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