UNR - Key Persons


Alexandra Aylward

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership

Alireza Tavakkoli

Job Titles:
  • College of Engineering ( 1 / 2 )

Amanda Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant II
  • Child and Family Research Center

Andrew Clinger

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Administration & Finance

Ashley Tate

Job Titles:
  • Licensing and Training Program Coordinator

Aubrey Flores

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chief of Staff and Director of Special Projects

Austin Brown

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Presidential Engagement

Ben Roelofs

Job Titles:
  • Director of User Services
  • Member of Committee

Betsy Brownfield

Job Titles:
  • Buyer

Bowen Drewes

Job Titles:
  • Office of Digital Learning

Brad Henrikson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Facilities, Lake Tahoe

Brandon Guilbe

Job Titles:
  • Office of Information Technology

Brenda Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Counselor Education

Brian J. Frost

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean, University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Taho

Brian Sandoval - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • 17th President of the University of Nevada
Brian Sandoval became the 17th president on September 17, 2020 Brian Sandoval serves as the 17th president of the University of Nevada, Reno. Since starting in September 2020, Sandoval has launched a number of key initiatives stressing a long-term collaborative commitment to meet the ever-changing needs of Nevada. As he has raised visibility and awareness of the strategic priorities for the state's original land-grant institution, Sandoval has stressed student accessibility, diversity and success; faculty and staff achievement and excellence; and innovation, partnership and impactful engagement through the University's research and outreach efforts. During Sandoval's tenure, key achievements have included the following: Brian Sandoval leads the University of Nevada, Reno as its 17th President.

Bryan Heller

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Planning and Construction

Calena Long

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center

Carley Ries

Job Titles:
  • Provost Office: Office of Online Learning

Carly Boren

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Counselor Education She / Her / Hers

Carolyn S. F. Silva

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Elementary Education

Catherine Cardwell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Student Technology Fee Advisory Committee
  • Interim Vice President for Student Services

Charmi Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • NevadaTeach Master Teacher for Agriculture Sciences and Environmental Science ( 775 ) 790 - 3951

Colleen Parkyn

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant IV, Student Success Center

Dale E. Bazan

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Clinical Experiences

Daniel Fergus

Job Titles:
  • Libraries Ex - Officio Member
  • Member of Committee

Daphne Emm Hooper

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Indigenous Relations

Darcy McClendon

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center
  • Early Head Start Program Coordinator ( NEIS and Comstock Locations )

David Croasdell

Job Titles:
  • College of Business ( 2 / 2 )

Diana ElAlami

Job Titles:
  • Advising Staff Academic Advisor, College of Education
  • Coordinator of Academic Success

Diana Landazuri

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Budget & Finance
  • Member of Committee

Dianna Townsend

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Literacy Studies

Donald Easton-Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Douglas Boyle

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice Provost and Dean University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Taho

Edward Huffman

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive Director, Office of Digital Learning
  • Member of Committee
  • Office of Digital Learning: Executive Director

Eleni Oikonomidoy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean, Professor of Multicultural Education

Emily Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center

Ethan Ris

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

Fares Karam

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of TESOL

Forest Goodman


Gina Delgado

Job Titles:
  • Director

Glenn Waddell

Job Titles:
  • Master Teacher, NevadaTeach

Haley McNeil

Job Titles:
  • Orvis School of Nursing

Hannah Magleby

Job Titles:
  • Pre - Award Grant Coordinator

Henry Conover

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Academic Success He / His / Him

Holman Arts


Ian McGregor

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Secondary Education

Isabel Evans

Job Titles:
  • Student Services

Jamie Barnett

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant IV
  • Child and Family Research Center

Jamie Gehrman-Selby

Job Titles:
  • CFRC Home Visiting and Community Outreach Program Director

Jeanine Mooers

Job Titles:
  • Software Tester

Jeff Springer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Security Officer

Jeff Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President and Provost
Jeff Thompson leads the Office of the Provost, which coordinates the academic mission of the University.

Jennifer Kent

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing and Communications She / Her / Hers

Jennifer Mahon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Sociocultural Education

Jennifer Ross

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor of Counselor Education

Jessica Gallo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Secondary Education

Jessie Ross

Job Titles:
  • Master Teacher, Nevada Teach / Pre - Professional Skills Preparation Coordinator

Jill Fontana

Job Titles:
  • NSHE Specialist

Jill Heaton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Provost

John Sharp

Job Titles:
  • Event and Scheduling Support Specialist

Julie Pennington

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Literacy Studies, Graduate Program Director

Kalif Fazil

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Kara Cleveland

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Operations

Kelly Hanlon

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Communications Specialist

Kerri Garcia Hendricks

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of Marketing and Communications

Kristina DePue

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Counselor Education

Laura Smithers

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership

Lexa Baldwin

Job Titles:
  • College of Science ( 1 / 2 )

Li Ke

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Science Education

Li-Ting Chen

Job Titles:
  • College of Education

Lily Chen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods & Learning Sciences

Linda Starr

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center

Lindsay Diamond

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair of Educator Preparation and Associate Professor of Special Education

Lizzie Thibodeau

Job Titles:
  • Director for Strategic Programming

Lynda Wiest

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair of Educational Studies and Professor of Mathematics Education and Educational Equity

Manuel Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Marci Hosier-Behmaram

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center

Marci Oncale M.

