Faculty & Staff Directory

Gene Abrams, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3182

gabrams@uccs.edu

ENG 288

Reece Adragna

Teaching Professor

(719) 255-7230

radragna@uccs.edu

ENG 277

Rebecca Afandi, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3167

rafandi@uccs.edu

OSB B411

Peter Braza, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair

(719) 255-4061

pbraza@uccs.edu

ENG 272

Radu Cascaval, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(719) 255-3759

rcascava@uccs.edu

ENG 278
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Tuesday: 11am-12pm
Thursday: 1:45pm-2:45pm

Sarbarish Chakravarty, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3549

schakrav@uccs.edu

ENG 280

Katherine Cliff

Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3902

kcliff@uccs.edu

ENG 289

Justin Cole, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(719) 255-3314

jcole13@uccs.edu

ENG 271

Edgar Diaz Herrera, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3869

ediazher@uccs.edu

OSB B415

Jenny Dorrington, Ph.D.

Math Center Director

(719) 255-3129

jdorring@uccs.edu

ENG 233
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
T and TR: 3:00pm–4:00pm
F: 11:00am–12:00pm

Alexandra Epstein, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3166

aepstein@uccs.edu

OSB B413
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday: 9:30am-12:00pm
Friday: 9:30am-10:30am

Zachary Mesyan, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3428

zmesyan@uccs.edu

ENG 282

Shannon Michaux

Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3035

smichaux@uccs.edu

ENG 287
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Monday 3:00pm-5:00pm
Friday 12:45-1:15

Greg Morrow, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3184

gmorrow@uccs.edu

ENG 284

Jordan Nikkel, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

(719) 255-5030

jnikkel@uccs.edu

OSB B411
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
M: 10am-11am, 12:30pm-1:30pm
W: 11am-12pm, 12:30pm-1:30pm
F: 12:30pm-1:30pm

Greg Oman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(719) 255-3515

goman@uccs.edu

ENG 281

George Rus, Ph.D.

Teaching Professor and Assistant Dean

(719) 255-3337

grus@uccs.edu

ENG 277
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 1:30pm-2:30pm

Rinaldo Schinazi, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3920

rschinaz@uccs.edu

ENG 276
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Tuesdays 10:00am-10:45am
Fridays 12:45pm-1:30pm
Or by appointment

Denis Silantyev, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(719) 255-3162

dsilanty@uccs.edu

ENG 279
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 1:30pm-3:00pm

Mark Tomforde, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(719) 255-3163

mtomford@uccs.edu

Yu Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3336

yzhang3@uccs.edu

ENG 286

Emanuelita Martinez, MPA

Program Assistant I

(719) 255-3311

emartine@uccs.edu

ENG 274

Ashley Beushausen

Administrative Assistant I

(719) 255-3161

abeushau@uccs.edu

ENG 274

Regina Aragon, PhD

Lecturer

raragon2@uccs.edu

Brent Bloyd

Lecturer

bbloyd@uccs.edu

COB 4014

Brian Bollen

Lecturer

bbollen@uccs.edu

Meredith Casey, Ph.D.

Lecturer

mcasey@uccs.edu

COB 4014

Mark Daniels, PhD

Lecturer

mdaniel8@uccs.edu

COB 4014

Cynthia Doorack

Lecturer

cdoorack@uccs.edu

Andrea Essler

Lecturer

aessler@uccs.edu

COB 4014

Michael Epstein, PhD

Lecturer

mepstein@uccs.edu

Heather Potter

Lecturer

hpotter3@uccs.edu

Virginia Ramos

Lecturer

vramos@uccs.edu

COB 4014

River VanIwaarden

Lecturer

rvaniwaa@uccs.edu

COB 4014

Selina Akter

PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

sakter@uccs.edu

OSB A426

Jack Brett

MS Student

jbrett@uccs.edu

Troy Johnson

PhD Student

tjohnso3@uccs.edu

James Martin

MS Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

jmarti92@uccs.edu

OSB B417

Matthew Miller

PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

mmille34@uccs.edu

OSB B417

Michael Nameika

PhD Student

mnameika@uccs.edu

Joseph Noernberg

PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

jnoernbe@uccs.edu

OSB A426

Sean Redinger

MS Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

sredinge@uccs.edu

OSB B417

Tori Royall

MS Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

troyall@uccs.edu

OSB B417

Ariel Russell

PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

arusse11@uccs.edu

OSB A426

Mel Schmocker

MS Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

mschmock@uccs.edu

OSB B417

Robert Carlson, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

rcarlson@uccs.edu

James Daly, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

jdaly@uccs.edu

K.M. Rangaswamy, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

krangasw@uccs.edu