CREIGHTON FACULTY WILL HELP YOU MAKE THE WORLD BETTER.
At Creighton University College of Arts and Sciences, you’ll be mentored and guided by award-winning teacher-scholars who have your success as their top priority. And because we have a nation-leading 11-1 faculty-student ratio, they’ll be accessible and responsive to you.
Our faculty will guide you to be a critical thinker, creative problem solver and strong communicator who is sought by employers or graduate and professional schools.
Here, you’ll work side by side with faculty members on undergraduate research opportunities. Your work together can lead to presenting at national meetings and having your name on peer-reviewed publications.
You can also join College of Arts and Sciences faculty on study abroad opportunities. Through our Faculty-Led Programs Abroad, faculty members expand your knowledge and your world through study in other countries.
The personal attention you’ll receive from your College of Arts and Sciences faculty will prepare you to be more, to do more and to make a difference.
Jerold J. Abrams, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- American Philosophy
402.280.2334
Littleton Alston, MFA
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Sculpture
402.280.2428
Simon J. Appleford, BA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2824
Erin W. Averett, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Honors Program
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2261
Colleen R. Baade, Dr., BA, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3701
Andrew G. Baruth, BS, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2644
Jessica L. Benjamin, MFA
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Large Scale Ceramic Sculpture
Pamela D. Bennett, BA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2758
Dulcinea L. Boesenberg, BA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2768
Robert A. Bosco, MFA
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Painting I, II, III, IV – Oil Painting, Collage. Senior Thesis.
- Art Fundamentals –- Basic Drawing and Design
- Life Drawing I, II, III, IV. Color Theory –- Acrylic, Watercolor, Chalk Pastel .
420.280.2432
Eric C. Bredahl, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3471
A. Barron Breland, DM
Associate Professor
Chair, Fine and Performing Arts Department
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.1456
Charles L. Brockhouse, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3393
Jill R. Brown, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2434
Sherri L. Brown, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Biblical Narrative; Johannine Literature
402.280.3086
Gregory S. Bucher, BA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3708
Thomas L. Budesheim, II, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3000
Susan A. Calef, BA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- New Testament, specializing in Gospels, feminist hermeneutics; also biblical spirituality
402.280.5807
John C. Calvert, BA, PhD
Professor
Chair, History
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2653
James W. Carlson, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2578
James J. Carney, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Modern Catholicism in Africa
402.280.4736
Olivia M. Chambers, Ms.
Adjunct Instructor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2977
Soochin Cho, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3375
Terry D. Clark, BS, MA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.4712
Thomas F. Coffey
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2546
Timothy J. Cook, PhD
Professor
Chair, Education Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth F. Cooke
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Pragmatism, Philosophy of Science, American Philosophy
Lydia R. Cooper, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- 20th and 21st-century American literature; Native American literature; Western literature; gender and queer theory
402.280.3918
Randall L. Crist, MS, PhD
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2580
Alistair J. Cullum, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3080
Sabrina M. Danielsen, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Sociology of Religion
- Race, Class, and Gender
- Social Problems
402.280.4909
Lynne M. Dieckman, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3438
Barbara J. Dilly, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Cultural Anthropology, Sustainability Studies, Environment, Women and Gender Studies
402.280.1424
David A. Dobberpuhl
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences
- Analytical Chemistry
402.280.5712
Beverly Doyle
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Special Education Teacher, School Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist and Drug and Alcohol Counselor working with at-risk individuals.
402.280.2562
Gintaras K. Duda, BS, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.5730
Eileen T. Dugan, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3156
Scott B. Eastman, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Spain, Atlantic History
402.280.2651
Andrew E. Ekpenyong, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Medical Physics (didactic and research)
- Biological Physics
- Soft Condensed Matter (Complex Systems)
402.280.2208
Elizabeth R. Elliot-Meisel, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2654
Joshua A. Fairchild, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3755
Carol A. Fassbinder-Orth, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3544
Julia Feder
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- theological anthropology, feminist theologies, theology and science, theologies of suffering
402.280.2209
Laura L. Finken, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Developmental Psychology
402.280.3192
Michael J. Flecky, SJ, MFA
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2514
Julia A. Fleming, MA, PhD
Professor
Chair, Chair of Theology Department
College of Arts and Sciences
- Comprehensive Doctoral Exams: Moral Theology, Patristic Theology
402.280.5808
James T. Fletcher
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2273
Josef (Jody) D. Franke, BA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2873
Mark A. Freitag, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2274
Heather E. Fryer, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2656
Maria Garcia-de la Torre
Resident Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Rebecca E. Gasper, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Mathematical Biology
402.280.3268
Kevin M. Graham
Associate Professor
Director, Magis Core Curriculum
Endowed Professorship, Timms Magis Core Curriculum Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Social and political philosophy
- Philosophy of race
- Scholarship of teaching and learning
402.280.1219
Leonard J. Greenspoon, BA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2304
Stephen M. Gross, BS, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2270
Erin Gross, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.1425
Corey L. Guenther, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3165
Eric J. Haas, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2276
Martha W. Habash, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
Program Director, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
Coordinator, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
- Petronius
- Aristophanes
- Satire
- Greek Inscriptions in Jordan
402.280.5527
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H. A. Hall
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Reformation; Early Christianity; Ecumenism
402.280.2295
Frederick Hanna, DMA
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Band
- Orchestra
- Composition
- Conducting
402.280.1124
Holly A. Harris, BS, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3990
Barbara M. Harris, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Social Work Program
College of Arts and Sciences
- Forensic Social Work
402.280.2081
Jeffrey P. Hause
Professor
Program Director, Honors Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Michael C. Hawkins, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2347
