estimating, infrastructure asset management, construction data and information integration, data analytic (data mining), project management information systems, construction quality control and quality assurance, and advanced construction management. Representative publications: Coauthored “Daily Work Reports-Based Production Rate Estimation for Highway Projects,” ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2011; coauthored “Advanced Linear Scheduling Program with Varying Production Pates for Pipeline Construction Projects,” Automation in Construction, 2012. Representative awards: Transportation Research Board Travel Grant, Midwest Transportation Center, 2013; Dean’s List Fellowship, Oklahoma State University, 2011.

David YuillThe Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction. Ph.D., Purdue University, 2014; M.A., University

of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2003; B.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2001. Hometown: Winnipeg, Canada. Area of focus: Fault detection and diagnostics in air-conditioning equipment. Representative publications: “Evaluating the performance of FDD protocols applied to air-cooled unitary air-conditioning equipment,” HVAC&R Research, 2013; “Development of a Model Predictive Controller for Tankless Water Heaters,” HVAC&R Research, 2009. Representative grants: Development of an Accurate Feed-Forward Temperature Control Tankless Water Heater, U.S. Department of Energy ($519,571), 2005; Multiple Space Effects on Ventilation Efficiency in Standard 62.1, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers ($98,050), 2004. Representative awards: Distinguished Service Award, ASHRAE, 2013; Architectural Engineering Teaching Award, AESLAC, 2008.

Jinying ZhuCivil Engineering. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006; B.Eng., Zhejiang University, 1992.

Hometown: Round Rock, TX. Area of focus: Nondestructive testing (NDT) and sensing technologies for civil infrastructure,

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material characterization using ultrasonic wave, wave propagation. Representative publications: Coauthored “Leaky Rayleigh and Scholte waves at the fluid-solid interface subjected to transient point loading,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2004; coauthored “Imaging concrete structures using the air-coupled impact-echo,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2007. Representative grants: Development of air-coupled sensing technology for rapid evaluation of bridge decks, National Institute of Standards and Technology/Rutgers University ($650,000), 2010-2014; Non-Destructive Evaluation of In-Service Concrete Structures Affected by Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) or Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF) Texas Department of Transportation ($997,998) 2009-2012. Representative awards: American Society of Non-destructive Testing (ASNT) Fellowship Award, 2012-2014; ACI-James Instruments Research Award, American Concrete Institute, 2003, 2011, and 2012.

HIXSON-LIED COLLEGE OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS

Mitchell CritelJohnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. M.F.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2009; B.F.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2005. Hometown: Grand Island, NE. Area of focus: Technical direction, theatrical engineering, and construction management.

Joshua MadsenJohnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. M.F.A., University of Maryland, College Park, 2011; B.A., Weber State University, 2006.

Hometown: Washington, DC. Area of focus: Scenic design. Representative awards: Helen Hayes Award for Best Scenic Design for a Play 2011 and 2013; Best Scenic Design, KCACTF, 2004 and 2006.

Walker PickeringArt and Art History. M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008; B.F.A., Texas State University-San Marcos, 2004. Area

of focus: Photography and video.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Erica DeFrainUniversity Libraries. M.A., University of Arizona, 2004; M.S., University of Arizona, 2006; B.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2002. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Social sciences liaison. Representative publications: Coauthored “A new tool for online database instruction: Evaluating the effectiveness of the Guide on the Side,” Communications in Information Literacy, 2014; coauthored “Ice Ice Baby: Are Librarian Stereotypes Freezing Us out of Instruction?” In the Library with the Lead Pipe, 2014.

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Andrea DinkelmanUniversity Libraries. Pharm.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, 1991; M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,

2003; B.S., Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1984. Area of focus: Information literacy, collaborative teaching partnerships between librarians and faculty. Representative publications: Coauthored “The Role of Veterinary Medical Librarians in Teaching Information Literacy,” Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 2011; coauthored “Using an Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Undergraduates Communication and Information Literacy Skills,” Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 2010.

