Affiliate Fellows of the Center include those 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.
They include more than 200 professionals from 122 institutions in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia.
Donna Akers
Director, Interdisciplinary StudiesUniversity of Texas Arlington
Native American history, race, gender, ethnicity, comparative colonialism
Armando Alonzo
Associate Professor, HistoryTexas A&M
Mexican American, Texas, and Spanish Borderlands history
Eric Anderson
Associate Professor, EnglishGeorge Mason University
Native American Literature, indigenous studies
Nico Arcilla
PresidentInternational Bird Conservation Partnerhip
Avian ecology, migration, and conservation
Peter Argersinger
Professor, HistorySouthern Illinois University
Populsim, politics, electoral processes
Bradley Baltensperger
Professor, Chair Cognitive and Learning SciencesMichigan Tech University
Geography, agriculture, Central Great Plains settlement
Douglas Bamforth
Professor, AnthropologyUniversity of Colorado-Boulder
Human use of the Plains, long-term environmental change
Randy Bertolas
Geography Professor, Chair of the Department of History, Politics, and GeographyWayne State
Recreation, tourism and sports; natural disasters; geography education; and utilizing GIS in mapping
Kent Blansett
Langston Hughes Associate ProfessorUniversity of Kansas
Native American, modern U.S., Global Indigenous history
Brian Blouet
Huby Professor, Geography & International EducationWilliam & Mary
Political geography, US settlement
Rob Bozell
Program Manager, Highway Archaeology ProgramNebraska State Historical Society
Paleoenvironment, culture change
John Braeman
ProfessorUniversity of Illinois
Early 20th Century history, New Deal era
Richard Breaux
Assistant Professor, Ethnic StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin-La Crosse
African American history, education history, black education
Pamela Brink
PresidentAssociated Authors & Editors, Inc.
English, Women's Studies, Shakespeare
Charles Brown
Professor, Biological SciencesUniversity of Tulsa
Social behavior in vertebrates, cliff swallow
Brian Cannon
Professor, History, Director of the Charles Redd Center for Western StudiesBrigham Young University
Intermountain West
Laura Cannon
Former Assistant Professor, HistoryUNK
U.S.-Mexico borderlands, labor history, and citizenship and civil rights
Gustavo Carlo
Millsap Professor of Diversity, Human DevelopmentUniversity of Missouri
Prosocial and moral development among children and adolescents, Latino families and youth
Francine Carraro
Executive Director, Wichita Falls Museum of ArtMidwestern State University
Wildlife art, art history, Texas art
Robert Carriker
Professor, HistoryGonzaga University
Jesuit missionaries, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Columbia River
James Carroll
Professor, Chair, HistoryIona College
Native American history, education and pedagogy, transnational studies
David Carter
Associate Prof., Forensic ScienceChaminade University
Forensic taphonomy, postmortem microbiology, estimating postmortem interval
Elizabeth Chase
Executive DirectorNebraska Main Street Network
Community and regional planning, historic main streets
Brett Chloupek
Assistant Professor, GeographyNorthwest Missouri State University
Cultural, political, and historical geography, the geography of religion
Paul Christensen
Professor, EnglishTexas A&M
20th Century American poetry, Southwestern life and literature, creative writing
Thomas Clark
Associate Professor, HistorySacramento State University
Urban history, history of crime and poverty
Richmond Clow
Professor, Native American StudiesUniversity of Montana
Tribal resource management, politics on Montana's Reservations
Margaret Coel
Writer, Guest LecturerBoulder, Colo.
