As a new academic year – and a new era – begins at NIU, the university is rolling out the welcome wagon for several new faculty and staff.
The roster includes more than 50 new faculty and nearly three dozen staff, all of whom are now part of the university’s goal to boost enrollment and address challenging fiscal conditions.
“The strength of NIU is from the bottom up, and not the top down,” Acting President Lisa Freeman said this summer. “That means that our best ideas come from staff and faculty and always have, and we in leadership need to listen very carefully and actively to them. My administration will cultivate and actively seek the best ideas and thinking from everyone on campus.”
New Faculty
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Christina Abreu | Center for Latino & Latin American Studies |
| Natalie Andzik | Special and Early Education |
| Nicole Bettin | Physical Therapy |
| Clayton Camic | Kinesiology & Physical Education |
| Russ Carter | Physical Therapy |
| Carliss Chatman | Law |
| Marcia Cooke | Nursing |
| Christine D’Alexander | Music |
| Fatih Demir | Educational Technology, Research, and Assessment |
| Danko Drusko | Music |
| Josephine Ebomoyi | Health Studies |
| Christopher Einolf | Center for Nonprofit and NGO Studies |
| Hasan Ferdowsi | Electrical Engineering |
| Melissa Fickling | Counseling, Adult & Higher Education |
| Sarah Fox | Law |
| Victor Gensini | Meteorology |
| Aarie Glas | Political Science |
| Barbara Gonzalez | Statistics |
| Thao Griffith | Nursing |
| Eric Hall | History |
| Jim Heyland | Operations Management & Information Systems |
| Mary Hintzsche | Nursing |
| Xiaodan Hu | Counseling, Adult & Higher Education |
| Candice Hux | Accountancy |
| Joe Insley | Art & Design |
| Dana Isawi | Counseling, Adult & Higher Education |
| Jenn Jacobs | Kinesiology & Physical Education |
| Jaehee Jong | Public Administration |
| Dongho Kim | Educational Technology, Research, and Assessment |
| Colin Kuehl | Political Science |
| Wei Li | Electrical Engineering |
| Haiying Lin | Management |
| Kathryn Mazurek | Health Studies |
| Lindsey Munguia | Nursing |
| Martin Ndicu | Accountancy |
| Cynthia Nelson | Health Studies |
| Irina Nesterova | Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| Karl Nilsen | Military Science |
| Dan Oest | Leadership, Educational Psychology & Foundations |
| Nancy Petges | Nursing |
| Charles Pudrith | Allied Health & Communicative Disorders |
| Nan Qin | Finance |
| Eunju Rho | Public Administration |
| Heather Roller | Biological Sciences |
| Maybell Romero | Law |
| Claire Schaeperkoetter | Kinesiology & Physical Education |
| Emerson Sebastião | Kinesiology & Physical Education |
| Phillip Sink | Music |
| Bobby Sinko | Mechanical Engineering |
| Jifu Tan | Mechanical Engineering |
| Mahdi Vaezi | Engineering Technology |
| Agesilaos Vasilopoulis | Health Studies |
| Melanie Walski | Curriculum & Instruction |
| Ying Wang | Operations Management & Information Systems |
| Christopher Young | Military Science |
| Noel Ysasi | Allied Health & Communicative Disorders |
| Shupei Yuan | Communication |
New Staff
| Name | Department |
| Alicia Anderson | Education |
| Anne Apple | Law |
| Ethan Argueta Jr. | Public Safety |
| Frederick Barnhart | Libraries |
| Antonette Bourn | Housing & Residential Services |
| Collin Bruning | Convocation Center/Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Jordan Burko | Counseling & Consultation Services |
| Tony Calderala | Education |
| Marcelo Campolina | Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Jaclyn Cuff | Lorado Taft |
| Katherine Dolan | Campus Child Care |
| Claire Duvall | Educational Technology Research and Assessment |
| Noca Ervin | College of Business |
| TJ Feuerbach | Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Eddie Garza | Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Teri Gensler | College of Business |
| Virginia Guzman | Human Resource Services |
| Teresa Harrington | Holmes Student Center |
| Jayne Holley | Alumni Relations |
| Ray Jackson | Gift Planning |
| Nick Jones | Engineering & Engineering Technology |
| Jeremy Jorgensen | Public Safety |
| Maria Kasza | Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Bethany Kautz | Lorado Taft |
| Pulchratia Kinney-Smith | Human Resource Services |
| Derrick Lander | Infrastructure Services |
| Elsa Litecky | Lorado Taft |
| Darryl Lockett | Human Resource Services |
| Ryan Lowe | Law |
| Sarah Lyons | Nursing |
| Alex McAnally | Campus Child Care |
| Liz McKee | Alumni Relations |
| Melissa Meinen | Counseling & Consultation Services |
| Brandace Merritt | Allied Health & Communicative Disorders |
| Kimberly Miller | Development Operations |
| Daniel Miller | Public Safety |
| Nancy Newman | Health Studies |
| Donald Peterson | Engineering & Engineering Technology |
| Alex Pitner | Student Involvement & Leadership Development |
| Christopher Poole | Communication |
| Sarah Prescott | Libraries |
| Quinn Rear | Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Sydney Riebe | Allied Health & Communicative Disorders |
| Maxine Rohde | Counseling & Consultation Services |
| Genesis Rue | Housing & Residential Services |
| Elina Savoie | Housing & Residential Services |
| Chris Smith | Housing & Residential Services |
| Donna Walker | Housing & Residential Services |
| Brandon Watkins | Intercollegiate Athletics |
| Cori Wild | Department of Management |
| Tom West | Housing & Residential Services |
