Professor Tapped as Next Ombuds at University of Nebraska Omaha

Jennifer Harbour, an Associate Professor of Black Studies, has been selected as UNO's new Director of Ombuds Services. She follows Connie Schaffer, moved to an administrative position on campus. In her new position, Harbour directs a program that serves faculty, staff, and students at the large public university. The office also includes two other collateral duty Ombuds: Tracie Anderson and Joseph Price.

Harbour joined the faculty at UNO in 2013. Her teaching interests include human rights law, pedagogies of kindness, and black feminisms. She also is part of the Women's and Gender Studies faculty. She graduated from Central Michigan University, and earned an MA at George Washington University and a PhD at the University of Iowa. (UNO News; LinkedIn.)

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