Fellows constitute the core of the intellectual community that is the Center. They publish research and book reviews in the Center’s journals, give talks as Olson Lecturers, write for the Center’s book series, speak at annual Great Plains symposia, advise the Great Plains Art Museum. They sit on the Board of Governors and choose the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize winner. Their work helps the Center meet its mission of increasing understanding of and appreciation for the people, cultures, and natural environment of the Great Plains.
Welcome new Fellow and Affiliate Fellow
The Center welcomes new Fellows / Affiliate Fellows for 2022:
Geoscientist, School of Natural Resources, UNL
Specialties: Geology and hydrogeology with an emphasis on western Nebraska
Journals Assistant, Center for Great Plains Studies, UNL
Specialties: World War II history on the Great Plains
Associate Professor, Anthropology, UNL
Specialties: Forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, forensic taphonomy related to the discovering the post-mortem interval or time since death of forensic case work within the Great Plains; also, environmental archaeology with a specialty in animal bones from archaeological sites (zooarchaeology)
Education and Outreach Coordinator, Mid-America Transportation Center, UNL
Specialties: Philosophy, Native American philosophy, Native American student success
Assistant Professor, Limnologist/Aquatic Ecologist, School of Natural Resources, UNL
Specialties: Biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, phosphorus cycling, lake, stream, and river ecosystems
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Director of the Cedar Point Biological Station, UNL
Specialties: Predator-prey ecology, climate adaptation, and eco-evolutionary dynamics
Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Director of Native American Studies, UNO, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
Specialties: Native American religious traditions, religion and popular culture, Native American history
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, UNK
Specialties: Spanish language, educational policy and practice impacting Latinx students
Director, Schwalb Center for Israel and Jewish Studies, UNO
Specialties: Jewish and African American history in the Great Plains with an emphasis on race and gender
Lakota/Taino, Assistant Professor of History and Native American Studies, UNO
Specialties: Great Plains Studies, Lakota language, Native American women, construction of Native American identities in the early twentieth century
Associate Professor, Educational Administration, UNL
Specialties: Community college environments and equity related to place
Assistant Professor, Teaching, Learning, & Teacher Education, UNL
Specialties: Bilingual and ESL Education, Second/additional language acquisition and teacher education
Associate Professor and Associate Dean, University Libraries, UNL
Specialties: Academic libraries, research libraries, technology and cultural heritage, digital humanities/scholarship
Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, UNL
Specialties: Social-ecological rangeland science, human dimensions of natural resources, ecosystem resilience
Assistant Professor of History and Ethnic Studies, UNL
Specialties: Mexican American, Chicanx and Latinx communities in the U.S. with an emphasis on race, gender and education in the American West
Associate Professor, Educational Administration, UNK
Specialties: Education policy implementation in minoritized communities
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education, UNL
Specialties: Transracial adoption and multicultural families
James R. Schumacher Chair of Ethics and Professor in the Goodrich Scholarship Program, UNO
Specialties: Folklore, creative thinking and expression
Collections Manager, Great Plains Art Museum, Center for Great Plains Studies, UNL
Specialties: Digital humanities, museum studies, digital asset management
Associate Professor of Spanish, UNK
Specialties: Themes of culture, nationality, and ethnicity; theatre, film, and narrative
University Archivist & Digital Repository Manager, UNK
Specialties: Oral history, Nebraska, women's and gender studies, Latinx immigration
Assistant Geoscientist, School of Natural Resources, UNL
Specialties: Environmental science
Associate Professor of Art, UNL
Specialties: Interdisciplinary art, street art
AFFILIATE FELLOWS
Journalist, Managing Editor, Indianz.com, Rosebud Sioux
Specialties: Native American issues, higher education, leadership
Associate Professor, Kansas State University
Specialties: Landscape ecologist interested in how landscape change affects wildlife populations
Executive Director, Great Plains Black History Museum, Adjunct Professor, Bellevue University
