Emeritus Faculty and Visiting Professors
Colorado Mesa University Recent Emeritus Faculty
(Date in parentheses indicates year of retirement. In accord with Faculty Senate action, this list is limited to faculty awarded emeritus status in the past 10 years.)
Thomas Acker, BS MA, PhD, Professor of Spanish (2022)
Monte Atkinson, AS, BFA, MM, DMA, Professor of Music (2018)
Julie Barak, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of English (2021)
Bruce Bauerle, BA, MS, DA, Professor of Biology (2016)
Susan Becker, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Psychology (2023)
Clare Boulanger, BS, MA, PhD, Professor of Anthropology (2014)
Steven Bradley, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Art (2015)
Julie Bruch, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Language (2019)
Paula Casey, BS, MA, Instructor of Speech (2023)
Rex Cole, AS, BS, PhD, Professor of Geology (2020)
Adele Cummings, BA, MS, PhD, Professor of Sociology (2015)
Jack Delmore, BM, MM, DMA, Professor of Music (2017)
Arun Ektare, PhD, Professor of Computer Science (2014)
Karen Ford, BA, MA, PHD, Professor of Psychology (2017)
Sandy Forrest, BSN, MSN, PhD, Professor of Nursing (2017)
Philip Gustafson, BS, MS, PhD, Professor of of Mathematics (2024)
Gig Leadbetter, BA, MS, PhD, Professor of Kinesiology (2015)
Daniel Flenniken, Associate Professor of Mass Communication (2017)
Lisa Friel-Redifer, BA, MEd, EdD, Professor of Teacher Education (2024)
Myra Heinrich, BS, MA, PhD, Professor of Psychology (2014)
Calvin Hofer, BA, MME, DMA, Professor of Teacher Education (2024)
Arthur Houle, BM, MM, DMA, Professor of Music (2020)
Rick Livaccari, BS, MS, PhD, Professor of Geology (2023)
Gary Looft, Technical Instructor of Applied Technology - Transportation Services (2016)
Britt Mathwich, BA, MA, Associate Professor of Business (2024)
Stephanie Matlock, BA, MS, Instructor of Biology (2022)
Robert Mayer, BA, MS, Assistant Professor of Business (2017)
Gabriele Mayer-Hunke, BS, BA, MS, MA, Instructor of English and German (2017)
Gary McCallister, BS, MS, DA, Professor of Biological Sciences (2014)
Tamera Minnick, BS, PhD, Professor of Environmental Science and Technology (2022)
Maureen Neal, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of English (2015)
John Nizalowski, BA, MA, Instructor of English (2022)
Lori Payne, BA, MS, PhD, Professor of Computer Science (2021)
Carolyn Quinn-Hensley, BFA, MFA, Professor of Art and Design (2019)
John Redifer, AA, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Political Science (2018)
Kristine Reuss, BSN, MSN, PhD, Professor of Nursing (2017)
David Rogers, BA, MBA, Professor of Accounting (2012)
Eric Sandstrom, BA, MA, Assistant Professor of Mass Communications (2019)
Bette Schans, BS, MS, PhD, Professor of Radiologic Technology (2016)
Steven Schulte, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of History (2020)
Daniel Schultz-Ela, BA, MS, MS, PhD, Professor of Mathematics (2022)
Patrick Schutz, BS, MS, PhD, Professor of Business Administration (2018)
Luis Silva-Villar, MA, MA, PhD, Professor of Spanish (2022)
Gayla Jo Slauson, BA, MBA, Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems (2017)
William Tiernan, BA, PhD, Professor of Physics (2017)
Richard Vail, BSME, MBA, MSc, PhD, Professor of Business (2023)
Mayela Vallejos-Ramirez, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Spanish (2022)
Heather Waggoner, AA, BA, MFA, Professor of Theatre Arts (2015)
Patti Ward, AAS, BS, MEd, PhD, Professor of Radiologic Sciences (2021)
Judy Williams, BSN, MSN, Associate Professor of Nursing (2022)
Colorado Mesa University Visiting Professors
Aspinall Professors
Carl Abbott (1985), History; BA, Swarthmore College; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Seth Archer (2024), History; BA, College of William and Mary; MFA, University of Arizona; MA, College of William and Mary; PhD, University of California, Riverside
William Beezley (2008), History; BA, Chico State College; MA, PhD, University of Nebraska