Jennifer ThoegersenUniversity Libraries. M.L.I.S, Oslo and Akershus University College, 2012; B.S., University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2009.

Hometown: Peru, NE. Area of focus: Data curation. Representative awards: Erasmus Mundus Scholar, European Commission, 2010-2012; Fulbright Fellow, Institute of International Education, 2013.

Harriet WintermuteUniversity Libraries; Discovery and Resource Management. M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011; B.A., Wellesley

College, 1995. Hometown: Saint Paul, MN. Area of focus: Metadata, special collections, and digital archives. Representative

publications: “Tech Services on the Web: WorldCat Identities,” Technical Services Quarterly, 2014; “Tech Services on the Web: Wunderlist,” Technical Services Quarterly, 2014.

INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Tony AdesemoyePlant Pathology; West Central Research and Extension Center. Ph.D., Auburn University, 2009; M.Sc., Lagos State University

(Nigeria), 2003; M.Sc., University of Lagos (Nigeria), 2004; B.Tech, Federal University of Technology (Nigeria), 1997. Hometown: Southwest, Nigeria. Area of focus: Biological control of plant pathogens, integrated pest and input management, soil microbiology and soil-borne pathogens. Representative publications: Coauthored “Identification of species of Botryosphaeriaceae causing bot gummosis in citrus in California,” Plant Disease, 2014; coauthored “Enhanced plant nutrient use efficiency with PGPR and AMF in an integrated nutrient management system,” Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 2008. Representative awards: Outstanding Ph.D. Students in Auburn University for 2007/2008, Auburn University Graduate School, 2008; Southern Division Annual Meeting Graduate Students’ Competition, American Phytopathological Society, 2007.

Simanti BanerjeeAgricultural Economics. Ph.D., Penn State University, 2010; M.S., Jadavpur University, 2004; B.S.,

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Jadavpur University, 2002. Area of focus: Environmental economics, experimental and behavioral economics.

Nicholas BrozovicRobert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute; Agricultural Economics. Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002; M.S., University

of Southern California, 1996; M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2000; B.A., Oxford University, 1993. Area of focus: Resource and environmental economics. Representative publications: Coauthored “The regulation of a spatially heterogeneous externality: Tradable groundwater permits to protect instream flows,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2013; coauthored “Modeling irrigation behavior in groundwater systems,” Water Resources Research, 2014. Representative grants: Coupling Hydrologic, Economic, and Social Network Models to Improve Understanding of Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions for Protection of Instream Flows, National Science Foundation ($999,000), 2007-2013; An online clearing house for trading resource use rights with environmental and spatial constraints, National Science Foundation ($50,000), 2013. Representative awards: Teacher Fellow Award, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, 2010; Faculty Fellow, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, 2012-2013.

Kelly BrunsWest Central Research and Extension Center. Ph.D., South Dakota State University, 2001; M.S., Michigan State University, 1995; B.S.,

University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1992. Hometown: Saint Libory, NE. Area of focus: Associate director, West Central Research and Extension Center. Representative publications: “The effect of stage of growth and implant exposure on performance and carcass composition in steers,” Journal of Animal Science, 2005; “The relationships among bodyweight, body composition, and intramuscular fat content in steers,” Journal of Animal Science, 2004. Representative grant: USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant, Honors in Agriculture, USDA ($138,629), 2011. Representative awards: North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, Teaching Award of Merit, NACTA, 2012; Young Teacher Award, Midwest Animal Science, 2007.

Virginia ChaidezNutrition and Health Sciences. Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2009; B.S., San Diego State University, 1999.

Hometown: Sacramento, CA. Area of focus: The role of child-feeding practices in obesity prevention, health disparities in Latinos, understanding predictors and influencers of population-based nutrition and health behaviors. Representative publications: “Sugary food purchases and child-feeding practices are associated with increased toddler anthropometric indicators,” Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2014 Jul-Aug; 46(4): 293-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.05.011. Epub 2013 Nov 1; “Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE): Comparison of gastrointestinal symptoms in a case-control study,” Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014 May; 44(5): 1117-27. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-1973-x. Representative

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grant: University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UCMEXUS) Dissertation Research Grant ($12,000), 2006-2007. Representative award: Top Ten Research Advances of 2013, Autism Speaks, 2013.