The West: the mountains, plains, and vast spaces
Allison Hedge Coke
Artist-in-Residence, EnglishUniversity of Central Oklahoma
Native Americans, poetry, nonfiction, landscape
Kyle Conway
Associate ProfessorUniversity of Ottawa
Communication, border studies, Social effects of oil exploration
Nancy Cook
Associate Professor, EnglishUniversity of Montana
Western American studies, literature of place, literature and the environment
Sam Cordes
Co-Director, Center for Regional DevelopmentPurdue University
Agricultural economics, poverty analysis, social issues
Sara Crook
Prof., History and Political SciencePeru State College
United States Congress and Nebraska Politics
Greg Davis
Associate Professor, HorticultureKansas State University
Horticulture design applications, landscape plant establishment
Catherine De Almeida
Assistant Professor, Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Washington
Rural landscapes, Nebraska's brick industry, brownfield remediation
Karie Decker
Assistant Division Administrator-Wildlife ResearchNebraska Game & Parks
Research, analysis and inventory for parks, avain research projects
Paul Demers
Project ManagerR. Christopher Goodwin & Associates
Historical archaeology, archaeology of borderlands, frontiers, military sites, emigrant trails
Anne Diffendal
Consulting Archivist/HistorianManagment of cultural institutions, management for archivists, political sciences, American history
Joshua Dolezal
Associate Professor, EnglishCentral College
American literature, Willa Cather, sustainability
Betsy Downey
Professor, HistoryGonzaga University
Environmental studies, Mari Sandoz, Cold War, Yellowstone
Joseph Dupris
AttorneyOregon
Environment, Native Americans
William E Easterling
Director of Geosciences DirectorateNational Science Foundation
Climate change and agriculture, food supply
Kalenda Eaton
Associate Professor, The Clara Luper Department of African & African American StudiesUniversity of Oklahoma
Black American West, African American literature, Women’s Studies, Africana Studies
Walter Echo-Hawk
SpeakerOklahoma
Native American history and law, indigenous art and culture, environment
Aris Efting
FacultyBard High School Early College
Aquatic ecology, climate change and water quality, freshwater quality
Mark Eifler
Associate Professor, HistoryUniversity of Portland
History, North American frontiers, American history, Ethnic Studies, Native American Studies
Lisa Emmerich
Professor, HistoryCalifornia State University
American history, Office of Indian Affairs, California Indians
W Sue Fairbanks
Professor, Natural Resource Ecology and ManagmentOklahoma State University
Wildlife Biology, wildlife and grassland interactions, behavioral ecology
William Farr
Prof., History; Director, O'Conner Center for the Rocky Mountain WestUniversity of Montana
Blackfoot Indians, Montana History, Native Americans
Elizabeth Fenn
Professor, HistoryUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Early American West, Native American history
Bernard Flaman
Conservation ArchitectPublic Works and Government Services Canada
Architecture of Canada and Saskatchewan
Elizabeth Franklin
Professor, Hispanic StudiesUniversity of Northern Colorado
Hispanic Studies, literacy in bilingual classrooms
Glen Fredlund
Associate Professor, GeographyUniversity of Wisconsin-Mil
Geography, anthropology, geomorphology
Kent Fricke
Small Game CoordinatorKansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Wildlife ecology
Jacob Friefeld
Illinois and Midwest Studies Research Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and MuseumKansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Public history, nineteenth-century studies, homesteading
Christian Fritz
Henry Weihofen Chair in LawUniversity of New Mexico
U.S. legal history, Western legal history, California history
John Gaber
Professor, Political ScienceUniversity of Arkansas
Urban planning, community economic development, social planning
Sharon Gaber
Provost, Vice Chancellor, Academic AffairsUniversity of Arkansas
Philosophy, city, community and regional planning, housing
Pamela Gossin
Professor, Arts and HumanitiesUniversity of Texas-Dallas
History of Science and interdisciplinary Literature and Science studies
H Roger Grant
Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor, HistoryClemson University
American railroad, transportation history
Andrew Graybill
Prof., Co-Director, Clements Center for Southwest Studies North American WestSouthern Methodist University
North American West history of expansion, borders, race, violence
Sara Gregg
Associate Prof., Environmental HistoryUniversity of Kansas
Agricultural production and environmental change
Brian Gribben
Coordinator, Government Information, Archives, & Special Collections – Forsyth LibraryFort Hays State University
German immigration, Populism, freethought
Ronald Griffin
Professor, LawFlorida A&M University
International trade and sales, international law
P Jane Hafen
Professor, EnglishUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas
Native American Studies, American literature, American West
Evelyn Harris Haller
Professor, Chair, EnglishDoane College
Willa Cather, Virginia Woolf, Erza Pound
Pekka Hamalainen
Rhodes Professor of American HistorySt Catherine's College at University of Oxford
Borderlands, Plains Indian trade, fur trade, Santa Fe Trail
John P. Hankey
Historian and Cultural Resource ConsultantOmaha, Neb.