Stephen Bennet (1995), History; BS, MS, Illinois State University-Normal; PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Alan Block (1996), History, Political Science, and Public Affairs; AB, PhD, University of California-Los Angeles; MA, California State University
Peter Blodgett (2016), History; AB, Bowdoin College; MA, M. Phil, PhD, Yale University
Peter Boyle (1989), History and American Studies; MA, Glasgow University, Scotland; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Michael M. Brescia (2018), History; BA, West Virginia University; MA, PhD, University of Arizona
George Browder (2001), History; BS, Memphis State University; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison
William Chaloupka (2009), Political Science; BS, University of Nebraska; MA, Arizona State University; PhD, University of Hawaii
Cornell Clayton (2014), BA, University of Utah, M.Ltt; D.Phil, Oxford University
Walker Connor (1992), Political Science; John R Reitmayer Professor of Political Science, Trinity College
Martin Cook (2019), Philosophy; BA, University of Illinois; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Thomas Davis (2007), History; BA, Fordham University; MA, PhD, Columbia University; JD, State University of New York-Buffalo
Roger Dingman (1991), History; BA, Stanford University; MA, PhD Harvard University
Richard W. Etulain (2010), History; AB, Northwest Nazarene College; MA, PhD, University of Oregon; DHL, Northwest Nazarene University
Richard Funston (1987), Political Science; BA, MA, PhD, University of California-Los Angeles; JD, University of San Diego
Andrew Gulliford (1997), History; BA, MAT, Colorado College; PhD, Bowling Green State University
Reynold Koslowski (2020), Political Science, History, and Public Affairs; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Gordon Martin, Jr (1998), Political Science, History, and Public Affairs; AB, Harvard College; JD, New York University
Thomas Millington (2002), Political Science; BA, Williams College; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Study
Erika Monahan (2021), History; BA, Dartmouth College; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Douglas Monroy (2022), History; BA, MA, PhD, University of California Los Angeles
Robert Mortimer (1986), Political Science; BA, Wesleyan University; MA, PhD, Columbia University
William Parrish (2000), History, Political Science and Public Affairs; BS, Kansas State University; MA, PhD, University of Missouri
Edwin Perkins (2003), History, Political Science, and Public Affairs; BA, College of William and Mary; MBA, University of Virginia; PhD, Johns Hopkins University
F. Ross Peterson (2015), History; BA, Utah State University, PhD Washington State University
Glenda Riley (1993), History, Political Science and Public Affairs; BA, Western Reverse University; MA, Miami University; PhD, University of Ohio
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg (1999), History; BA, Colorado College; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin
William Robbins (1990), History; BS, Western Connecticut; MA, PhD, University of Oregon
Randolph Roth (2012), History and Sociology; BA, Stanford University; PhD, Yale University
Adam Soward, (2017), History; BA, University of Puget Sound; MA, PhD, Arizona State University
Dominik Stecula (2023), Political Science; BA, University of Michigan, Dearborn; MA, McGill University; PhD, University of British Columbia
Jerome Steffen (1988), History; BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison; MA, Eastern Michigan University; PhD, University of Missouri
Zachary Smith (1994), History, Political Science and Public Affairs; BA, California State University, Fullerton; MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert Westbrook (2004), History; BA, Yale University; PhD, Stanford University
John Wills, Jr. (2005), History; BA, University of Illinois; MA, PhD, Harvard University
Peter H. Wood (2013), History; BA, Harvard University; BA, University of Oxford; PhD, Harvard University