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The Department of History is pleased to announce its first Alumni Advisory Council. Samuel Clark Waugh Distinguished Professor of International Relations Lloyd Ambrosius will serve as the Department’s Alumni Liaison and has helped convene the group. The first meeting of the Alumni Advisory Council took place on October 19th 2012, in conjunction with this year’s Carroll R. Pauley Memorial Symposium on “History, Truth, and Reconciliation.” The emphasis of the Council is on identifying prospective donors, serving as wellinformed advocates for the department with relevant constituencies in the University of Nebraska and the state, enhancing and broadening the reputation of the department, and helping to educate, inform, and inspire our undergraduate majors on career decision-making and the value of the History program and major.
The inaugural Advisory Council members are:
Andrea Bjorkland ‘86, Davis, CA, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
Jack Campbell ‘72, Santa Fe, NM, General Electric (retired)
Don Gerlach ‘54, ‘56, ‘61, Harvard, NE, Professor of History, Univ. of Akron (retired)
Garth Glissman ‘05, Omaha, NE, attorney at law, Kutak Rock LLP
Mary Ann Hanusa ‘87 (M.A.), Council Bluffs, IO, state representative, Iowa Legislature
James Hewitt ‘54, Lincoln, NE, attorney at law
Benjamin Knoll ‘83, Edina, MN, Chief Operating Officer, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Bruce Pauley ‘61, Windsor, CO, Professor of History, University of Central Florida (retired)
Nathan Sanderson ‘11 (Ph.D.), Pierre, SD, Policy Advisor to the Governor of South Dakota
Karen Starr ‘96, Vancouver, BC, Senior Manager, Accenture
Natalie Wagner ‘02, Cambridge, MA, attorney at law, Bank of America
2003-4
Kristin Ahlberg U.S. Foreign Relations Office of Historian, U.S. State Department
Christine Dempsey Early Mod. Europe Lecturer, UNL, Nebr. Wesleyan Univ.
James Hewitt U.S. Western Adj. Prof., Nebr. Wesleyan Univ.
Mark Scherer Legal Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha, NE
Mark Van Rhyn Military Louisiana Sch. For Math, Sci. & Art
Raymond Screws 19th C. U.S. Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR
Ann Tschetter 19th C. U.S. Lecturer, UNL
Edward Wood Military Assoc. Prof., Glenville State College, WV
Russ Crawford Asst. Prof., Ohio Northern Univ., OH
Chuck Vollan U. S. Western Asst. Prof., South Dakota State Univ., SD
Timothy Elston Early Modern England Asst. Prof., Newberry College, SC
John Husman U.S. Western Assoc. Prof., Dakota Wesleyan Univ., SD
2004-5
John Jacobsen Legal Asst. Prof., Williams Baptist Univ., AR
Tekla Johnson U.S. Western Asst. Prof., Johnson C. Smith Univ., NV
2005-6
Kurt Kinbacher U.S. Western Instructor, Spokane Falls Com. Col., WA
Tamara Levi U.S. Western Asst. Prof., Jacksonville State Univ., AL
Scott Stempson 19th C. Lecturer, UNL
Donald Walker U.S. Foreign Relations Dept. Chair, Arapahoe Com. Col, CO
2006-7
Thomas Smith Latin America Asst. Prof., Chadron State College, NE
Ahati Toure African and Af. Am. Delaware State University, DL
2007-8
Roger Blomquist U.S. Western Instructor, Utah Valley Univ., UT
Chris Rasmussen United States past adjunct prof., Neb. Wes.
Nathan Martin Early Modern England Asst. Prof., Charleston Southern Univ., SC
Aaron Wilson U.S. Western Asst. Prof., Creighton Univ., NE
2008-9
Tonia Compton Women & U.S. Western Asst. Prof., Columbia College, MO
David Nesheim U.S. Western Asst. Prof., Chadron State College, NE
Lisa Pollard U.S. Western Instructor, Western Wyoming College, WY
2009-10
Sam Herley U.S. Western Lecturer, University of South Dakota
Roy Koepp Modern Germany Adj. Instructor, Hawkeye Comm. Col, IA
Brenden Rensink U.S. Western Visiting Asst. Prof., U. Nebr.-Kearney, NE
2010-2011
Amy Forss Women & Afr-Amer. Instructor, Metro Comm. Coll., Omaha, NE
Matt Walker U.S. Diplomatic/Intl. Adj. Prof., Northern Virginia Com. Col, VA
Joy Schulz U.S. International/Dipl. Instructor, Metro Comm. Coll., Omaha, NE
2011-12
Nathan Sanderson U.S. Western Policy Advisor to Governor of South Dakota B.
Todd Arrington U.S. Western National Park Service Historian, James A. Garfield Historic Site, OH
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