Celebrate CLA! faculty and staff recognized for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and service in 2025
The College of Liberal Arts acknowledges the accomplishments and efforts of the outstanding faculty and staff for 2025.
Jessica Jackson receives Faculty Excellence Teaching Scholar Award
Associate Professor of History and Director of Social Studies Teaching Jessica Jackson was selected as a recipient of the Faculty Excellence Teaching Scholar Award for 2025. The award honors early-career faculty to recognize their dedication to student success and achievement through innovative teaching practices, course design, and curriculum design. Those innovations in teaching include her […]
Kjerstin Thorson named dean of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts
Thorson previously served as the associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University.
Childers named 2024-25 National Humanities Center Fellow
Childers, who specializes in the modern American West and the environment, will be at the Center for the Fall 2024 semester working on his book, ‘The Mountains are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park.’
CSU College of Liberal Arts Dean Ben Withers leaves large impact
After eight years at CSU, the College of Liberal Arts dean heads to Iowa State University as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
English students partner with Fort Collins Museum of Discovery to open art show focused on BIPOC joy
The BIPOC Joy Art Show challenges the constant focus on trauma that Black, Indigenous and People of Color are often reduced to, prioritizing happiness and hope over suffering and hardship.
Just a bunch of hocus pocus? CSU professor says America’s connection to witches is firmly rooted in history
CSU Professor and early North American history expert Ann Little spoke with The Audit about America’s history of witch trials and how society may not have come as far since that era as people think.
Exhibition honors artist Bob Coonts for roles in American West Program and Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition
The CIIPE co-founder and director emeritus will be honored with a special retrospective showcasing posters he designed over the past 50 years.
CSU History Professor Makes 3rd Appearance on NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”
To the experts and enthusiasts of early North American history, Ann Little, Ph.D., is perhaps best known for her work as a CSU professor of 21 years and as an award-winning author. But to the viewers who tuned into the July 31 episode of NBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?”, Little was the expert […]
CSU history professor Jared Orsi named Colorado’s new State Historian
Orsi will begin his one-year position as the State Historian and leader of History Colorado’s State Historian’s Council on Aug. 1, Colorado Day.