Presentations at Professional Conferences

Presenter/speaker. With nonchalance at the abyss: The cinema of the New Munich Group (1964 – 1972). Association of German Studies Conference, Oxford, UK. September 1-3, 2025.

Presenter. Christoph Hochhäusler’s agonistic genre cinema: La mort viendra. German Studies Association Conference, Arlington, VA. September 25-28, 2025.

Presenter. With nonchalance at the abyss: The cinema of the New Munich Group (1964 – 1972). Association of German Studies Conference, Oxford, UK. September 1-3, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Christopher M.U. Neale, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher R. Hain, Debora R. Roberti, Vanessa A. Souza, Andy E. Suyker, Mitchell A. Schull. Global daily evapotranspiration estimation using VIIRS and Atmosphere-Land Exchange Inverse energy balance model. World Water Congress, Marrakech, Morocco. December 1-5, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Christopher M.U. Neale, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher R. Hain, Debora R. Roberti, Vanessa A. Souza, Andy E. Suyker, Mitchell A. Schull. Spatial and interannual variability of agricultural evapotranspiration in Nebraska using two-source energy balance model ALEXI and VIIRS satellite. International Workshop on Two Source Thermal Remote Sensing for the Management of Agricultural Systems, Naples, Italy. May 27-29, 2026.

Presenter. Disrupting the relevance: Nakajima Ramo’s tangential advertising of Kanetetsu Foods Inc. Annual Conference of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies, Chicago, IL. November 21-23, 2025.

Presenter. With Allan Donsig, Yvonne Lai. Extending the theoretical boundaries of MKT to mathematics instruction in service courses for STEM disciplines. Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Alexandria, VA. February 26-28, 2026.

Panelist. With Brian Katz, Sharona Krinsky, Sarah Klanderman, Allan Donsig. Leveraging assessment and placement practices to promote equity. Mathematical Association of America MathFest 2025, Sacramento, CA. August 6-9, 2025.

Panel moderator. Plants, performance, and the sacred. Plant Lives: Sacred Interdependencies in the Arts of the Americas: Yale Institute of Sacred Music Conference, New Haven, CT. April 10-11, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Carolee Schneemann: Drawing (in) the archive. Symposium: Celebrating Carolee Schneemann’s Archives at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA. October 21, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Relational aura: Presence, atmosphere, and the making of attachment. Interior Design Educators Council Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. March 16-19, 2025.

Presenter. Gevrey regularity for a fluid-structure interaction model. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematic Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Pittsburgh, PA. November 17-20, 2025.

Presenter. Revisiting the issue of pressure in fluid-structure interactions. American Mathematical Society Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, New Orleans, LA. October 3-5, 2025.

Presenter. Concerning some qualitative properties of solutions for Biot-Stokes PDE dynamics. American Mathematical Society Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, New Orleans, LA. October 3-5, 2025.

Presenter. Concerning the uniqueness of weak solutions for Biot-Stokes PDE dynamics. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Control and Its Applications, Montréal, Canada. July 28-30, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Katie Levin, Meredith Steck, Jasmine Kar Tang. Demystifying edited collections: What we learned in 5 years about getting a book published. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cleveland, OH. March 4-7, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. “I am still in the process of learning myself”: Assessing student learning around social justice in a writing center tutor training course. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. November 3-6, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Katie Levin, Meredith Steck, Jasmine Kar Tang. We need to talk: Reflections on supervisory power at the Writing Center. International Writing Center Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH. October 15-18, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Katie Levin, Meredith Steck, Jasmine Kar Tang. “Where are you from?” Place, space, and writing center futures. Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 27-28, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Arshia Akhavan, Alireza Hoseinpour, Abbas Heydarnoori, Mehdi Keshani. LinkAnchor: An autonomous LLM-based agent for issue-to-commit link recovery. International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering. Association for Computing Machinery. Montréal, Québec, Canada. June 28-July 5, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Md Rashedul Hasan, Mohannad Alhanahnah, Clay Stevens. Towards more dependable specifications: An empirical study exploring the synergy of traditional and LLM-based repair approaches. International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/International Federation for Information Processing. Naples, Italy. July 23-26, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Roxana Shajarian, Md Rashedul Hasan, Lisong Xu. Profile-guided constraint simplification for symbolic execution. International Conference on Formal Methods in Software Engineering. Association for Computing Machinery. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. April 12-13, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Md Rashedul Hasan, Mohammad Rashedul Hasan. Unlocking optimal ORM database designs: Accelerated tradeoff analysis with transformers. International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering. Association for Computing Machinery. Trondheim, Norway. July 23, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Sasan Azizian, Ayoub Hazrati, Artin Azizian, Elham Rastegari, Juan Cui. Neural-symbolic multi-objective optimization for performance-aware ORM database design. International Conference on AI-powered Software. Association for Computing Machinery. Montréal, Québec, Canada. June 6-7, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Nick Hanley. Improving conservation auction performance with a rebate mechanism: A laboratory experimental investigation. World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Carcavellos, Portugal. June 29-July 3, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Lea-Rachel Kosnik. Degree of global professional consensus in environmental and natural resource economics. Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. March 20-22, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Md Atik Faysal, Mostafa Hanafy, Denise K. Zinniel. Attenuating mycobacteria: A novel path toward cross-species vaccine solutions. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Annual Microbiology Research Symposium, Lincoln, NE. December 5, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Maria Alejandra Colombatti Olivieri, Md Atik Faysal, Mostafa Hanafy, Denise K. Zinniel, Isabel Valencia, John P. Bannantine. Development and testing of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis DIVA vaccines in ruminants. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, IL. January 17-20, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Md Atik Faysal, Mostafa Hanafy, Denise Zinniel. Deconstructing mycobacteria: A novel path toward cross-species vaccine solutions. Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Lincoln, NE. March 13-14, 2026.

Poster presenter. With Md Atik Faysal, Mostafa Hanafy, Denise K. Zinniel. Deconstructing mycobacteria: A novel path toward cross-species vaccine solutions. Molecular Mechanisms of Disease Annual Symposium, LIncoln, NE. April 29, 2026.

Presenter. With Sergio Wals, Doyeon Park, Lain Mastey. Read my lips: The electoral advantages of rhetorical specificity in campaign promises. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 16-19, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Adithya Kapoor, Abia Katimbo, Alakananda Mitra, Zhuangji Wang, Daran Rudnik, Chris Proctor, Hope Nakabuye, Chittanranjan Ray. Application of crop models for real-time agronomic decision making. Canvas, Salt Lake City, UT. November 9-12, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Abia Katimbo, Daran Rudnick, Christopher Proctor, Hope Njuki Nakabuye, Chuck Burr, Chittaranjan Ray. Addressing groundwater nitrate contamination in Nebraska with UNL-TAPS competition based on field data collection and modeling. Canvas, Salt Lake City, UT. November 9-12, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With David Fleisher, Dennis Timlin, Vangimalla Reddy, Chittaranjan Ray, Ying Sun, Christine Chang. Integrating sif-based photosynthesis model with stomatal conductance and energy balance. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December 15-19, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Steven Hardy. Programming: Collaborative tool for interdisciplinary design work and community engagement. Interior Design Educators Council: Make Good Design Decisions, Chicago, IL. March 16-19, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Steven Hardy. Programming for rural futures with UNL’s ASSIST. American Institute of Architects Nebraska Mid-Year Symposium, Kearney, NE. April 30, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Programming: Interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement. Designing Communities for Climate Action and Resilience: Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL. March 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Linda R. White, Betsy Emmons, Valerie K. Jones. Protecting daughters or protecting women? Reporters cover abortion on the ballot. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, San Francisco, CA. August 6-10, 2025.

Panelist. Building community beyond our teams: Communication strategies to elevate the activity of forensics. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With R. Bohl, E.W. Marshall. Parental liability in cases where children commit AI-facilitated crimes. American Psychology-Law Society Annual Conference, Reno, NV. March 12-14, 2026.

Presenter. A tale of three unknotting conjectures. American Mathematical Society Fall Central Sectional Meeting, St. Louis, MO. October 18-19, 2025.

Presenter. With Shereen M. Stasik-O’Brien, Kasey Stanton, David Watson. Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders within HiTOP: A structural analysis. Annual Convention of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. April 16-18, 2026.

Presenter. With Lindsay E. Simpson, Alexandra N. Brockdorf, Terri L. Messman, Kim L. Gratz, David DiLillo. Self-medicate to regulate: Does emotion dysregulation mediate the relation between intimate partner violence and drinking to cope? Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster presenter. An Oceti Sakowin account of the meaning of life: Creating meaningful futures. Great Plains Futures, Lincoln, NE. March 31-April 2, 2026.

Presenter. Comments on “First-order and higher-order means-ends coherence” by Jay Jian. American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, IL. February 18-21, 2026.

Paper Presenter. Reclamations, do-overs, and public therapy: Constructing transgender histories in new films by trans directors. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Chicago, IL. March 26-29, 2026.

Panelist. Experiential learning in geography. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. March 17-21, 2026.

