Great Plains Fellows: Education and Family Science

NameTitleInstitutionSpecialty
Bradley BaltenspergerProfessor Emeritus, Cognitive and Learning SciencesMichigan Tech UniversityGeography, agriculture, Central Great Plains settlement
Theresa CatalanoProfessor, Teaching Learning, and Teacher EducationUNLLanguage teacher education, migration
Rochelle L. DallaProfessor & Graduate Chair, Family and Consumer ScienceUNLFamilial dynamics, women and human trafficking
Nancy Engen-WedinLecturer, TLTE; Program Manager, Lied Center for Performing Arts; Coordinator, Indigenous Roots Teacher Education Program, College of Education and Human SciencesUNLEducation, Indigenous issues and education, arts and curriculum
Rebecca FaberAssistant Director, Assistant Professor, EnglishUNLEducation, career services
Ricardo GarciaProfessor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher EducationUNLCurriculum and foundations of education, English education
Maria Rosario de GuzmanProfessor, Youth Development Extension Specialist; Chair, TMFDUNLCulture, migration, family life
Edmund “Ted” HamannProfessor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationUNLEducation policy implementation across tiers, underserved student populations
Deryl K. Hatch-TocaimazaAssociate Professor, Educational Leadership & Higher EducationUNLCommunity college environments and equity related to place
Ruth HeatonProfessor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher EducationUNLMathematics education
Lydiah KirambaAssociate Professor, Teaching, Learning, & Teacher EducationUNLBilingual and ESL Education, Second/additional language acquisition and teacher education
Lisa KnocheResearch Assoc. Prof., Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, & SchoolsUNLAt-risk children and families, early care and education; Getting Ready Project Director
Marjorie KostelnikProfessor Emeritus, Child, Youth, & Family StudiesUNLEarly education, community coalition building
Gina KunzProject Co-Director, Carolina Family Engagement CenterUniversity of South CarolinaResearch on Children, Youth, Families & Schools
Ricardo MartinezAssistant Professor, EducationPenn StateCritical youth mathematics studies, participatory action research
Amanda MoralesAssociate Professor, Teacher, Learning & Teacher EducationUNLImmigrant, migrant and multicultural education
Moises PadillaDirector, Nebraska College Preparatory AcademyUNLEducation and college access and success for first-generation, low-income, and ethnic-minority students in the Great Plains
Aprille PhillipsAssociate Professor, Educational AdministrationUNKEducation policy implementation in minoritized communities
Debra PonecProfessor, EducationCreighton UniversityGuidance & counseling curriculum, relationships within school communities, immigrant students
Helen RaikesProfessor Emeritus, Child, Youth & Family StudiesUNLEarly care and education
R. McLaran SawyerProfessor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher EducationUNLEducation, history, curriculum, instruction
Susan M. SheridanAssociate Dean, Research and Creative Activity; George Holmes Prof., Educational Psychology; Director, Neb. Center for Research on Children, Youth, FamiliesUNLParent-teacher behavioral consultation
Stephen SwidlerProfessor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationUNLCultural learning, rural schools
Julie TippensAssociate Professor, Child, Youth & Family StudiesUNLForced migration and global health, social and structural determinants of refugees' health and wellbeing
Julia TorquatiProfessor, Family and Consumer ScienceUNLChild/development, early childhood education
L. James WalterAssoc. Dean, College of Education; Professor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning & Teacher EducationUNLCurriculum and instruction, school programs, high school instruction
Susan WunderAssociate Professor Emeritus, Teaching, Learning and Teacher EducationUNLSocial sciences education