Meet the faculty who joined us in AY 2022-23!
A very warm welcome to all new CU Boulder faculty as you join a community where our groundbreaking faculty are dedicated to teaching, research, creative work, and leadership in the service of the public good. Our faculty teach and learn with over 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students on our beautiful campus. The Office of Faculty Affairs strives to support faculty members through each stage of their career, from hiring to retiring.
Read more of the welcome letter from the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Daniel Acuña, Associate Professor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Syracuse University
Scholarly Area:
Biomedical Engineering
Charla Agnoletti, Instructor
Education
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Youth education transformation healing justice
J. Brandon Anderson, Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Architectural design studios and professional practice
Jared Arp, Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Product design
Susan Atkinson, Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Architecture and Planning Practice
Alixandra Barasch, Associate Professor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Stern School of Business, NYU
Scholarly Area:
Technology and consumer experiences
Sarah Barkin, Instructor
Program for Writing and Rhetoric
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Writing/Rhetoric and film studies
Novella Bates, Instructor
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Clark College
Scholarly Area:
Biomaterials/Medical Devices
Kōnane Bay, Assistant Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Princeton University
Scholarly Area:
Polymers, Biomaterials
Joseph Berry, Associate Professor
RASEI/Physics
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
US Manufacturing of Advance Perovskites
Scholarly Area:
Semiconductor material development
Aditi Bhaskar, Associate Professor
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Colorado State University
Scholarly Area:
Urban water resources
Amit Bhattacharjee, Associate Professor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
INSEAD
Scholarly Area:
Marketplace morality and welfare
Shahzad Bhatti, Senior Instructor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Denver
Scholarly Area:
Strive for excellence in Teaching
Jason Burdick, Professor
Chemical & Biological Engineering/Biofrontiers
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
Scholarly Area:
Biomaterials, Additive Manufacturing, Tissue Engineering
Christopher Carruth, Instructor
Information Science
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Mutual influence of tech <--> society
Amelia Celoza, Assistant Professor
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
The University of Texas at Austin
Scholarly Area:
Construction Engineering and Management Technology
Yueqi Chen, Assistant Professor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
Scholarly Area:
System Security & Software Security
Patrick Clark, Assistant Professor
Critical Media Practices
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Extended Realities, Documentary, Media Production
Laura Conway, Instructor
Cinema Studies & Moving Art Images
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Filmmaking, DJing, and curating
Eric Coombs Esmail, Assistant Professor
Critical Media Practices
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Landscape, spirituality, and the politics of human migration
Lauren Cooper, Senior Instructor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
California Polytechnic State Institute
Scholarly Area:
Engineering education, project-based learning
Adam Crawley, Instructor
Education
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
The University of Texas at Austin
Scholarly Area:
Children's literature, elementary education, LGBTQ+
Gregory Crichlow, Principal Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Scholarly Area:
Alternative transportation, Architecture
Lisa De Alwis, Instructor
Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics and Society
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Music, censorship, Europe 19th century
Melisa Diaz, Assistant Professor
Geography
College of Arts & Science
Recent Affiliation:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Scholarly Area:
Polar regions, geochemistry, environmental justice
Scott Diddams, Professor
Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Quantum Engineering & Metrology
David Dobolyi, Assistant Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Notre Dame
Scholarly Area:
ML/NLP (machine learning & natural language processing), face recognition, cybersecurity
James Dykes, Instructor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Information science
Mona ElHelbawy, Senior Instructor
Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Colorado School of Mines
Scholarly Area:
Wireless Communication
Diane Elliston, Instructor
Advertising, Public Relations, & Media Design
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Advertising social change
Maureen Floriano, Instructor
Integrative Physiology
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Baldwin Wallace University
Scholarly Area:
Harm reduction substance use disorder
Ami Gates, Principal Instructor
Data Science
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
Georgetown University
Scholarly Area:
Data Science, STEM, Math, Statistics, CS
Michael Gil, Assistant Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Animal behavior, ecology, conservation
Jason Gladstone, Assistant Professor
English
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Post-1945 American Literature
Jeffrey Glusman, Instructor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Engineering education research, Aerospace
Christopher Godley, Instructor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Applied Machine Learning on FPGAs
Alex Gonzalez, Assistant Professor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University
Scholarly Area:
Music Performance - Violin
Oded Gurantz, Assistant Professor
Research & Evaluation Methodology
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
University of Missouri
Scholarly Area:
Higher Education
Travis Hainsworth, Instructor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Robotics
Abraham Handler, Assistant Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Natural language processing