History of technology, American railroading
Karen Hansen
Professor, Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality studiesBrandeis University
Contemporary families, historical sociology, and the sociology of gender
James Hanson
Historian, EditorMuseum of the Fur Trade
American history, trans-Mississippi west, western expansion, plains Indian anthropology
Sharon Harris
Professor, EnglishUniversity of Connecticut
19th Century U.S. Literature, women and reform movements; feminist literary theory
Ed Harvey
Water Resources DivisionNational Park Service
Hydrogeology, hydrology, water resource management and planning, national water policy
Dennis Hastings
Founder, directorOmaha Tribal Historical Research Project, Inc.
Genealogical research, Omaha language, religion, music
Cody Havard
Associate Professor, Sport CommerceUniversity of Memphis
Rivalry, in-group bias, fan and consumer behavior
John Heaston
Director, Platte River ProgramThe Nature Conservancy
Water management, Platte River, anthropology, conservation planning
Robert Hitchcock
Professor, GeographyMichigan State University
Anthropology, human ecology of populations in arid and semi-arid ecosystems
Johnathan Hladik
Energy Policy AdvocateCenter for Rural Affairs
Farm landscape, environmental policy, clean energy
W. Wyatt Hoback
Assistant Professor, Entomology and Plant PathologyOklahoma State University
Entomology, limnology, biology, plants and animals, conservation
Donovan Hofsommer
Professor, HistorySt. Cloud State University
Transportation history, American West, Minnesota, public history
Michel Hogue
Associate Professor, HistoryUniversity of Carleton
Metis, the fur trade, and first peoples of the Great Plains
Drake Hokanson
Assist. Prof., Mass CommunicationsWinona State Unviersity
Great Plains photography, grain elevators, nonfiction writing
Daniel Holtz
Professor, EnglishPeru State College
Nebraska Literature, preparing secondary English teachers
Craig Howe
DirectorCenter for American Indian Research and Native Studies
Tribal history, museum exhibits
LeAnne Howe
Eidson Distinguished Professor in American Literature, Department of EnglishUniversity of Georgia
American Indian Literature, theater
Robert Hower
Professor, Chair, Art & Art HistoryUniversity of Texas at Arlington
Art, interactive projects, computer graphics
Jim Hoy
Professor, EnglishEmporia State University
Great Plains folklore, American Indian literature, Australian outback
Philip Hull
Director, International ProgramsUniversity of Central Missouri
Study abroad, exchange students, international programs
Douglas A. Hurt
Assistant Teaching Professor, Geography, Director of Undergraduate StudiesUniversity of Missouri
Cultural and Historical Geography, Geography Education, North America
R. Douglas Hurt
Professor, Dept. Head, HistoryPurdue University
American agriculture, American West, Midwest history
Andrew Isenberg
Professor, Chair, HistoryTemple University
American West, environmental history, bison, native/settler encounters
Thomas Isern
Professor, HistoryNorth Dakota State University
North American plains history, history of agriculture
David Jachowski
Assistant Professor, Wildlife EcologyClemson University
Black-footed ferret, Great Plains animals
Wes Jackson
PresidentThe Land Institute
Natural systems agriculture, botany, plant genetics, biology
Elizabeth Jameson
Associate Professor, HistoryUniversity of Calgary
Women's history in the American West
Mary Liz Jameson
Associate Professor, BiologyWichita State University
Entomology, biodiversity,
conservation, zoology
Matthew Jockers
Dean, College of Arts and SciencesWashington State University
Irish immigrants, place-based literature, digital humanities
Anthony Joern
Professor, BiologyKansas State University
Insect community ecology, insect/ plant interactions, grasslands
Annika Johnson
Associate Curator of Native American ArtJoslyn Art Museum
Native American arts and culture, institutional futures
David Johnson
Professor, SociologyPenn State University
Measurement techniques, structural equation models
Matthew Jones
Native historianLincoln, Neb.
