Faculty Affiliates

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Department of Anthropology, Yale

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Lecturer, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

acassida@uccs.edu   |  COLU 327
Education:  
        M.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs
        B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University 
Area of Interest: International Affairs, Urban water access 

Professor of Communication

gcheney@uccs.edu |  719-255-4337 |  ACAD 530
Education:   
        Ph.D., Purdue University (Communication)
        M.A., Purdue University (Communication)
        B.A., Purdue University (Communication)
Area of Interest:  organizational identity, professional ethics, workplace democracy, quality of work life, globalization, human rights, peace, and sustainability.

Assistant Professor, Department of History

schrist3@uccs.edu  |  COLU 2049
Education:  
        Ph.D., Northeastern University, Boston
        M.A., Northeastern University, Boston
        B.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs  
Area of Interest: Modern south Asia, Global Sixties, Global South Political and Urban History, Sub-Saharan Africa, Gender and Identity.

Associate Professor of Anthropology

mchurch@uccs.edu  |  719-255-3064 |  CENT 124
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
        M.A., University of Pennsylvania
        B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder
Area of Interest: Belize, Central America, and U.S.-Mexico borderlands, focusing on archaeology of parenting and childhood.

Professor of Sociology

mcompani@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4141  |  ACAD 425
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Arizona 
        M.A., University of Arizona
        B.A., University of Massachusetts 
Area of Interest: Cultural Survival

Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages and Cultures

ecota@uccs.edu |  719-255-3817 |  DW 247E
Education:   
        Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
        M.A., San Diego State University 
        B.A., San Diego State University 
Area of Interest:  Cultural and Literary Studies, U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, and Latin America

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Assistant Professor of Geography

tdao@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4025|  COLU 2035
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
        M.Sc., University of Calgary, Canada
        B.E., University of New South Wales, Australia
Area of Interest: GIScience, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Spatial Big Data Analytics

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

mdorne@uccs.edu  |  719-255-5166 |  CENT 118
Education:   
       Ph.D., University of Nevada 
        M.A., California State University
        B.A., University of California  
Area of Interest: Human Behavioral Ecology; The Philippines 

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Assistant Professor of Operations Management, College of Business and Administration

yfan@uccs.edu  |  719-255-5166 |  DWIR 228
Education:   
        Ph.D., Richard Ivey School of Business 
        M.A., Beijing Jiaotong University
        B.A., Beijing Jiaotong University
Area of Interest: Impact of Culture on Business Operations

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Instructor of Marketing, College of Business

jgalle12@uccs.edu  |  719 255 3741 |  DWIRE 306
Education:  
        PsyD., University of the Rockies.
        Master´s of International Management, Thunderbird School of Global Management.
        B.A., Central Michigan University 
Area of Interest: Organizational Development, Sales & Marketing, Cross-Cultural Negotiations. 

Assistant Professor, Psychology Department

bgavett@uccs.edu  |  719 255 4135 |  COLU 4047
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Albany, State University of New York
        B.A., SUNY College at Geneseo  
Area of Interest: Advanced Psychometrics, neuropsychological test validity, differential diagnosis, and clinical decision-making. 

Associate Professor and Chair

pgorder@uccs.edu  |  (719)255-3168 |  OCSE A439
  
Area of Interest: Dynamic systems and control, Aerospace vehicle dynamics, Engineering design

Director of the Colorado Center for Policy Studies/Professor of Economics

dgreenwo@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4031 |  ACAD 205
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
        M.A., University of Houston
        B.A., Northern Illinois University  
Area of Interest: Ecological Economics; Quality of Life

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Director, International Affairs

mhansen2@uccs.edu  |  719-255-7528 |  Copper House 9202
Education:  
        Ed.D., Northern Arizona University.
        M.A., Alfred University.
        B.A., University of Pittsburgh. 
Area of Interest: International student mobility, women and leadership, strategic international enrollment management, and international student engagement. 

