Faculty Coordinator

Susan C. Lawrence

History
623 Oldfather Hall
slawrence2@unl.edu
402-472-3240
Prof. Lawrence is a historian of medicine. Her research interests include the history of human dissection in medical education, and the way that new medical privacy laws affect historical research. She teaches HIST 228 The History of Medicine in Western Society, HIST 320 The History of American Medicine, and directs HMED 397, Directed Experiences in Health Care

 

Affiliated Faculty

David Cahan 

History
612 Oldfather Hall
dcahan@unlnotes.unl.edu
Prof. Cahan teaches the history of science. His primary research interests include the historical relationships of science and society since 1750, including the relationships of technological innovation to science and society, and issues of science and culture.

Dan Crawford

Classics & Religious Studies Dr. Crawford has taught on medical ethics and the relationships between science and religion.

James Guest

University Health Center
209 Adm UHC
jguest2@unl.edu
Dr. Guest is the medical director of the University Health Center. He teaches courses on death and dying in the Honors Program.

John Hibbing

Political Science
502 Oldfather Hall
jhibbing@unl.edu
Prof. Hibbing teaches on the interrelationships among genetics, environment and political behavior. His current research uses economic games, evolutionary theory and behavioral genetics to identify the deeper biological causes of social and political behavior.

Jody Koenig Kellas

Communication Studies
428 Oldfather Hall
jkellas2@unl.edu

Prof. Kellas studies interpersonal and family communication. Her current research interest focuses on health communication, specifically on narrative interventions that help families to cope with serious illness. She will begin teaching a course in Health Communication in the spring of 2014.

Christopher Kelly

Gerontology
310 Nebraska Hall
ckelly3@unl.edu
Prof. Kelly teaches Introduction to Geronology and Politics and Aging. His research interests include nursing home regulations and comparative studies of states' programs for aging.

Julie Masters

Gerontology
310 Nebraska Hall
jmasters@unomaha.edu
Prof. Masters teaches a number of Geronlogy courses, including Death and Dying. Her research interests include aging prisoners, the impact of early onset Alzhiemer's Disease on caregivers, and end of life planning among Nebraskans.


Mary McGarvey

Economics
351 CBA
mmcgarvey1@unl.edu
Prof. McGarvey's research interests include health and education policy. She teaches the ECON 389 Current Economic Issues: Health Care


Julia McQuillan

Sociology
706 Oldfather Hall
jmcquillan2@unl.edu
Prof. McQuillan is currently the Director of the Bureau of Sociological Research. Her research focuses on social inequalities, health and gender. She has studied the psychological consequences of infertility, on medical help-seeking for infertility and on the importance of motherhoon in women's lives.


Deborah Minter

English
219 Andrews Hall
dminter1@unl.edu
Prof. Minter developed ENGL 210I Illness and Health in Society. She was the previous coordinator of the Humanities in Medicine Program and launched the HMED minor.

Danial Osborn

Anthropology
834 Oldfather Hall
dosborne2@unl.edu
Prof. Osborn's field is biological anthropology, particularly skeletal biology, nutrition, human adaptation, growth and development and evolutionary medicine.

Mary Willis

Anthropology
928 Oldfather Hall
mwillis2@unl.edu
Prof. Willis works on dental and medical anthropology, with a particular interest in cross-cultural health and health in refugee populations.