John Hersey, Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
City of Denver
Scholarly Area:
Transit oriented development
Lauren Hosek, Assistant Professor
Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Anthropology, human osteology, historical bioarchaeology
Loren Intolubbe-Chmil, Instructor
Student Academic Success Center
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
Naropa University
Scholarly Area:
Educational Equity, Access, Justice
Abel Iyasele, Instructor
Data Science
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
Harvard University
Scholarly Area:
Nexus between binding macro issues and corporate performance in the US
Justin Johnson, Instructor
Music
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Musical theatre and theatre performance
James Kalwara, Instructor
William A. Wise Law Library
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Metadata, Slavic Languages and Literature
Amber Kelsie, Assistant Professor
Communication
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
Wake Forest University
Scholarly Area:
Antiblackness in the Speculative Rhetorics of Genetic Genealogy
Keely Kernan, Instructor
Critical Media Practices
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Environment, globalization, identity, and community
Erik Knudsen, Senior Instructor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
George Mason University
Scholarly Area:
Solid mechanics, Mechanical design
Tony (Dejun) Kong, Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership and Information Analytics
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of South Florida
Scholarly Area:
Trust, leadership, negotiation, emotions, ethics
Zak Kopeikin, Instructor
Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Ethics, Well-being, Mind/Consciousness
Kaylyn Kriaski, Artist in Residence
Theatre & Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Orlando Shakespeare Theater & Colorado Shakespeare Festival
Scholarly Area:
Shakespeare and the arts as a tool to bridge our mental and physical health
Glen Krutz, Dean & Professor
Political Science
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Oklahoma State University
Scholarly Area:
Political institutions and public policy, including questions of agenda-setting and institutional change, and cross-disciplinary environmental projects
Jarad Krywicki, Instructor
Program for Writing & Rhetoric
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Writing, American Literature, and Sustainability
Andy Lacy, Instructor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Marketing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Jason Lagapa, Instructor
Program for Writing & Rhetoric
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
First-year writing, creative nonfiction, and rhetorical and cultural studies
Soraya Latiff, Instructor
CU Engage
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Youth organizing, dignity in education, healing justice, healing and youth led policy
Kyungsun Lee, Instructor
Environmental Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Texas A&M University
Scholarly Area:
Environmental policy, environmental justice, water, energy, sustainability
Grace Leslie, Assistant Professor
Music & ATLAS
College of Music
Recent Affiliation:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Scholarly Area:
Music, Neuroscience, Human-centered computing
R. Scott Livengood, Instructor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
Lara Maerz, Senior Instructor
Theatre & Dance
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Sasquatch Productions
Scholarly Area:
Theatre production
Rebecca Mitchell, Assistant Professor
Organizational Leadership & Information Analytics
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
Scholarly Area:
Teams, social hierarchy, comparisons, DEI
Nathan Moore, Assistant Professor
Women & Gender Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
The University of Texas at Austin
Scholarly Area:
Black Trans and Queer Studies, Temporality, Speculative Fiction
Austin Moss, Assistant Professor
Accounting
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Scholarly Area:
Accounting and Retail Investors
Crystal Nelson, Assistant Professor
Art & Art History
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
The Pennsylvania State University
Scholarly Area:
Black art and Black visual culture
Elia Newsom, Instructor
Program for Writing & Rhetoric
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Wayne State University
Scholarly Area:
Writing Studies & Critical/Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Kathy Nielsen, Instructor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Turnberry
Scholarly Area:
Technology & Culture, Collaboration
Elizabeth Novosel, Assistant Professor
University Libraries
University Libraries
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Success and Engagement Strategies, Research and Collections Engagement
S.N. Nyeck, Associate Professor
Ethnic Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa
Scholarly Area:
Gender, political economy, queer studies, religion
Omedi Ochieng, Associate Professor
Communication
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
Denison University
Scholarly Area:
Black Rhetoric and Philosophy
Osita Eluemuno Onyejekwe, Instructor
Applied Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Multivariate regression models
Michael Pappas, Professor
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Scholarly Area:
Interdisciplinary influences associated with economics and political economy
Richard Parker, Instructor
Accounting
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Accounting Information Systems, Principles, and Data Analytics
Amanda Parsons, Associate Professor
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
Columbia University
Scholarly Area:
Tax law
Thomas Pegelow, Professor
History
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Appalachian State University
Scholarly Area:
Holocaust Studies, modern European-Jewish history
Michelle Penn, Instructor
William A. Wise Law Library
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Denver
Scholarly Area:
Law librarianship, legal history
Anthony Pinter, Instructor
ATLAS
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Digital identity during/after life transitions
Melissa Pope, Instructor
Integrated Design Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Denver
