Past University Distinguished Teaching Scholars
Ken Barbarick
College of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Phone: (970) 491-6394
Email: Ken.Barbarick@colostate.edu
Ken Barbarick has taught Introductory Soil Science, Soil Chemistry, Environmental Agronomy and Soil Fertility (Univ. of Hawaii). His research focuses on recycling waste materials in soils. He is a Fellow in the American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, and National Association of College and Teachers of Agriculture. View Professor Barbarick's Complete Profile
James Boyd
College of Liberal Arts
Department of Philosophy
Phone: (970) 491-6351
Email: James.Boyd@colostate.edu
James Boyd's field is comparative religion and philosophy. His scholarship and teaching focuses on the ritual and philosophical traditions of Asia. View Professor Boyd's Complete Profile
Ingrid Burke
College of Natural Resources
Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship
Email: iburke@uwyo.edu
Ingrid Burke's research interests include: biogeochemical cycling in semiarid ecosystems, at local to regional scales; soil carbon and nitrogen turnover; nitrogen retention in soils; and influences of landuse management on net ecosystem production and C, N, and P storage. View Professor Burke's Complete Profile
Stephanie Clemons
College of Health and Human Sciences
Department of Design and Merchandising
Phone: (970) 491-5639
Email: Stephanie.Clemons@ColoState.edu
Stephanie Clemons, Ph.D., FIDEC, FASID, is Emeritus Professor of Interior Design in the Department of Design and Merchandising. Dr. Clemons is considered to be an excellent teaching scholar at the department, university, and professional levels. Improving teaching and her students' learning has been a key focus of Dr. Clemons. View Professor Clemons's Complete Profile
Pattie Cowell
College of Liberal Arts
Department of English
Phone: (970) 491-3486
Email: Pattie.Cowell@colostate.edu
Pattie Cowell teaches American literature, American Studies, and Women's Studies. Her major research has been in early American studies, but she has also published articles on Melville, B. Traven, Leslie Silko, multiculturalism, gothic fiction, service learning and feminist pedagogy. View Professor Cowell's Complete Profile
Rich Feller
College of Health and Human Sciences
School of Education
Phone: (970) 491-6879
Email: feller@cahs.colostate.edu
Rich Feller teaches graduate courses in career development, counseling, and performance and change. Having served fast food at McDonald's to study youth employment, produced a video in Sudan on starvation and famine relief, and co-authored a career development program used by over 20 million students he enjoys making classes high energy, experiential and reflective. View Professor Feller's Complete Profile
Darrell Fontane
College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Phone: (970) 491-5428
Email: Darrell.Fontane@ColoState.edu
Darrell Fontane is a professor, Associate Head, and Director of the International School for Water Resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. His areas of teaching and research are water resources decision support systems, computer aided water management, integrated reservoir water quantity and quality management, and Internet-based education and training. View Professor Fontane's Complete Profile
Paul A. Kennedy
College of Natural Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Phone: (970) 491-2497
Email: kennedy@math.colostate.edu
Paul Kennedy is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Colorado State University. His career in the teaching and learning of mathematics spans 37 years, including 10 years as a secondary mathematics teacher and 27 years as a university mathematics educator. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988. View Professor Kennedy's Complete Profile
Kate Kiefer
College of Liberal Arts
Department of English
Phone: (970) 491-6845
Email: kate.kiefer@colostate.edu
Kate Kiefer teaches undergraduate composition and graduate composition theory courses. She has published three textbooks on writing, as well as a book and numerous articles on computers and composition. She continues to do research on computers and writing, as well as writing process in academe and the workplace. View Professor Kiefer's Complete Profile
Ed Redente
College of Natural Resources
Department of Rangeland Ecosystem Science
Phone: (970) 491-6542
Email: Edward.Redente@colostate.edu
Ed Redente has been a teacher, researcher and administrator throughout his career. He has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level in the general area of basic and applied ecology. He has served as department head, associate dean for research, and associate vice president for research. View Professor Redente's Complete Profile
Bob Richburg
College of Health and Human Sciences
School of Education
Phone: (970) 482-5563
Email: Robert.Richburg@colostate.edu
Bob Richburg, emeritus professor of teacher education and staff development, served with the School of Education for more than 25 years. He is known throughout the state of Colorado as an exemplary teacher. His innovations in the classroom include the development of a nationally recognized program called Project Promise, an intensive, ten and one-half month program that taught mid-career professionals how to be effective teachers. View Professor Richburg's Complete Profile
Stephen Thompson
College of Natural Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Phone: (970) 491-1700
Email: thompson@csmate.colostate.edu
Stephen Thompson, Professor of Chemistry, and the Director of the Center for Science, Mathematices and Technology Education, CSMATE, is the 2005 recipient of the Colorado State Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Dr. Thompson has been honored as one of the first four Colorado State University Distinguished Teaching Scholars in 2000. View Professor Thompson's Complete Profile
Frank Vattano
College of Natural Sciences
Department of Psychology
Phone: (970) 491-0988
Email: Frank.Vattano@colostate.edu
Frank Vattano has taught, conducted research, and held several administration positions throughout his career. He is a University Distinguished Teaching Scholar and Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He is one of the pioneers in the development video teaching modules featuring the BRAIN, MIND, and The Social Connection used in psychology classrooms across the nation. View Professor Vattano's Complete Profile
Wayne Viney
College of Natural Sciences
Department of Psychology
Phone: (970) 491-5783
Email: arthur.viney@colostate.edu
Wayne Viney received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology with a minor in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Oklahoma in 1964. He is currently professor of Psychology at Colorado State University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the History of Psychology and in the Psychology of Religion. View Professor Viney's Complete Profile
Ray Whalen
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Phone: (970) 491-6086
Email: Ray.Whalen@colostate.edu
Ray Whalen's primary scholarly activities center on the design, development and evaluation of interactive multimedia programs to provide integrated instruction about veterinary neurobiology, mammalian functional and equine anatomy, and clinical neurology. He also serves as Director of the Neurosciences Division of the Department of Biomedical Sciences. View Professor Whalen's Complete Profile