MMI Faculty List
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By Department | Program
Academic Affairs
- Keith D. Allen, PhD, BCBA-D, Program Director
Administration
- Károly Mirnics, MD, PhD, Hattie B. Munroe Professor; Director of Munroe-Meyer Institute
- Amy S. Nordness, PhD, CCC-SLP, UNMC Robert and Myrna Krohn Family Professor; MMI Associate Director; Director of MMI Clinical Services
- Wayne Stuberg, PT, PhD, PCS, FAPTA, Professor Emeritus | Consultant
Clinical Services
- Amy S. Nordness, PhD, CCC-SLP, Program Director
Community Engagement
- Melonie S. Welsh, MS, Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Associate Professor; Department Director
Education and Child Development
- Paige E. Hardy, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC
- Jolene Johnson, MS, EdS, EdD, Department Director
- Walter S. Gilliam, PhD, University of Nebraska Buffett Early Childhood Institute
- Kerry Miller, PhD, Department Associate Director
- Nishank Varshney, PhD
Genetic Medicine
- Craig V. Baker, MD, Friedland Professor; Department Director; MMI Interim Medical Director
- Terri Blase, MS, CGC, Director of Genetic Counseling Services
- Elizabeth Conover, MS, APRN, CGC, Friedland Family Professor
- Drew Cratsenberg, MS, CGC
- Sara Fisher, MS, CGC, CAHP Assistant Program Director of Genetic Counseling
- Kristen Fishler, MS, CGC
- Shelly Nielsen, MS, CGC
- Gwen Reiser, MS, CGC
- Joanna Spaulding, MS, CGC
- Holly Zimmerman, MS, CGC, CAHP Program Director of Genetic Counseling
integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Regina Carroll, PhD, BCBA-D, Department Associate Director
- Sarah Connolly, PhD, BCBA-D, ABPP
- Christian Courson, PhD
- Mary E. Halbur, PhD, BCBA-D
- Todd M. Owen, PhD, BCBA-D
- Amber Paden, PhD, LMHP, BCBA
- Catalina N. Rey, PhD, BCBA-D
- Nicole M. Rodriguez, PhD, BCBA-D
- Alice Shillingsburg, PhD, BCBA-D, LP, Yale Family Endowed Chair; Department Director
- Patricia Zemantic, PhD, BCBA-D
Pediatric Feeding Disorders
- Amy Drayton, PhD, Department Director
- Bethany Hansen, PhD, BCBA-D, Department Associate Director
- Rachel Knight, PhD
Physical Therapy
- Andrea Baraldi Cunha, PT, PhD
- Susan Riley, PT, MS, DPT, PCS, Department Director
Psychology
- Brenda Bassingthwaite, PhD, BCBA
- Jennifer Burt, PhD
- Mindy Chadwell, PhD, BCBA
- Brandy Clarke, PhD, Department Director
- Alison DeLizza, PhD
- Nancy L. Foster, PhD
- Erika Franta Bretcher, PhD
- Hanna Grandgenett, PhD, LP
- Allison Grennan, PhD
- Lynda B. Hayes, PhD
- Natalie Hoff, PhD
- Melissa Hunter, PhD
- Abigail Kennedy, PhD, LIMHP, BCBA
- Brett R. Kuhn, PhD, DBSM
- Christian Klepper, PsyD
- Emily Loethen, PLP, LMHP
- Megan M. Morse, PhD
- Allison Morton, PhD
- Lisa Neitzke, PhD, BCBA
- Holly Roberts, PhD
- Rachel Schumacher, PhD
- Mark D. Shriver, PhD, BCBA-D
- Cara Solness, PhD
- Whitney Strong-Bak, PhD
- Kaitlyn Young, PhD
Research
- Jennifer Blackford, PhD, Hattie B. Munroe Professor; Program Director
Severe Behavior
- Tara Fahmie, PhD, BCBA-D, Department Associate Director
- Cynthia Livingston, PhD, BCBA-D
- Amanda N. Zangrillo, PsyD, BCBA-D, Department Director
Speech-Language Pathology
- Susan Fager, PhD, CCC-SLP, Department Director; Scottish Rite Associate Professor
- Jessica Gormley, PhD, CCC-SLP
Institute Grants Faculty
Meet the faculty that lead the core grants and programs at the Munroe-Meyer Institute.
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders
- Cynthia R. Ellis, MD, Program Director
Medically Handicapped Children’s Program
- Amy S. Nordness, PhD, CCC-SLP, UNMC Robert and Myrna Krohn Family Professor; Project Director
Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center
- Brandy Clarke, PhD, Project Director
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
- Mark D. Shriver, PhD, BCBA-D, MMI University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Director
- Mark A. Smith, MS
- Rachel Ray, MA
- Sarah Swanson, MPH
- Wayne A. Stuberg, PT, PhD, PCS, FAPTA
Other Faculty Appointments
- Marta Balog, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, MMI Administration
- Amy Brower, PhD, Adjunct Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Linda Cunningham, MPA, Adjunct Professor, Nebraska LEND Program at MMI
- Elizabeth J. Preas, PhD, BCBA-D, LMHP, Adjunct Assistant Professor, MMI iCASD
- Jennifer N. Sanmann, PhD, FACMG, Adjunct Associate Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Christopher T. Cummings, MD, Assistant Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Sara Frampton, PhD, Assistant Professor, MMI iCASD
- Sara Kupzyk, PhD, Assistant Professor, MMI Department of Psychology
- Hilary A (Abbie) Raikes, PhD, Associate Professor, MMI Department of Education and Child Development
- Carey Ronspies, MD, FACMG, Assistant Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Christopher L. Shaffer, PharmD, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Jill Skrabal, PhD, RD, LMNT, CDE, Assistant Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Linda Smith, Professor, MMI Department of Education and Child Development and UNO Buffett Early Childhood Institute
- Lois J. Starr, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACMG, Associate Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Danita Velasco, MD, FACMG, Assistant Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- David E. Warren, PhD, Associate Professor, MMI Administration
- Michael Crawford, ReD, Emeritus Associate Professor, MMI Department of Recreational Therapy
- Joseph Evans, PhD, Emeritus Professor, MMI Department of Psychology
- Janice Flegle, MA, OTR/L, BCP, Emeritus Professor, MMI Department of Occupational Therapy
- Barbara J. Jackson, PhD, Emeritus Professor, MMI Department of Education and Child Development
- Mike Leibowitz, PhD, Emeritus Professor, MMI Administration
- Richard E. Lutz, MD, Emeritus Associate Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Ann Haskins Olney, MD, FAAP, FACMG, Emeritus Professor, MMI Department of Genetic Medicine
- Wayne A. Stuberg, PT, PhD, PCS, FAPTA, Emeritus Professor, MMI Department of Physical Therapy
- William Warzak, PhD, BCBA-D, Emeritus Professor, MMI Department of Psychology