The Center for Critical Thought is comprised of a Director, Executive Board Chairs and Members, and staff.  Additionally, there are more than twenty-five scholars at CU who are Affiliate faculty.

 

Center Leadership

Justin Desautels-Stein

Justin Desautels-Stein

Director • Associate Professor
Law School
Michaele Ferguson

Michaele Ferguson

Co-Chair of the Executive Committee • Associate Professor
Political Science
Ben Hale

Benjamin Hale

Co-Chair of the Executive Committee • Associate Professor
Environmental Studies/Philosophy

Executive Committee

Kirk Ambrose

Kirk Ambrose

Executive Committee Member • Professor, Art History • Late Antique & Medieval Art • Founding Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
Art History
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Reece Auguiste

Executive Committee Member • Association Professor
CRITICAL MEDIA PRACTICES
Lorraine Bayard

Lorraine Bayard de Volo

Executive Committee Member • Professor • Chair
Women & Gender Studies
Aya Gruber

Aya Gruber

Executive Committee Member • Professor
Law School
Karim Mattar

Karim Mattar

Executive Committee Member • Assistant Professor
English
Carole McGranahan

Carole McGranahan

Executive Committee Member • Professor
Anthropology
Hillary Potter

Hillary Potter

Executive Committee Member • Associate Professor • Associate Dean for Inclusive Practice in the College of Arts and Sciences
Ethnic Studies
Lauren Stone

Lauren Stone

Executive Committee Member • Assistant Professor
GSLL
Beverly Weber

Beverly Weber

Executive Committee Member • Director of the Program in Jewish Studies • Associate Professor of German Studies
German & Jewish Studies

Administration

Kathryn R. Yazgulian

Kathryn R. Yazgulian

Program Manager
Center for Critical Thought
Kathryn started with the University of Colorado Boulder in 2019, and she is currently the Program Manager for the Center for Critical Thought. She grew up in Northern California and has lived in Colorado for over five years. Kathryn received her B.A. in Communication from the University of Colorado Denver, where she is currently studying for her Master of Arts degree in Communication. She enjoys hiking, climbing, and cooking in...
Daniel Sequeria

Daniel Sequeira

Research Associate • JD Candidate
Law School
Daniel is a rising 3rd year at Colorado Law and the current Research Associate for the Center for Critical Thought. Daniel grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia and received a B.A. in International Relations from the College of William & Mary. His research in law school and for the center has focused on mapping the current state of Critical Legal Theory and exploring the intersection between practice and theory in law...