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Name: Joseph Bonnett
Title: Assistant ice hockey coach
Department: Athletics
Office phone: (719) 389-6479
Email: jbonnett@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S., Western Michigan University, secondary education; M.A., Miami of Ohio University, sports studies.
Came to CC in: 2000
Areas of expertise: Skill development of the youth hockey player; recruiting strategies; Division I ice hockey
Major publications: in the Colorado Springs Gazette
Name: Cathy Camp-Davidson
Title: Records assistant
Department: Registrar's office
Office phone: (719) 389-6612
Email: ccampdavid@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: master of music, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music;
bachelor of music, University of Arizona
Came to CC in: 1997
Areas of expertise: Double Bass Performance; Chamber and Symphonic Music Performance; Arranging and
Composing; Creating and marketing ensembles.
Major publications: Dragonfly music CD released 2004 featuring original arrangements of traditional
fiddle tunes for fiddle, cello, and double bass. Created and marketed string
trio and quartet for performance at wedding ceremonies.
Name: Jeff Cathey
Title: Assistant dean of students
Department: Campus activities
Office phone: (719) 389-6800
Email: jcathey@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S., University of Tennessee, animal science; M.S., University of Tennessee, higher education
Came to CC in: 2001
Areas of expertise: Student extracurricular and co-curricular involvement; new student orientation; outdoor recreation programming; Greek life; honor societies; student leadership; student government; student conduct; student retention
Other pertinent information: Past experience in Center for Community Service, campus programming, and Greek life
Name: Steve Crosby
Title: Outdoor education director
Department: Campus activities
Office phone: (719) 227-8131
Email: steve.crosby@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A. - English, University of New Hampshire (sociology minor) '87 M.Ed. - Adult
and Higher Education, University of Auckland (1st Class Honours) 2000
Came to CC in: 2005
Areas of expertise: Outdoor and experiential education (theoretical and practical application as
well as program development); Adult learning theory, Higher education assessment
schemes; experiential and adventure education in organizational and leadership
development. Research areas include: Best practices of outdoor leadership
development in higher education, Meta-analysis on factors that influence
learning, The influence of New Zealand goverment policies on outdoor leadership
standards in education.
Major publications: Vivisecting the Tui: The influence of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework
in Outdoor Leadership Development, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2003
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Cycling, fly fishing, telemark skiing, mountain scrambling, sailing
Other pertinent information: Six years instructor and course director for Colorado Outward Bound School; Mt.
guide on Mt. Rainier '92; Colorado Mountain College - adjunct faculty of
wilderness studies '95-'02; program director - Breckenridge Outdoor Education
Center's Professional Challenge Program '96-98; Orvis endorsed fly fishing
guide, telemark ski racer and coach, ski coach - Team Breckenridge 95-96;
adaptive ski coach for disabled sports USA Ski Spectacular 95-98; advisor to
University of Wisconsin, Madison's adventure learning program 2003-2005.
