With over 1,100 instructional faculty and a student/faculty ratio of 16:1, we will be sure you get the attention you need to succeed.
NIU faculty are scholars, teachers, researchers, mentors and academic leaders who bring their broad range of diversity in expertise, experiences and backgrounds into the classroom and beyond.
Dee Anna Phares
Subject specialist librarian for University Libraries
Jaclyn Crawford
Instructor and Director of Digital Marketing Programs, Department of Marketing
Pallavi Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy
Jamie Mayer
Associate professor, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
“I like the classroom settings at NIU. I feel that they’re small enough for me to be engaged and I’ve had the chance to connect with my professors and have one-on-one time with them.”
Glennita Williams,
Political science major