Keynote Speaker. The reconfiguration of the body. Victorian Hands: Emotions, Embodiment and Identity Conference. London, UK. January 8-9, 2026.

Keynote Speaker. Evidentiary sufficiency in our literary critical moment. The Karen and Bruce Baker Humanities Lecture, Omaha, NE. March 11, 2026.

Presenter. Spark: The Empathy Project: An innovative experiential learning partnership. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter. With Jordan Soliz, Kaushiki Bhattacharya Chakrabarti, J. Clark, M. Congdon, N. Escobar, M. Fitzmaurice, N. Grecu, C. Grobmeier, J. Kindred, K. Marinelli, P. Matthey, A.M. Rainear, L.A. Withers. Elevating the undergraduate learning experience: Developing and maintaining impactful community partners in the classroom. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. The eluding subject: Aysun Bademsoy’s ceaseless evolution. German Studies Association Conference, Arlington, VA. September 25-28, 2025.

Presenter. Creating space to dream: Building the Guzmán family classroom for Latinx and Latin American studies. Latinx Studies Association Conference, Austin, TX. March 26-29, 2026.

Presenter. Comparison of electron and X-ray scattering and applications for high repetition rate. National Accelerator Laboratory Users’ Meeting, Menlo Park, CA. September 21-26, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Dina Battisto, Cameron Contreras, Megan Feeney, Felix Kabo, Peyton Pruehs, Liz Vendermark. The future city: Reimagining built environments that more sustainably support aging societies. Environmental Design Research Association Annual Conference, Amherst, MA. May 27-30, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Wellness studio: Better outcomes for better student designers. Interior Design Educators Council Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. March 16-19, 2026.

Presenter. With Ifeanyi Achugbu, Rezaul Mahmood. Impacts of rural-urban surface heterogeneity on precipitation events in the Central Great Plains. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. May 3-8, 2026.

Presenter. With L. Rippeteau. Drought prediction and understanding the drivers of drought development using a machine learning approach. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. May 3-8, 2026.

Presenter. Investigating snow drought in the Missouri River basin in a changing climate. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. March 17-21, 2026.

Presenter. With Thomas S. Kauzlarich. Snow drought in the Missouri River basin and its hydrological impacts. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. With Ifeanyi Chukwudi Achugbu, Qi Hu, Rezaul Mahmood. Impacts of irrigation on precipitation events in the U.S. Central Great Plains. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. With Tika Gurung. Potential impacts of irrigation on hydroclimatic variability over High Mountain Asia. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. With Thomas Sander Kauzlarich, Curtis L. Walker, Mark R. Anderson, A. Farhan, A. Khattak. Developing a framework to assess winter maintenance operations performance. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. With Thomas Sander Kauzlarich, Curtis L. Walker, Matthew S. Van Den Broeke, Christine E. Wittich. Developing a 14 winter storm climatology for the north-central United States. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. With Ifeanyi Achugbu, Rezaul Mahmood. Impacts of rural-urban surface heterogeneity on precipitation events in the Central Great Plains. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. May 3-8, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Neeta Kantamneni. Immigrants, refugees, and sojourners: Vocational theory, research, and advocacy. Society of Vocational Psychology Biennial Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland. July 7-10, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Davianna Daydreamer, Jace Meunier. A grounded theory study of U.S. mental health practitioners’ financial stress and work satisfaction. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. August 7-9, 2025.

Poster presenter. With Long Jie Huang, Klaus Cavalhieri, Soyeon Kim. Assessing critical consciousness and self-compassion as buffers of classism among people of color. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. August 7-9, 2025.

Panelist. Brains, behavior, and the bench: A team approach to youth justice. National Association of State Head Injury Administrators Annual Conference, Portland, ME. October 27-30, 2025.

Presenter. With H.C. Bouchard, T.K. Lorenz, H. Schwarb. Perceived safety, pressure, and post-concussion symptom risk in sexual choking. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter. With J.L. Lammers, S. Al-Momani, P. Reisher. Sex differences in needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury in rural versus urban settings. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter. With R.L. Snyder. A unique look into the pursuit for chronic pain management following traumatic brain injury. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter. With K.L. Stevens, C. Waller, P. Reisher, A. Cole, L. Gebhart-Morgan. Improving awareness of traumatic brain injury in juvenile detention centers: Staff perspectives on training. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter. With M.J. Walsh, E. Weber, E. Dobryakova. Frontoparietal network inefficiency and metacognitive decision-making in individuals with traumatic brain injury. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter. With S.I. Al-Momani, C.S. Waller. Exploring sex as a moderator for the relationship between age at the time of injury and functional impairment upon admission for rehabilitation of survivors of acquired brain injury. National Academy of Neuropsychology Conference, Los Angeles, CA. November 5-8, 2025.

Presenter. With E. Pereira, P. Estabrooks, M. Miller, S. Rajaram, P. Reisher. Brain injury training for staff in community-based organizations serving intimate partner violence survivors: A pre and post survey. Brain Injury Association of America’s National Conference and Awareness Day, Washington, D.C. March 9-11, 2026.

Panelist. Brains, behavior, and the bench: A team approach to youth justice. National Association of State Head Injury Administrators Annual Conference, Portland, ME. October 27-30, 2025.

Presenter. With H.C. Bouchard, T.K. Lorenz, H. Schwarb. Perceived safety, pressure, and post-concussion symptom risk in sexual choking. International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Nita Umashankar, Jordan W. Moffett. Data reinterpretation threat. American Marketing Association Winter Conference, Madrid, Spain. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Iksoon Choi. Navigating the gaps: A geospatial and spatiotemporal analysis of SUD treatment accessibility in Nebraska. Symposium on Substance Use Research, Virtual, November 5-6, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Brooke Crider, Rounaq Basu, Prashanth Venkataram, Manish Shirgaokar. Investigating heat exposure for paratransit users in the Denver metropolitan region. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. October 23-25, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Ciara Nelson-Forcade, Anita Borlak. Rural health provider insights on transportation barriers to substance use disorder care. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. October 23-25, 2025.

Presenter. With J.T. Dauer, K. Rittschof, R.L. Mayes, A. Khushal. The role of metacognition and confidence in quantitative reasoning in college biology courses. Annual National Association for Research in Science Teaching Conference, Seattle, WA. April 19-22, 2026.

Presenter. With J.T. Dauer, K. Rittschof, R.L. Mayes, A. Khushal. Assessing university students’ quantitative modeling abilities, metacognition of modeling, and confidence in modeling. European Science Education Research Association Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. August 25-29, 2025.

Presenter. With B.N. MacNeill, J.R. Robles, R.A. Onimode, K. Treibergs, M.R. Stetzer, A.N. Olson, S.Z. Hoagland, M.K. Smith. Broadening participation in botany: A systematic analysis of undergraduate plant science instructional resources. Botany 2025: Botanical Society of America Conference, Palm Springs, CA. July 26-30, 2025.

Presenter. With S.Z. Hoagland, A.N. Olson, A. Foltz, B. MacNeill, M.R. Stetzer, M.K. Smith. Developing OER lesson-aligned assessments to capture student learning. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Presenter. With A.N. Olson, K.A. Treibergs, M.R. Stetzer, M.K. Smith. Is it the instruction or the instrument? Examining how alignment between lesson content and assessment questions impacts detection of student learning gains. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Presenter. With C. Uminski, C. Cammaraota, L.K. Wright, D.L. Newman. Biology exams rarely use visual models to engage higher-order cognitive skills. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Presenter. With K.A. Treibergs, M.R. Stetzer, A.N. Olson, K.M. Schmid, T. Adjei-Opong, R. Onimode, E.R.B. Eldermire, K. Noyes, M.K. Smith. Reviewing two decades of undergraduate life science lesson plans reveals progress towards the goals of vision and change. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Presenter. With J.T. Dauer, K. Rittschof, R.L. Mayes, A. Khushal. Assessing university students’ quantitative modeling abilities, metacognition of modeling, and confidence in modeling. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Presenter. With B. MacNeill, R. Onimode, A.N. Olson, S.Z. Hoagland. Examining the landscape of botany in open educational resources. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Presenter. With S.R. Semadeni, S.Z. Hoagland, G.B. Johnson, S.K. Spier, K.R. Brazeal. Learning focused or completion focused? Homework behaviors in undergraduate biology. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Presenter. How poets can provide methods for writing history. African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter. Married to the struggle and each other: Letta Mbulu and Caiphas Semenya’s anti-apartheid activism in exile. African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Gretchen Long, Bradley Barker, Michelle Krehbiel. Celebrating libraries, STEM, and biodiversity at the Umoho Nation Public Schools. Nebraska Library Association Annual Conference, York, NE. October 14-16, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Patricia Wonch-Hill. Informal biodiversity education models for rural and tribal youth. Advancing Informal STEM Learning Annual Awardee Meeting. National Science Foundation. Virtual, February 19-20, 2026.

Workshop Host. With Dipanjana Dalui. Workshop: Gillespie eco-evolutionary models (GEMs). Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. August 10-15, 2025.

Presenter. The global diet diversity spectrum in avian apex predators. Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. August 10-15, 2025.