Name: Carol Dickerson
Title: Director
Department: Tutt Library
Office phone: (719) 389-6671
Email: cdickerson@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Cornell University; MSLS, University of Tennessee
Came to CC in: 1999
Areas of expertise: Academic library planning; scholarly publishing issues including open access
initiatives; interlibrary cooperation and collaboration, especially in Colorado;
information literacy; trends in student library use; "Library as Place"
Other pertinent information: director of the Walker Management Library, Owen Graduate School of Management at
Vanderbilt University from 1984-1999 ; director, Tutt Library, Colorado College,
1999-; Founding member and immediate past chair, Colorado Academic Library
Consortium; member, American Library Association and Association of College and
Research Libraries; Members Council, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
Name: Mike L. Edmonds
Title: Dean of Students; vice president for student life
Department: Student life
Office phone: (719) 389-6684
Email: medmonds@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., University of Mississippi, theater arts; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Mississippi, higher education; post-graduate work at Harvard University
Came to CC in: 1990
Courses taught at CC: Drama Away; Speech Arts
Areas of expertise: Drama - Theatre Appreciation Diversity - Leadership Public Speaking Rhetoric
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Travel, Religion, American Cancer Society, Shopping, Memorial Hospital Board Member
Other pertinent information: Southerner
Name: Lisa Ellis
Title: Senior Director for Advancement/Annual Giving
Department: Advancement
Office phone: (719) 389-6466
Email: lellis@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Colorado College, Russian area studies; M.A., University of Maryland, journalism
Came to CC: 2002
Areas of expertise: Journalism; international communication; comparative media systems; post- communist media in transition; Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union countries
Other pertinent information: Lived and/ or worked in Europe, Asia, and Latin America
Name: Keith Emmons
Title: Graphic design associate
Department: Communications
Office phone: (719) 389-6428
Email: kemmons@ColoradoCollege.edu
Came to CC in: 1996
Areas of expertise: Graphic design and typography
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Researching and writing a biography on a 20th-century poet and artist; researching early American sheet music illustrators; fluent in American sign language
Other pertinent information: Lived and worked in Greece, Hungary, Israel, Scotland, and South Africa; visited many other countries. Skilled in cartooning and illustration
Name: Ellen Goulding
Title: Associate director of admission
Department: Admissions office
Office phone: (719) 389-6850
Email: egoulding@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Colorado College, 1973 in anthropology
Came to CC in: 1969
Areas of expertise: topics: selective college admission, tips on applying to college, high school
preparation, the interview
Other pertinent information: Been in the CC admission office for over 30 years
Name: John Gudvangen
Title: Associate director of financial aid
Department: Financial aid office
Office phone: (719) 389-6762
Email: jgudvangen@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Colorado College, chemistry, cum laude, 1985; MPA, University of Colorado, 2002
Came to CC in: 1988
Areas of expertise: Financial aid, financing higher education, saving for college. Public school
governance, school boards, student achievement, local control, K-12 education
accountability, school finance, school improvement.
Other pertinent information: Admission and financial aid officer since 1988; 2005-06 chair of District 11
Advisory Accountability Committee, Capital Improvements subcommittee chair of D11
Long-range School Use Study, 2003-04; Elected school board member, 1989-1997,
Harrison School District 2 in Colorado Springs including 2 years as president;
president, Colorado Association of School Boards, 1997; Colorado Education Goals
2000 panel member including chair of standards subcommittee (1990s); early
childhood education board member 1998-2004.
Name: Kendra Henry
Title: Summer High School Program Director
Department: Summer Programs
Office phone: (719) 389-6935
Email: khenry@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Ohio State University, spanish; M.A., Ohio State University, spanish literature; M.A., University of Colorado, classics
Courses taught at CC: Latin
Areas of expertise: Teaching methodology-learning styles; professional meeting/event planner
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Travel and reading, especially mysteries and biographies
Name: Carlos Jimenez
Title: Assistant director of admission
Department: Admission office
Office phone: (719) 389-6054
E-mail: cjimenez@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., history and political science
Came to CC in: 2004
Areas of expertise: Minority recruitment; admissions; student government; spiritual life at CC; the relationship between Christianity and CC
Name: Kris Jones
Title: Director of information technology services
Department: Information management
Office phone: (719) 389-6251
Email: ktjones@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Dartmouth College, psychology, 1989; M.S., University of Oregon, cognitive psychology, 1990; M.A., George Washington University, educational technology leadership, 2006.
Came to CC in: 1996
Courses taught at CC: Designed and taught, with staff, two- and three-day intensive faculty institutes on topics such a GIS, digital video/digital storytelling, and dynamic syllabi; computer workshops on Web design, Web authoring, Power Point, Email, Mac/Win operating systems, file management, and Excel; taught Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, and Statistics courses at the University of Oregon and at Ohio University.
Areas of expertise: Academic computing and network & systems services in the liberal arts; instructional technology projects; faculty development and computer training; grant-funded collaborations; professional development planning in IT.
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Photography (35mm and digital); trying new technologies such as GIS and creating a family Web site; scrapbooking and card-making.
Other pertinent information: Volunteers time at her child's D20 school for technology projects and planning; has served as a technology and statistical consultant; PTO board experience.