Soonkyu ChungNutrition and Health Sciences. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2006; B.S., Seoul National University, 1997; B.S.,

Seoul National University, 1995. Area of focus: Prevention of obesity and insulin resistance; adipose inflammation and obesity; brown adipogenesis. Representative publications: “Gamma-tocotrienol attenuates high fat diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance by inhibiting adipose inflammation and M1 macrophage recruitment,” International Journal of Obesity, 2014; “Dietary Cholesterol Promotes Adipocyte Hypertrophy and Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Visceral, but Not in Subcutaneous, Fat in Monkeys,” Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014. Representative grants: VLDL metabolism and insulin resistance in liver specific ABCA1 knockout mice, American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship ($80,000), 2008-2010; Gamma-tocotrienol: A Novel Regulator of White Adipocyte Hyperplasia and Inflammation, American Heart Association ($308,000), 2012-2016. Representative award: Young Investigator Award, American Heart Association (AHA), 2010.

Ozan Nazim CiftciFood Science and Technology. Ph.D., University of Gaziantep, 2009; M.S., University of Gaziantep, 2003;

B.S., University of Gaziantep, 2000. Area of focus: Food lipids and functionality, green biorefining, particle formation. Representative publications: “Melting point depression of solid lipids in pressurized carbon dioxide,” Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 2014; “Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of corn distiller’s dried grains with solubles: Experiments and mathematical modeling,” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2012. Representative awards: Erasmus Program Fellowship, European Commission Education and Training, 2006; Conference travel award, National Science Foundation-High Pressure Processes in Sustainable Energy, 2012.

Dipti DevChild, Youth and Family Studies. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013. Area of focus: Childhood obesity prevention.

Representative publications: Coauthored “Risk factors for overweight/obesity in pre-school children,” Childhood Obesity, 9, 399-404, 2013; coauthored “Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Benchmarks for Nutrition in Childcare (2011): Are childcare providers across context meeting recommendations?” Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 113, 1346-1353, 2013. Representative grants: An Ecological Approach to Family Style Dining: Encouraging Healthier Food Choices in Preschoolers in Childcare, The Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition ($18,000), 2014-2016; Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Programs: Development of a Web-based Instrument for Assessment and Evaluation, NE DHHS, UNL Extension ($45,000), 2014-2016. Representative awards:

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David H. Baker Nutrition Scholar Award Fund, Division of Nutritional Sciences Symposium University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Toshiro Nishida Research Award Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Roger ElmoreAgronomy and Horticulture. Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1981; M.S., University of Illinois, 1978; M.S., Illinois State

University, 1972. Hometown: Princeton, IL. Area of focus: Extension cropping systems. Representative publication: “Corn Growth and Development,” Iowa State Univ. Extension, 2011.

Sydney EverhartPlant Pathology. Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2012; M.S., University of Central Missouri, 2007; B.S., University of Iowa, 2005. Hometown:

Atlantic, IA. Area of focus: Impact of stress on emergence of fungicide resistance, with specific emphasis on the effects of sub-lethal fungicide exposure on genome evolution; population genetics, genomics, and molecular epidemiology of fungal plant pathogens.

Jackie FarrellNortheast Research and Extension Center. M.A., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2001; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

1998. Hometown: Schuyler, NE. Area of focus: 4-H and Youth Development.

Katie FinkSoutheast Research and Extension Center; The Learning Child. M.A., The Ohio State University, 2012; B.S., The Ohio State

University, 2005. Hometown: Cleveland, OH. Area of focus: Early childhood education.

Jaclynn FogedSoutheast Research and Extension Center. M.Ed., Doane College, 2012; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2004. Area of focus: Early

childhood education, child development, and curriculum and instruction.