Native American studies, tales, beast fables, creation stories
Brennan Jordan
Associate Professor, Sustainability and EnvironmentUniversity of South Dakota
volcanology, geodiversity, tourism
Toby Jurovics
Chief CuratorJoslyn Art Museum
19th, 20th Century photography and art of the American West
Yasuhide Kawashima
Professor, HistoryUniversity of Texas at El Paso
American history, colonial history, history of the Far East
Martha Kennedy
Independent historianFairfax, Va.
American cartooning history, caricature, illustration
Todd Kerstetter
Associate Prof., History & GeographyTexas Christian University
19th- and 20th-Century Trans-Mississippi West, religion, popular culture (art, music)
Jon Kilpinen
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Professor, GeographyValparaiso University
American historical geography, Europe, political geography, GIS
Joni Kinsey
Professor, Art & Art HistoryUniversity of Iowa
Plains art, surveying of the American West, 18th through 20th Century American art
Amy Koch
Highway ArcheologistNebraska State Historical Society
Archaeology, Sandhills, paleoecology
Alan Kolok
Professor and DirectorIdaho Water Resources Research Institute
Water resources, citizen science, water, public health, environmental epidemiology
Nancy Tystad Koupal
DirectorSD State Historical Society Press
American literature, South Dakota, Dakota women, children's literature
Dennis Kuhnel
DirectorHudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center
Archaeology, Native American literature, environmental law
Rebecca Lacome
Steven Mather Training DepartmentHarper Ferrys Center
Biological diversity, natural history of the prairies, Mammoth Cave National Park, folklore
Lori Ann Lahlum
HistoryMinnesota State University in Mankato
American West, women's and gender history, and Norwegian America
David Landis
DirectorCity of Lincoln Urban Development
Political science, history, law, public administration
Brent Lathrop
Director, Southeast WyomingThe Nature Conservancy
Community and regional planning, geography
Kenneth Leyton-Brown
Professor, HistoryUniversity of Regina
Canadian legal history, Saskatchewan legal history
Brad Lookingbill
Professor, HistoryColumbia College Missouri
American military history, American Indian history
John Ludwickson
Highway ArcheologistNebraska State Historical Society
Prehistory and history of Plains and Midwestern Native Americans, archaeology, 19th Century military
Vicki Braglio Luther
Co-DirectorHeartland Center for Leadership Development
Educational leadership, community development
Don Macke
Co-DirectorRUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
Economics, economic development, environmental studies
Margaret MacKichan
Director, Great Plains Art InstituteSinte Gleska University
Native American art history, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture
Cheynne Marco
Lecturer of EnglishUniversity of South Dakota
Creative Writing and Great Plains Literature
Harvey Markowitz
Assoc. Prof., Sociology/AnthropologyWashington and Lee University
Relationships among American Indian religions, landscapes, cultures, histories, and identities
Jerome Martin
PublisherSpotted Cow Press
Visual arts, music, communications, western Canadian history
Leanne Martin
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution BiologyIowa State University
Prairie restoration, plant species diversity, seed, ecology
Joseph Mason
Professor, GeographyUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
Geomorphology, quarternary geology, hillslope geomorphology
Michael Mayer
Professor, HistoryUniversity of Montana
American law; Civil Rights movement; post-WWII culture
Arthur McEvoy
Associate Dean for Research, Professor, LawSouthwestern Law School
Environmental law, water rights, California fisheries
Richard Meile
Adjunct Faculty, SociologyIndiana University Northwest
Globalization, health, rural, economy
George Melnyk
Professor, Film StudiesUniversity of Calgary
Canadian studies, Canadian Plains, protest in Western Canada, peace studies, Canadian cinema
Doris Meredith
Writer, Public LecturerAmarillo, Texas
Mystery literature, historical fiction, American West
Christie Maloyed
Associate Professor, Political ScienceUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
Political theory
Kurt Mantonya
Senior AssociateHeartland Center for Leadership Development
Ethnographic and anthropological research
Wynema Morris
Independent Scholar, Omaha TribeWalthill, Neb.
