Luther Mardock is a new faculty member at UNMC.
- Name: Luther Mardock
- Title and department at UNMC: Chief scientific administrator for the Great Plains IDeA-CTR; instructor, Department of Neurological Sciences, UNMC College of Medicine.
- Hometown: Schuyler, Nebraska
Previous position: Accreditation and assessment coordinator, UNMC Academic Affairs
Research or professional interests: Human-centered design in health care and health sciences education
How I fell in love with UNMC: Working at UNMC has given me incredible opportunities to develop my professional skills, especially related to writing and communicating complex regulatory and accreditation requirements. I’ve been lucky to have excellent mentors in UNMC Academic Affairs, including Dele Davies, MD, and Kendra Schmid, PhD, who were instrumental in helping get me involved in design thinking and academic compliance projects.
Degrees:
- Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Master of Education in secondary education (English), University of Nebraska at Kearney
- Enrolled in the MSIA Health Practice and Medical Education Research PhD program, UNMC
Three things people may not know about me:
- I’m an avid motorcyclist and teach beginning and intermediate motorcycle safety foundation courses in Omaha and Lincoln.
- I teach English composition as an adjunct faculty at several local community colleges.
- I live a couple of blocks from campus with my wife, my daughter and our dog.