Presenter. With Dipanjana Dalui. Gillespie eco-evolutionary models (GEMs). Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. August 10-15, 2025.

Panelist. With Betsy Gunia, Shawna Taylor, Stacy Winchester. Is it time for libraries to (re)consider direct-charge models for some research data services or infrastructure work? Research Data Access and Preservation Association Summit, Virtual, April 14-16, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Isaac Wink. The practices and costs of agricultural data management and sharing. U.S. Agricultural Information Network Biennial Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. May 31-June 3, 2026.

Poster presenter. Data sharing and preservation among agricultural researchers. U.S. Agricultural Information Network Biennial Meeting, Blacksburg, VA. May 31-June 3, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Mollie Petersen, H. Ronald Clements, Nosakhare Idiaghe, Oluwamayowa Oluwaniyi et al. Exploring intercultural competency development among engineering graduate students in faculty-run laboratories. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Charlotte, NC. June 21-24, 2026.

Poster Presenter. With J. Brook, L.E. Simpson, S.J. Gervais, D.J. Parrott, L. Salazar. Does sexual orientation moderate associations between gender role discrepancy, discrepancy-stress, and alcohol use? Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With K.S. Shepard, P. Joshi, D.J. Parrott, L. Salazar, S. Gervais, R.M. Leone, A.M. Schipani-McLaughlin. From vulnerability to violence: Effects of depression and adherence to traditional gender norms on sexual objectification. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With L. Simpson, A. Brockdorf, R. Brock, T. Messman, K. Gratz. Self-medicate to regulate: Does emotion dysregulation mediate the relation between intimate partner violence and drinking to cope? Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster Presenter. Sharing primary sources in the Nebraska Stories of Humanities collection. National Council for the Social Studies Conference, Washington, D.C. December 3-4, 2025.

Keynote Speaker. Beyond CMOS: The possible implementation of the nonvolatile magneto-electric device. Annual Workshop on Emerging Trends in Semiconductor Technology, Buffalo, NY. August 14-15, 2025.

Minisymposium Organizer. Innovative approaches in modeling and numerical methods for multiscale complex systems. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Annual Meeting, Montréal, Québec, Canada. July 28-August 1, 2025.

Presenter. With Nike Idowu, Youfu Zhao. Examining novel genes needed for the regulation and production of heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) from Lysobacter enzymogenes. Annual National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers Conference, Atlanta, GA. September 22-25, 2025.

Panel Moderator. Building community beyond our teams: Communication strategies to elevate the activity of forensics. National Communication Association Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter. With A.K. Farell. The political is (inter)personal: Relationships and politics impact one another. Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. February 26-28, 2026.

Presenter. With K.B. Smith, I.J. Haas, J. Jostes. Examining the causal relationship between moral values and political preferences. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 23-26, 2026.

Presenter. With L.M. Novak. Shared moral convictions can reduce intolerance for disagreement. International Society for Political Psychology Annual Meeting, Prague, Czechia. July 3-6, 2025.

Presenter. Starting a cloud class: Implementing an affordable and adaptable Spanish linguistics course. Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology Virtual Conference, Virtual, February 28, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Eric J. Disbro and Nikhita Obeegadoo. Ocean soundscapes: Khal Torabully’s Dialogue de l’eau et du sel. 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquium, South Bend, IN. March 26-28, 2026.

Presenter. With Yan Zhao, Alexandra Goldych. Kinship and migration in Ari’irau’s Je reviendrai à Tahiti. Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada. January 8-11, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. The importance of early conception and factors influencing it. Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Conference, North Platte, NE. September 17-18, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Increasing production efficiency. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Cattlemen’s College, Nashville, TN. February 4, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. 100 years of meat judging: A tradition that leaves a lasting impact on students and the workforce. Reciprocal Meat Conference. American Meat Science Association. Amarillo, TX. June 19-24, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. How microlearning supports clarity and engagement in meat evaluation: A qualitative study. Reciprocal Meat Conference. American Meat Science Association. Amarillo, TX. June 19-24, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Leslie Frenzel. Spicing up CTE: Hands-on sausage making and food safety in the classroom. ACTE VISION Conference. National Association of Agricultural Educators. Nashville, TN. December 3-6, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Bite-sized learning, big results: Using microlearning to meet student needs and maximize classroom success. ACTE VISION Conference. National Association of Agricultural Educators. Nashville, TN. December 3-6, 2025.

Poster presenter. With Bryan Reiling. Qualitative evaluation of generation Z agricultural student learning preferences. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Conference, Starkville, MS. June 22-24, 2026.

Presenter. Divergent access to sulfur functional group containing molecules. The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI. December 15-20, 2025.

Paper Presenter. What does the Barrier Canyon alluvial chronostratigraphic study actually reveal about the antiquity of Barrier Canyon style imagery? Utah Rock Art Research Association Annual Symposium, Kanab, UT. October 9-13, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With A.R. Brown, A.M Parmar, D.J. Parrott, L. Salazar, D. DiLillo, R.M. Leone, A.M. Schipani-McLaughlin. Heavy episodic drinking, sex-related alcohol expectancies, and sexual violence perpetration: A preliminary test of the expectancy-myopia framework. Research Society on Alcohol Meeting, San Antonio, TX. June 20-24, 2026.

Poster Presenter. With K.W. Bogen, M.E. Edwards, G. Bellamy, D. DiLillo, L.F. Salazar, D.J. Parrott, R. Leone, A.M. Schipani-McLaughlin. When do young men empathize with perpetrators of rape? The role of sexual behavior, sexual objectification, and peer support for violence. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With L.M. Fetkenhour, T. Nguyen, C. Song, D. DiLillo. The role of sexual-self objectification and enjoyment of sexualization in sexual assault and alcohol use. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With B. Moradi, E. McIltrot, O. Checkalski. Objectification, sexism, and attitudes about abortion access. American Psychological Association Convention, Denver, CO. August 7-9, 2025.

Poster Presenter. The vanishing schools of Virginia. Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, Chicago, IL. January 8-11, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With GRIME Lab Team. GRIME AI: Open-source software to facilitate ecohydrological research and education with ground-based time-lapse imagery. Great Plains Water Conference. Nebraska Water Center. Omaha, NE. September 18-19, 2025.

Panelist. With Alisha Baginski, Melanie Griffin, Andrew Jewell. Agile documentation development for digital preservation systems. Digital Library Federation Forum, Denver, CO. November 16-19, 2025.

Panelist. With Alisha Baginski, April Griess. In this library, self-preservation is a full-time occupation: Stories and strategies from early career digital preservation professionals. Best Practices Exchange Conference, Indianapolis, IN. May 18-20, 2026.

Panelist. With Alisha Baginski, Ben Parnin, Eric Cartier. Libnova users birds of a feather. Best Practices Exchange Conference, Indianapolis, IN. May 18-20, 2026.

Guest/invited speaker. Chilling- and dark-regulated photoprotection in Miscanthus. Japan-US Binational Photosynthesis Workshop: From Molecules to Physiology, Matsue, Shimane, Japan. November 16-18, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Anna Grass, Tristyn Oberender, Lucia Wu, Yizhou Zhao. The living archive: Creating a global instrument library and producing musicological knowledge. American Musicological Society Midwest Annual Meeting, Lincoln, NE. April 18-29, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Kathryn Hardgrave, Spencer Schiffbauer. Teaching ethnomusicology by doing: A case study of building a project-based, public-facing global instrument library. Society for Ethnomusicology Midwest Annual Meeting, Muncie, IN. April 3-4, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. “Asi Chiflamos”: Whistling cadences in the Oaxaca City garbage dump. Society for Ethnomusicology Annual International Meeting, Atlanta, GA. October 23-26, 2026.

Panel moderator. With Emma Cifrino, Mi Kyung Hwang, Brian Peterson. Recovering history. American Musicological Society Midwest Annual Meeting, Lincoln, NE. April 18-19, 2026.

Poster presenter. Arch 592 CIRC-LAM small-scale mass-timber and the circular economy. Mass Timber Conference, Portland, OR. March 31-April 2, 2026.

Presenter. Distinguishing physical origins of spectral continuum in low frequency raman scattering. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. August 17-21, 2025.

Presenter. With Z. Saleh, P. Ekstrom. The effects of collective nostalgia on support for social movements. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 16-18, 2026.

Presenter. With B. Fee, G. Lorenz, R. Mehta. The nuclear option: Party competition and nuclear decision-making. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. September 11-14, 2025.

Presenter. With P. Ekstrom, K. Smith, J. Jostes. Which comes first: Ideology, or moral values? Panel evidence from the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 23-26, 2026.

Presenter. With G. Lorenz, B. Fee, D. Park, R. Mehta. The nuclear option: Weapons of mass destruction under congressional party competition. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 23-26, 2026.

