{"id":12686,"date":"2024-05-13T19:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T19:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2026\/?page_id=12686"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:04:25","slug":"creative-activity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/majorawards\/2026\/creative-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u2013June 30, 2026. Submitted by faculty, chairs\/heads or deans<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Marco Abel<\/h3>

English<\/p><\/header>

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Commentator, Audio Recording. Blu-ray Audio Commentary, Undine<\/em> by Christian Petzold. IFC Films \/ Vinegar Syndrome. Meriden, CT.
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B<\/span><\/h2>

Diane Barger<\/h3>

Glenn Korff School of Music<\/p><\/header>

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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\u00ae. Omni Hotel, Fort Worth, TX.
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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.
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Musician\/Performer, Group Music Performance. Clarinet, “Duos and Dances” Recital. Amicitia Duo. Arts in Appalachia Series. Cherokee County Arts Council, Murphy, NC.
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Nathan Bicak<\/h3>

Interior Design<\/p><\/header>

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Planner\/Producer, Exhibition. Architectural Models, Drawings, Renders and Digital Animations, Revitalizing Axtell Nebraska. Community Design Day. Community Hall, Axtell, NE.
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James Brunton<\/h3>

English<\/p><\/header>

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Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “What Our Bodies Could Do.” Prairie Schooner<\/em>.
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Author,\u00a0Literary Publication. Poetry, “At the Rolla-Rena.” Prairie Schooner<\/em>.
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Author,\u00a0Literary Publication. Poetry, “Mortal.” Colorado Review<\/em>.
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Author,\u00a0Literary Publication. Poetry, “Advice.” Colorado Review<\/em>.
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Author,\u00a0Literary Publication. Poetry, “The Force of Law.” Colorado Review<\/em>.
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Kelsy Burke<\/h3>

Sociology<\/p><\/header>

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Author, Op-Ed Writing. Essay, “Why We Must Remember Brandon Teena.” The Nation<\/em>.
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Author, Op-Ed Writing. Essay, “Religious Opposition to Trans Healthcare Is a Relatively New Phenomenon.” Time Magazine<\/em>.
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Ashley Byars<\/h3>

Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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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.
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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.
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Designer, Architectural Design. Masterplan Project, Omaha Inland Port Authority; Fleming-Perrson Compound, Point Reyes, CA.
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Designer, Architectural Design. Civic Project Design, Ericson and Ziegler Foundation Archive, Santa Fe, NM.
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Designer, Group Architectural Design. Conceptual Architectural Vision\/Design, North Omaha Innovation District. Actual Architecture Company. 30th and Ames Streets, Omaha, NE.
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C<\/span><\/h2>

Joy Castro<\/h3>

English\/Ethnic Studies<\/p><\/header>

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Author, Literary Publication. Literary Fiction, “What You’ll Do.” Michigan Quarterly Review<\/em>.
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Author, Literary Publication. Literary Fiction, “No More Beautiful Day.” The Berlin Literary Review<\/em>.
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Author, Literary Publication. Literary Fiction, “A Word of Advice.” Colorado Review<\/em>.
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D<\/span><\/h2>

Jeffrey Day<\/h3>

Architecture\/Landscape Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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Designer, Architectural Design. Civic Project Design: Ericson and Ziegler Foundation Archive, Santa Fe, NM.
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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.
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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.
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Designer, Architectural Design. Masterplan Project, Omaha Inland Port Authority; Fleming-Perrson Compound, Point Reyes, CA.
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Robert Derr<\/h3>

Art, Art History and Design<\/p><\/header>

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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.
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E<\/span><\/h2>

Peter Eklund<\/h3>

Glenn Korff School of Music<\/p><\/header>

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Conductor, Group Music Performance. Choral Presentation, International Mass (auditioned ensemble). Summer European Touring Honor Choir. Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalan, Spain.
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G<\/span><\/h2>

Thomas Gunther<\/h3>

Glenn Korff School of Music\/Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film<\/p><\/header>

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Actor\/Musician, Group Theater\/Music Performance. Operatic role of Marcello, La bohéme<\/em> by Giacomo Puccini. South Bend Lyric Opera. South Bend, IN.
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Actor\/Musician, Group Theater\/Music Performance. Operatic role of Tonio, I Pagliacci<\/em> by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Soo Opera Theatre. Sault Ste. Marie, MI.
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H<\/span><\/h2>

