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Fall 2025
August 18 – December 13, 2025
Lisa Badanes, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Professor, Department Chair
Plaza 220-A
Office Hours
Dr. Badanes is available for any student questions or concerns Monday-Friday. Please contact Ms. Martina Grasse at [email protected] to make an appointment.
Sol Adams, M.A. (he/him)
Lecturer
Plaza 220-W
303 605-5257
Office Hours
Please note that office hours are for students enrolled in classes.
Monday and Wednesday
- 8:25a – 9:25a drop-in
- 12:25p – 1:55p drop-in
Pam Ansburg, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-Z
303 615-0132
Office Hours
Please note that office hours are for graduate school advising and students enrolled in classes
Monday
- 11a – noon (by appointment)
Cassandra Bailey, Ph.D. (she/her/ella)
Assistant Professor
Plaza 220-T
303 605-7985
Office Hours
Monday
- 1p – 2p drop-in
Layton Seth Curl, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
Professor
Plaza 220-Y
303 615-0327
Office Hours
Tuesday
- 9:30a – 11a (by appointment)
Wednesday
- 8a – 9a (by appointment) Online via MS Teams
Thursday
- 9:30a – 11a (by appointment)
Cynthia Erickson, Ph.D. (she/her)
Associate Professor
Plaza 220-J
303 615-0386
Office Hours
Returns Spring 2026
Bethany Fleck Dillen, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Professor
Plaza 220-AC
303 615-0415
Office Hours
Tuesday
- 12:30p – 2p drop-in
Thursday
- 1p – 2:30p (by appointment)
Maureen (Mo) Flynn, Ph.D. (she/her)
Professor
Plaza 220-Q
303 615-0420
Office Hours
Please note that office hours are for graduate school advising and students enrolled in classes
Monday and Wednesday
- 10:45a – 12:15p (by appointment)
Chris Garris, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
Professor
Plaza 220-U
303 615-0461
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday
- 8a – 9a online via MS Teams (by appointment, unless registered in his courses)
- 11a – noon drop-in
Lisa Hagan, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Professor
Plaza 220-M
303 615-0523
Office Hours
Monday
- 8:30a – 9a drop-in
- 1p – 2p (by appointment)
- 3:30p-4p (by appointment)
Wednesday
- 8:30a – 9a drop-in
- 3:30p – 4p (by appointment)
Bill Henry, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-N
303 615-5276
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday
- 9a – 10a (by appointment)
Tuesday and Thursday
- 11a – noon (by appointment)
Jovan Hernandez, Ph.D. (he/him)
Professor
Plaza 220-D
303 615-0562
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday
- 11:30a – 12:30p (by appointment)
Katherine Hill, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-E
303 615-0573
Office Hours
Monday
- 11a – noon (by appointment for students registered in her courses)
Tuesday – Thursday
- 11a – noon (by appointment)
Alexis Karris, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Professor
Plaza 220-F
303 615-0661
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday
- 11a-12:30p (by appointment for students registered in her courses)
- 1:45p-2:15p drop-in open advising
Bridget Kelsey, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-AA
303 615-0912
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday
- 8a – 9a (by appointment)
- 11a – noon (by appointment)
Linda Lockwood, Ph.D.
Professor
Remote Only
303 615-0760
Office Hours
Wednesday
- 9a – 11a online via MS Teams drop-in
Kristy Lyons, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-H
303 615-0778
Office Hours
Tuesday
- 1:45p – 2:15p drop-in
Wednesday
- Noon – 1p online via MS Teams drop-in
Thursday
- 1:45p – 2:15p drop-in
Alex Matthews, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Plaza 220-P
303 605-7503
Office Hours
Please note that office hours are for students enrolled in classes.
Monday
- 1p – 3p drop-in or by appointment
Tuesday
- 2p – 3p drop-in or by appointment
Wednesday
- 2p – 3p drop-in or by appointment
Thursday
- 11a – noon drop-in or by appointment
Chad Mortensen, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-G
303 615-0897
Office Hours
Tuesday
- 10:45a – 12:15p (by appointment) all students
- 1:45p – 2:45p (by appointment) for course students
Thursday
- 10:45a – 12:15p (by appointment) all students
Chris Randell, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-K
303 615-1040
Office Hours
Tuesday
- 830a – 9a (by appointment)
- 11a – noon (by appointment)
Wednesday
- 8a – 10a online via MS Teams (by appointment)
Thursday
- 830a – 9a (by appointment)
- 11a – noon (by appointment)
Aaron Richmond, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-AB
303 615-1060
Office Hours
Monday
- 2p – 3p drop-in
Courtney Rocheleau, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-S
303 615-1070
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday
- 9:30a – 10:30a (by appointment)
Anna Ropp, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-AD
303 615-1078
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday
- 1p – 2:30p online via MS Teams (by appointment) and in-person
Cheryl Sanders, Ph.D.
Professor
Remote Only
303 615-1104
Office Hours
Monday
- 7:30a – 9:30a online via MS Teams (by appointment)
Thursday
- 3:30p – 4:30p online via MS Teams (by appointment)
- 4:30p – 5:30p online via MS Teams (by appointment for students registered in her courses)
Bob Schatz, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-X
303 615-1119
Office Hours
Please note that office hours are for graduate school advising and students enrolled in classes
Returns Spring 2026
Randi Smith, Ph.D.
Professor
Plaza 220-AE
303 615-0456
Office Hours
Returns Spring 2026
Adjunct Faculty Fall 2025
Becky Phillips DeZalia
Adjunct Faculty
Teaches online and in-person classes
[email protected] 303 605-5738
Staff
Full-time Staff
Martina Grasse (she/her/they)
Program Assistant I
Office Manager, Senior Assistant to the Chair
[email protected] 303-615-0496 Meet Martina
Thai Intara (he/him/his)
Admin III
Assistant Office Manager
[email protected] 303-615-0614 Meet ThaiStudent Staff