Presenter. With Z. Saleh, P. Ekstrom. The effects of collective nostalgia on support for social movements. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. April 16-18, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Andreas Hebbel-Seeger. Lecture series, podcast, and experiential learning: A 2025 World University Games global collaboration. International Association for Communication and Sport Summit, Dublin, Ireland. March 12-14, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Jan Boehmer. Taylor Swift’s boyfriend: The socialization pathways of German NFL fans. International Association for Communication and Sport Summit, Dublin, Ireland. March 12-14, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Christof Seeger, Thomas Wiench. From soccer to gridiron: NFL fandom in Germany. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, San Francisco, CA. August 7-10, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. The difficult less: Moving from surviving the system to leading your legacy. Wisconsin Association for Agricultural Education Professional Development Conference, Pewaukee, WI. June 28-30, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Why boundaries fail. XLR8 National Association of Agricultural Educators, Virtual, April 16, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Haley Q. Traini. By choice, not by chance: The choices that make us. Nebraska Beginning Teacher Program and Ag Ed Symposium, Kearney, NE. November 7, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Aaron J. McKim. Building a case for your research: Argumentation, contribution, and significance. North Central Regional Conference of the American Association for Agricultural Education, West Lafayette, IN. October 8-10, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Christopher Clemons. Pixelating teacher sentiments: Exploring algorithmic empathy via AI photo elicitation in agricultural education. Auburn Outreach and Engaged Scholarship Symposium, Auburn, AL. August 29, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Donavan B. Phoenix. When research and practice collide: Ethical dilemmas in teacher education research. Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. June 23-26, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Donavan B. Phoenix, Dennis Alonzo. Two camps, one problem: Operational definitions for practicum failure. Australian Teacher Education Association Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. June 23-26, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Rebecca Mott. A call to better qual: De-mystifying the use of theory in qualitative research. National Conference of the American Association for Agricultural Education, St. Petersburg, FL. May 19-22, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Donavan B. Phoenix, Marcus Martin, Kristen Olson. The paths to developing teachers: Using path analysis to analyze the impacts of teacher preparation program characteristics on preservice teacher completion rates. National Conference of the American Association for Agricultural Education, St. Petersburg, FL. May 19-22, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Catlin M. Goodwin, Aaron J. McKim. A conceptual state and transition model for resilience practice in education. American Education Research Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA. April 8-12, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Christopher A. Clemons, Jason D. McKibben, James R. Lindner. Engineering the emotional subjective: A deterministic protocol for bridging the subjectivity gap in generative artificial intelligence. AI Nexus Professional Development Conference, Auburn, AL. March 20, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Donavan B. Phoenix, Aaron J. McKim, Catlin M. Goodwin. Teach for a day, believe for a career: The power of practice teaching on preservice teacher self-efficacy. North Central Region of the American Association for Agricultural Education, West Lafayette, IN. October 8-10, 2025.

Presenter. With Lillian M. Graham, Md Masudur Rahman, Sadia Sharmeen, Daniel D. Snow. Characterization of affinity chromatographic supports with entrapped polystyrene nanoplastics for pharmaceutical interactions. American Chemical Society Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA. March 22-26, 2026.

Presenter. With Sadia Sharmeen, Ashley G. Wolfork, Sazia Iftekhar, Kyungah Suh, Saumen Poddar, Isaac Kyei, Harshana Olupathage, Daniel S. Snow. Analysis of bio/chemical interactions by high-performance affinity chromatography: New developments for biomedical and environmental applications. Pacifichem 2025, Canadian Society for Chemistry, Honolulu, HI. December 15-20, 2025.

Presenter. Nature-inspired chemical and biochemical analysis: New frontiers in affinity separations. Eastern Analytical Symposium, Princeton, NJ. November 17-19, 2025.

Presenter. With Isaac Kyei, Jacob Jones, Avery Campbell, B.K. Sajeeb, Matthew Sobansky, Marlies Hager. Development of high-performance immunoaffinity chromatographic methods for vaccine analysis. SciX: Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Cincinnati, OH. October 5-10, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With H.M. Coffey, N. Vehabovic, D.A. Hope. It made me feel more empowered: Sex and relationship education in therapy with trans and gender diverse adolescents. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With G.C. May, B.S. Erskine, M.C. Willis, N. Vehabovic. Youth satisfaction and acceptability of a group intervention for families impacted by child sexual abuse. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Nate Bicak. Programming: Collaborative tool for interdisciplinary design work and community engagement. Interior Design Educators Council: Make Good Design Decisions, Chicago, IL. March 16-19, 2026.

Keynote speaker. With Nate Bicak. Programming for rural futures with UNL’s ASSIST. American Institute of Architects Nebraska Mid-Year Symposium, Kearney, NE. April 30, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Bo Gao. Ideology meets politics: How expected presidential election outcomes influence insider trading by liberal top managers. Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada. June 18-20, 2026.

Presenter. With Donna Glowacki, Lindsay Montgomery, Matt Peeples, Kellam Throgmorton, Rob Weiner, Steve Lekson. Writing Southwest archaeology. Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA. November 19-23, 2025.

Presenter. With Daniel Byers, Octavius Seowtewa. Zuni connections through time. Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, New Orleans, LA. November 19-23, 2025.

Presenter. With Octavius Seowtewa, Curtis Quam, Cordelia Hooee. Through a Zuni lens: Museum collections and collaborative filmmaking. International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums, Cherokee, NC. October 8-10, 2025.

Presenter. With Brian Greenhill. When self-legitimation gets complicated: The ICC’s attempts at public outreach. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. September 11-14, 2025.

Presenter. The curse of impossible womanhood: Unpacking the 2024 U.S. presidential election via Barbie. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Panelist. Rightward shifts and the embrace of post-truth: U.S. political culture at a crossroads. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Chair, Panelist. Elevating feminist imagination in critical times: Rhetorical limitations and possibilities. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Paper Presenter. With R.L. Howard Valdivia, O.R. Checkalski, A.S. Diede, A.E. Cipriano. Queer individuals’ experiences and understandings of consensual unwanted sex. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Conference, New Orleans, LA. June 26-28, 2026.

Presenter. BSM theory review. Lepton-Photon 2025, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Madison, WI. August 25-29, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Somatic practice for the sustainable future of dance. International Dance Conference Festival. World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific, National Science and Technology Council. Taichung City, Taiwan. June 23-27, 2026.

Presenter. The future of the American West. Annual Western History Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM. October 15-18, 2025.

Panelist. Digital humanities workshop. Organization of American Historians Conference on American History, Chicago, IL. April 16-19, 2026.

Presenter. Differential characterizations of symbolic powers in positive and mixed characteristics. American Mathematical Society Summer Research Institute in Algebraic Geometry. American Mathematical Society. Fort Collins, CO. July 14-August 1, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Drivers of loyalty and patronage intention in self-service retail technology adoption. American Collegiate Retailing Association Conference, Pomona, CA. March 25-27, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With R. Dulloo, C. Kishore. An extended SOR model for measuring stimulus-organism-response patterns in ML-enhanced retail environments. IEEE 10th International Conference on Research in Intelligent Computing in Engineering, Hyderabad, India. December 19-20, 2025.

Workshop Host. With A.M. Plemons. Two-day intensive training course on subadult age estimation methods in forensic anthropology. International Committee of the Red Cross, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. October 14-15, 2025.

Presenter. With Nam Kyu Kim. The long shadow of insecurity: Prolonged exposure to external threats and support for female political leaders. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. September 11-14, 2025.

Guest/invited speaker. With Gary Bentrup. 90 years later: Learning from the largest windbreak planting in the United States. llinois Soil Health Week 2026. Illinois Stewardship Alliance. Various, IL. March 1-8, 2026.

Poster presenter. With Anne Schutte, Holly Wilhite, Julia Torquati, Matt Brooks, LEAF Team. LEAF: Advancing child well-being through nature-rich learning environments. Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools Early Childhood Research Summit, Lincoln, NE. April 28, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Salvador Lindquist, Anne Schutte. Heat at play: Thermal portraits of children’s everyday environments. Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools Early Childhood Research Summit, Lincoln, NE. April 28, 2026.

Presenter. With K. Scherrer, Mac Dvorak. Bridging scholarship and pedagogy in social work: Lessons learned from research on intergenerational family relationships of LGBQ+ people. Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. February 26-28, 2026.

Presenter. With K. Scherrer. Intergenerational solidarity and social support in GLBQ+ people’s family systems. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. August 8-12, 2025.

Presenter. With David Hutson, K. Scherrer, Karin Martin. Advice to parents of transgender children: Strategies of affirmation, questioning, and disaffirmation. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. August 8-12, 2025.

Keynote Speaker. The importance of effective mentoring in mathematics. Joint Meetings of Mathematical Association of America and American Mathematical Society, Washington, D.C. January 7-10, 2026.

Presenter. With Kathryn Haymaker, Maciej Piwowarczyk. A Cayley graph approach to constructing spatially coupled codes. American Mathematical Society Fall Southeastern Sectional Meeting, New Orleans, LA. October 3-5, 2025.

Panelist. With Shalmali Bandyopadhyay, Keta Henderson. Shattering the myths: Hiring women in mathematics. Joint Meetings of Mathematical Association of America and American Mathematical Society, Washington, D.C. January 7-10, 2026.

Founding Session Chair. Thin films for emerging electronic and quantum photonic devices. International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA. April 19-24, 2026.