Steven Hardy<\/h3>

Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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Planner\/Producer, Exhibition. Architectural Planning Design, Revitalizing Axtell Nebraska. Axtell Community Design Day. Community Hall, Axtell, NE.
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Carrie Heitman<\/h3>

School of Global Integrative Studies<\/p><\/header>

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Producer\/Co-director, Filmmaking. Documentary Film, “Zuni Connections Through Time.”
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K<\/span><\/h2>

Sarah Karle<\/h3>

Landscape Architecture\/Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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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\u2019s Place, Lincoln, NE; Bergan Early Childhood Education Center, Fremont, NE. LEAF Initiative (Learning Environments for All to Flourish).
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Brian Kelly<\/h3>

Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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Artist\/Designer, Exhibition. Print, Atlas for Post Disciplinary Design. Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
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Artist\/Designer, Exhibition. Print, Meteorologic Imaginaries, Interior Provocations: WEATHER symposium. University of Texas, Austin, TX.
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Designer, Architectural Design. Housing Design, Mid-century Modern Residence: 9507 Residence, Omaha; New Entryway to Mid-century Modern House: 2618 Residence, Omaha.
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You-Jin Kim<\/h3>

Computing<\/p><\/header>

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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.
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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.
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Christina Kirk<\/h3>

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film<\/p><\/header>

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Author, Theatrical Production. Playwrighting, Falstaff: A Tale with Ale<\/em>. Angels Theatre Company. Solo Tales and Ales. The Mill – Innovation Center, Lincoln, NE.
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L<\/span><\/h2>

Zebulun Lund<\/h3>

Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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Designer, Architectural Design. Hybrid Drawing, “Agrarian Ruins.” Great Plains Futures Conference 2026. Center for Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, NE.
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Matthew Miller<\/h3>

Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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Planner\/Designer, Architectural Design. Housing Design, Sandin Residence; Nelson New House.
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R<\/span><\/h2>

Luis Rosa<\/h3>

Modern Languages and Literatures\/English<\/p><\/header>

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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 P\u00e9riodes de R\u00e9pression)” (in French). The Funambulist<\/em>. Paris, France.
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S<\/span><\/h2>

Matthew Sontheimer<\/h3>

Art, Art History and Design<\/p><\/header>

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Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Mixed Media, “Matthew Sontheimer: 76 into 1 (Variation No. 2).” Fiendish Plots. Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE.
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Pascha Stevenson<\/h3>

English<\/p><\/header>

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Author, Literary Publication. Short Story, “Owl Fantasma.” Fractured Lit<\/em>.
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Rachel Stuckey<\/h3>

Art, Art History and Design<\/p><\/header>

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Curator, Exhibition. New Media Arts and Graphic Design, “In Between Conversations.” CICA New Media Arts Conference 2026. CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea.
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David von Kampen<\/h3>

Glenn Korff School of Music<\/p><\/header>

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Composer\/Performer, Music Recording\/Film. Full-length Documentary Film Score, “The Power of Pickleball,” directed by Alexander Jeffery. Bespoke Works LLC. Shreveport, LA.
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Composer\/Conductor\/Musician\/Producer, Music Recording\/Video. Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Rhythm Section, “EP 25.” UNL Jazz Singers. Spotify, Apple Music, etc. Lincoln, NE.
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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.
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W<\/span><\/h2>

Hope Wabuke<\/h3>

English<\/p><\/header>

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Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “The Dead.” Salamander Literary Journal.<\/em>
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Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “Witness.” Salamander Literary Journal.<\/em>
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Stacey Waite<\/h3>

English<\/p><\/header>

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Author, Literary Publication. Poetry, “Give Us Your Pronouns.” Poetry Daily.<\/em>
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Yujia Wang<\/h3>

Landscape Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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Creator\/Developer, Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Planning Design. Virtual Reality Digital Archive, LENS: Library of Experienceable Landscape Spaces.
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Sandra Williams<\/h3>

Art, Art History and Design<\/p><\/header>

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Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Cyanotype, Cut Paper, Garment Fabrication, Installation, “Haunted.” Artist Residency. The Studios of Key West, Key West, FL.
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Artist, Solo Visual Arts Exhibition. Cyanotype, Cut Paper, Garment Fabrication, Installation, “Haunted.” Museo Taller Erasto Cortes, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
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Davi Xavier<\/h3>

Architecture<\/p><\/header>

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