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies

jharner@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4054 |  COLU 2013
Education:  
        Ed.D., Arizona State University
        M.A., Arizona State University
        B.A., The Pennsylvania State University
Area of Interest: Urban and Cultural Geography, Mexico, GIS

Assistant Professor

dharri14@uccs.edu | (719)  255-3016 |  Columbine Hall, rm. 2033
Education:  
       

  • PhD, Geography, Clark University, 2020
  • MSc, Geography: Environment & Development, The London School of Economics, 2014
  • BA, Political Science & Religious Studies, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2012

Area of Interest: Nature-Society Relations, Climate Change, Political Ecology, Storytelling, Environmental / Climate Justice, Cultural Geography, Experimental Research Methods, Critical Physical Geography, Environmental Humanities, Environmental Philosophy, Critical Theory

Assistant Professor in the College of Business in Marketing/Sport Management

sharris2@uccs.edu |  719-255-4310 |  DWIR 313B
Education:   
        Ph.D., Loughborough University
        M.A., University of Gloucestershire
        B.A.,  University of North London   
Area of Interest: Sport Governance and Sport Policy; Sports Marketing; International Sport for Development and Peace 

Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies

dhavlick@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4906 |  COLU 2015
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of North Carolina
        M.S., University of Montana
        A.B., Darthmouth College  
Area of Interest: Militarized Landscapes; Environmental Restoration; Germany

Director/Professor of Women's and Ethnic Studies (WEST)

aherrera@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4001 |  ACAD 426
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Delaware
        M.A., West Chester University  
        B.A., Saint Joseph's University
Area of Interest: Hispanic Literature and Culture

Professor and Department Chair of Geography and Environmental Studies

cholder@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4097 |  COLU 2037
Education:  
        Ph.D., Clark University
        M.A., University of Georgia
        B.A., Clark University   
Area of Interest: Ecohydrology; Biogeography; Human-Environment Interactions; Latin America

Director, Excel Languages Center (LC)

sho@uccs.edu  |  719-255-3691 |  Copper House 9202
Education:  
        Ed.D., University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
        M.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
        B.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
Area of Interest: Communication, Leadership, Student Affairs in Higher Education, Educational Leadership, Research, and Policy.

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Associate Professor of History

cjimenez@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4021 |  AOB 206
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of California
        M.A., University of California
        B.A., Georgetown University   
Area of Interest: Latin America/Chicano History

K

Chair and Associate Professor of Economics

fkhan@uccs.edu |  719-255-4063 |  COLU 1058
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Maryland
        M.S., Northeastern University
        B.B.A., Georgia College and State University  
Area of Interest: International trade policy, numerical general equilibrium models, economic development in South Asia

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

jkling@uccs.edu  |  COLU Third Floor
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
        M.A., University of Colorado-Boulder.
        B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Area of Interest: Social and Political Philosophy, Normative and Applied Ethics, Feminism, Medieval Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Race.

Lecturer of Geography and Environmental Studies

ikopteva@uccs.edu |  719-255-4063 |  COLU 1058
Education:   
        Ph.D., Saint Petersburg State University
        M.S., Saint Petersburg State University 
Area of Interest: Atmosphere Circulation and Its Impacts on a Global Scale

Assistant Professor & BACJ Director, School of Public Affairs

akoslosk@uccs.edu  | (719) 255-4044 |  ACAD 308
Education:  
        Ph.D., Iowa State University.
        M.S., Iowa State University.
        B.A., University of Minnesota, Morris.
Area of Interest: Intersections of gender, class, race and crime, Corrections and Mental Health (antisocial behavior, program evaluation, and policy intervention), Human Trafficking (perspectives, demand, responses to, and intersections of race, class, gender), Teaching and Learning.

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Assistant Professor of School of Public Affairs

mlandonm@uccs.edu |  719-255-4185 |  ACAD 312
Education:
        Ph.D., University of Albany
        M.A., University of Pittsburgh
        B.A., University of Buffalo 
Area of Interest: Homeland Security; Security Education

Professor of Department of English

rlaroche@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4035 |  COLU 1051
Education:
        Ph.D., Yale University 
        B.A., Bates College 
Area of Interest: Historical Recipes from Germany, England, Canada, and US

Lecturer in the College of Business

dlee4@uccs.edu  |  719-964-4607 |  DWIR 102

Instructor in the Department of Philosophy

clewis5@uccs.edu  |  COLU 4055
Education:
        M.Phil., University of Hong Kong 
        B.A., Duke University 
Area of Interest: Chinese philosophy, moral education, moral psychology, ethics (broadly construed), philosophy of biology, applied philosophy

Public Anthropology Fellow, Sapiens Magazin

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Professor and Chair of Visual and Performing Arts

smacaula@uccs.edu  |  719-255-3865 |  COLU 2001
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
        M.A., University of Colorado
        B.A., University of Minnesota
Area of Interest: Art History and Folklore

