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.

Faculty Member

 

Professorship

 

Term Expiration

Sarah Edwards

 

Dr. Hollie Bethel Professorship
College of Education, Teacher Education

 

2021

Karen Fannin

 

Edwin Clark Diamond Professorship
College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media, School of Music

 

2022

Mahboub Baccouch

 

James M. Earl Diamond Professorship 
College of Arts & Sciences, Math

 

2020

Jennifer Riley

 

William C. Hockett Diamond Professorship
College of Business Administration, Accounting

 

2020

Roopa Venkatesh

 

William C. Hockett Diamond Professorship 
College of Business Administration, Accounting

 

2021

TBD

 

Paul Kennedy Diamond Professorship 
College of Education, Teacher Education

 

Rebecca Pasco

 

Margaret Killian Diamond Professorship
College of Education, Teacher Education 

 

2021

Chris Decker 

 

John Lucas Diamond Professorship 
College of Business Administration, Economics

 

2021

William Mahoney

 

Cheryl Prewett Diamond Professorship 
College of Information Science & Technology, Interdisciplinary Informatics

 

2020

Hugh Reilly

 

Robert Reilly Professorship 
College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media, Communication, School of Communication

 

2020

Robert Meier

 

David P. Scott Diamond Professorship
College of Public Affairs and Community Service, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

 

2022

Carson Holloway

 

Ralph Wardle Diamond Professorship
College of Arts & Sciences, Political Science

 

2021

TBD

 

Maj. Thomas A. and Beverly Ward Spencer Professorship 
College of Business Administration, Governmental Accounting