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.)
Monte Atkinson, AS, BFA, MM, DMA, Professor of Music (2018)
Cathy Barkley, BS, MS, PhD, Professor of Mathematics (2010)
Bruce Bauerle, BA, MS, DA, Professor of Biology (2016)
Richard Berkey, BA, MA, Associate Professor of English (2010)
Clare Boulanger, BS, MA, PhD, Professor of Anthropology (2014)
Steven Bradley, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Art (2015)
James Brock, BS, MS, Associate Professor of Physical Sciences (2010)
Julie Bruch, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Language (2019)
Rex Cole, AS, BS, PhD, Professor of Geology (2020)
Adele Cummings, BA, MS, PhD, Professor of Sociology (2015)
Harold Davenport, BS, MS, PhD, Professor of Mathematics (2010)
Jack Delmore, BM, MM, DMA, Professor of Music (2017)
Forbes Davidson, BS, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences (2011)
Arun Ektare, PhD, Professor of Computer Science (2014)
Byron Evers, BS, MS, Associate Professor of Mass Communication (2013)
Karen Ford, BA, MA, PHD, Professor of Psychology (2017)
Sandy Forrest, BSN, MSN, PhD, Professor of Nursing (2017)
Andrew Gordon, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of Spanish (2012)
Gig Leadbetter, BA, MS, PhD, Professor of Kinesiology (2015)
Daniel Flenniken, Associate Professor of Mass Communication (2017)
Myra Heinrich, BS, MA, PhD, Professor of Psychology (2014)
Arthur Houle, BM, MM, DMA, Professor of Music (2020)
Robert Johnson, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of English (2010)
Gary Looft, Technical Instructor of Applied Technology - Transportation Services (2016)
Longino Luis Lopez, BA, MA, PhD, Instructor of English (2012)
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)
Jerry Moorman, BS, MEd, EdD, Professor of Business (2013)
Maureen Neal, BA, MA, PhD, Professor of English (2015)
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)
Cheryl Roy, BS, MSN, Associate Professor of Nursing (2010)
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)
Patrick Schutz, BS, MS, PhD, Professor of Business Administration (2018)
Gayla Jo Slauson, BA, MBA, Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems (2017)
William Tiernan, BA, PhD, Professor of Physics (2017)
Cynthia Thomas, BSN, MS, PhD, Associate Professor of Nursing (2011)
Heather Waggoner, AA, BA, MFA, Professor of Theatre Arts (2015)
Susan Yeager, BA, MS, PED, Professor of Kinesiology (2011)
Colorado Mesa University Visiting Professors
Aspinall Professors
Carl Abbott (1985), History; BA, Swarthmore College; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
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
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
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