Specialties: Regional history, education, management, leadership
Lecturer and Director of the Blue Galleries, Department of Art, Design, and Visual Studies, Boise State University
Specialties: Visual art, intersections of art and ecology
Associate Professor, Native American Studies, Montana State University, Northern Cheyenne Nation
Specialties: Indigenous governance, traditional law, sovereignty, treaty rights
Co-Director, Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples, a program of Friends Peace Teams
Specialties: Education and advocacy for Indigenous peoples' rights, racial and environmental justice
Visual artist, Enrolled member of Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Lakota Nation
Specialties: Mixed media visual arts, community programming, and healing arts collaboration
ACLS Postdoctoral Fellow in Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Specialties: American Indian & Indigenous history, race, ethnicity, and Indigeneity, settler colonialism, decolonization, transitional justice
Biology, University of Arkansas
Specialties: Natural history of Great Plains organisms, ecological catastrophes
Oglala Lakota/Cheyenne, Leader People of the Sacred Land
Specialties: Federal Indian Policies, Treaties, American Indian History (Plains specific)
FELLOW NOMINATION PROCEDURE
Next nomination period: October 2022
Fellows of the Center shall include scholars presently holding regular appointments at the University of Nebraska who are concerned with the past, the present, and the future of the Great Plains. Candidates for this status must be nominated by a Fellow and must present evidence of a research, teaching, or public service commitment to the Plains region. Fellows are elected upon recommendation of the Nominating Committee and by a majority of the Board of Governors.
Membership (Governance Document, Article IV, Section 1)
Procedure
Upon receipt of the nomination at the Center, it will be sent to the Nominations Committee for their consideration. Following approval, they forward the nomination in the form of a seconded motion to the twelve-person Board of Governors. The Board of Governors votes on acceptance of the nominee. The Director of the Center for Great Plains Studies will notify the nominee and the nominator of the results of the Board action.
Other
No fee is required for designation as a Fellow. Fellows are kept apprized of all Center activities via email, especially the seminars and annual interdisciplinary symposia. Fellows have the opportunity to work with the Center on projects, lectures, and symposia.
AFFILIATE FELLOW NOMINATION PROCEDURE
Affiliate Fellows of the Center shall include persons who have a professional interest in the Great Plains and the purposes and program of the Center and are not presently holding regular appointments at the University of Nebraska. Candidates for election must be nominated by a Fellow. The nominator must present evidence of a research, teaching or public service commitment to the Plains region. Affiliate Fellows shall also include any Fellow who no longer has an appointment at the University of Nebraska and who has not provided the Director with a signed letter resigning his or her Center affiliation. Affiliate Fellows shall be elected in the same manner as Fellows, but they shall not have voting privileges.
Membership (Governance Document, Article IV, Section 2)
Procedure
Upon receipt of the nomination at the Center, it will be sent to the Nominations Committee for their consideration. Following approval, they forward the nomination in the form of a seconded motion to the twelve-person Board of Governors. The Board of Governors votes on acceptance of the nominee. The Director of the Center for Great Plains Studies will notify the nominee and the nominator of the results of the Board action.
Other
No fee is required for designation as an Affiliate Fellow. Affiliate Fellows are kept apprized of all Center activities via email, especially the seminars and annual interdisciplinary symposia. Affiliate Fellows have the opportunity to work with the Center on projects, lectures, and symposia.
Fellows by expertise
AdministrativeAgricultural Economics
Agronomy/Horticulture
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Art & Art History
Bio Systems Engineering
Biology
Business/Economics
Classics/Religions Studies
Communications
Community/Regional Planning
Earth/Atmosphere
Education, Family Science
English
Entomology
Ethnic/Native Am. Studies
Geography/Geology
History
Journalism/Media
Languages
Law
Medicine/Dentistry
Museum/Archives
Music
Natural Resources/Environ.
Place Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Textiles, Merch., Fashion
Women's and Gender Studies
Other
Thank you to Matt Bokovoy for keeping the information on our Fellows pages up to date.