Emeriti Professors
Susan Ashley
Professor Emeritus of History
19th and 20th century European History
Professor Ashley arrived at CC in 1970 after graduating from Carleton College and earning a M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Susan chaired the History Department at CC twice and served as Dean of the College and Dean of the Faculty from 2005 - 2012. Ashley also directed the ACM Florence and London-Florence programs three times and was the President of the Western Society for French History.
Douglas Monroy
Professor Emeritus of History
US Southwest, 20th Century US, Mexico
A native of Los Angeles, Douglas Monroy started at Colorado College in 1978. During his career at CC, he taught courses on twentieth-century US history, the history of the Southwest and its arts and literature, and historiography.
Carol Neel
Professor Emeritus of History
European Middle Ages, ancient Roman civilization, the history of family life, historiography and theory of history, and history of the book.
Professor Neel's published historical criticism, editions, and translations include five books and numerous articles. Her central scholarly interest is in the spirituality of religious orders of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, especially the Premonstratensians. Among her volumes is a translation and commentary on the work of a twelfth-century apocalyptic and ecumenical theologian, Anselm of Havelberg, entitled Anticimenon: On the Unity of the Faith and the Controversies with the Greeks (Collegeville MN, 2010), in which her co-author is CC alumnus Ambrose (Gregory) Criste, O.Praem.
Neel serves on the editorial board of Premonstratensian Texts and Studies. Her favorite place to do research is the Hill Monastic Museum and Library in central Minnesota, where she has twice spent sabbatical years as a Resident Scholar at the Collegeville Institute, the ecumenical research center of St. John's Abbey.