23 CAS faculty earn promotion, tenure honors

April 10, 2026

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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will award promotion and/or tenure to 23 faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2026. Faculty receiving honors are listed below and at 2026 Promotion and Tenure.

Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure

  • Kathy Chiou, Psychology
  • Catherine Eichhorn, Chemistry
  • Pierce Ekstrom, Political Science
  • Jenna Finch, Psychology
  • Yinsheng Guo, Chemistry
  • Nicholas Hubbard, Psychology
  • Robert Streubel, Physics and Astronomy
  • Kazuo Yamazaki, Mathematics
  • Joseph Yesselman, Chemistry

Promoted to Professor 

  • Effie Athanassopoulos, Global Integrative Studies
  • Ingrid Haas, Political Science
  • Carrie Heitman, Global Integrative Studies
  • Kristen Hoerl, Communication Studies
  • Katrina Jagodinsky, History
  • Kate Lyons, Biological Sciences
  • Alexandra Seceleanu, Mathematics
  • Daizaburo Shizuka, Biological Sciences
  • Alexander Zupan, Mathematics

Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

  • Kati Brazeal, Biological Sciences
  • James Lowell Brunton, English
  • Keith Foreman, Physics and Astronomy
  • Kim Hansen, Biological Sciences

Promoted to Research Professor 

  • Jennifer Nelson, Psychology

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