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2026 Research and Creative Activity Report

Section 09 of 14

Creative Activity

53 entries · July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Faculty who created, performed or produced works in the fine and performing arts and architecture, literature, television and film, or digital/software design, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. Submitted by faculty, chairs/heads or deans.

A

Marco Abel

English

Commentator, Audio Recording. Blu-ray Audio Commentary, Undine by Christian Petzold. IFC Films / Vinegar Syndrome. Meriden, CT.

B

Diane Barger

Glenn Korff School of Music

Musician/Performer, Solo Music Performance. Clarinet, “Three Bargertelles for B-flat Clarinet and Piano” by Scott McAllister (premiere); “Sea of Reeds for Two Clarinets and Piano” by Gerald Cohen. International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest®. Omni Hotel, Fort Worth, TX.

Musician/Performer, Solo Music Performance. Clarinet, “Three Bargertelles for B-flat Clarinet and Piano” by Scott McAllister. Buffet Crampon Summer Clarinet Academy Faculty Recital. University of North Florida Recital Hall, Jacksonville, FL.

Musician/Performer, Group Music Performance. Clarinet, “Duos and Dances” Recital. Amicitia Duo. Arts in Appalachia Series. Cherokee County Arts Council, Murphy, NC.

Nathan Bicak

Interior Design

Planner/Producer, Exhibition. Architectural Models, Drawings, Renders and Digital Animations, Revitalizing Axtell Nebraska. Community Design Day. Community Hall, Axtell, NE.

James Brunton

English

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “What Our Bodies Could Do.” Prairie Schooner.

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “At the Rolla-Rena.” Prairie Schooner.

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “Mortal.” Colorado Review.

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “Advice.” Colorado Review.

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “The Force of Law.” Colorado Review.

Kelsy Burke

Sociology

Author, Op-Ed Writing. Essay, “Why We Must Remember Brandon Teena.” The Nation.

Author, Op-Ed Writing. Essay, “Religious Opposition to Trans Healthcare Is a Relatively New Phenomenon.” Time Magazine.

Ashley Byars

Architecture

Designer, Architectural Design. Housing Design: Squeaky Stick Horse Ranch, Texas; Sanctuary Ridge House, Omaha; Concrete House, Tescott, KS; 6022 Maple Street Facade, Omaha; Zambrano Residence, Omaha; Small House Prototype, North Omaha; First Avenue Housing, Council Bluffs; 101st Street House, Omaha.

Designer, Architectural Design. Commercial Project Design: Plum Creek Farms, Food & Beverage Retailer, Omaha; Front Porch Investments, Omaha; The Grind Coffee Kiosk, Omaha; Flowerz Dispensary/Education Center, Omaha.

Designer, Architectural Design. Masterplan Project, Omaha Inland Port Authority; Fleming-Perrson Compound, Point Reyes, CA.

Designer, Architectural Design. Civic Project Design, Ericson and Ziegler Foundation Archive, Santa Fe, NM.

Designer, Group Architectural Design. Conceptual Architectural Vision/Design, North Omaha Innovation District. Actual Architecture Company. 30th and Ames Streets, Omaha, NE.

C

Joy Castro

English/Ethnic Studies

Author, Literary Publication. Literary Fiction, “What You’ll Do.” Michigan Quarterly Review.

Author, Literary Publication. Literary Fiction, “No More Beautiful Day.” The Berlin Literary Review.

Author, Literary Publication. Literary Fiction, “A Word of Advice.” Colorado Review.

D

Jeffrey Day

Architecture/Landscape Architecture

Designer, Architectural Design. Civic Project Design: Ericson and Ziegler Foundation Archive, Santa Fe, NM.

Designer, Architectural Design. Commercial Project Design, Plum Creek Farms Food & Beverage Retailer, Omaha; The Grind Coffee Kiosk, Omaha; Front Porch Investments, Omaha; The Grocery Art Space and Cultural Center, Sandhills Institute, Rushville, NE.

Designer, Architectural Design. Housing Design, Sanctuary Ridge House, Omaha; Concrete House, Tescott, KS; 6022 Maple Street Facade, Omaha; Zambrano Residence, Omaha; Small House Prototype, North Omaha; First Avenue Housing, Council Bluffs; 101st Street House, Omaha; Ranch House, Galatin, MT; Mightaswell Lake House, Otoe County, NE.

Designer, Architectural Design. Masterplan Project, Omaha Inland Port Authority; Fleming-Perrson Compound, Point Reyes, CA.

Robert Derr

Art, Art History and Design

Visual Artist, Group Visual Arts Exhibition. Multidisciplinary: Performance Art and Sculpture, “All That Is Solid Melts Into Air.” ReVIEWING. Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Asheville, NC.

E

Peter Eklund

Glenn Korff School of Music

Conductor, Group Music Performance. Choral Presentation, International Mass (auditioned ensemble). Summer European Touring Honor Choir. Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalan, Spain.