Cory ForbesSchool of Natural Resources. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2009; M.S., University of Michigan, 2009; M.S., University of

Kansas, 2002; B.S., University of Kansas, 1999. Area of focus: Science education. Representative publications: Coauthored “Explanation-construction in 4th-grade classrooms in Germany and the United States: A cross-national comparative video study,” International Journal of Science Education, 36(14), 2367-2390, 2014; coauthored “Fostering student sense-making in elementary science learning environments: Elementary teachers’ use of science curriculum materials to promote explanation-construction,” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, (50)8, 887-1017, 2013. Representative grants: Principal Investigator, Modeling Hydrolic Systems in

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Elementary Science (MoHSES), National Science Foundation ($448,546), 2012-2015; Principal Investigator, Reflective Assessment for Elementary Science (RAES), Spencer Foundation ($39,932), 2014-2016. Representative awards: Early Career Research Award, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), 2014.

Hernan Garcia-RuizPlant Pathology; Nebraska Center for Virology. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006; M.S., Auburn University,

2000; B.S., Universidad Autonoma Chapingo (Mexico), 1994. Hometown: Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico. Area of focus: Antiviral RNA silencing. Representative publications: Coauthored “Arabidopsis RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and dicer-like proteins in antiviral defense and small interfering RNA biogenesis during Turnip Mosaic Virus infection,” Plant Cell 22(2): 481-496, 2010; coauthored “Inducible yeast system for Viral RNA recombination reveals requirement for an RNA replication signal on both parental RNAs,” J Virol 80(17): 8316-8328, 2006. Representative awards: Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008-2011; Best Student of Mexico, 1994.

Jill GoedekenNortheast Research and Extension Center. M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2013; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2007. Hometown: Utica, NE. Area of focus: 4-H Youth Development.

Patricio GrassiniAgronomy and Horticulture. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2010; B.A., University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), 2005.

Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Crop physiology, yield potential, yield-gap analysis, resource- and energy-use efficiency, and crop simulation models. Representative publications: “Distinguishing between yield advances and yield plateaus in historical crop production trends,” Nature Communications, 2014; “High yield maize with large net energy yield and low global warming potential,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2012. Representative grants: Global yield gap and water productivity atlas, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2011-2013; Benchmarking productivity and input use efficiencies of corn-based cropping systems in Nebraska, NE Corn Board, 2014-2015. Representative awards: Fulbright Scholar, 2007-2009; ASABE Blue Ribbon Award, Educational Aids Competition, 2013.

Martin HamelSchool of Natural Resources. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2013; M.S., South Dakota State University, 2006; B.S.,

Upper Iowa University, 2003. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Aquatic ecology. Representative publications: “Using mark-recapture information to validate and assess age and growth of long-lived fish species,” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2014; “Population Characteristics of Pallid Sturgeon in the Lower Platte River, Nebraska,” Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 2014.

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Baburao KambleSchool of Natural Resources. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2012; M.Engg, Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand),

2006; B.Tech, Konkan Agriculture University (India), 2004. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Remote sensing and GIS. Representative publications: “Estimating crop coefficients using remote sensing-based vegetation index,” Remote Sensing, 2013; “Evapotranspiration data assimilation with genetic algorithms and SWAP model for on-demand irrigation,” Irrigation Science, 2009. Representative awards: People’s Choice Vote for the Best Graduate Student Poster, Global Water for Food, 2012; Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2010.

Kaytlyn KennedySoutheast Research and Extension Center. M.S., University of Wyoming, 2011; B.S., University of Wyoming, 2009. Hometown: Shubert,

NE. Area of focus: 4-H Youth Development; Community Vitality (CVI).

Eric KnollAgricultural Leadership, Education and Communication. M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1985; B.S., University

of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1983. Hometown: Littleton, CO. Area of focus: Assistant professor of practice for skilled and technical sciences; teaching pedagogy.

Ron LewisAnimal Science. Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1990; M.S., Texas A&M University, 1986; B.S., University of California-Davis, 1981.

Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA. Area of focus: Animal breeding, quantitative and population genetics, applied statistics. Representative publications: Coauthored “Egg quality traits differ in hens selected for high as compared to low antibody response to sheep red blood cells,” Poult. Sci. 91:3025-3031, 2012; coauthored “Genetic evaluation of days to harvest in crossbred lambs,” J. Anim. Sci. 91:5153-5160, 2013. Representative grants: Engaging the New Biology: Integrating quantitative genetics and genomics in animal breeding graduate learning, USDA-NIFA Higher Education Challenge Grant ($700,141), 2011-2014; Enhancing the efficacy of the Norwegian sheep and goat breeding system, Norwegian Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders ($66,128), 2014-2015. Representative awards: XCaliber Award for Excellence, Interdisciplinary Team Making Outstanding Contributions to Technology-enriched Learning Activities, Center for Innovation in Teaching, Virginia Tech, 2013; Visiting Research Fellowship, Scottish Agricultural College (now SRUC), Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2002-present.

L.J. McElravyAgricultural Leadership, Education and Communication. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2014; M.S., University

of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2011; B.S., University

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of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2008. Hometown: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Area of focus: Youth civic leadership. Representative publication: Coauthored “Profiling the youth leader: Personality and emotional intelligence trends and their relationship to leadership skills,” Journal of Agricultural Education, 2013. Representative grant: Rural Community Engagement and Leadership Program, Rural Futures Institute ($25,000), 2014. Representative awards: Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2014; Holling Family Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2014.

Jacie MiliusSoutheast Research and Extension Center. M.Ed., Concordia University, 2014; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2011.Hometown:

Fairbury, NE. Area of focus: Child and youth development, community vitality.

Gota MorotaAnimal Science. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011; B.S., Obihiro

University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, 2008. Area of focus: Quantitative genetics. Representative publications: Coauthored “Genome-enabled prediction of broiler traits in chickens using genomic annotation,” BMC Genomics, 2014; coauthored “Predicting complex traits using a diffusion kernel on genetic markers with

an application to dairy cattle and wheat data,” Genetics Selection Evolution, 2014.

Nathan MuellerSoutheast Research and Extension Center. Ph.D., Kansas State University, 2012; M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2007; B.S.,

University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2005. Hometown: Hooper, NE. Area of focus: Cropping systems and agricultural technologies. Representative publications: Coauthored “Winter annual weed management and nitrogen rate effects on corn yield,” Agronomy Journal, 2013; coauthored Chapter 6: “Selecting Soybean Varieties,” iGrow Soybean: Best Management Practices for Soybean Production, 2013. Representative grants: Critically evaluating the interpretation of soybean plant analysis in the 21st century, South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council ($132,876), 2013; Field pea variety testing in South Dakota, South Dakota Pulse Council ($20,149), 2014. Representative awards: Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award in Crop Science, Crop Science Society of America, 2011; University of Nebraska Widaman Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2006.

Lia NogueiraAgricultural Economics. Ph.D., Washington State University, 2008; M.S., Washington State University, 2008; M.S. University of British

Columbia, 2004; B.S., Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

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(ITESM), 1999. Hometown: Mexico. Area of focus: International trade. Representative publications: “Linking Wine Consumers to the Consumption of Local Wines and Winery Visits in the Northern Appalachian States,” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2013; “Poverty Effects of Food Price Escalation: The Importance of Substitution Effects in Mexican Households,” Food Policy, 2012. Representative grants: Integrated Genomics and Management Systems for Control of Fire Blight, Specialty Crop Research Initiative Grant USDA, 2009-2012; Seafood Trade, Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy and Competitiveness Research Network, 2010-2011. Representative award: Dissertation Award, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium, 2008.

