GRADUATE FACULTY B

Stephanie Baer
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History (Art Education); 2012; B.F.A., M.S.T., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research/Teaching Interests: Arts Education; Pre-Service Education; Fear, Teacher Identity, and Technology in Education
Todd Bartee
Professor of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies; 2009; B.S.Ed., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; M.A., Ph.D., University of Alabama.
Research/Teaching Interests: Physical Activity and Public Health; School Health Promotion
Pradeep Barua
Professor of History; 1996, B.A., Elphinstone College, India; M.A., University of Bombay, India; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Research/Teaching Interests: South Asia; Africa; Military History; British Empire; Developing World
John T. Bauer
Associate Professor of Geography and Earth Science; 2006; B.S., Southwest Missouri State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas.
Research/Teaching Interests: Cartography; Cultural Geography; Historical Geography; Great Plains
Michelle Beissel Heath
Assistant Professor of English; 2009; B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College; M.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., The George Washington University. Research/Teaching Interests: Children's Literature; British Literature of the Long 19th Century; Cultural Studies
Joseph Benz
Professor of Psychology; 1989; B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research/Teaching Interests: Non-human Vocal Communication and Mate Choice; Evolution of Human Behavior and Mate Selection Strategies; Species: Humans, Sandhill Cranes
Douglas Biggs
Associate Dean of Natural and Social Sciences and Associate Professor of History; 2008; B.A., M.A., Iowa State University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Research/Teaching Interests: Fellow, Royal Historical Society; Medieval England; Military History
Joan Blauwkamp
Professor of Political Science; 1997; B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa.
Research/Teaching Interests: Political Rhetoric; Public Opinion; Campaigns and Elections
Susanne George Bloomfield
Professor of English; 1988; B.A., M.A.Ed., Kearney State College; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research/Teaching Interests: Western and Plains Literature; American Literature; Women's Literature; English Education
Vijendra K. Boken
Associate Professor of Geography and Earth Science; 2007; B.S., Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India; M.S., Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; M.S., University of Jodhpur, India; Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Canada.
Research/Teaching Interests: Remote Sensing; Water Resources; Agriculture; Natural Disasters
Kurt Borchard
Professor of Sociology; 1998; B.A., University of Alaska; M.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Research/Teaching Interests: Qualitative Research Methods; Criminology/Deviance; Homelessness; Cultural Studies; The Holocaust
Karl J. Borden
Professor of Accounting/Finance; 1986; A.B., Colgate University; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts; M.B.A., University of Cincinnati.
Research/Teaching Interests: Short Term and Small Business Financial Management
Travis Bourret
Assistant Professor of Biology; 2012; B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ph.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Deborah Bridges
Professor of Economics; 1997; B.S., M.S., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., Washington State University.
Research/Teaching Interests: Agricultural Policy, Finance, and Price Analysis
Wayne Briner
Professor of Psychology; 1992; B.A., M.A., Sangamon State University; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University.
Research/Teaching Interests: Neurotoxicology; Neuropharmacology; Neuropsychology
Gregory M. Broekemier
Chair and Professor of Marketing and Management Information Systems (Marketing); 1987; B.S., M.S.Ed., Kearney State College; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research/Teaching Interests: Retail Atmospherics; Rural Retailing Issues; Business Ethics; and College Choice
Gregory A. Brown
Professor of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies; 2004; B.S., Utah State University; M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University.
Research/Teaching Interests: Exercise Physiology; Endocrinology and Metabolism; Energy Cost of Physical Activity
Nathan Buckner
Professor of Music and Performing Arts (Music); 1997; B.M., The Juilliard School; M.M., Indiana University; D.M.A., University of Maryland.
Research/Teaching Interests: Historic and Contemporary American Piano and Chamber Music Performance and Literature
Derrick Burbul
Associate Professor of Art and Art History; 2005; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Superior; M.F.A., University of Idaho.
Paul R. Burger
Professor of Geography and Earth Science; 2003; B.S., Northwest Missouri State University; M.A., Kansas State University; Ed.D., Oklahoma State University.
Research/Teaching Interests: GIS; Economic; Population; Political
Timothy J. Burkink
Dean of Business and Technology and Professor of Marketing and Management Information Systems (Marketing); 2001; B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research/Teaching Interests: Consumer Behavior; Interfirm Knowledge Transfer; Food Marketing; Rural Economic Development
Erin Bush
Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders; 2010; B.A., B.S., University of Wyoming; M.S.Ed., University of Nebraska at Kearney; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Research/Teaching Interests: Adult Neurogenic Speech, Language, and Communication Disorders; Cognitive Communication Impairments; Traumatic Brain Injury

28 May 2013

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