Leslie-Ellen Blood

  • Director of Graduate Community & Professional Development

Leslie-Ellen Blood is the director of graduate community and program development at CU Boulder. Her research focuses on human behavior and performance, academic resilience, conflict resolution and identity formation. Before coming to CU Boulder in 2016, she was an associate professor of journalism, communications and media at Fort Lewis College in Durango. She has a PhD in curriculum and instruction specializing in behavior modeling and prediction from the University of Kansas.

Leslie-Ellen lives in Boulder, CO, with her husband Joel, their two sons, Roman and Gus, and their fantastic feline, Boots.