Founding Session Co-chair. Chiral material platforms: New horizons for quantum photonic applications. American Physical Society Global Physics Summit, Denver, CO. March 15-20, 2026.

Presenter. Marital loss and cognitive impairment: The moderating role of neighborhood social isolation. Population Association of America Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. May 6-9, 2026.

Presenter. Exploring the link between age segregation and loneliness among older adults. Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, MA. November 12-15, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With S. Sousanabadi Farahani, C. Hawkins, J. Hu, E. Thompson. Large-scale carbonation of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA): Aggregate properties and implications to transportation geotechnics. Geo-Congress, Salt Lake City, UT. March 9-12, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With N.M. Ashraful Haque, J. Hu. Field performance of concrete pavement incorporating CO2-treated recycled concrete aggregate. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 11-15, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With I. Orynbassarov, J. Hu. Accessing alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) and carbonation mitigation in recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) from various sources. Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. January 11-15, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With S. Mirit, M. Miller, F-F. Franklin, M. Derby. STEM resiliency: The role of MICRA, an NSF-EPSCoR-funded collaborative project, in developing a competitive STEM workforce. American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Conference, Fayetteville, AR. September 14-16, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Beyond reality: Crafting the future of human interaction in AR. ATLAS Institute Colloquium, Boulder, CO. September 16, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Wide-area AR: Mobile augmented reality projects. California NanoSystems Institute Incubator 10-Year Anniversary Symposium. University of California, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA. June 6, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Radha Kumaran, Shane Dirksen, Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, Tobias Höllerer: Challenges and opportunities for head-worn AR use in wide-area environments. Next Steps for Augmented Reality On-the-Move: Challenges and Opportunities. Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. April 13-17, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Radha Kumaran, Emily Machniak, Shane Dirksen, Junhyung Yoon, Tom Bullock, Barry Giesbrecht, Tobias Höllerer. Scene awareness while using multiple navigation aids in AR search. IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, Daejeon, South Korea. October 8-12, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Yoorim Hong, Namyeon Lee, Sisi Hu, Sungkyoung Lee, Amanda Hinnant. Gut check! How trust in doctors affects audience responses to clinical trial recruitment videos. International Communication Association Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. June 4-8, 2026.

Paper Presenter. With C. Taladay-Carter, S. Richards, T. Morgan, T. Kauer, E. Eslinger, R. Lalicker. How do strong families tell stories? Investigating the links between storytelling content, process, and family strengths in a U.S. sample. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter. Buddhism in the absence of religion. Quinquennial World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, Kraków, Poland. August 24-30, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With M.A. Erfani Moghaddam. Evaluating multi-zone temperature variability and adaptive HVAC control strategies in a residential-like environment. International Conference on the Built Environment in Transition, Lausanne, Switzerland. September 3-5, 2026.

Presenter. With K. Blomberg. Assessing the value in and the use of science communication curriculum in atmospheric science undergraduate programs. Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. A database of atmospheric and climate science misconceptions: A resource for educators and researchers. Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Session Co-Chair. Atmospheric science education research I. Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Session Co-Chair. Mind the gaps: Preparing students, mid-careers, and new retirees for careers in the private sector. Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. Haunted: Uncertainty, insecurity, and fear of crime. American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. November 12-15, 2025.

Presenter. Problems in the enumeration of tilings. American Mathematical Society Fall Western Sectional Meeting, Denver, CO. August 23-24, 2025.

Presenter. With Yvonne Lai, Yang Jiang, Edith Aurora Graf, Amy B. Bennett, Rachel Funk, Colby Lamb, Nicole Marienau, Jessica Andrews-Todd. Facilitating disciplinary reasoning in online collaborative problem solving: A mixed methods study. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. April 8-12, 2026.

Presenter. Data assimilation in groundwater flows and turbulent flows. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Pittsburgh, PA. November 17-20, 2025.

Presenter. On rotational-form equations: Global well-posedness and a geometric numerical algorithm. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, Pittsburgh, PA. November 17-20, 2025.

Presenter. With Deniz Yucel. Frequency of remote work and role blurring: The moderating effects of overtime work and job identity. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. March 26-29, 2026.

Presenter. With Deniz Yucel. When work follows you home: Role blurring across work arrangements and the gendered moderating effects of job identity and overtime work. Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. June 17-20, 2026.

Presenter. Passing the mirror: The impact of mothers’ weight loss intentions on their non-obese adult children’s body misconception. Population Association of America Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. May 6-9, 2026.

Presenter. With Zhe Zhang. Grandchildren caregiving and mental well-being: An examination of the joint roles of gender and race/ethnicity. Population Association of America Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. May 6-9, 2026.

Presenter. With Deniz Yucel. Managing work-family conflict: How managerial support and meaningful work protect employee’s well-being. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. August 8-12, 2025.

Project Presenter. With Caroline Moosmueller. Optimal transport in cell biology. Workshop in Science of Data and Mathematics, Chapel Hill, NC. August 4-8, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Yujia Wang, Yi Lu. Design thinking for climate resilience: A pedagogical framework for high-performance and net-zero design studios. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. March 26-28, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With John Derkach, Phillip Keiken, Jason Ulaszek. Open Mic Night 02: The digital shift. American Institute of Architects Young Architects Forum, Online, August 21, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. AI-driven building energy and carbon emissions benchmarking at multiple scales. International Symposium of the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics: From People to Cities, Pittsburgh, PA. April 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Rachel Yi Lu. AI-driven dual-scale building energy benchmarking for decarbonization. Architectural Research Centers Consortium International Conference, Washington, D.C. April 2-5, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Y. Zhang, C-H. Ho. Safety urban cycling infrastructure for all: A socioeconomic analysis in Lincoln, Nebraska. ASCE TD&I Transportation Conferences, Detroit, MI. June 28-July 1, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With J. Knott. Project management and its relationship with NASA. Nebraska Academy of Science Spring Conference, Lincoln, NE. April 24, 2026.

Poster presenter. With Juhyun Bak, Mohannad Alkhalil, Kevin James, Sulaiman Mohaidat, Fadi Alsaleem, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif-Kashani, Mahmoud Alahmad. Balancing battery life and building energy costs through reinforcement learning. ASHRAE Winter Conference, Las Vegas, NV. January 31-February 4, 2026.

Poster presenter. With Juhyun Bak, Mohannad Alkhalil, Kevin James, Sulaiman Mohaidat, Fadi Alsaleem, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif-Kashani, Mahmoud Alahmad. Designing efficient hybrid controls for high-performance buildings with multiple energy systems. International Conference on the Built Environment in Transition, Lausanne, Switzerland. September 3-5, 2025.

Poster Presenter. Hyperosmolar lubricants increase risk of bacterial vaginosis and lower sexual arousal in sexually active women. International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health Annual Meeting 2026, Long Beach, CA. February 12-15, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Davi de Lima Vaz Xavier. Reimagining refuge: The new tent and the power of collective agency. Architectural Research Centers Consortium Conference, Atlanta, GA. April 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Davi de Lima Vaz Xavier. The architect as an enabler: Academic, design, and theoretical essays under a spectrum of flexibility, participation, and autonomy. Graduate Program in Technical Assistance in Architecture (ATAU+E), Federal University of Paraíba, Pariba, Brazil. June 2026.

Presenter. With Felisa A. Smith, Emma A. Elliott Smith, Catalina Tome. The differing response of carnivores to the terminal Pleistocene extinction. Biennial Meeting of the International Biogeography Society, Aarhus, Denmark. January 7-9, 2026.

Presenter. With Alex B. Shupinski, Amanda E. Bates, Michelle M. Casey, Matthew E. Clapham et al. The evolution of ecosystem and Earth system engineering. Biennial Meeting of the International Biogeography Society, Aarhus, Denmark. January 7-9, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Katagraphics: Gilded scars, unruly objects. Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference, Online, December 3-5, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Emily M. Carr, John S. Sparks. First evidence of biofluorescence in ponyfishes: A product of bioluminescent excitation. American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology Joint Meeting, St. Paul, MN. July 9-13, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Emily M. Carr, Carter Lang, John S. Sparks. Total evidence phylogeny and geometric morphometrics of the deep sea bioluminescent tubeshoulders (Platytroctidae). Nebraska and Iowa Chapters of the American Fisheries Society Joint Meeting, Sioux City, IA. February 24-26, 2026.

Paper Presenter. With S. Chanamolu, A. Ondrusek, W. Wang, B. Ramamurthy, A. Henson. AT-REACH: A privacy-preserving distributed mobile-cloud platform for emotion-reflection workflows in recovery environments. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Conference, La Crosse, WI. May 21-23, 2026.