Jay ParsonsAgricultural Economics. Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2003; M.S., Colorado State University, 1993; B.A., Hastings College,

1987. Hometown: Bushnell, NE. Area of focus: Agricultural production systems, risk management, decision analysis.Representative publications: Coauthored “Wheat Variety Selection: An Application of Portfolio Theory in Colorado,” Western Economics Forum, 2012; coauthored “Extension’s Guide to Sexed Semen: A Dairy Case Study,” Journal of Extension, 2012. Representative grants: Variety Choice Decision Tool with Risk Management Considerations, Western Center for Risk Management Education ($46,384), 2009-2010; Risk Education Partnership with Colorado Livestock Producers, USDA-Risk Management Agency ($149,977), 2005-2006. Representative awards: Epsilon Sigma Phi Regional Team Recognition Award, Epsilon

Sigma Phi, 2005; Epsilon Sigma Phi State Team Award, Epsilon Sigma Phi, 2004.

Daren RedfearnAgronomy and Horticulture. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1995; M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1991; B.S.,

Texas Tech University, 1985. Area of focus: Beef systems. Representative awards: Educational Materials Awards Program Certificate of Excellence, American Society of Agronomy, 2012; Merit Award, American Forage and Grassland Council, 2005.

Kelley RicePanhandle Research and Extension Center. M.A., University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2008; B.S., Chadron State College, 1991.

Hometown: Bayard, NE. Area of focus: 4-H Youth Development.

Rebecca RostonBiochemistry. Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 2009; B.S., University of California-Davis, 2003. Hometown: Whittier, CA. Area of

focus: Plant lipid biochemistry. Representative publications: Coauthored “Structural determinants allowing transferase activity in SENSITIVE TO FREEZING 2, classified as a family I glycosyl hydrolase,” Journal of Biological Chemistry, forthcoming; coauthored “TGD1, -2, and -3 proteins involved in lipid trafficking form ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter with multiple substrate-binding

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proteins,” Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012. Representative awards: Postdoctoral Independent Career Potential Award, Michigan State University Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, 2012; Anton Lang Research Excellence Award, Michigan State University Plant Research Laboratory, 2013.

Daniel SchachtmanAgronomy and Horticulture; Center for Biotechnology. Ph.D., Australian National University, 1992; M.Sc., University of California-

Davis, 1988; B.Sc., University of California-Davis, 1982. Hometown: Chicago, IL. Area of focus: Root biology. Representative publications: Coauthored “Structure and transport mechanism of a high-affinity potassium transporter from higher plants,” Nature 370: 655-658, 1994; coauthored “Hydrogen peroxide mediates plant root cell response to nutrient deprivation,” Proceedings National Academy Science USA 101:8827-8832, 2004. Representative grants: A genomic and physiology approach to understanding the impact of fungal colonization on root metabolism and nutrient acquisition, NSF Environmental Genomics ($996,000), 2007-2010; Functional genomics of root growth and root signaling under drought, NSF USA Plant Genome ($4.5 million), 2002-2006. Representative awards: Monsanto Fellow, 2013; Peter Goldacre Medal, Australian Society of Plant Physiologists, 1999.

James SchnableAgronomy and Horticulture. Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 2012; B.A., Cornell

University, 2008. Hometown: Ames, IA. Area of focus: Comparative grain crop genomics. Representative publications: “Differentiation of the maize subgenomes by genome dominance and both ancient and ongoing gene loss,” PNAS, 2011; shared first-authorship “Following tetraploidy in maize, a short deletion mechanism removed genes preferentially from one of the two homeologs,” PLoS Biology, 2010. Representative grants: Field Deployable Cameras to Quantify Dynamic Whole Plant Phenotypes in the Field, Iowa Corn Growers ($45,000), 2014-2015; A Comparative Genomics Approach to Studying C4 Photosynthesis, National Science Foundation ($216,000), 2013-2014.

Jennifer SchoenNortheast Research and Extension Center. M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2013; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2011; B.S.,

University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2011. Hometown: Oxford, NE. Area of focus: 4-H Youth Development.