Scholarly Area:
Biomaterials, Cancer cell biology
Ethan Poskanzer, Assistant Professor
Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Operations
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scholarly Area:
Inclusivity in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Staci Pratt, Instructor
William A. Wise Law Library
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
UMKC School of Law, Bloch Law Library
Scholarly Area:
Access to Justice
Elmer Ramos, Instructor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Brand strategy, innovation, international marketing
Samuel Ramsey, Assistant Professor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Bee Research Laboratory, USDA
Scholarly Area:
Entomology
Eric Reckwerdt, Senior Instructor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Tensor networks
Michael Rivera, Assistant Professor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University
Scholarly Area:
Digital fabrication, purposeful technology
Christy Rogers, Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Policy development and framework planning for equitable community development
Marialis Rosario-Franco, Instructor
Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
School of Mines
Scholarly Area:
Astrophysics & Planetary Sciences
Alex Rukhotskiy, Clinical Associate Professor
Organizational Leadership & Information Analytics
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Scholarly Area:
Software development life cycle, Database and data-warehouse design and development
Vicky Sama, Scholar in Residence
Journalism
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
Humbolt State University
Scholarly Area:
Free speech rights, media literacy, war reporting, sports media, equity for women athletes
Sara Sanchez, Assistant Professor
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Climate change/climate variability/oceanography
Talles Santos, Senior Instructor
Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Timpel Medical
Scholarly Area:
Development and use of anatomical and physiological prior information to estimate electrical impedance tomography images
Cody Scarborough, Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer, & Energy Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Michigan
Scholarly Area:
Electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces
Willem Schreüder, Senior Instructor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Mathematical modeling related to groundwater flow and transport
Warren Sconiers, Senior Instructor
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of the Ozarks
Scholarly Area:
Plant-insect interactions, education
Karla Scornavacco, Instructor
Education
School of Education
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Educational Innovation
Maryam Shakiba, Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Virginia Tech University
Scholarly Area:
Computational damage mechanics of soft and composite materials
Ted (Edward) Shear, Instructor
Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Epistemology and Philosophical Logic
Ran Shi, Assistant Professor
Finance
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
London School of Economic and Political Science
Scholarly Area:
Asset pricing, International Finance, Financial Economics
Keyana Simone, Scholar in Residence
Journalism
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Innovation of campaigns and strategies to raise interest, build brands and engage audiences
Jonathan Skinner-Thompson, Associate Professor
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Environmental law, justice, and administration
Jaehee Song, Assistant Professor
Finance
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
Yale University
Scholarly Area:
Real Estate
Christophe Spaenjers, Associate Professor with tenure
Finance
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
HEC Paris
Scholarly Area:
Finance and real estate
Christina Stanton, Clinical Associate Professor
Law
University of Colorado Law School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Indigenous Peoples law and human rights
Shawn Swanson, Instructor
Economics
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Arkansas
Scholarly Area:
Economics, public policy
Sara Tabatabaie, Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Application of community-based participatory research (CBPR)
Marisa Tirado, Instructor
Program for Writing & Rhetoric
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Iowa
Scholarly Area:
Protest rhetorics in American society, Latinx pop culture, Puerto Rican rhetorics, Latinx diaspora, and the American Southwest
Hoang Truong, Instructor
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Wearable Sensing Systems
Jesse Van Horne, Instructor
Environmental Design
Graduate School
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Climatologically appropriate landscape design, Visual arts, Custom furniture, lighting, signage, website and graphic design
Nathalie Vriend, Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Scholarly Area:
Physics of dynamic granular materials
Cara Welker, Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Stanford University
Scholarly Area:
Biomechanics, haptics, robotics, assistive devices
Piotr Windyga, Scholar in Residence
Computer Science
College of Engineering & Applied Science
Recent Affiliation:
Fort Hays State University
Scholarly Area:
Data Science Applied to Medicine
Meg (Margaret) Winter, Instructor
Marketing
Leeds School of Business
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Marketing, Product Strategy, Buyer Behavior
Tony Wood, Assistant Professor
History
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Princeton University
Scholarly Area:
Modern Latin American history
Mahdieh Yazdani, Instructor
Economics
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Intersection of Applied Econometrics, Machine learning, and Experimental economics
Andrew Young, Assistant Professor
Critical Media Practices
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Media Design, Production and Theory
Morgan (Erik) Young, Instructor
Advertising, Public Relations, & Media Design
College of Media, Communication and Information
Recent Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scholarly Area:
Marketing and branding
Yu Zhang, Instructor
Asian Languages & Civilizations
College of Arts and Sciences
Recent Affiliation:
Princeton University
Scholarly Area:
Second language acquisition