Faculty and Staff
Department Leadership
Sandy Woodson
Department Head
Teaching Professor
Stratton Hall 302/303
303-384-2335
swoodson@mines.edu
Shannon Mancus
Associate Department Head
Teaching Associate Professor
Stratton Hall 408
303-384-2531
shannonmancus@mines.edu
Faculty
Jonathan Cullison
Teaching Professor
Interim Music Program Director
Ford Building
303-384-2275
jculliso@mines.edu
Paula Farca
Teaching Professor and Culture, Creativity, and Communication Program Director
Stratton Hall 414
303-273-3758
pfarca@mines.edu
Heather Fester
Teaching Associate Professor & Nature and Human Values Coordinator
Stratton Hall 306
303-384-2090
hfester@mines.edu
Cortney Holles
Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Advisor
Stratton Hall 415
303-273-3595
cholles@mines.edu
Shannon Mancus
Associate Department Head
Teaching Associate Professor
Stratton Hall 408
303-384-2531
shannonmancus@mines.edu
Seth Tucker
Teaching Associate Professor & Hennebach Program Director
Stratton Hall 403
303-273-3628
stucker@mines.edu
Sandy Woodson
Department Head
Teaching Professor
Stratton Hall 302/303
303-384-2335
swoodson@mines.edu
Affiliated Faculty
Melanie Brandt
Teaching Associate Professor and Director of McBride
The Honors House, 1700 Illinois Street
303-273-3753
mbbrandt@mines.edu
Toni Lefton
Assistant Provost for Signature Student Experience
Executive Director University Honors & Scholars Program (UHSP)
Honors House
303-384-2332
tlefton@mines.edu
Roelof K. Snieder
W.M. Keck Distinguished Professor of Professional Development Education
Center for Wave Phenomena and Office of Academic Affairs
Hill Hall 206A
303-273-3456
rsnieder@mines.edu
Administrative Staff
Adjunct Faculty
Anna Angeli
Joseph Bearss
Matjaz Bren
Chad Brockman
Kirsten Carpenter
Laura Heller
Alison Kerr
Patricia Kuhn
Sally Krusee
Ryan Lambert
Richard Levine
Kimberly O’Connor
Cipriano Ortega
Jordan Ortman
Francisco Padilla
Meredith Parker
Teaching Assistants
Christina Adjiman
Dayana Arrue
Kayla Benson
Chrystal Cordova
Weston DiBlasi
Krishna Erla
Thomas Haines
Emmalynn Hicks
Rebecca Holmes
Tinzar Htun
Adam Keating
Eryn Kelsey-Adkins
Oliver Miller
Connor O’Reilly
Fitrah Pratama
James Shirey
Dwi Siregar
Mary Twetten
Carla Villalbos
Emeriti
Betty J. Cannon
Emerita Associate Professor
W. John Cieslewicz
Emeritus Professor
John Heilbrunn
Emeritus Associate Professor
T. Graham Hereford
Emeritus Professor
James Jesudason
Emeritus Teaching Professor jjesudas@mines.edu
Carl Mitcham
Emeritus Professor cmitcham@mines.edu
Kathleen H. Ochs
Emerita Associate Professor
kochs@mines.edu
Barbara M. Olds
Emerita Professor
bolds@mines.edu
Rose Pass
Emerita Teaching Associate Professor
Laura J. Pang
Emerita Associate Professor
lpang@mines.edu
Eul-Soo Pang
Emeritus Professor
epang@mines.edu
Arthur B. Sacks
Professor Emeritus and Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Education
asacks@mines.edu
Karen B. Wiley
Emerita Associate Professor
Robert Klimek
Emeritus Teaching Professor
rklimek@mines.edu