Omaha Peoples, traditions of song, dance, social and political structures
L.G. Moses
Professor, HistoryOklahoma State University
American Indian history, American West, history of anthropology, ethnohistory
Francis (and Maxine) Moul
Reviewer, Author, PublisherLincoln, Neb.
International relations, Nebraska History, U.S. Indian Claims Commission
Keith Mueller
Gerhard Hartman Professor of Public Health, UI College of Public Health, and Director, RUPRI, Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis ResearcherUniversity of Iowa
Rural healthcare policy, Affordable Care Act, American health policy
David Murphy
Senior Research ArchitectNebraska State Historical Society
History and theory of architecture and place
Robert Murphy
Nongame biologist, Migratory BirdsSouthwest Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Ecology, ornithology, prairie restoration, grassland bird habitat
Elaine Marie Nelson
Assistant Professor, History; Executive Director, Western History AssociationUniversity of Kansas
North American West, Native American, gender history
David Nesheim
Assistant Professor, Social/Communication ArtsChadron State College
Great Plains, bison research
George Neubert
DirectorFlatwater Folk Art Museum
Modern art history, 20th Century sculpture, museum management, 19th/20th Century American art
Gerald Oetelaar
Professor, Head, ArchaeologyUniversity of Calgary
Archaeology of eastern woodlands, method and theory, settlement patterns, Northern Plains
Tyra Olstad
Lecturer, GeographyState University of New York - Oneonta
Environmental science, monitoring, and history
Suzanne Ortega
President of the Council of Graduate SchoolsUniversity of North Carolina
Social gerontology, social psychology, adult socialization, reference group therapy
Tapan Pathak
Specialist in Climate AdaptationUniversity of California
Climate variability and climate change science
James Parham
Aquatic Biologist & HydrologistHawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum
Hawaiian streams and habitats, habitat use, streamfishes, fisheries, Platte River
Keith Parker
Professor, SociologyUniversity of Georgia
Educational aspirations, social and applied demography, social movements, social stratification
Don Perkins
Lecturer, EnglishUniversity of Alberta
Canadian drama, Native literatures, and popular culture, Canadian theatre history, trickster stories and literature
Paula Petrik
Professor, History & Art HistoryGeorge Mason University
History of the Trans-Mississippi West, U.S. women's history, U.S. business history
Frank Pommersheim
Professor, LawUniversity of South Dakota
Indian law, federal jurisdiction, rights of indigenous peoples, criminal law, criminal procedure
Debra Ponec
Professor, Chair, EducationCreighton University
Guidance & counseling curriculum, relationships within school communities, immigrant students
Deborah Popper
Professor, Political ScienceCUNY-College of Staten Island
Environmental pressure and population loss, ecological restoration, Buffalo Commons
Frank Popper
Professor, Planning and Public PolicyRutgers University
Land-use planning, environmental history, population decline, Buffalo Commons
Charlene Porsild
Res. Assoc. Prof., American StudiesUniversity of New Mexico
North American West, Canadian Studies, Klondike Gold Rush, gender history
Joseph Porter
Curation section chiefNorth Carolina Museum of History
American history, Western U.S. history and art, Native American history, Plains Indian art
Steve Potts
Instructor, Social SciencesHibbing Community College
Humanities, 20th Century U.S., Native America, American frontier, East Asia, anthropology
Cythia Prescott
Professor, History and American Indian StudiesUniversity of North Dakota
Gender in the American West; material culture; historical memory