Charles SchroederRural Futures Institute. B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1973. Hometown: Palisade, NE. Area of focus: Rural community

development and revitalization. Representative awards: Oklahoma Humanities Council Community Leadership Award, 2011; University of Nebraska Ag Econ/Agribusiness Club Award for Outstanding Service to Agriculture, 1995.

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Strahinja StepanovicAgronomy and Horticulture. M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2013; B.S., University of Belgrade (Serbia),

2011. Hometown: Grant, NE. Area of focus: Cropping systems with limited water, crop modeling. Representative publications: “Impact of single and repeated flaming on yield and yield components of maize,” Organic Agriculture, 2013; “Tolerance of selected weed species to broadcast flaming at different application times,” Weed Technology, 2013. Representative awards: Dean’s Fellowship, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2014; Graduate Student Award, Great Plains Soil Fertility, 2014.

Laura ThompsonSoutheast Research and Extension Center. M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2014; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2012. Hometown: Falls City, NE. Area of focus: Cropping systems and agriculture technologies working with Nebraska’s on-farm research network.

Dirac TwidwellAgronomy and Horticulture. Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2012; M.S., Oklahoma State University, 2006; B.S., Missouri University

of Science and Technology, 2004. Area of focus: Ecosystem management and fire ecology. Representative publications: “The rising Great Plains fire campaign: Citizens’

response to woody plant encroachment,” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11:e64-e71, 2013; “National-scale assessment of ecological content in the world’s largest land management framework,” Ecosphere 4:art94, 2013. Representative grants: Learning from the Niobrara wildfire, The Nature Conservancy ($165,550) (with David Wedin and Walt Schacht), 2013-2016; Managing fuels while enhancing prairie chicken habitat, Joint Fire Science Program ($274,218) (with Oklahoma State University), 2014-2016. Representative awards: Excellence in Rangeland Research Award, Ecological Society of America Rangeland Ecology Section, 2011; Welder Wildlife Fellow, Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation, 2006.

Karin van DijkBiochemistry. Ph.D., Cornell University, 1998; M.S., Cornell University, 1995; B.A., Warren Wilson College, 1990. Hometown: Lincoln, NE.

Area of focus: Host-pathogen interactions, epigenetics, innate immunity, and algal lipid biology. Representative publications: Coauthored “Dynamic changes in genome-wide histone H3 lysine 4 methylation patterns in response to dehydration stress in Arabidopsis thaliana,” BMC Plant Biology, 2010; coauthored “The hrpK operon of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 encodes two proteins secreted by the type III (Hrp) protein secretion system: HopB1 and HrpK, a putative type III translocator,” J. Bacteriology, 2005. Representative grants: Plant chromatin remodeling in response to the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, National Science Foundation ($350,000), 2009-2012; Type III chaperones in the type III protein secretion system of Pseudomonas

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syringae, National Institutes of Health/NIGMS ($188,475), 2009-2014.

Bing WangFood Science and Technology. Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2011; M.S., China Agricultural University, 2007; B.S., China

Agricultural University, 2004. Hometown: China. Area of focus: Food safety risk assessment and veterinary epidemiology.Representative publications: “Salmonella enterica in swine production: Assessing the association between amplified fragment length polymorphism and epidemiological units of concern in swine production,” Appl Environ Microbiol, 77(22):8080-8087, 2011; “Evaluating the relative impact of swine deep tissue lymph nodes on Salmonella spp. contamination in ground pork using quantitative risk assessment,” Submitted to International Journal of Food Microbiology. Representative grant: Mitigating the Risk of Campylobacter spp. in Broiler Chicken Supply Systems Using Quantitative Microbial Risk assessment and Cost-effectiveness Approaches, UNL ($82,000), 2014-2017.

