Great Plains Fellows: Other

Bridget Barry (F)
Senior Acquisitions Editor

UNL

Cultural, military, health and environmental history

David Carter (AF)
Associate Prof., Forensic Science

Chaminade University

Forensic taphonomy, postmortem microbiology, estimating postmortem interval

John Fiala (AF)
Member

Nebraska Czechs

Czechs, Slovaks

Roger Gibbons (AEF)
President Emeritus

Canada West Foundation

Political science, Canadian politics, regionalism

Twyla Hansen (AF)
Poet

Lincoln, Neb.

Poetry, sustainable agriculture, rural land use

Cody Havard
Associate Professor, Sport Commerce

University of Memphis

Rivalry, in-group bias, fan and consumer behavior

Johnathan Hladik (AF)
Energy Policy Advocate

Center for Rural Affairs

Farm landscape, environmental policy, clean energy

Ted Kooser (F)
Presidential Professor, English

University of Nebraska

Poetry, essays

Nancy Tystad Koupal (AF)
Director

SD State Historical Society Press

American literature, South Dakota, Dakota women, children's literature

Dennis Kuhnel (AF)
Director

Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Research & Visitor Center

Archaeology, Native American literature, environmental law

Rebecca Lacome (AF)
Mather Training Department

Harper Ferrys Center

Biological diversity, natural history of the prairies, Mammoth Cave National Park, folklore

Vicki Braglio Luther (AF)
Co-Director

Heartland Center for Leadership Development

Educational leadership, community development

Don Macke (AF)
Co-Director

Center for Rural Entrepreneurship

Economics, economic development, environmental studies

Jerome Martin (AF)
Publisher

Spotted Cow Press

Visual arts, music, communications, western Canadian history

Doris Meredith (AF)
Writer

Amarillo, Texas

Mystery literature, historical fiction, American West

Francis Moul (AF)
Reviewer, Author, Publisher

Lincoln, Neb.

International relations, Nebraska History, U.S. Indian Claims Commission

Alisa Plant (AF)
Director

Louisiana State University Press

History scholarship and literature

Richard Reading (AF)
Vice President of Conservation

Denver Zoo

Grasslands, Mongolia, conservation biology

M. Eugene Rudd (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Physics & Astronomy

UNL

Physics, astronomy

Edward Schmidt (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Physics & Astronomy

UNL

Variable star observation, ultraviolet images

JL Schmidt (AF)
Board of Directors

Heritage Nebraska

Journalism, community development, historic preservation, advertising

Allen Steuter (AF)
Owner

Sandhill and Sun Ranch

Fire ecology, grazing and range science, wildlife, ecosystem structure

Gregory Snow (F)
Professor, Associate Dean for Research, Physics

UNL

Research, College of Arts and Sciences

Dale Stover (EF)
Professor Emeritus, Religious Studies

UNO

Religion, Islam, Native Americans, Lakota

Vetta Sanders Thompson (AF)
Associate Professor, Social Work

Washington University, St. Louis

Cultural competence, racial identity, disparities in health and mental health services

Milan Wall (AF)
Co-Director

Heartland Center for Leadership Development

Community development

Andy Wilkinson (AF)
Folksinger, writer

Lubbock, Texas

Great Plains people and history, folklore

Kay Young (AF)
Naturalist, Folklorist

Lincoln, Neb.

Folk and intercultural studies, ethnobotany

Ann Ziebarth (AF)
Professor, Housing Studies

University of Minnesota

Housing in rural places, policy, rural sociology

(F) = Fellow, (AF) = Affiliate Fellow, (EF) = Emeritus Fellow, (AEF) = Associate Emeritus Fellow, (GF) = Graduate Fellow