The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will award promotion and/or tenure to 89 faculty in 2018. Faculty will be honored April 24 during a celebration at the Rococo Theatre.
Faculty receiving honors are listed below. For more information, go to the 2018 Promotion and Tenure website.
2018 Promotion and Tenure List
Promoted to Full Professor and Granted Tenure
- Jian Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Promoted to Full Professor
Eve Brank, Psychology
Nicholas Brozovic, Ag Economics
Matthew Cohen, English
Joel Cramer, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Michael Dodd, Psychology
Iker Gonzalez-Allende, Modern Languages and Literatures
Aaron Holz, Art, Art History and Design
Matthew Jockers, English
Ayse Kilic, Natural Resources
Paul Kononoff, Animal Science
Christopher Marks, Music
Patrice McMahon, Political Science
Angela Pannier, Biological Systems Engineering
Petronela Radu, Mathematics
Matthew Spangler, Animal Science
Sharon Teo-Gooding, Theatre and Film
Steven Thomas, Natural Resources
Eric Thompson, Economics
Brian Wardlow, Natural Resources
Promoted to Full Professor of Practice
June Griffin, English
Linda Young, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Granted Tenure
- Haishun Yang, Agronomy and Horticulture
Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
Anthony Albano, Educational Psychology
Caroline Burberry, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Soonkyu Chung, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Jennine Crucet, English and Ethnic Studies
Elizabeth Enkin, Modern Languages and Literatures
Trenton Franz, Natural Resources
Lauren Gatti, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Douglas Golick, Entomology
Patricio Grassini, Agronomy and Horticulture
Jason Griffiths, Architecture
Ingrid Haas, Political Science
Michael Hebert, Special Education and Communication Disorders
Derek Heeren, Biological Systems Engineering
Tomas Helikar, Biochemistry
Justin Hurwitz, Law
Amitkumar Jhala, Agronomy and Horticulture
Yu Jin, Mathematics
Matthew Lambert, Special Education and Communication Disorders
John Loy, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Lorraine Males, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Fabio Mattos, Ag Economics
Colin McLear, Philosophy
Sidy Ndao, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Nora Peterson, Modern Languages and Literatures
Liyan Qu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amanda Ramer-Tait, Food Science and Technology
Wayne Riekhof, Biological Sciences
Sangjin Ryu, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Ty Schmidt, Animal Science
Amy Schmidt, Biological Systems Engineering
Clifford Stains, Chemistry
Gary Sullivan, Animal Science
Benjamin Terry, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Dirac Twidwell, Agronomy and Horticulture
Kara Viesca, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Ming Wang, Journalism and Mass Communications
Jifeng Yu, Management
Hongfeng Yu, Computer Science and Engineering
Jinying Zhu, Civil Engineering
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor and Granted Tenure
- Brett Stohs, Law
Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice
Aaron Duncan, Communication Studies
Michelle Hassler, Journalism and Mass Communications
Elina Ibrayeva, Management
Dipra Jha, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Scott Napolitano, Educational Psychology
Sam Nelson, Management
Shannon Rowen, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Manda Williamson, Psychology
Judith Wilson, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
Promoted to Full Research Professor
Ronald Faller, Civil Engineering
Michelle Graef, Center for Children, Families and the Law
Cody Knutson, Natural Resources
Daniel Snow, Natural Resources
Promoted to Research Associate Professor
Brian Bockelman, Computer Science and Engineering
Jennifer Nelson, Psychology
Promoted to Extension Educator
Karna Dam, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Metro
Lisa Poppe, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Metro
Tracy Pracheil, 4-H Youth Development
Robert Tigner, West Central Research and Extension Center
Promoted to Associate Extension Educator
Jennifer Epp, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Northeast
Jean Ann Fischer, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Jill Goedeken, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Northeast
Alyssa Havolvic, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Metro
Katie Pleskac, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Southeast
Laura Thompson, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Southeast
Tyler Williams, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Metro