Name: Dianne Knight
Title: Admission specialist
Department: Admission office
Office phone: (719) 389-6071
Email: dknight@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Came to CC in: 1997
Courses taught at CC: Ice skating lessons to faculty and staff
Any other pertinent information: Choreography for skaters
Name: Jennifer Kulier
Title: Director of publications
Department: Communications office
Office phone: (719) 389-6210
Email: jkulier@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S., Southern Illinois University, speech communication
Came to CC: 2002
Area of expertise: Writing, editing, higher education marketing
Major publications: "Women's Mountain Biking," published 1999 by W.W. Norton & Co.
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Cycling, hiking, camping
Pertinent biographical information: Former journalist
Name: Candace Santa Maria
Title: Office supervisor
Department: Registrar's office
Office phone: (719) 389-6273
Email: csantamaria@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., University of Colorado, psychology and sociology
Came to CC in: 1998
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Furniture upholstery; photography; volunteerism
Other pertinent information: Had an upholstery business for 11 years and specialized in antiques; taken and taught photography courses.
Name: Sandra L. Papuga
Title: Office coordinator
Department: History
Office phone: (719) 389-6523
Email: spapuga@ColoradoCollege.edu
Came to CC in: 1989
Name: Jessy Randall
Title: Archivist/curator of special collections
Department: Tutt Library
Office phone: (719) 389-6668
Email: jrandall@ColoradoCollege.edu
Came to CC in: 2001
Education: A.B., Columbia University, 1992 M.L.S., UNC-Chapel Hill, 1994
Courses taught at CC: Children's Literature (Pikes Peak Community College); writing workshops; library
instruction sessions.
Area of expertise: Language, including slang history (I write regularly for Verbatim: The Language
Quarterly) and Helen Hunt Jackson (whose papers CC owns).
Major publications:
"Wizard Words: The Literary, Latin, and Lexical Origins of Harry Potter's Vocabulary" in Verbatim, Spring 2001 (reprinted in Reading on J.K. Rowling, Greenhaven Press, 2003).
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Have published poems and prose in several small literary magazines, and I have
chapbooks of poetry in print and forthcoming.
Pertinent biographical information: See http://personalwebs.coloradocollege.edu/~jrandall/ for more information.
Name: Horst F. Richardson
Title: Head coach, men's soccer, retired professor of German
Department: Athletics
Office phone: (719) 389-6517
E-mail: hrichardson@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Cal Riverside; M.A., Cal Riverside; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; A-license - soccer
Came to CC in: 1965
Courses taught at CC: German Language, Literature, History; Freshman seminars with emphasis on writing; First-Year Experience courses; study-abroad courses
Areas of expertise: German language and culture; foreign language play productions; WWII - German P.O.W. in U.S. and Russia; soccer; international sports travel
Major publications: "Your Loving and Loyal Son", book on father in Russia, WWII
"Davai, Davai" (translator) on German P.O.W. in Russia; soccer publications; Articles on foreign language play productions
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Exclusive international travel such as: Trans-Siberian railroad; soccer team to China; various Soccer World Cups
Name: Tracy Santa
Title: Director of writing center
Department:
Writing program
Office phone: (719) 389-6809
E-mail: tracy.santa@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Ed.M., Harvard Univ; B.A. and M.A., San Francisco
State University
Came to CC in: 2005
Courses taught at CC: Writing Practicum; Theory and Practice of Peer Tutoring; Peer Tutoring Practicum
Areas of expertise: Writing instruction, writing program, and writing center theory; Beat
literature; American vernacular music
Major publications: Essays in the Writing Center Journal, Beat Culture, the Chicago Reader,
Salon.com, New Orleans Times-Picayune, San Francisco Chronicle, Colorado Springs
Independent
Other areas of personal/professional interest: 20 years in the music business as performer and recording artist
Pertinent biographical information:
Former faculty member at Loyola Univ (New Orleans), the American Univ in Bulgaria, the USAF Academy
Name: Brenda Soto
Title: Conferences manager
Department: Summer programs
Office phone: (719) 389-6900
E-mail: bsoto@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S., University of Phoenix, business administration M.S., University of Phoenix, computer information technology
Came to CC in: 1986
Courses taught at CC: The art of exceptional customer service
Areas of expertise: Event Planning Event Management Conference Planning
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Hockey, Football
Pertinent biographical information: Colorado Springs native.