Poster Presenter. With W. Wang, B. Khan, K.A. Tyler, A. Andrews, J. Phelps, L. Napper. Momentary reciprocal relations between stress and craving among individuals recovering from alcohol use disorders. Society of Addiction Psychology Annual Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference, Kansas City, MO. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Poster Presenter. With A.M. Haines, S. Clites, P.R. Duryea, B. Khan, A.R. Andrews, K.A. Tyler. Geospatial assessment of AA meetings as social support contexts for unhoused people with PTSD. Society of Addiction Psychology Annual Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference, Kansas City, MO. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Poster Presenter. With M. Hussain Al-Mugitor, M. Al Eiso, H. Boutard. Expectancies about alcohol use and trauma symptoms: Beyond impulsivity. Society of Addiction Psychology Annual Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Conference, Kansas City, MO. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Poster Presenter. With R. Engel, A.R. Ondrusek, A.P. Tuliao, B.V. Landoy, A. Klanecky. Predicting hypermasculine posturing. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New Orleans, LA. November 20-23, 2025.

Keynote speaker. Where do we start?. Symposium on Biomanufacturing: Mitigating Transboundary Animal Disease Threats, Manhattan, KS. June 8-10, 2026.

Presenter. Don’t climb on the arches! A Ute approach to Utah’s national parks. Annual Western History Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM. October 15-18, 2025.

Exhibitor. NU-Spidercam phenotyping facility. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. July 13-16, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With K. Yumnam, Y. Ge, T. Gilmore, F. Bai, J. Keshwani. Generalizability of remote sensing based data-driven plot-scale in-season crop yield forecasting models. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December 15-19, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Y. Ge. Explicit spectral modeling of bulk density: A key to accurate SOC stock estimation. CANVAS 2025, Salt Lake City, UT. November 9-12, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With J. Zhang, G.F. Bai, Y. Ge. Solar zenith angle correction improves soybean yield prediction from low-altitude NDVI measurements. CANVAS 2025, Salt Lake City, UT. November 9-12, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. A comparative analysis of undergraduate students’ performance in online versus in-person business analytics course. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC. June 21-24, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Analyzing urban walkability and pedestrian safety using location-based service data. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. October 23-25, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Jesse Andrews, Zhenghong Tang. Uncovering spatial disparities to reduce flood risks for mobile home parks in Nebraska. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. October 23-25, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Jason Hawkins, Mohammad Elayan, Nicholas Aldridge. Integrating StreetLight data, EPS smart location data, and road attributes: A random forest approach to multimodal traffic calibration in Lincoln, Nebraska. Bridging Transportation Researchers Conference, August 6-7, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Development strategies for Pohang. Korean Association for Policy Studies Conference, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. July 16, 2025.

Presenter. With M.A. Curtis, I.N. Kenney, Maya A. Irvin-Vitela, C.G. Stephens. An overview of forensic psychology judgment and evaluation methods. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. April 16-18, 2026.

Presenter. With Maya Irvin-Vitela, C. Stephens, I.N. Kenney, M.A. Curtis, Thomas Grisso. Assessment and expert judgment methods in the U.S. practice of forensic psychology. Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Reno, NV. March 12-14, 2026.

Presenter. With Maya Irvin-Vitela, C. Arnett. Settled insanity: The state of the states. Annual Conference of the American Psychology-Law Society, Reno, NV. March 12-14, 2026.

Presenter. With M.A. Curtis, I.N. Kenney, Maya A. Irvin-Vitela, C.G. Stephens. An overview of forensic psychology judgment and evaluation methods. Midwest Psychological Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Presenter. With A. Tapia, H. Thilges, E.L. Goldberg. Executive control as a mediator between early adversity and academic outcomes. UCLA National McNair Conference, Los Angeles, CA. July 28-30, 2025.

Presenter. With S. Sarwar, W.A. Mason. Longitudinal associations between adolescent electronic cigarette use and eating behaviors. Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN. July 8-11, 2025.

Presenter. With J.E. Pierce, I. Peckinpaugh, M.D. Dodd, K. Smith, I.J. Haas. Differential modulation of amygdala BOLD signal during emotion regulation as a function of reappraisal success. Social Affective Neuroscience Society Conference, San Diego, CA. April 15-18, 2026.

Presenter. With A. Dominguez, K. Moss, C. Lorkovic, V. Gumenyuk, V. Phatak, D. Murman, K. Chen. Shared emotions, health, and brains in older couples: A fully dyadic dataset for affective aging research. Society for Affective Science Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. March 12-14, 2026.

Presenter. With L. Novotny, J.E. Pierce, H. Schwarb. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex thickness mediates age-related shifts in valence bias. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. March 7-10, 2026.

Presenter. With J. Bashford, J. Kramer. Stimulus-specific patterns linking social anxiety symptoms with a negative valence bias. Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference, Chicago, IL. April 9-11, 2026.

Presenter. With J.E. Pierce. Segregation of three resting-state brain networks predicts reappraisal success across the lifespan. FLUX Congress, Dublin, Ireland. September 4-6, 2025.

Presenter. With A. Humphries, I. Peckinpaugh, G. Kupka, R.J.R. Blair, N. Tottenham. Intergenerational transmission of valence bias is moderated by attachment. FLUX Congress, Dublin, Ireland. September 4-6, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With Muhammad Aqmar Haziq Md Yusoff, Harindranath B. Ambalampitiya. Loss of contrast in attosecond temporal double slit interferometry from atomic photoionization. International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology, Lund, Sweden. July 6-11, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With Harindranath B. Ambalampitiya. Asymmetric photoelectron momentum distribution from multi-orbital photoionization of carbon monoxide. International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Sapporo, Japan. July 29-August 5, 2025.

Poster Presenter. With Harindranath B. Ambalampitiya. Orientation-dependent production of electron spirals from multi-orbital heteronuclear diatomic molecules. International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology, Lund, Sweden. July 6-11, 2025.

Presenter. With Jolene D. Smyth, Rebecca Medway, Ting Yan. A meta-analysis of web and mail mixed-mode survey experiments on response rates. European Survey Research Association Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands. July 14-18, 2025.

Guest/invited speaker. With Taneshia West Alberts, Dawn Haynie. Designing with freedom. GATHER, National Conference of the American Society of Interior Designers, Atlanta, GA. August 18, 2025.

Panelist. With Denise Rush. Design leaders. American Society of Interior Designers Ones to Watch Award Ceremony, Virtual, January 24, 2025.

Poster presenter. With Erica DeFrain. A compass for the forest: Curriculum opportunities in a post-liaison world. American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. June 25-29, 2026.

Panelist. Creating safe spaces for LGBTQAI+ students in current political climate. Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. May 28-30, 2026.

Presenter. Maternal mortality on Roman inscriptions: The absent voices of non-elite women. Classical Association of the Middle West and South Annual Meeting, Mobile, AL. March 11-14, 2026.

Presenter. Raising community awareness of maternal mortality: From ancient Roman inscriptions to contemporary activism. Feminism and Classics Conference, Cincinnati, OH. May 7-10, 2026.

Panelist. With Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly, Charee Thompson, Iccha Basnyat. Spotlight panel: Elevate, expand, empower: Conversations in women’s health communication. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter. With K.H. Wahed. Shrinking your speech monster using your superpowers. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Panelist. Elevating community-based participatory research: New visions for community engagement. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Aurora, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter. Law and custom in the Heptameron. Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Portland, OR. October 31-November 1, 2025.

Paper Presenter. The end of the beginning: Imagining the finish of an edition from the start. Modern Language Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. January 8-11, 2026.

Paper Presenter. With Stephanie Browner. Rethinking Charles Chesnutt through his correspondence. Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, Milwaukee, WI. November 14-16, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Luke Schwaninger, Eleftherios P. Paschalis, Laura A. Graeff-Armas, Sue P. Bare, Joseph A. Turner, Robert R. Recker, Mohammed P. Akhter. Nanoscale properties of cortical bone tissue within peri-lacunar regions. Microscopy and Microanalysis Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. July 25-31, 2025.

Paper Presenter. Moths in the machine: Human agency and the origins of software engineering. Annual Conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Corvallis, OR. August 21-24, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Melissa Gomis. Helpful assistant or problematic co-author? Reflections from structured experimentation with GPT. Nebraska Statewide Open Educational Resources Convening. Midwest Higher Education Compact, the Nebraska Library Association. Omaha, NE. May 29, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Melissa Gomis. Strategizing forward: Connecting a re-envisioned OER seed grant program to campus priorities. Open Education Association Conference, Denver, CO. October 27-29, 2026.

Panelist. Performing colonialism: Political and ecological conundrums in contemporary Caribbean art. Latin American Studies Association Conference, Paris, France. May 26-30, 2026.

Paper Presenter. Distopias Archipielagicas: Ecotopia, ciencia ficcion y la museologizacion del Caribe en La mucama de Omicunle. Latin American Studies Association Conference, Paris, France. May 26-30, 2026.

Poster presenter. With Sapana Ghimire, Shilu Dahal, Chia Sin Liew, Jean Jack Marco Riethoven. Dissecting rice responses to bacterial panicle blight and high night temperatures by comparative transcriptomics. Plant Health, Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, Honolulu, HI. August 2-5, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Post-event functional recovery and decision support through hybrid mechanics-informed model-sensor fusion. Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes Global Summit, Fort Collins, CO. July 21-23, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Resilience planning with Salt Lake City. ASCE Structural Engineering Institute/National Institute of Standards and Technology Workshop on Adaptation and Resilience for Forward-Looking Codes and Standards, Reston, VA. October 29-30, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Probabilistic assessment of wind-induced overturning of center pivot irrigation systems using a simplified analytical model. ASCE Architectural Engineering Institute/ Infrastructure Resilience Conference, San Antonio, TX. March 18-21, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Optimizing functional recovery and investment decisions with multi-scale metrics for natural hazard resilience. ASCE Architectural Engineering Institute/ Infrastructure Resilience Conference, San Antonio, TX. March 18-21, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Interpretable dual-stream learning for local wind hazard prediction in vulnerable communities. IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Golden, CO. October 22-25, 2026.

