
Ruth M. Alexander
Professor, History
Ph.D. Cornell
970-491-6840
Ruth.Alexander@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: U.S. social, cultural and gender history; environmental history, history of national parks and recreation
Maren T. Bzdek
Research Associate, History
M.A., Colorado State University
970-491-6130
Maren.Bzdek@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: U.S. environmental history, public history, oral history
Mark T. Fiege
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D. University of Utah
970-491-6468
Mark.Fiege@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: Environmental history of the US: national parks, irrigation and water, grazing
Jennifer Fish Kashay
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D. University of Arizona
970-491-5516
jfkashay@lamar.colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: 19th century U.S. history, museum studies
Robyn L. Johnson
Research Associate, Archaeology
M.A. University of Montana
M.A. California Polytechnic State University
970-491-6130
robyn.johnson@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: Columbia Plateau, Great Basin and Great Plains Rock Art, archaeology, Cultural Resource Management (CRM)
Jason M. LaBelle
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D. Southern Methodist University
970-491-7360
Jason.LaBelle@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: Prehistoric foragers inhabiting the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains, ecological studies of playa lakes, hunter-gatherer site structure, lithic technology, and the history of archaeology, public archaeology, environmental and landscape archaeology
Ann L. Magennis
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph D. University of Massachusetts
970-491-5447
Ann.Magennis@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: Human adaptation to disease and nutrition, human skeletal biology, bioarchaeology, global health, human adaptation to disease and nutrition
Janet Ore
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D. University of Utah
970-491-6087
Janet.Ore@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: Post-World War II popular housing, American architectural history, modern America
Jared P. Orsi
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
970-491-5517
Jared.Orsi@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: U.S. Borderlands and Mexico, U.S. Southwest
Gregory E. Smoak
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D. University of Utah
970-491-6377
Greg.Smoak@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: American Indian history, American Western history, and public history
Mary Van Buren
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph D. University of Arizona
970-491-5447
Mary.VanBuren@colostate.edu
Areas of Interest: Historical archaeology, development of empires and the relationship between expansive states and the societies conquered by them