Byron Price
Charles Marion Russell Memorial Chair and director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, Director of the University of Oklahoma PressUniversity of Oklahoma
Art of the American West
M-L Quinn
Research Affiliated Faculty, History & PhilosophyMontana State University
Water resources/law, climate change, environmental history
Ronald Ramsay
Associate Professor, ArchitectureNorth Dakota State University
Landscape architecture, architectural history and design, historic preservation
Richard Reading
Vice President for ConservationDenver Zoological Foundation
Grasslands, Great Plains, Mongolia, Kalahari, Altiplano, conservation biology
Lavona Reeves
Professor, English, Women's and Gender StudiesEastern Washington University
Linguistics, composition, rhetoric, English as a second language
Akim Reinhardt
Professor, HistoryTowson University
Native American history, Plains history, and regional political developments
Brenden Rensink
Assistant Professor, History; Assistant Director of the Charles Redd Center for Western StudiesBrigham Young University
North American West, indigenous peoples, transnational borderlands
James Riding In
Associate Professor, Editor Wicaoao Sa ReviewArizona State University
Culture, human rights, Indigenous justice, Indian law, policy, racism, social movements
Reginald Robinson
Director and Professor in School of Public Affairs and AdministrationUniversity of Kansas
Torts, constitutional litigation, race discrimination, state constitutional law
Ann Romines
Professor, EnglishGeorge Washington University
Women's writing and culture, feminist theory, 19th Century U.S. writing, American regional writing
James Ronda
H.G. Barnard Professor, Western American HistoryUniversity of Tulsa
American West exploration, Western American History and Literature
Bradley Rundquist
Interim Dean and Professor, Department of Geography & GIScUniversity of North Dakota
Remote sensing, GIS, prairie ecosystems
Leland Russell
Associate Prof., Biological SciencesWichita State University
plant population ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, savanna dynamics and restoration
Julie Savidge
Prof., Fish, Wildlife and Conservation BiologyColorado State University
Forestry, fisheries, wildlife zoology and ecology, wildland resources
Kate Schneider
ArtistCanada
Photographed the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline for the exhibition "We, the Heartland"
Connie Schomburg
Independent scholarFremont, Neb.
English, ethnic literature, journalism, African-American literature
James Scott
Herman Brown Chair & Professor, political scienceTexas Christian University
International relations, foreign-policy analysis, U.S. foreign policy making, Great Plains interaction with a global world
Timothy Seastedt
Prof., Ecology and Evolutionary BioUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
Terrestrial ecosystems, soil biology, nutrient dynamics, ecosystems, invasive species
Douglas Seefeldt
Associate Professor, HistoryBall State University
American West, environmental histoyr, public history, digital, 19th and 20th Century U.S.
Fred Shelley
Professor, Chair, GeographyUniversity of Oklahoma
Political geography, environmental policy, world economy
Robert Shepard
GIS SpecialistUniversity of Iowa
Cartography, GIS, population geography and urban historical geography
James Sherow
Professor, HistoryKansas State University
Environmental history, Konza Prairie, American history
Steve Shively
Associate Professor, EnglishUtah State University
Willa Cather, pedagogy of place, religion in nature
Janet Smith
Art ConsultantOmaha, Neb.
Art appraisal, art history, 19th to 20th Century women artists
Michael Smith
Director, Nebraska State Historical SocietyOmaha, Neb.
