Department Faculty & Staff Directory

Ann N. Amicucci, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

• 719-255-4040

• aamicucc@uccs.edu

COLU 1024

Fall 2024 office hours: Mondays 4:45-5:45 p.m., Tuesdays 12:30-1:30 p.m, Thursdays 12:30-1:30 p.m., and by appointment.

Gina Baldoni-Rus, M.A.

Teaching Professor

• gbaldoni@uccs.edu

COLU 1055

Office Hours:
MW 7:15 - 7:45 am and 12:05 - 1:35 pm (face-to-face/virtual)

Matthew Balk

Director, Writing Center, Assistant Professor, Attendant Rank, Director Writing Fellows

• (719) 255-4335

• mbalk@uccs.edu

COLU 316

Craig Bubeck, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• cbubeck@uccs.edu

COLU 1026

Office Hours:
M/W 4:30-5:30 PM
T/R 12:15-1:15, 4:30-5:30 PM

Steve Carter, Ph.D

Associate Professor & Department Chair

• 719-255-4005

• scarter2@uccs.edu

COLU 1025D

Office Hours (Fall 2024):
Tuesday & Wednesday 1 pm – 3 pm, or by appt.

Laura Collins, Ph.D., JD

Assistant Professor

• 719-255-8135

• lcollin4@uccs.edu

COLU 1041

Helen Davies, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Co-Director for the Center for Research Fronteiers in the Digital Humanities

• (719) 255-4004

• hdavies@uccs.edu

COLU 1049

Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 12:30-1:30pm and by appointment

Celeste Delbar, M.A.

Assistant Teaching Professor

• cdelbar@uccs.edu

COLU 1052

Tony Friedhoff, M.F.A.

Teaching Professor, Creative Writing Coordinator, advising Creative Writing Minor only

• afriedho@uccs.edu

COLU 1059

Michael Ferguson, M.A.

Assistant Teaching Professor

• mferguso@uccs.edu

COLU 1056

Sheldon Gaskell, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• 860-559-2489

• sgaskell@uccs.edu

COLU 1048

Fall Office Hours:
M 8-9:15am, 2:15-3pm, 6:15-7:15pm
W 8-9:15am, 2:15-3pm

Lesley Ginsberg, Ph.D.

Professor

• 719-255-4045

• lginsber@uccs.edu

Catherine Grandorff, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor / Assistant Director of the First-Year Rhetoric & Writing Program

• cgrandor@uccs.edu

COLU 1039

Fall 2024 Office Hours:
Tues & Thurs 12:30-2:30p.m. and by appointment

Juliet Green, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• jgreen14@uccs.edu

COLU 1024

Phillip Haisley, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor / Director of Writing Portfolio Assessment

• pheasley@uccs.edu

COLU 1038

Keri Hemenway, M.A.

Teaching Professor

• khemenwa@uccs.edu

COLU 1021

Kathleen Johnson, M.A.

Teaching Professor

• kjohnson@uccs.edu

COLU 1033

Cody Kaser, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• ckaser@uccs.edu

COLU 1054

Rebecca Laroche, Ph.D.

Professor

• 719-255-4035

• rlaroche@uccs.edu

COLU 1051

Chelsea A. Lawson, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor

• clawson2@uccs.edu

COLU 1013

Fall 2024 Office Hours:
11:00am-12:00pm  and 3:00-4:00pm Tuesday and Thursday

Katherine Mack, PhD

Professor

• kmack@uccs.edu

COLU 1025D

Ceil Malek, M.A., M.F.A.

Senior Instructor Emerita

• cmalek@uccs.edu

Chris Martin, M.F.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• cmarti19@uccs.edu

Remote Only (via Microsoft Teams)

Fall 2024
Monday 7:00 - 9:00 am
Tuesday 7:00 - 9:00 am
Wednesday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday 7:00 - 9:00 am
Friday 6:00 am - 2:00 pm

Suhaan Mehta, PhD

Assistant Professor

• 719-255-4006

• smehta2@uccs.edu

Columbine Hall 1045

Omar Montoya, MA

Thomas Napierkowski, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

• tnapierk@uccs.edu

Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

• 719-255-4034

• kortega@uccs.edu

COLU 1047

Fall 2024: W 9-11am & by appointment

C. Kenneth Pellow, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

• 719-255-4006

• kpellow@uccs.edu

COLU 1011

Rebecca Posusta, M.A.

Teaching Professor, Literature

• 719-255-4017

• rposusta@uccs.edu

COLU 1011

Fall 2024 office hours:
Tuesday 1:00-3:00pm, Wednesday 11:00-12:00pm, and by appointment

Nathan Price, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• nprice2@uccs.edu

COLU 1046

Michelle Prose, M.A., M.B.A.

Teaching Professor

• mprose@uccs.edu

COLU 1019

Fall 2024 Office Hours:
Monday & Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00
Tuesday & Thursday 8:45 - 9:15
And virtually by appointment

Leslie Rapparlie, M.F.A.

Teaching Professor

• rapparl@uccs.edu

COLU 1021

Joan Klingel Ray, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita / President's Teaching Scholar

Christine Robinson Coon, M.A.

Teaching Professor

• ccoon@uccs.edu

COLU 228

Office Hours:
Mon and Wed | 4:20-4:35pm
Tue | 3:20-4:50pm (via Teams Office)
and by appointment

Kristen Robinson, M.A.

Assistant Teaching Professor

• kbelcher@uccs.edu

COLU 1022

Fall 24 Office Hours:
Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.

Kacey Ross, M.A.

Teaching Professor / Director of the First-Year Rhetoric & Writing Program / Director of Writing Across the Curriculum

• 719-255-4208

• kross2@uccs.edu

COLU 1025E

Office Hours:
M, T, Th 9:30-10:30 and by appointment

Martin Salgado, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• msalgad2@uccs.edu

COLU 1044

Adrian Shaw, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• ashaw2@uccs.edu

COLU 1053

Nate Siebert, M.A.

Teaching Professor

• msiebert@uccs.edu

COLU 1053

Susan Taylor, Ph.D.

Professor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning

• 719-255-4036

• staylor@uccs.edu

COLU 1049

Meghan Tifft, M.F.A.

Teaching Professor

• mtifft@uccs.edu

COLU 1059

Andrea Wenker, M.A.

Teaching Professor

• awenker2@uccs.edu

COLU 1031

DeLyn Winters, M.A.

Associate Teaching Professor

• dwinters@uccs.edu

COLU 1034