UCCS welcomes 10 new assistant professors

More than 50 new faculty members joined UCCS for the fall semester including 10 assistant professors from the colleges of Business, Letters, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Education. They are:

	Ann Amicucci, assistant professor, Department of English, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, previously was the assistant program coordinator for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania writing program and director of the writing center at Duquesne University.
	Katie Anderson-Pence, assistant professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, previously held teaching and supervisory positions in the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University and was an elementary school teacher in three Utah communities.
	Jill Bradley-Geist, assistant professor, Department of Management, College of Business, previously was an assistant and associate professor at California State University, Fresno.
	Jarred Bultema, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, previously was a graduate teaching assistant at Colorado State University and Calvin College in addition to working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and as a chemist in industry.
	Grant Clayton, assistant professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, previously was an assessment and operations specialist in the UCCS College of Education as well as a graduate research assistant in the UCCS Center for STEM Education in addition to working in public schools in Texas and Colorado. He earned his Ph.D. from UCCS.
	Elizabeth Daniels, assistant professor, Department of Psychology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, previously was an assistant professor at Oregon State University and also held teaching and research positions at the University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Santa Cruz.
	Somayeh Dodge, assistant professor , Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Dodge previously was a visiting assistant professor at UCCS and held teaching and research positions at The Ohio State University, the University of Zurich (Switzerland), Azad University (Iran) and Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology (Iran), and Technical University of Eindhoven (Netherlands).
	Martin Key, assistant professor, Department of Marketing, College of Business, previously was an assistant professor at St. John Fisher College, a consultant and counselor for the Southern Illinois Small Business Development Center and the owner of a guitar sales and repair shop.
	Scott Kupferman, assistant professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education, previously held teaching and research positions at Utah State University, California State University, Fresno, and worked with people with disabilities in schools and independent living settings.
	Meghan C. Lybecker, assistant professor, Department of Biology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, previously held teaching and research positions at the University of Vienna, the University of Montana, and Eastern Oregon University. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Montana and a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Oregon University.