Jack WhittierPanhandle Research and Extension Center; Animal Science. Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1985; M.S., Utah State University, 1981; B.S.,

Utah State University, 1979. Hometown: Morgan, UT. Area of focus: Administration of Integrated Crop and Livestock Research and Extension in the Nebraska Panhandle District; continued interest in beef cow-calf production systems involving cost effective

winter nutrition programs and reproductive management systems. Representative publications: Coauthored “Effect of timed insemination following synchronization of ovulation using the Ovsynch or CO-Synch protocol in Beef Cows,” The Professional Animal Scientist 14:217-220, 1998; coauthored “Symposium Paper: Pre-Calving Nutrition and Management Programs for Two-Year-Old Beef Cows,” The Professional Animal Scientist 21: 145-150, 2005. Representative grants: Tri-State Ranch Management Practicum Beginning Rancher Education and Development Program, USDA-NIFA ($315,770), 2011-2014; 2006 Colorado Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University Mini-Grant Educational Efforts Related to Animal Premises Registration, Colorado Department of AG with USDA-APHIS Cooperative Agreement ($209,874), 2006-2007. Representative awards: Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Group Award, The American Agricultural Economics Association, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 2007; Provost’s Award for Creative Extension Programming by New Faculty, University of Missouri, 1988.

Dustin YatesAnimal Science. Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 2009; M.S., Angelo State University, 2006; B.S., Texas A&M University, 2004.

Hometown: Haskell County, TX. Area of focus: Stress physiology, fetal development, muscle growth and metabolism. Representative publications: Coauthored “Myoblasts from intrauterine growth-restricted sheep fetuses exhibit intrinsic deficiencies in proliferation that contribute to smaller semitendinosus myofibres,” Journal of

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Physiology, 2014; coauthored “Catecholamines mediate multiple fetal adaptations during placental insufficiency that contribute to intrauterine growth restriction: Lessons from hyperthermic sheep,” Journal of Pregnancy, 2011. Representative grant: Chronic Hypercatecholaminemia Evokes IUGR Pathology in Myoblasts and Skeletal Muscle of the Heat-Stressed Fetus, USDA ($125,630), 2012. Representative awards: NIFA Post-doctoral Fellowship Award, USDA, 2 years of post-doctoral research support, 2012-2014; Perinatal Biology Symposium Young Investigator Award, “Intrinsic deficiencies in myoblast proliferation result in less differentiated myoblasts and smaller myofibers in IUGR fetal sheep,” 2013.

Carmen ZafftAgricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; College of Engineering. Ph.D., University of Nebraska–Lincoln,

2013; M.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2007; B.S., University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 1999. Hometown: Lincoln, NE. Area of focus: Leadership development, scholarship of teaching and learning, leadership and racial identity.

Lirong ZengPlant Pathology; Plant Science Innovation Center. Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2005. Area of focus: Molecular plant-microbe

interactions, particularly the roles and mechanism by which ubiquitination regulates plant responses against biotic stresses, graduate education. Representative publications:

“The Tomato Fni3 Lys63-Specific Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme and Suv Ubiquitin E2 Variant Positively Regulate Plant Immunity,” Plant Cell, 2013; “A bacterial E3 ubiquitin ligase targets a host protein kinase to disrupt plant immunity,” Nature, 2007. Representative grants: Role of a Lys63-specific E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme/variant in plant innate immunity, PI, NSF, 2011-2014; Genome-wide identification and characterization of Tomato E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes in plant immunity, PI, USDA/NIFA, 2012-2014.

Arthur ZygielbaumSchool of Natural Resources; Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies. Ph.D.,

University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 2009; M.S.E.E., University of Southern California, 1975; B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 1968. Area of focus: Remote sensing detection and measurement of plant stress (water, nutrient deficiency, etc.). Representative publications: “Detection and measurement of vegetation photoprotection stress response using PAR reflectance,” Israel Journal of Plant Science, 2012; “Chloroplast avoidance movement causes increasing PAR reflectance in water stressed plants and may distort biophysical estimates based on spectral indices,” American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, 2013. Representative grants: Ecological Spectral Information System (ESIS): Integration of Spectral Data with Measurements of Vegetation Functional Traits, NASA ($75,665); Collaborative Research: Dimensions: Linking remotely sensed optical diversity to genetic phylogenetic and functional diversity to predict ecosystem processes, NSF ($721,075).

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