Name: Randall J. Stiles (Randy)
Title: Vice president
Department: Information management
Office phone: (719) 389-6250
Email: rstiles@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S. and M.S., University of Illinois, aero & astro engineering; M.S.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Purdue University
Courses taught: Physics of Flight, various courses at the Air Force Academy
Areas of expertise: Aerodynamics; aircraft design; information technology in higher education: making the case for IT
Major publications: "Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective"
Other areas of personal/ professional interest: The Wright Brothers, information technology in education
Name: Julie Stockenberg
Title: Director, First-Year and Sophomore Studies and Advising
Department: Dean's office, learning commons
Office phone: (719) 389-6986
Email: jstockenberg@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Masters of
Education, 1993-1994, Marymount University; B.S., 1989-1993, University Of California, psychobiology from the College of Natural
and Agricultural Sciences
Came to CC: 2003
Courses taught: Leadership Development
Areas of expertise: First-year student transition issues and support sophomore specific programming,
faculty advising, learning styles, and study techniques
Other areas of personal/ professional interest: Avid football fan, learning to fly fish
Name: Susan Stuart
Title: Women's lacrosse coach & strength & conditioning coach
Department: Athletics
Office phone: (719) 389-6497
Email: sstuart@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., english and religious studies, William Smith College; M.S., kinesiology, James
Madison University
Came to CC: 1994
Courses taught: Women's lacrosse coach, strength coach for several programs
Areas of expertise: Strength and conditioning topics. I am certified through the National Strength
and Conditioning Association as a certified strength and conditioning
specialist.
Major publications: No publications to date. Many speaking engagements on strength and conditioning
to a wide variety of groups from Olympic level athletes to children.
Other areas of personal/ professional interest: Amateur sports competing in the international arena. Hobbies include
snowboarding, rock climbing, mountain biking, ice hockey, and lacrosse.
Pertinent biographical information: NSCA certification since 1995; worked 2 1/2 years at the Olympic Training Center
with a variety of sports and coaches; head strength and conditioning coach at
Colorado College since 1997 have worked with all sports at some point except
football.
Name: Marsha Unruh
Title: Director of education career services
Department: Education
Office phone: (719) 389-6472
Email: munrah@ColoradoCollege.edu
Came to CC in: 1992
Areas of expertise: Teacher education programs (what and where programs are offered in Colorado; undergraduate and graduate teacher education admissions process at CC); teacher placement (how to get a teaching job…resume and cover letter writing, creating portfolios, completing applications, interviewing strategies, job fair attendance); teacher licensure/certification (how to apply for information in Colorado and nationwide)
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Clicker training for dogs. Part-time head trainer for Northwest Dog Training at Northwest Animal Hospital; an AKC qualified Canine Good Citizen Evaluator; member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers; American Red Cross certified Pet First Aid/CPR
Name: Christine "Chris" Warfield
Title: Preschool teacher/summer camp coordinator
Department: Children's center
Office phone: (719) 389-6765
Email: cwarfield@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Colorado College, sociology; Early Childhood Director's Certificate, Pikes Peak Community College
Came to CC in: 1991
Areas of expertise: Early childhood education
Any other pertinent information: Presenter at the National Coalition of Campus Children's Centers, Washington, D.C., March 2003-"Model of a successful School Age Summer Day Camp on a College Campus"
Name: David Zazzaro
Title: Men's lacrosse coach
Department: Athletics
Office phone: (719) 389-6808
Email: dzazzaro@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A., Drew University
Came to CC in: 2001
Areas of expertise: Athletics-men's lacrosse; men's and women's soccer
Any other pertinent information: Head coach for 11 years-nine years at Colby College in Waterville, Me., and two at Colorado College.
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