Associate Professor of English

kmack@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4045 |  COLU 1043
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
        M.A., University of California, Irvine
        B.A., Columbia University
Area of Interest: Cultural Rhetorics of Contemporary South Africa

Assistant Professor of History

rmartin8@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4070 |  COLU 2053
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
        M.P.P., University of California-Berkeley
        B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Area of Interest: Jews, Catholics, and Converses in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain and the Americas; Late Modern Europe

Assistant Professor, Advising: Literature and Education Options

Department Chair, Associate Professor with Tenure, Leadership, Research, and Foundations (LRF) College of Education

sylvia.martinez@uccs.edu  |  719-255-3476 |  COLU 3057
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Kansas
        M.S., Colorado State University
        B.A., Washington State University 
Area of Interest: Study Abroad Programs

Associate Professor of Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences

nmeyer2@uccs.edu |  719-255-3760 |  UHAL 308
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Utah
        M.S., Arizona State University
        B.S.,  University of Wyoming
Area of Interest: Food Systems; Health; Sustainability

Assistant Professor, College of Education

rmitchel@uccs.edu  | (719) 255-3405 |  COLU 1045
Education:  
        Ph.D., Global Education The Ohio State University.
        M.A., History Northeastern University.
        B.S., Journalism University of Colorado Boulder.
Area of Interest: Middle Eastern education, Rural Education, State-level education policy.

Associate Professor of Sociology

jmontezd@uccs.edu |  719-255-4138 |  ACAD 431
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Southern California
        M.A., New York University
        B.A.,  University of California at Berkeley
Area of Interest: Social Theory; Social Inequalities; Urban Food Security; Film and Media Studies; American Indian Boarding Schools

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Assistant Research Professor, Central State University

Education:  
        Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 
        M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 
        B.S. University of Florida

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Executive Director of School of Public Affairs- Center for Human Security (CHS)

srecca2@uccs.edu  |  719-640-4346 |  ACAD 321
Education:  
        M.A., Naval Postgraduate School and University of Zurich
        B.S., U.S. Naval Academy
Area of Interest: Intelligence and International Security Policy

Assistant Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

jrigler@uccs.edu  |  719-255-5144|  UHAL 232
Education:   
        Ph.D.,  University of California at San Diego
        M.A., University of California at San Diego
        B.M., Northwestern University 
Area of Interest: Improvisation, Composition, Flute

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

trobins3@uccs.edu |  719-255-3125 |  CENT 120
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Oregon
        MSc., University of Oregon
        BA, Marquette University 
Area of Interest: Hygiene Hypothesis, Disappearing Microbiota Hypothesis, Evolutionary Medicine

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Assistant Professor of Philosophy

jscholes@uccs.edu |  719-255-4090 |  COLU 4057
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Denver
        M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
        B.A., Baylor University
Area of Interest: Religion, Theology, and Popular Culture

Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training in Psychology

dsegal@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4176 |  COLU 4015
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Miami
        B.S., Tulane University
Area of Interest: Mental Health and Aging

Instructor of English/ Lecturer of Geography and Environmental Studies

msiebert@uccs.edu |  COLU 1036
Education:   
        M.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs
        B.A., University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Area of Interest: Critical Geopolitics and Radical Geography/ Ecocomposition and Place-Based Literature

Professor of Computer Science

ssemwal@uccs.edu  |  (719) 255-3545 |  ENGR 180
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Central Florida
        M.S., University of Alberta
        B.E., University of Roorkee, India.
Area of Interest: computer graphics, wearable computing and virtual reality, computer-human interaction, medical applications, human animation and avatars, and volume Rendering and Visualization, Realistic Images, Ray Tracing, computational geometry

Assistant Professor of Sociology

hsmith3@uccs.edu |  719-255-3128 |  ACAD 415
Education:   
        Ph.D., Arizona State University 
        M.S., Arizona State University
        B.S., Texas Christian University  
Area of Interest: Youth Homelessness, Violence Against Girls and Women; The Role of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Juvenile Court Processes; The Sociology of Drugs; Deviance.