Paper Presenter. As if we were free: Black seascapes, brutalist futures. American Studies Association Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. November 20-22, 2025.

Paper Presenter. The desire for collective consciousness in the age of private property. Society for Literature, Science and the Arts Annual Meeting, Corvallis, OR. August 21-24, 2025.

Presenter. With P.S. Worthy, B.H. McNichol. Consistency in habitat occupancy across the geographic ranges of tree species in eastern North America. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. August 10-15, 2025.

Presenter. With A. Piper, B. Wardlow, J.A. Gamon. Assessing photoprotective responses of deciduous and evergreen species using leaf spectroscopy. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. August 10-15, 2025.

Presenter. With L. Hoffart. Impacts of encroaching smooth sumac (Rhus glabra) on prairie diversity species and environment. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. August 10-15, 2025.

Presenter. Believing and non-believing religious nones’ political and social perspectives. Association for the Sociology of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. August 9-11, 2025.

Presenter. With L. Novotny, J.E. Pierce, M. Neta. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex thickness mediates age-related shifts in valence bias. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. March 7-10, 2026.

Presenter. With A. Schaefer, H.J. Heselton. Methamphetamine-use experience is associated with deficits in hippocampal-dependent spatial memory and navigation. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. March 7-10, 2026.

Presenter. With H.J. Heselton, T. Brown, M.R. Dulas. Both viewing entropy and hippocampal structure are related to spatial memory success in healthy aging. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. March 7-10, 2026.

Presenter. With H.C. Bouchard, T.K. Lorenz, K.S. Chiou. Perceived safety, pressure, and post-concussion symptom risk in sexual choking. International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA. February 4-7, 2026.

Presenter. With Erin C. Blankenship-Sefczek. Associations between diel activity and hindlimb morphology in Malagasy lemurs. American Association of Biological Anthropologists Conference, Denver, CO. March 18-21, 2025.

Presenter. Between speech and space: Rhetorical cartographies and imperial indignities. Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Portland, OR. May 21-24, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Kelly Payne. Frances E.W. Harper, the WCTU, and the color line. Underground: C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists Biennial Conference, Cincinnati, OH. March 12-14, 2026.

Presenter. Beyond ‘bones, weapons, and tombs’: Indigeneity and Weltliteratur in Chile around 1900. Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Washington, D.C. October 2-5, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. All eligible athletes: Online discourse on Israel’s exclusion from the 2025 World Gymnastics championship. International Sport and Discrimination Conference, Dublin, Ireland. March 11-12, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Matthew H. Zimmerman, Lauren M. Burch. An issue across the ocean: Social media abuse of amateur and professional athletes. International Sport and Discrimination Conference, Dublin, Ireland. March 11-12, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Matthew H. Zimmerman, Lauren M. Burch. The sky might be bluer? Utilization of Bluesky in CONCACAF Gold Cup discussion. International Association for Communication and Sport Summit, Dublin, Ireland. March 13-14, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Lauren M. Burch, Andrea N. Geurin, Matthew H. Zimmerman. Discriminatory abuse in YouTube comments of the 2024 Olympic beach volleyball tournament. International Association for Communication and Sport Summit, Dublin, Ireland. March 13-14, 2026.

Presenter. Kent unconquered. Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. April 1-4, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Brian Petrotta. Slippery slope? How U.S. sports journalists appraise risks and rewards of legal sports betting. National Communication Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Ryan Tan. Cleatus’ longevity: How visual framing of data influences audience perception of AI use in NFL broadcasts. International Association for Communication and Sport Summit, Dublin, Ireland. March 13-14, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Jason Genovese. Evolving in real time: Navigating the work of recruiting websites. International Association for Communication and Sport Summit, Dublin, Ireland. March 13-14, 2026.

Guest/invited speaker. High school sports reporting: The skill game. Nebraska Press Association Convention, Lincoln, NE. April 17-18, 2026.

Presenter. A transatlantic perspective on the Austrian far right. Annual German Studies Association Conference, Arlington, VA. September 25-28, 2025.

Presenter. The Vatican and the escape of Axis war criminals from justice. Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion, Vienna, Austria. July 21-24, 2025.

Paper Presenter. There is more than this: Nurturing more inclusive futures for graduate education. Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Durham, NH. July 17-19, 2025.

Presenter. 3D chiral magnetic structures in disordered materials. IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, Washington, D.C. July 13-16, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Flood resilience planning in Nebraska. Nebraska Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association Annual Conference, Kearney, NE. July 17, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Jenny B. Mason. Water-front development vs. flood risks – Are we missing any other at risk areas in Nebraska?. Great Plains Water Conference: Securing Water Resources for Tomorrow, Omaha, NE. September 18-19, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Jesse Andrews, Jiyoung Lee, Jenny B. Mason, Yunwoo Nam. Spatial disparities in flood risk exposure: A structure-level analysis of mobile home parks in Eastern Nebraska. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. October 23-25, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Jahangeer Jahangeer. AI/ML for wetlands: Remote sensing-driven solutions for climate resilient ecosystem management. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December 15-19, 2025.

Keynote speaker. With Jahangeer Jahangeer. Developing a platform to assess hydrological performance of conservation lands in Nebraska. Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Annual Seminar, Grand Island, NE. March 12, 2026.

Presenter. With E.E. Crone, P. Lesica, A.J. Tyre, J.N. Mensah. How long to monitor plant demography to detect signal of weather variables. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD. August 10-15, 2025.

Presenter. With A. Dunbar-Wallis, J. Dauer. Can brief experiential learning be transformative in a large-enrollment university science course? National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. July 10-13, 2025.

Poster presenter. Architecture heritage of informal urban markets and selling in Nairobi, Kenya. Society of Architechtural Historians Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. April 30-May 4, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Design as a cultural practice: Visual ethnographic methods in the studio. Interior Design Educators Conference Virtual Symposium, Online, October 30-31, 2025.

Keynote speaker. With Erica DeFrain. Meeting patron needs without breaking the bank: Using applied bibliometrics to stretch your database dollars. Nebraska Library Association Annual Meeting, York, NE. October 22-23, 2025.

Presenter. With A.M. Haines, S. Clites, P.R. Duryea, B. Khan, A.R. Andrews, Dennis E. McChargue. Geospatial assessment of AA meetings as social support contexts for unhoused people with PTSD. Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Presenter. With Therese Wang, Dennis E. McChargue, Bilal Khan, Trey Andrews, Jessica Phelps, J. Napper. Modeling momentary reciprocal relations between stress and craving among individuals recovering from alcohol use disorders using dynamic structural equation modeling: A micro-longitudinal study. Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Presenter. With Alex M. Haberlie, Walker S. Ashley, Nick A. Sonntag, Brian L. Weart, William Phipps. Quasi-linear convective systems in the United States: 1996–2025. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Presenter. With Thomas Sander Kauzlarich, Liang Chen, Curtis L. Walker, Christine E. Wittich. Developing a winter storm climatology for the north-central United States. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. January 25-29, 2026.

Poster presenter. MicroRNA activity is required for coordinated transcriptional and neuromuscular remodeling during mechanical overload. American Physiology Summit Summit, Minneapolis, MN. April 23-26, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Performing civilization: Modern architecture and the politics of national identity in cold war Thailand. Architecture & National Identity: Fifteenth Biennial Symposium of the Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Washington, D.C. March 21-22, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Architectural autonomy and power: Western influence and neo-colonialism in modern Thai architecture. Association of Southeast Asian Studies Conference: Global Southeast Asia: Continuity and Change, Cambridge, UK. September 15-17, 2025.

Presenter. With A.K. Rode, C.N. Tisdale, A. Topping, L. Fleenor, A. Herzfeld. Understanding access to civil justice perceptions: A social psychological lens. Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. May 28-31, 2026.

Presenter. With C.N. Tisdale. Defendant dehumanization increases criminal sentence length decisions. American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Reno, NV. March 12-14, 2026.

Paper presenter. The vernacular aesthetics of Africana digital humanities. Annual African Literature Association Conference, Knoxville, TN. May 28-30, 2026.

Paper presenter. Water and waterscapes in the Indian Ocean world. Mashariki (Eastern African) Literary and Cultural Studies Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. August 21-23, 2025.

Panelist. With Chad Bryant, Veronika Tuckerova, Cynthia Paces, Hugh Agnew. Book discussion: Prague: The Heart of Europe, by Cynthia Paces. Annual Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Convention, Washington, D.C. November 20-23, 2025.

