Teaching Associate Professors

JEFFREY K. ACKERMAN, 2017-B.S., State University of New York, Buffalo; Ph.D., Purdue University; Teaching Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

MICHAEL D. BARANKIN, 2016-B.S., University of California Los Angeles; M.Sc., Technical University of Delft; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles; Teaching Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

DANIEL BLOOD, 2021-B.S., Valparaiso University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida; Teaching Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

JACK BRINGARDNER, 2023-B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., Ph.D.,  University of Texas at Austin; Director of Education Innovation and Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, Design and Society

ELIZA BUHRER, 2018-B.A., Reed College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University; Teaching Associate Professor of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

ROBIN J. BULLOCK, 2015-B.S., M.S., Montana Tech; Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, Design, and Society

CRYSTAL DOBRATZ, 2017 - B.S., MBA., Frostburg State University; Ph.D., Morgan State University; Teaching Associate Professor of Economics and Business 

MANSUR ERMILA, 2015-B.S., University of Al-Fatah; M.S., University of Miskolc; Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Teaching Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering

HEATHER FESTER, 2022 - B.S., Truman State University; M.A.,  Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.F.A., Naropa University; Teaching Associate Professor of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 

ANDRES GUERRA, 2014-B.S., Colorado School of Mines; M.S., Colorado School of Mines; Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Teaching Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

ALINA M. HANDOREAN, 2015-B.S., M.S., University of Bucharest; M.S., Ph.D., Washington University; Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, Design, and Society

JEFFREY A. HOLLEY, 2013-M.E., Colorado School of Mines; Teaching Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

LIU HONGYAN, 2015-Ph.D., Colorado State University; Teaching Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

JOSEPH W. HORAN, 2013-B.A., Colorado State University; M.A., Florida State University; Teaching Associate Professor of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

AMANDA JAMEER, 2016-B.S., University of Guelph; M.S., York University; Teaching Associate Professor of Chemistry

KATHLEEN KELLY, 2021-B.S., Loyola University, New Orleans; M.S., University of Central Florida; Teaching Associate Professor of Computer Science

JUSTIN LATICI,2020-B.S., Roanoke College; MFA, The University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, Teaching Associate Professor of University Honors and Scholars Program

SHERON LAWSON, 2023-B.S., Augustana College; M.B.A., Keller Graduate School of Management; D.I.B.A., Nova Southeastern University; Teaching Associate Professor of Economics and Business

LESLIE LIGHT, 2014-B.S., Stanford University; M.B.A., Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, Design and Society

ERIK MENKE, 2023-B.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; Teaching Associate Professor of Chemistry

MARK MILLER, 1996-B.S., Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Teaching Associate Professor of Petroleum Engineering

OYVIND H. NILSEN, 2016-B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder; Teaching Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

MARK ORRS, 2015 - B.S., St. Joseph's University; M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D., Columbia University; Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, Design and Society

ANDREW H. PEDERSON, 2016-B.A., Pacific Lutheran University; M.T., Denver University; Teaching Associate Professor of Economics and Business

C. JOSH RAMEY, 2015-B.S., University of New Mexico; Ph.D., University of Colorado; Teaching Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

PHILLIP ROMIG III, 1999-B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Teaching Associate Professor of Computer Science

SID SALEH, 2018-B.S., University of Houston; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; Teaching Associate Professor of Economics and Business

LAUREN SHUMAKER, 2019-B.A., University of California - Santa Cruz; Ph.D., Stanford University; Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, Design and Society

PRACHI SHARMA, 2023-B.S., M.B.M. Engineering College; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York; Teaching Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

EMILY SMITH, 2019-B.S., University of Vermont; M.S., Ph.D., Oregon State University; Teaching Associate Professor of Physics

JEREMY SUITER, 2023-B.A., Brigham Young University; M.B.A., Weber State University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Teaching Associate Professor of Economics and Business

ALEXANDRA WAYLLACE, 2008-B.S., M.S., Colorado School of Mines; Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia; Teaching Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

JEFFREY L. WHEELER, 2016-B.S., Whitworth College; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines; Teaching Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

KATHERINE YOUMANS, 2020 - B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; M.Ed., Boston University; Ph.D., Utah State University; Teaching Associate Professor of Engineering, Design and Society