Faculty
Our community benefits from the expertise of professors, practitioners, adjuncts and visiting experts with global perspectives who provide real-world knowledge. They offer a specialized educational experience that equips students with the capacity to navigate the road ahead.
We also work closely with local and international businesses and agencies to broaden our faculty body and offer an education that meets student needs.


Kevin David Archer
Teaching Professor; Associate Dean of Student Affairs; Director, International Programs
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
303-871-2559 (Office)

Deborah Avant
Professor
Director, Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security
303-871-2332 (Office)

Naazneen Barma
Associate Professor; Director, Scrivner Institute of Public Policy

Marie Elizabeth Berry
Associate Professor; Director, IGLI
Director, Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative
303-871-4270 (Office)

Claude P d'Estree
Teaching Professor; Director of CORD
Director of the Human Trafficking Center; Director of the Center on Human Rights Education
303-871-6286 (Office)

Tamra Pearson d'Estree
Associate Professor
Director of the Conflict Resolution Institute
303-871-7685 (Office)












Lewis K. Griffith
Teaching Associate Professor; Director of International Security
303-871-2550 (Office)


Nader Hashemi
Associate Professor; Director, Center for Middle East Studies; Cert Director, Religion & Intl
Director of the Center for Middle East Studies
303-871-2447 (Office)

Cullen Hendrix
Professor
Nonresident Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics
303-871-3989 (Office)

Lynn Holland
Teaching Professor; Director, International Studies MA Program
Director, International Studies MA Program
303-871-3769 (Office)




Nadia Kaneva
Associate Professor
Director of the MA in Media & Public Communication
303-871-4574 (Office)




Frank N. Laird
Associate Professor; Director, Sustainability
Director, MA Global Environmental Sustainability; Global Environmental Change and Adaptation Certificate
303-871-4462 (Office)



Jonathan David Moyer
Assistant Professor
Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures
303-871-2443 (Office)





Martin J. Rhodes
Professor; Director, Europe Center
Director of the Europe Center
303-871-3811 (Office)




Aaron Schneider
Professor and Leo Block Chair; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Degree Director, Development
303-871-3601 (Office)


Katherine Hannah Tennis
Teaching Assistant Professor; Director, Honors Program
-303-8712237 (Office)



Sam Zhao
Professor; Executive Director, CCUSC
Executive Director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation
303-871-2401 (Office)