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 |
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. |
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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. | ||