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Maria Reyes-Vargas

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center

Marie Recinos-Lopez

Job Titles:
  • Academic Advisor
  • Recruiter

Mariluz Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Mary Shultz

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mary Zabel

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mary Anne

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Mary Dugan

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel

MaryAnn Demchak

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Special Education ( 775 ) 682 - 7852

Megan Beckam

Job Titles:
  • Master Teacher, NevadaTeach

Melissa Barnard

Job Titles:
  • Assistant General Counsel

Melissa Burnham

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center
  • Department Chair and Professor of Human Development, Family Science and Counseling and Executive Coordinator of the Child & Family Research Center She, Her, Hers

Michael Flores

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Government Relations and Community Engagement

Michelle Rachal

Job Titles:
  • Librarian

Molly Allen

Job Titles:
  • Holman Arts and Media Center Contact
  • Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Art, Co - Director of Fine Arts Galleries

Monika Bharti

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Assistant

Mridul Gautam

Job Titles:
  • Contact Research & Innovation /
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration
  • Vice President for Research and Innovation
Dr. Gautam is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and is chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Coalition of EPSCoR/IDeA States. He serves on additional boards and committees including the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities' Commission on Economic and Community Engagement, Board of Directors of the Desert Research Institute Research Park, Board of Directors of the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems, and South Coast AQMD's (Air Quality Management District) Clean Fuels Advisory Committee. He is a University Counselor for Oak Ridge Associated Universities and a member of the National Academies' Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable. As a member of the President's Council at the University, Dr. Gautam advises on major policy issues and addresses state and national issues of compelling interest to the University's research community. Dr. Gautam is an internationally recognized researcher and expert in the area of heavy-duty mobile source exhaust emissions, aerosol sampling, and particulate matter measurement, characterization, and control. He has over 30 years of experience in initiating and managing large interdisciplinary and multi-institutional programs and has served as a principal investigator and/or co-principal investigator on over $90 million in funded research. Dr. Gautam has published more than 400 technical articles including refereed journal articles, symposia/published proceedings and published abstracts of papers presented at professional meetings. In addition to having a licensing agreement to his credit, he is a recipient of the Outstanding Aerosol Paper Award through the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award through the Society of Automotive Engineers, and several Outstanding Researcher of the Year awards at WVU.

Natalie Fry

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer

Nick Nemsgern

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor, NevadaTeach

Norris DuPree

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant Professor of Counselor Education

Olivia Ngo

Job Titles:
  • Director of Campus and Public Relations
  • Member of Committee

Patricia Richard

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice President, University Advancement

Peter Reed

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Faculty Senate

Presley Patterson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Prim-Schultz Hall

The Prim Library at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe is a stunning space for studying, research, events and exhibits. It is also home to the Poetry Center and the Sustainability Collection. The Prim Library was presented with an AIA Nevada Merit Award in 2007 on behalf of Lake|Flato Architects in recognition of its exceptional design and sustainability elements.

Quentin Owens Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development and Advancement

Rachel Knecht

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Student

Rachel Salas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Literacy Studies

Ramya Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal and HR Officer

Raul Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Rick Parsons

Job Titles:
  • Director of Holman Arts & Media Center, Director of the Summer Arts Workshops He / Him / His
  • Holman Arts and Media Center Contact

Robert Glenn

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development He / Him / His

Robert Ives

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Special Education

Robert J. Quinn

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics Education

Rod Case

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of TESOL

Rohit Patil

Job Titles:
  • Research and Innovation

Ron Turek

Job Titles:
  • Ann Carlson Student Success Center

Rose Ann Gutierrez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Equity and Diversity in Education

Ruby Batz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Special Education

Samuel Rosales

Job Titles:
  • School Counselor He, Him, His

Sarah Bousman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Planning, Budget & Analysis

Sariah Tillotson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Sasi Pillay

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Student Technology Fee Advisory Committee
  • Dean of Libraries
  • Vice President and CIO, Office of Information Technology
  • Vice President for Information Technology

Shannon Ellis - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President

Shanon Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Special Education

Sommer Atchley

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Designer

Stephanie Rempe

Job Titles:
  • Athletic Director

Stephen Allen

Job Titles:
  • Child and Family Research Center
  • Early Head Start Program Coordinator ( Sage Location )

Taissa Lytchenko

Job Titles:
  • External Vice President
  • Member of Committee

Tammy Cushway

Job Titles:
  • Office of Information Technology: UTC Administrative Support

Technology Fee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Cyberinfrastructure Committee
  • Student

Tom Parchman

Job Titles:
  • College of Science ( 2 / 2 )

Tommy Gough

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Resident

Tricia Woodliff

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Counselor Education

Victor (Vic) Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Data Specialist

Vincent Catalano

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice Provost of University Projects and Strategic Initiatives

Walter Brediger, III

Job Titles:
  • Logistics Coordinator

Wenzhen Li

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Designer

Zach Behl

Job Titles:
  • School of Public Health