G

Thomas Gunther

Glenn Korff School of Music/Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film

Actor/Musician, Group Theater/Music Performance. Operatic role of Marcello, La bohéme by Giacomo Puccini. South Bend Lyric Opera. South Bend, IN.

Actor/Musician, Group Theater/Music Performance. Operatic role of Tonio, I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Soo Opera Theatre. Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

H

Steven Hardy

Architecture

Planner/Producer, Exhibition. Architectural Planning Design, Revitalizing Axtell Nebraska. Axtell Community Design Day. Community Hall, Axtell, NE.

Carrie Heitman

School of Global Integrative Studies

Producer/Co-director, Filmmaking. Documentary Film, “Zuni Connections Through Time.”

K

Sarah Karle

Landscape Architecture/Architecture

Designer/Planner, Architectural Design. Outdoor Play and Learning Environment Design: Hastings Child Development Center, Hastings, NE; Graceful Beginnings, Ravenna, NE; Nelson Mandela Early Childhood Development Center, Omaha, NE; The Children’s Place, Lincoln, NE; Bergan Early Childhood Education Center, Fremont, NE. LEAF Initiative (Learning Environments for All to Flourish).

Brian Kelly

Architecture

Artist/Designer, Exhibition. Print, Atlas for Post Disciplinary Design. Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

Artist/Designer, Exhibition. Print, Meteorologic Imaginaries, Interior Provocations: WEATHER symposium. University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Designer, Architectural Design. Housing Design, Mid-century Modern Residence: 9507 Residence, Omaha; New Entryway to Mid-century Modern House: 2618 Residence, Omaha.

You-Jin Kim

Computing

Designer/Director/Producer, Group Dance and Theatrical Performance (virtual). Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR), “Spatial Odyssey.” You-Jin Kim Dance MFA Students. SAR Immersive Studio, College Station, TX.

Designer/Director/Producer, Group Dance and Theatrical Production Performance (virtual). Spatial Augmented Reality (SAR), “SubStrata.” You-Jin Kim, Curtis Roads, JoAnn Kuchera-Morin. SAR Immersive Studio, College Station, TX.

Christina Kirk

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film

Author, Theatrical Production. Playwrighting, Falstaff: A Tale with Ale. Angels Theatre Company. Solo Tales and Ales. The Mill – Innovation Center, Lincoln, NE.

L

Zebulun Lund

Architecture

Designer, Architectural Design. Hybrid Drawing, “Agrarian Ruins.” Great Plains Futures Conference 2026. Center for Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, NE.

M

Matthew Miller

Architecture

Planner/Designer, Architectural Design. Housing Design, Sandin Residence; Nelson New House.

R

Luis Rosa

Modern Languages and Literatures/English

Author, Literary Publication. Essay, “Estrategias de invisibilidad (para tiempos represivos)” (in Spanish); “Strategies of Invisibility (for Repressive Times)” (in English); “Strategies d’Invisibilite (Pour les Périodes de Répression)” (in French). The Funambulist. Paris, France.

S

Matthew Sontheimer

Art, Art History and Design

Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Mixed Media, “Matthew Sontheimer: 76 into 1 (Variation No. 2).” Fiendish Plots. Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE.

Pascha Stevenson

English

Author, Literary Publication. Short Story, “Owl Fantasma.” Fractured Lit.

Rachel Stuckey

Art, Art History and Design

Curator, Exhibition. New Media Arts and Graphic Design, “In Between Conversations.” CICA New Media Arts Conference 2026. CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea.

V

David von Kampen

Glenn Korff School of Music

Composer/Performer, Music Recording/Film. Full-length Documentary Film Score, “The Power of Pickleball,” directed by Alexander Jeffery. Bespoke Works LLC. Shreveport, LA.

Composer/Conductor/Musician/Producer, Music Recording/Video. Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Rhythm Section, “EP 25.” UNL Jazz Singers. Spotify, Apple Music, etc. Lincoln, NE.

Composer, Group Music Performance. Large Ensemble: Combined SATB Chorus, Band, and Orchestra, “Songs from the Prairie: A Cather Triptych (premiere).” Kearney High School Combined Ensembles. Nebraska Music Education Association’s Conference/In-Service Clinic. Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln, NE.

W

Hope Wabuke

English

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “The Dead.” Salamander Literary Journal.

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “Witness.” Salamander Literary Journal.

Stacey Waite

English

Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “Give Us Your Pronouns.” Poetry Daily.

Yujia Wang

Landscape Architecture

Creator/Developer, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Planning Design. Virtual Reality Digital Archive, LENS: Library of Experienceable Landscape Spaces.

Sandra Williams

Art, Art History and Design

Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Cyanotype, Cut Paper, Garment Fabrication, Installation, “Haunted.” Artist Residency. The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL.

Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Cyanotype, Cut Paper, Garment Fabrication, Installation, “Haunted.” Museo Taller Erasto Cortes, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.

X

Davi Xavier

Architecture

Designer, Exhibition. Drawing, “The Expanded Role: Architecture as a System of Spatial Empowerment.” Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition. Architecture and Design Exchange, Dallas, TX.