Associate Professor of Anthropology

ksmith5@uccs.edu |  719-255-3555 |  CENT 126
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Chicago
        M.A., University of Chicago
        A.B., Princeton University  
Area of Interest: Archaeology and Applied Anthropology in Ecuador and Peru

Instructor-Bachelor of Innovation/Co-Director of BI Program College of Business

cstiles@uccs.edu    |  719-255-5180 |  ULR 104
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of Colorado Colorado Springs
        M.A., Wake Forest University 
        B.A., University of Minnesota
Area of Interest: Collaborations with Education, Corporate, and Nonprofit Sectors with Leadership Teams and Business

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

ssuh@uccs.edu  | 719) 255-4127 |  ACAD 416
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Sociology.
        M.A., University of Minnesota, Sociology.
        B.A., University of California – San Diego.
Area of Interest: Intersection of race, ethnicity, gender, migration, and identity, especially in relation to Asian Americans and the Korean diaspora.

Research Assistant Professor of Natural Product, Central State University

Areas of Interest: Genetics and Biochemistry of Cannabis Use

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Assistant Professor

ntapiafu@uccs.edu | 719-255-5941 | COLU 3043

Education:

  • Ph.D. in Higher Education, University of North Texas, 2020
  • Graduate Certificate in Community College Leadership, University of North Texas, 2020
  • M.Ed. in Student Affairs in Higher Education, Texas State University, 2013
  • Bachelor’s of Interdisciplinary Studies (Concentration: Social Justice), University of New Orleans, 2010

Assistant Professor Research, Geography and Environmental Studies, Adjoint Coordinator Colorado Geographic Alliance

rtheobal@uccs.edu  |  719-255-5217 |  COLU 2024
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
        M.A., University of Colorado Boulder
        B.A., Middlebury College  
Area of Interest: Global Systems of Education

Assistant Professor, WEST

jtorre14@uccs.edu | (719) 255-5147 |  ACAD 408
Education:  

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Anthropology
  • M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, Anthropology and Education
  • B.A., Villanova University, English

Assistant Professor

ntuaone@uccs.edu |   (719) 255-4117 |  ACAD 409
Education:  

  • Ph.D., British and American Literature, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2020
  • M.A. English Literature, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2012 Certificate, Women’s Studies
  • Honors B.S. Gender Studies, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2006 Minor, Philosophy

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Associate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies

bvogt@uccs.edu  |  719-255-5146 |  COLU 2011
Education:   
        Ph.D., Arizona State University 
        M.A., Arizona State University
        B.A., University of Missouri 
Area of Interest: Lightning/Landscape interactions, Geomorphology, GIS

Professor of Languages and Cultures Department, Director/Professor of Visual and Performing Arts - Film Studies

rvondass@uccs.edu  |  719-255-3562 |  DWIR 247B
Education:   
        Ph.D., University of California 
        M.A., University of California
        B.A., University of California 
Area of Interest: Film Theory; International Film

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Professor of Sociology, Associate Vice Chancellor for Inclusion and Academic Engagement

kwarner@uccs.edu  |  719-255-3203 |  MAIN 318
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of California
        M.A. in Sociology, University of California
        M.A. in Planning and Community Development, University of Colorado at Denver
        B.A., Haverford College 
Area of Interest: Urban Sociology; Chicano Community; Globalization and Development

Assistant Professor of History

ywei@uccs.edu |  719-255-8103 | COLU 1009
Education:   
        Ph.D., Harvard University  
        M.A., University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
        B.A., Nanjing University
Area of Interest: Classical thought in early China to political history of the People's Republic of China with a focus on the late imperial period (the Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1911) 

Associate Professor and Director of Visual and Performing Arts- Music

gwhitehe@uccs.edu  |  719-255-5134 | UHAL 230
Education:   
        D.M.A., University of California, San Diego 
        M.A., University of California, San Diego
        B.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music
Area of Interest: Creative Music Rendering with Inter Arts and Multimedia Applications

Instructor/Coordinator of Student Affairs in Higher Education Program

pwitkows@uccs.edu  |  719-255-4339 |  COLU 3042
Education:  
        Ph.D., University of Northern Colorado 
        M.A., University of Maryland
        B.A., Occidental College 
Area of Interest: Intercultural Competence of Study Abroad Experiences in Students

Assistant Professor of History and Women's and Ethnic Studies

cwoodall@uccs.edu |  719-255-3768 |  COLU 2045
Education:   
        Ph.D., New York University  
        M.A., Bosphorus University  
        B.A., Southwestern University
Area of Interest: Modern Middle East History