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Alumni Professorships

The UNO Alumni Association provides 12 professorships, which have totaled more than $1.2 million since they were instituted in 1983 during UNO’s Diamond Jubilee celebration. The professorships recognize distinguished faculty performance in teaching and research. Professorships were named in honor of longtime faculty members who served with distinction in their respective academic areas.

Alumni Professorships

College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Teacher Education

Kelly Gomez Johnson, Ed.D.
Term Expiration: 2026

College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media
School of Music

Amy Milicent Morris
Term Expiration: 2026

College of Arts & Sciences
Math

Betty Love, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2026

College of Business Administration
Accounting

Jennifer Riley, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2026

Wikil Kwak, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2026

College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences 
Special Education and Communication Disorders

Beth Leader-Jenssen, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2024

College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Health and Kinesiology

Danae Dinkel, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2024

College of Business Administration
Management

Steven A. Schulz, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2024

College of Information Science & Technology
Interdisciplinary Informatics

TBA
Term Expiration: TBA

College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media
School of Communication

Chin-Chung Chao, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2026

Heather Hundley, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2024

College of Public Affairs and Community Service
School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Tara Richards, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2026

College of Arts & Sciences
Political Science

Carson Holloway, Ph.D.
Term Expiration: 2024

College of Business Administration
Governmental Accounting

Aaron Knape, CPA
Term Expiration: 2025