Laura L. Heinemann, PhD
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Cultural and Social Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
- Medical Anthropology
- Kinship, Caregiving
402.280.2302
Scott A. Hendrickson, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2643
Andrew J. Hogan, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2376
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Amanda J. Holman
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2530
Larry D. Hopp, BS, PhD
Instructor
Director, Energy Technology Program
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.4650
Bruce Hough, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2544
Dawn M. Irlbeck, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Criminal Justice
- Race and Policing
402.280.2565
Maorong Jiang
Associate Professor
Director, East West Graduate Studies
Director, Asian Studies Minor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Asian Politics, Comparative Politics and International Relations
Bethany A. Kalk
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Graphic Design, Painting, Drawing, Installation, Murals, Video
Dimitrios Katsavelis, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2073
Bridget Keegan, MA, PhD
Professor
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.4015
Thomas M. Kelly, MA, PhD
Professor
Director, Undergraduate Theology Majors
College of Arts and Sciences
- Catholic Social Thought
- Community-Based Learning/Service Learning
- Liberation Theology
- Church of Latin America
- Social Justice and International Immersions
402.280.3734
Maya M. Khanna, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Cognition and Development; Developmental Neuroscience
402.280.3452
Alicia K. Klanecky, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Clinical Psychology
402.280.2146
Brian J. Kokensparger, BA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2878
Amy M. Lane, PhD
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, Theatre & Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2671
Gary K. Leak, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- statistics and test validation; evolutionary psychology
402.280.3120
Tracy N. Leavelle, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Director, College of Arts & Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2652
Jose M. Lemus, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Spanish language. Spanish culture. Service-learning/community-based learning. Colonial studies. New Spain, 18th Century
402.280.2765
James V. Lupo, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3195
Jeffrey J. Maciejewski
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Media Ethics
- Virtue Ethics
- Human Nature
- Persuasion
402.280.4061
Davender S. Malik
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Algebra
402.280.2581
Michel L. Mallenby, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.4720
Bruce M. Mattson, BA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2278
Ann T. Mausbach, Dr.
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2889
Chad McBride, MD
Professor
Chair, Communication Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
- Family Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Qualitative Research Methods
402.213.4507
Joseph (José) McClanahan
Associate Professor
Chair, Modern Languages and Literatures, HCCA 111-B
College of Arts and Sciences
- Spanish for Medical Professionals, Peninsular Literature and Culture, Study Abroad
402.280.3868
Britta I. McEwen, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2658
George F. McHendry, Jr
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2531
David L. McPherson
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Ethics (Theoretical and Applied), Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Religion
402.280.2726
Christina G. McRorie
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
ChristinaMcRorie@creighton.edu
402.280.2506
Maria F. Mena-Bohlke
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Richard W. Miller, II, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
Director
Director
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3618
Michael L. Miller
Assistant Professor
Chair, Department of Chemistry
Director, Department of Chemistry Organic Division
College of Arts and Sciences
Rachel L. Mindrup, MFA
Resident Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Drawing
- Painting
- Social Practice
402.280.4990
David P. Mullins
Associate Professor
Assistant Director, Summer School in Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin
College of Arts and Sciences
- Creative Writing (Fiction)
Rebecca K. Murray, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
- Criminal Justice
402.280.3062
John P. Murray, BA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Marx and Marxian theory, critical theory
- philosophy and economics
- the history of modern and 19th-century philosophy
402.280.1787
Steven M. Nelson, MA, PhD
Resident Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Criminal Justice
- Deviance
- Social Psychology
402.280.3203
Amy M. Nelson, MFA
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Ceramics
- Drawing
- Art and Civic Engagement
402.280.2510
Michael G. Nichols, MS, PhD
Professor
Program Director
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2159
Lance W. Nielsen
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Feynman's operational calculus
402.280.5763
John J. O'Keefe, IV, BA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.4799
Momoro Ono, DMA
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.1125
Anne C. Ozar, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
- Ethics
- Metaethics
- Phenomenology
- Philosophy of Emotion
- Applied Ethics
402.280.2847
Bradley F. Parsons
Assistant Professor
Director, Department of Chemistry General Chemistry Division
College of Arts and Sciences
Nathan K. Pennington, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3338
Graham P. Ramsden
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Political Science & International Relations
College of Arts and Sciences
- American Politics
- Environmental Politics
- Canadian Politics
402.280.4711
David W. Reed
Associate Professor
Director, Computer Science & Informatics Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Mark V. Reedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Chair, Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3341
Matthew L. Reznicek, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, George Mitchell Scholarship Program
College of Arts and Sciences
- Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Literature
- Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing
- The City in Literature
- Economics in Literature
- Opera and the Novel
402.280.3458
Nicolae Roddy, MA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Hebrew Bible / Older Testament; Society and Literature of Early Judaism and Early Christianity (Pseudepigraphical and Apocryphal Literature); Syro-Palestinian Archaeology; Eastern Orthodox Theology and Culture; Romanian Apocryphal Texts and Traditions
402.490.5651
Alexander Roedlach, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Master of Medical Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
- Medical Anthropology
- Global Health
- African Studies
- Determinants of Health
- Explanatory Models of Disease
402.280.2567
Michael R. Romero, SJ, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Ancient Philosophy, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Philosophy of Religion, Aesthetics
402.280.2897
Martin R. Rosales, SJ, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2587
Jacob M. Rump
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Theory of Meaning, Epistemology, 19th-20th C. European Philosophy (esp. Phenomenology), Wittgenstein, History of Philosophy,
402.280.2648
Pamela L. Runestad, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Medical Anthropology, Japan
402.280.1896
Peggy Rupprecht, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3014
Todd A. Salzman, BA, PhD
Professor
Endowed Chair, Graff Chair in Catholic Theology
College of Arts and Sciences
- Catholic Theological Ethics: Biomedical, Sexual, Virtue Ethics and Ethical Theory.
