51 CEHS faculty and staff achieve service milestones

September 4, 2024

51 CEHS faculty and staff achieve service milestones
Loren Rye | Pixel Lab

More than 900 faculty and staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are being honored for achieving a service milestone, including 51 from the College of Education and Human Sciences.

The 2024 Celebration of Service is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Coliseum. Thirteen employees who have given 45, 50 and 55 years of service will be honored with a presentation of awards that begins at noon.

The complete list of CEHS faculty and staff being recognized with service awards follows.

45 years

  • Linda Young, professor of practice, Nutrition and Health Sciences

35 years

  • Cindy DeRyke, graduate secretary, Educational Administration
  • John Maag, Larry and Sharon Roos Professor in Special Education, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Diane Pope, secretary, Educational Administration

30 years

  • Julia Torquati, professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies

25 years

  • Matthew Bentz, ITS CS team member
  • Jessica Jonson, research professor, Buros Center for Testing

20 years

  • Lisa Knoche, co-director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
  • Jennifer Leeper Miller, Ruth Staples Child Development Lab director, Child, Youth and Family Studies
  • Natalie Sehi, extension educator, Nutrition and Health Sciences

15 years

  • Jean Ann Fischer, extension educator, Nutrition and Health Sciences
  • Jaclynn Foged, lecturer, Child, Youth and Family Studies
  • Lisa Franzen-Castle, professor, Nutrition and Health Sciences
  • Catherine Gabell, undergraduate project associate, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
  • Benjamin Heinisch, operations and project specialist, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
  • Soo-Young Hong, associate professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
  • Neeta Kantamneni, associate professor, Educational Psychology
  • Elizabeth Lewis, professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
  • Dana Ludvik, communications and media specialist, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
  • Joel Puchalla, assistant editor, Buros Center for Testing
  • Seth Teager, communications and media manager, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools

10 years

  • Steven Barlow, Corwin Moore professor, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Dipti Dev, Betti and Richard Robinson associate professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
  • Beth Dinneen, lecturer, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Hannah Ditmars Buckwalter, associate professor of practice, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Sathish Natarajan, associate professor, Nutrition and Health Sciences
  • Justin Olmanson, associate professor, Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
  • Mackenzie Savaiano, associate professor of practice, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Jiangang Xia, associate professor, Educational Administration
  • Andrew Zimbroff, associate professor, Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design

5 years

  • Chelsea Brisbin, Ruth Staples Child Development Lab teacher/lecturer, Child, Youth and Family Studies
  • Karen Case, staff assistant, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
  • Tressa Copple, IVRL administrator and financial coordinator, Educational Psychology
  • Katie Edwards, professor, Educational Psychology
  • Courtney Eitzmann, CEHS career coach
  • Braden Foreman-Black, Teacher Scholars Academy coordinator, CEHS
  • Spencer Hall, CEHS business center manager
  • Tylee Hanson, CEHS director of field experiences
  • Amanda Higgins, assistant professor of practice, Nutrition and Health Sciences
  • Angela Hinrichs, facilitator, INSIGHTS in Nebraska, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
  • Skyler Hopfauf, IVRL project manager, Educational Psychology
  • Kaelie Kellner, administrative associate, Child, Youth and Family Studies
  • Matilda Kond, grant specialist, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
  • Patty Kuo, assistant professor, Child, Youth and Family Studies
  • Braxton Lindhorst, grant specialist, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
  • Susan Loveall-Hague, associate professor, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Kristin Malek, associate professor, Nutrition and Health Sciences
  • Adrienne Pitt, assistant professor of practice, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Kevin Pitt, assistant professor, Special Education and Communication Disorders
  • Sunil Sukumaran, assistant professor, Nutrition and Health Sciences
  • HyeonJin Yoon, research assistant professor, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools


College of Education and Human Sciences
Child, Youth and Family Studies
Educational Administration
Educational Psychology
Nutrition and Health Sciences
Special Education and Communication Disorders
Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education
Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design