Art appraisal, art history, 19th to 20th Century women artists
Lawrence J and Barbara Sommer
HistorianDuluth Archaeology Center
Historic preservation, architecture, mining, museum administration
Mary Zeiss Stange
Prof. and Director, Religious, Women's StudiesSkidmore College
Religion and culture, women and religion, feminist theologies
Allen Steuter
OwnerSandhill and Sun Ranch
Fire ecology, grazing and range science, wildlife, ecosystem structure
Allyson Stevenson
Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies and Gabriel Dumont Chair in Métis StudiesUniversity of Saskatchewan
Métis history, indigenous child welfare history, gender and indigenous women’s political organizing
Kristine Sudbeck
Research and development adviser, faculty memberNebraska Indian Community College
Native American history
Reece Summers
Director, Curator, Braithwaite Fine Arts GallerySouthern Utah University
History, museum studies, education, economics,
Wynne Summers
Assistant Professor, EnglishSouthern Utah University
Native American literature and Studies, Ethnic literature, Western American literature
Orlan Svingen
Professor, HistoryWashington State University
American West, Indian-white relations, modern East Asia, North Cheyenne Indian Reservation
Amy Swoboda
LawyerNebraska
Ecology, water resources law
Otis Templer
Professor, GeographyTexas Tech University
Water resources management and conservation; arid lands
Robert Thacker
Dana Professor of English and Chair of Canadian StudiesSt. Lawrence University
English, Canadian and Western literature, landscape in literature
Harry Thompson
Director, Center for Western StudiesAugustana College
New West, poststructuralism/theory, South Dakota, Great Plains authors
Vetta Sanders Thompson
Professor, Social WorkWashington University, St. Louis
Cultural competence, racial identity, disparities in health and mental health services
Stephen Torbit
Assistant Regional Director, ScienceMountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Wildlife ecology, ruminant nutritional physiology
Carolyn Torma
Director of Education and Citizen EngagementAmerican Planning Association
Vernacular architecture, historic preservation, education
Steven Trout
Professor, EnglishUniversity of South Alabama
Literary modernism, war literature, and American cultural studies
Tracy Tucker
Education Director and ArchivistThe Willa Cather Foundation
Native Americans in Cather novels, Plains literature, prairie programming
Jinny Turman
Associate Professor, HistoryUniversity of Virginia's College at Wise
Public history, Buffalo County, Kearney history, historic preservation
Edward Valandra
FounderCommunity for the Advancement of Native Studies
Native and cultural studies, Lakota-Euroamerican relations
Carroll Van West
Dir., Center for Historic PreservationMiddle Tennessee State University
19th/20th Century Southern and Western culture, architecture
Mary Ann Vinton
Associate Professor, BiologyCreighton University
Plant, ecosystem and grassland ecology, invasive plants
Matthew Wagner
Director, Freedom to Roam project, Northern Great PlainsWorld Wildlife Fund
Environmental law, sustainable development law
Ernie Walker
Professor, Archaeology & AnthropologyUniversity of Saskatchewan
Paleopathology; forensic anthropology, human evolutionary studies
Randi Warne
Professor, Religious StudiesMount Saint Vincent University
Religion, culture, 19th/20th Century North American culture
Robert Watrel
Associate Professor, GeographySouth Dakota State University
Human geography, political geography, cartography
Susan Welch
Dean, College of the Liberal ArtsPenn State University
Political science, women in politics, political behavior
Roger Welsch
Writer, commentatorDannebrog
English, anthropology, folklore, plains folk and literature, oral literature
Gwen Westerman
Artist and faculty member, EnglishMinnesota State University in Mankato
Native American literature and art
William Whitney
Executive DirectorPrairie Plains Research Institute
Prairie restoration, botany, plant ecology, biology, McConaughy Resevoir
Randy Widdis
Professor, GeographyUniversity of Regina
Cultural-Historical geography, rural geography, population geography
Cory Willard
Writing and Learning Strategist, Student Learning ServicesMount Royal University
Ecocriticism, Place Studies, Literature of the West
Rebecca Wingo
Director of Public History, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Cincinnati
Indigenous history, homesteading, housing, digital history
Stephen Witte
Associate EditorSouth Dakota State Historical Society Press
Buffalo Bill, Prince Maximilian
Carly Woods
Assist. Prof., Communication StudiesUniversity of Maryland
Gender and communications, social change, diverse voices
Kay Young
Naturalist, FolkloristLincoln, Neb.
Folk and intercultural studies, ethnobotany
Ann Ziebarth
Professor, Housing StudiesUniversity of Minnesota
Housing in rural places, policy, rural sociology
Ed Zimmer
Historic Preservation PlannerLincoln/Lancaster County Planning Dept.
U.S. studies, history research methods, neighborhood history