402.280.5756
Ivelisse Santiago-Stommes
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2508
Jon M. Schrage
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Tropical Meteorology, Statistics
402.319.2711
Jeanne A. Schuler, Ph.D., BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- history of modern and 19th-century philosophy
- feminism
- Hegel
- critical theory
402.280.2647
Samantha M. Senda-Cook, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2794
John F. Shea, BS, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3051
Annemarie Shibata, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3588
Sherianne Shuler
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2194
David L. Sidebottom, MS, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2935
Jacob Siedlik, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2474
Ronald A. Simkins, MA, PhD
Professor
Director, Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2504
Thomas A. Simonds, SJ
Associate Professor
Associate Chair, Department of Education
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3602
Zachary B. Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.5816
Patricia Soto Becerra, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3361
Ryan A. Spangler
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- 19th and 20th Century Spanish American Modernismo, Vanguardia
- Spanish American Theater
402.280.3867
Brent A. Spencer, MA, MFA, PhD
Professor
Director, MFA Program in Creative Writing, Creighton University
Director, Creative Writing, Creighton University
College of Arts and Sciences
- Fiction (Writing and Study)
- Screenwriting (Writing and Study)
- Modern and Contemporary American Fiction
- Poetry (Writing and Study)
- Publishing
402.280.2192
Dustin J. Stairs, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Behavioral Pharmacology
- Nicotine Addiction
402.280.2461
William O. Stephens, BA, PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy and Ethics
402.280.2632
Juliane K. Strauss-Soukup, BS, PhD
Professor
Director, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3265
Adam D. Sundberg, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Environmental History, Historical Geographic Information Systems, Early Modern Europe
402.280.2657
Mackenzie L. Taylor, BA, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2157
Maria T. Vanderboegh
Adjunct Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Eric M. Villa, BA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2275
Mary Ann Vinton, BS, PhD
Associate Professor
Program Director, Environmental Science
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2065
Susan K. Walsh, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor
Program Director, Health Administration and Policy
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.3288
Amy E. Wendling, BA, PhD
Professor
Chair, Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
- Social and Political Philosophy; History of Western Philosophy (Especially Nineteenth Century)
402.280.3591
Robert D. Whipple, Jr.
Professor
Program Director, College of Professional Studies/Independent Study Program
College of Arts and Sciences
- Rhetoric and Composition
402.280.2520
Monica N. White, MSW, LCSW, MS
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.5594
Amanda Wilton, DMA
Resident Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Director of Strings
- Music History
402.280.2766
Ryan Wishart, MA, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Environmental Sociology
- Political Economy/Ecology
402.280.1780
Richard C. Witmer
Associate Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- American Politics, American Indian Politics, Policy and Law
402.280.2869
Amy M. Worthington
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Behavioral ecology
- Insect physiology
- Evolutionary biology
402.280.3863
Jonathan P. Wrubel, BS, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
402.280.2638
James S. Wunsch
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- -Comparative Politics: (Politics of Africa, Democratization and Governance, Politics of the Developing World, Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict, Political Systems of West Europe, International Political Economy)
- -Public Policy and Public Administration: (Public Policy Analysis and Reform, International Development Policy, Local Governance, Decentralization, Public Administration, Development Administration)
- -Political Theory: (Institutional Analysis and Design, Political Economy, Public Choice Theory, Conservative Political Thought)
- -Methodology: (Outcomes Assessment)
402.280.2568
Jinmei Yuan, Dr., PhD
Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
- Comparative Logic, Chinese Literature
402.280.3309
Greg W. Zacharias
Professor
Director, Center for Henry James Studies
Coordinator, American Literature Group
College of Arts and Sciences
