Theresa Barron-McKeagney

In 2013, Dr. Theresa Barron-McKeagney became the First Latina Associate Dean in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (CPACS). Prior to her time at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO), Dr. Barron McKeagney was an education counselor at the Chicano Awareness Center in South Omaha. In 1989, she accepted a position at UNO that also provided funding for her doctoral studies, a pivotal step that launched her long-standing career in higher education. Currently, she is a professor at UNO at the Grace Abbott School of Social Work where her teaching interests include Human Behavior, Social Policy, Diversity, Humanities, Qualitative Research, and Latinos.