{"id":16331,"date":"2014-09-17T12:48:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T18:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16331"},"modified":"2014-10-28T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T22:01:14","slug":"new-faculty-join-for-fall-semester-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16331","title":{"rendered":"New faculty join for fall semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 50 new faculty members joined UCCS for the fall semester. Over the next few weeks, those who hold instructor, assistant professor or associate professor positions will be introduced to the campus. Today\u2019s installment includes 10 instructors from the colleges of Business, Education, Engineering and Applied Science, Letters, Arts and Sciences, and the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sabine Allenspach, instructor, Department of Biology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Allenspach previously held the position of lecturer and graduate teaching assistant at UCCS and was an instructor assistant at Pikes Peak Community College and an elementary and middle school teacher in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Fachhochschule Nordwestchweiz, Brugg, Switzerland, and a master\u2019s from UCCS.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16332\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8359.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-small-size wp-image-16332\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8359-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Augspurger\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8359-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8359-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8359-555x833.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greg Augspurger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Greg Augspurger, instructor, Department of Information Systems, College of Business.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Augspurger previously was director of academic advising and orientation at UCCS, director of undergraduate programs in the College of Business, and held adjunct and lecturer positions in the College of Business.<\/p>\n<p>He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., and two master\u2019s degree from UCCS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lynne Bryant, senior instructor, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bryant previously was an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing at Radford University, Radford, Va., and held assistant professor and adjunct faculty member positions at Beth-El.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Mississippi University for Women, a master\u2019s degree from the University of Mississippi and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meredith Casey, instructor, Department of Mathematics, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Casey previously was a graduate teaching assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology and held research assistant positions at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and University of Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Georgia, and master\u2019s and Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tamra Cater, instructor, Department of Psychology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cater previously was an associate lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and a visiting assistant professor at the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Southern Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from LaGrange College, LaGrange, Ga., a master\u2019s from the University of South Carolina, Aiken, and Ph.D. from University of Southern Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marina Eckler, instructor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eckler previously taught visual art at UCCS, held positions at Colorado College and worked for art museums and performing arts venues.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from San Francisco State University and a master\u2019s from Maine College of Art.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16355\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sherry-Farley.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-small-size wp-image-16355\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sherry-Farley-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sherry Farley\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sherry-Farley-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sherry-Farley-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sherry-Farley-555x833.jpg 555w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Sherry-Farley.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sherry Farley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sherry Farley, instructor, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farley previously was director of dining services at an Alzheimer&#8217;s Center and held intern, research and teaching positions at Oregon State University.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. from Oregon State University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Hanson, instructor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hanson previously was associate director of the Office of International Affairs and adjunct faculty at UCCS in addition to teaching positions at Colorado Mountain College and in high schools.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Michigan State University and a master\u2019s from the University of London.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16333\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8571.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-small-size wp-image-16333\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8571-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"Cassandra Harn\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8571-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8571-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IMG_8571-555x833.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassandra Harn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cassandra Harn, instructor, Bachelor of Innovation Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harn previously held positions with biomedical companies and was both a teaching and research assistant at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.<\/p>\n<p>She earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Montana State University and master\u2019s degrees from Northwestern University and National University of Ireland, Galway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joseph Kuzma, instructor, Department of Philosophy, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kuzma previously was an instructor at Pikes Peak Community College, a lecturer at UCCS and a teaching assistant at the University Warwick, Coventry, England.<\/p>\n<p>He earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree from UCCS and master&#8217;s and Ph.D. from the University of Warwick, Coventry, England.<\/p>\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16032\">New faculty join for fall semester (Sept. 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=16188\">New faculty join for fall semester (Sept. 10)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>More 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