Elinor Light has been named associate dean for undergraduate affairs and student success for the Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts. A faculty member since 2015, she previously served as the college’s assistant dean for student success. As an assistant professor of teaching in the department of communication, she focuses her work on visual communication and rhetoric, aesthetics, and space.
Dr. Light earned both her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Colorado State University and her Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Utah.
Julia Schleck was promoted to chair of the department of English. Currently holding the rank of full professor, Dr. Shleck has conducted extensive research on both Renaissance literature and academic freedom. She is the author of several books, including Dirty Knowledge: Academic Freedom in the Age of Neoliberalism (University of Nebraska Press, 2022). Before joining the Colorado State faculty, she was an associate professor and vice chair of the English department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
A graduate of Drew University in New Jersey, Dr. Schleck holds a Ph.D. in English language and literature from New York University.
Courtenay Daum is the new chair of the department of political science. A Colorado State faculty member since 2005, she holds affiliate appointments with the women’s studies and gender research program and the department of ethnic studies. In her research, she studies how legal, political, and criminal justice systems often negatively impact and even punish marginalized communities. Her most recent book is The Politics of Right Sex: Transgressive Bodies, Governmentality, and the Limits of Trans Rights (SUNY Press, 2020).
Dr. Daum holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree both in political science from the University of Delaware. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Georgetown University.