About
Faculty
The Center of the American West is housed on the University of Colorado campus. The faculty here represents the cream of the crop when it comes to work on Western issues and we have recruited a number of them as faculty affiliates and faculty council members. As you can see, they reflect the interdisciplinary nature of our work. We feature professors from the Department of Astro and Planetary Sciences, the History Department, the Biology Department, the Law School, the Ethnic Studies Department, the Environmental Studies Department, and more. Take a look. We are proud of our associations.
Faculty Council
Sarah Krakoff
Associate Dean for Research
University of Colorado Law School
Patty Limerick
Faculty Director, Center of the American West
Department of History
Jan Whitt
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Len Ackland
Center for Environmental Journalism
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Douglas Bamforth
Director
Sewall Residential Academic Program
Department of Anthropology
Cathy Cameron
Associate Curator of Anthropology
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Department of Anthropology
J. Andy Cowell
Department of French and Italian
Department of Linguistics
Michelle Ellsworth
Associate Director
ATLAS Center for Arts, Media, and Performance
Department of Theatre and Dance
Sandra Laursen
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Steve Lekson
Department of Anthropology
Curator of Anthropology
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
William M. Lewis, Jr.
Associate Director
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Brian Muller
College of Architecture and Planning
Urban Planning and Environmental Design
Robert Pasnau
Director, Center for Western Civilization
Department of Philosophy
Rob Pyatt
College of Architecture and Planning
Thomas Riis
Director
American Music Research Center
College of Music
Joseph Ryan
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Jennifer Shannon
Curator of Cultural Anthropology
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Department of Anthropology
Bob Sievers
Director
Environmental Program
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Brad Udall
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
