Faculty & Staff Directory

Reece Adragna

Teaching Professor

(719) 255-7230

radragna@uccs.edu

CENT 276
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
MWF 9:30am-10:30am

Rebecca Afandi, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3167

rafandi@uccs.edu

OSB B411

Peter Braza, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-4061

pbraza@uccs.edu

ACAD 212

Radu Cascaval, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(719) 255-3759

rcascava@uccs.edu

ENG 278
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Tu 11:00am-12:00pm
Th 3:15pm-4:15pm

Meredith Casey, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

mcasey@uccs.edu

OSB B413

Sarbarish Chakravarty, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3549

schakrav@uccs.edu

ENG 280

Katherine Cliff

Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3902

kcliff@uccs.edu

OSB B335
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
M-Th 11am-12pm
F 10am-11am

Justin Cole, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(719) 255-3314

jcole13@uccs.edu

ENG 271

Jenny Dorrington, Ph.D.

Math Center Director

(719) 255-3129

jdorring@uccs.edu

ENG 233

Alexandra Epstein, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

(719) 255-3166

aepstein@uccs.edu

OSB B413

Levi Heath, Ph.D.

Visiting Instructor

Lheath2@uccs.edu

Pax Kivimae, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

pkivimae@uccs.edu

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
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
M 2pm-4pm
F 12:45pm-1:15pm

Greg Morrow, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3184

gmorrow@uccs.edu

OSB B415
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
Tu 3:15pm-4:15pm

Jordan Nikkel, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

(719) 255-5030

jnikkel@uccs.edu

OSB B411

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

Rinaldo Schinazi, Ph.D.

Professor

(719) 255-3920

rschinaz@uccs.edu

ENG 276
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
MW 11:00am-11:45am or by appointment

Denis Silantyev, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

(719) 255-3162

dsilanty@uccs.edu

ACAD 219
Fall 2025 Office Hours:
MW 1:30pm-4pm

Mark Tomforde, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

mtomford@uccs.edu

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

COB 4014

Brent Bloyd

Lecturer

bbloyd@uccs.edu

COB 4014

Chris Creighton, PhD

Lecturer

ccreight@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

COB 4014

Heather Potter

Lecturer

hpotter3@uccs.edu

Virginia Ramos

Lecturer

vramos@uccs.edu

COB 4014

Mel Schmocker

Lecturer

mschmock@uccs.edu

Selina Akter

PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

sakter@uccs.edu

OSB A426

Jack Brett

MS Student

jbrett@uccs.edu

Amara Demetrelis

MS Student

ademetre@uccs.edu

Troy Johnson

PhD Student

tjohnso3@uccs.edu

James Martin

PhD 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

PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

sredinge@uccs.edu

OSB B417

Michael Romer

MSc Student

mromer@uccs.edu

Tori Royall

MS Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

troyall@uccs.edu

OSB B417

Ariel Russell

PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow

arusse11@uccs.edu

OSB A426

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

Gene Abrams, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

gabrams@uccs.edu

Yu Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus

yzhang3@uccs.edu