Panel moderator. With Vera Beloshitzkaya, Simona Fojtova, Ariel Otruba, Alexandria Wilson-McDonald. Genealogies of resistance in the war on gender: Historical memories and innovative approaches. Annual Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies Convention, Washington, D.C. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter. With I.R.K. Kuebler, J. Chin, J. Vollan, M.S. Suarez. Melanin-concentrating hormone neuron activity increases in response to sensory stimuli and before free drinking of sugar and sugar-sweetened alcohol cocktails. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. November 15-19, 2025.

Presenter. With M.S. Suarez, I.R.K. Kuebler, C.E. Bass. Activation of lateral hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone neurons mediates sex-specific patterns of methamphetamine self-administration in rats. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. November 15-19, 2025.

Presenter. On the Hodge theory of the singularity category of a commutative hypersurface algebra. American Mathematical Society Fall Central Sectional Meeting, St. Louis, MO. October 18-19, 2025.

Presenter. Bounds on ranks of finite free complexes in characteristic two. Joint Meetings of Mathematical Association of America and American Mathematical Society, Washington, D.C. January 7-10, 2026.

Presenter. With Dona-Gene Barton, Doyeon Park, Lain Mastey. Read my lips: The electoral advantages of rhetorical specificity in campaign promises. Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL. April 16-19, 2026.

Panelist. With Alejandro Moreno, Lain Mastey, Josephine Bartek. Likelihood of migration from Mexico to the United States, survey evidence from 2007 to 2024. Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Diego, CA. April 2-4, 2026.

Panel moderator. Future of news. Flatfest. Flatwater Free Press. Omaha, NE. September 25, 2025.

Panel moderator. With Jennifer Henrichsen, Corey Hutchins, Sarah Stonbely, Benjamin Toff. Mapping local news ecosystems and filling the gaps. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. August 7-10, 2005.

Poster presenter. Covering local places in an age of national anti-media rhetoric: The trickle-down effect of U.S. politics on community journalism. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. August 7-10, 2025.

Poster presenter. Human or robot? When should you do the work and when should AI? Teaching the ethics and practice of using AI for headline writing. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. August 7-10, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Andrea Galinski, Jiayang Li, Taylor D. Metz. The shared DNA of the landscape foundational studio. Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH. March 18-21, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Tian Li, Yi Lu. Design thinking for climate resilience: A pedagogical framework for high-performance and net-zero design studios. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting: Convergence / Divergence, Chicago, IL. March 26-28, 2026.

Presenter. With J. Wiggins, A. Madapong. A multispecies livestock H5N1 influenza vaccine. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, IL. January 17-20, 2026.

Presenter. With Joshua Wiggins, Jennifer DeBeauchamp, Richard J. Webby. Systemic and mucosal immune responses induced by adenoviral-vectored consensus H5 influenza A vaccines in mice and swine. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, IL. January 17-20, 2026.

Presenter. With Jennifer Gamez-Martinez, Joshua Wiggins. Synthesizing Influenza H1 epigraph mRNA for use as an improved influenza vaccine platform. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Scientists, American Society for Microbiology, San Antonio, TX. November 19-22, 2025.

Presenter. Field implementation strategies in wildlife and livestock, for the one health and veterinary track. World Vaccine Congress Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands. October 13-16, 2025.

Keynote Speaker. Life beneath our feet: Microbial transformation of minerals and the implications for water quality. Roorkee Water Conclave, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India. February 22-26, 2026.

Presenter. With N.A. Fiore. Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis supported by calcium carbonate minerals. International Society for Environmental Biogeochemistry Symposium, Dublin, Ireland. October 27-31, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Janella Kang, Prerna Arora, Ana Ledesma, Michelle Liu, Raynimol Thomas. Newcomer immigrant youth and school climate: Associations with academic and wellbeing. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. Canada. April 15-18, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Weiman Xu, Will Jackson, Genevieve Bryson, Heather Littleton, Jillian Scheer, Skyler Hopfauf, Katie Edwards. An open pilot trial testing the promise of the Family Acceptance Project-Online among LGBTQ+ families of color. Annual Conference of the National Council for Family Relations, Baltimore, MD. November 19-22, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Kerry Miller. Growing in the good life: Lessons from immigrant and refugee caregivers on child development, service access, and resilience. Nebraska Young Child Institute Statewide Conference, Kearney, NE. June 16-17, 2026.

Presenter. Revelations from Austen’s favorite brother: The Berlin lectures (sermons) of Henry Austen in 1818. Joint Meeting of the International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association, Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies, and Nineteenth-Century Studies Association. Washington, D.C. July 21–24, 2026.

Presenter. Weaving and the fairy tale collection in Frances Browne’s Granny’s Wonderful Chair (1856). British Women Writers Association Conference, Auburn, AL. May 14-16, 2026.

Panelist. With Saleem Alhabash. Transparency and trust regarding AI-generated journalism. Communication and Inequalities in Context: International Communication Association Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. June 4-8, 2026.

Panel moderator. With Vashan Brown, Ananda Collins, Costanza Gajardo Leon, Imke Henkel, Benjamein Tetteh. Inequalities in newsrooms and across audiences. Communication and Inequalities in Context: International Communication Association Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. June 1-8, 2026.

Presenter. A forced landing at Hitler’s weak point: General Lucas’s landing at Anzio 1944. International Seminar on World War Two / Voces de la Historia Podcast, Madrid, Spain. February 6, 2026.

Paper Presenter. With D. Cluver, S. Severino, M.R. Chipman. Due process in immigration courts: Insights from removal hearings. Evaluation 2025: American Evaluation Association Conference, Kansas City, MO. November 10-15, 2025.

Paper Presenter. With K. Monnier, S. Colburn, H. Holter. Evaluation of Vermont’s domestic violence accountability programming. Evaluation 2025: American Evaluation Association Conference, Kansas City, MO. November 10-15, 2025.

Paper Presenter. With S. Parent. Influences of racial bias and punitiveness on carceral mental health. Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. April 16-18, 2026.

Paper Presenter. With S. Plant. Why should we care? Public attitudes towards mental health services within incarceration contexts. American Psychology Law Society Conference, Reno, NV. March 12-14, 2026.

Poster Presenter. With Rongqian Ma, Xuhan Zhang. Disclosing generative AI use in digital humanities research. Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. November 14-18, 2025.

Paper Presenter. Around the Victorian globe in one year. British Association for Victorian Studies Conference, Oxford, United Kingdom. July 23-25, 2025.

Presenter. With S. Wiederholt, R. Palser. Understanding the academic divide: Motivation, pressure, and success. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Presenter. With R. Palser, Z. Saleh, S. Wiederholt, Manda J. Williamson. Selection bias predicts student engagement in a pedagogical belonging intervention. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. April 30-May 2, 2026.

Panel moderator. With Tara Bartlett, Jody Neathery-Castro. The great experiment(s): Enabling democratic progress in a global context. Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Global Conference, Flagstaff, AZ. October 8-10, 2025.

Poster presenter. Leading in deliberative civic engagement: Gaps in understanding bipoc public managers’ experiences. Social Equity Leadership 25th Anniversary Conference. National Academy of Public Administration. Newark, NJ. May 28-30, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Policy engagement for racial equity: Challenges facing BIPOC public managers. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. April 23-26, 2026.

Guest/invited speaker. The care and nurturing of music faculty: Addressing burnout. National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. November 21-25, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Burnout among music faculty in the United States. Music Teachers National Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. March 21-25, 2026.

Keynote speaker. With Livia Catao Cartaxo Loureiro. Reimagining refuge: The new tent and the power of collective agency. Architectural Research Centers Consortium Conference, Atlanta, GA. April 2026.

Keynote speaker. With Livia Catao Cartaxo Loureiro. Technical assistance and infill housing: Comparative lessons for radical housing futures. International Conference on Urban Affairs Association, Chicago, IL. April 2026.

Guest/invited speaker. With Jinliang Yang. The dominance of gene expression controlled by trans-eQTL hotspots contributes to phenotypic heterosis in maize. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA. January 9-14, 2026.

Presenter. Non-uniqueness in law of transport-diffusion equation forced by random noise (or associated fluid dynamic sequence). American Mathematical Society Spring Western Sectional Meeting, Boise, ID. March 21-22, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. With Barbie Zaman Wahid, Xinyuan Zhang, Qamar Taban. De-risking the designer milk exosome technology. International Pharma R&D Conference, Boston, MA. March 9-11, 2026.

Presenter/speaker. Use of designer milk exosomes for delivering gene therapy. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Intercellular Communication, Potomac, MD. October 16-18, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. With Barbie Zaman Wahid, Xinyuan Zhang, Pijush Paul, Qamar Taban. Use of designer milk exosomes for delivering gene therapy. American Association for Extracellular Vesicles Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. November 20-23, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Use of designer milk exosomes for delivering gene therapy. COMBINED Brain and the KCNT-1 Epilepsy Foundation, Zoom, December 12, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Modeling single-donor organ chain exchange: Optimization framework for analyzing transplant success. Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Orlando, FL. November 22-24, 2025.

Presenter/speaker. Modeling single-donor organ chain exchange: Optimization framework for analyzing transplant success. Management Society Annual Production and Operations Conference, Reno, NV. May 7-11, 2026.