University-Wide Faculty, Administrators and Staff Expertise
A large number of University of Nebraska faculty, administrators, staff and graduate students have conducted research in, teach about, or have interest in Central Asia or South Asia. NU faculty and staff are listed below, while NU graduate students are listed here.
If you would like to be included in this list, please email Dr. Steven Duke in NU Central Administration, sduke@nebraska.edu.
Faculty Expertise
- Afghanistan, capacity building, communication, journalism, India, Oman
- South Asia, British Empire, Military History, Ethnic Conflict, Colonialism
- Education and research partnerships, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan
Michele Marie Desmarais
Associate Professor, Director of SPHRS (Spirituality, Public Health, Religious Studies)
- UNO - Religious Studies
- mdesmarais@unomaha.edu
- India; Sanskrit; Classical Indian Philosophy; Classical Indian Psychology; Yoga; Hinduism; Indian Buddhism
- textile art, textiles, costume, quilts and patchwork
- Pedagogy, Educational Administration, IT
- India, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Education, Wildlife
- India, Maternal and Child Health, Health Systems, Evaluation
Patrick McNamara
Director of International Studies & Director of Schwalb Center for Israel & Jewish Studies
- UNO - International Studies & Schwalb Center
- pmcnamara@unomaha.edu
- Conflict Resolution, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Water, Civil Society, Peacebuilding, Trust building
Robert Nash
Special Collections & Rare Books Librarian/Professor
- UNO - Criss Library-Archives & Special Collections
- rnash@unomaha.edu
- Afghanistan
Sarah Osborn
Director of Intensive Language & International Professional Development
- UNO - International Programs
- srfosborn@unomaha.edu
- Teacher Education; Grant work/programming in support of the Center for Afghanistan Studies
- Healthcare, Education, Technology, Natural Resources, Renewal Energy, Organic Framing, Self Sustaining Model, Any Asian Countries
- Afghanistan
- Nepal, India, Bhutan in the topics of Environment and Natural Resources, Sustainability
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