Speakers Bureau
Faculty and Staff listed here have indicated an interest in providing information on relevant topics to news media and/or in speaking to service organizations in their areas of expertise.
To arrange for a speaker, please contact:
Cora Zaletel
Executive Director, Development and Communications
phone: (719) 549-2810
fax: (719) 549-2371
If you are interested in becoming part of the Speakers Bureau at Colorado State University-Pueblo, please fill out this form 
and email it to, kim.hill@colostate-pueblo.edu or send a printed copy to the External Affairs office, ADM. 320.
Admissions
Dana Trujillo, Director of Admissions-College Admission, Applications, Choosing a College & other related topics
719.549.2786 dana.trujillo@colostate-pueblo.edu
Art/Art History
Roy Sonnema, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Science
719.549.2865 roy.sonnema@colostate-pueblo.edu
William Folkstead, Ph.D., Art Department Chair/Associate Professor of Art
719.549.2834 william.folkestad@colostate-pueblo.edu
Athletic Training & Sports Medicine
Roger Clark, Ph.D., ATC
719.549.2530 roger.clark@colostate-pueblo.edu
Astronomy
Frank Zizza, Professor/Chair of Math & Physics
719.549.2444 frank.zizza@colostate-pueblo.edu
Auto Parts and Service Management
Automotive Technical area
Ron Darby, Associate Professor of Automotive Parts and Service Management
ron.darby@colostate-pueblo.edu
Business
Economics, local, state or national
Kevin Duncan, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Hasan School of Business
719.549.2228 kevin.duncan@colostate-pueblo.edu
Strategic Planning and Management, Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management, Family Business
Michael Wakefield, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Hasan School of Business
719.549.2933 michael.wakefield@colostate-pueblo.edu
Statistics, Survey Statistics, Marketing Research, Black and White Photography
Charles Zeis, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Hasan School of Business
719.549.2157 charles.zeis@colostate-pueblo.edu
Organizational Behavior & Leadership
Steven Norman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Management
719.549.2588 steve.norman@colostate-pueblo.edu
Job Stress, Compensation, Personal Environmental Fit
Brad Gilbreath, Assistant Professor, Hasan School of Business
719.549.2157 brad.gilbreath@colostate-pueblo.edu
Finance
Hsin-Hui (Ida) Whited, Ph. D., Associate Professor in Finance, Hasan School of Business
719.549.2853 ida.whited@colostate-pueblo.edu
Computer Information Systems
Wayne Martinez-Lecture, CIS & Microsoft Office
719.549.2698 wayne.martinez@colostate-pueblo.edu
Chicano Studies/Southwest History
Fawn-Amber Montoya, Assistant Professor of History & Coordinator of Chicano Studies
719.549.2620 fawnamber.montoya@colostate-pueblo.edu
Development
Todd Kelly, Associate Director for Development-Athletic Relations, Media Relations, Special Events & Fundraising
719.549.2013 todd.kelly@colostate-pueblo.edu
Education
Equity (gender, class, race, homophobia), elementary education, mathematics education, reading in the content area
Jenny Piazza, Associate Professor, College of Education, Engineering, and Professional Studies
719.549.2259 jenny.piazza@colostate-pueblo.edu
Engineering
Industrial Engineering, Engineering Economy, Justification of Capital Expenditures, Design of Experiments, Taguchi Methods, Engineering Education
Hector Carrasco, Ph.D. Dean of the College of Education, Engineering, and Professional Studies
719.549.2696 hector.carrasco@colostate-pueblo.edu
Nanotechnology & Robotics
Nebojsa Jaksic, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Engineering
719.549.2748 n.jaksic@colostate-pueblo.edu
Modeling, Simulation & Optimization
Leonard Bedoya-Valencia, Assistant Professor of Engineering
719.549.2788 l.bedoyavalencia@colostate-pueblo.edu
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Carlotta Fendrich, RN, MS, NP-C. Practitioner/Director of Student Health Services
Christine Rochester, Associate Professor of Physical Education
719.549.2660 christine.rochester@colostate-pueblo.edu
Mass Communications
New Media, the Internet/WWW, Interactive media, Multimedia Telecommunications, Digital
Television
Cora Zaletel, Executive Director of External Affairs for CSU-Pueblo
719.549.2576 cora.zaletel@colostate-pueblo.edu
Samuel Ebersole, Associate Professor and Chair of Mass Communications and Center for New Media
719.549.2018 samuel.ebersole@colostate-pueblo.edu
Corporate charitable giving, nonprofits trying to raise money from for-profits, Internet fundraising, Cause Related Marketing
Jennifer Mullen, Associate Professor, Mass Communications
719.549.2856 jen.mullen@colostate-pueblo.edu
Web Communications Manager, External Affairs
Jeff Miller-University Website, Social Networking, Internet Marketing, Using analytical date for marketing and web-design.
719.549.2854 jeffrey.miller@colostate-pueblo.edu
Mathematics/Physics
Frank Zizza, Professor/Chair of Math & Physics
719.549.2444 frank.zizza@colostate-pueblo.edu
Darren Funk-Neubauer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
719.549.2693 darren.funkneubauer@colostate-pueblo.edu
Jonathan Poritz, Assistant Professor of Math/Physics, Statistics, Computer Science/security & Privacy
719.549.2044 jonathan.poritz@colostate-pueblo.edu
Music
Jennifer Shadle Peters, Associate Professor of Music-Music History, Music Education & Vocal Performance
719.549.2122 jennifer.peters@colostate-pueblo.edu
Psychology
Marc Pratarelli, Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, Human Behavior, Internet Addiction, lie Detection, Environmental Issues
719.549.2625 marc.pratarelli@colostate-pueblo.edu
Political Science
David Malet, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Political Science
719.549.2800 david.malet@colostate-pueblo.edu
Science
Biology
Jack Seilheimer, Professor of Biology
719.549.2079
Genetics, Cancer Biology, Microbiology
Dan Caprioglio, Ph.D. Associate Professor
719.549.2027 dan.caprioglio@colostate-pueblo.edu
Organic Chemistry, Government funding and relating to both research and education
Melvin Druelinger, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry
719.549.2325 mel.druelinger@colostate-pueblo.edu
Medical Science - Anatomy, Physiology
Carolyn Glaubensklee, Ph.D. Instructor, Biology
719.549.2810
Neuroscience-Stroke, Alzheimer’s Disease
Jeff Smith, Assistant Professor of Biology
719.549.2420 jeff.smith@colostate-pueblo.edu
Cell /Micro Biology & Science Teacher Education
Helen Caprioglio, Assistant Professor of Biology
719.549.2815 helen.caprioglio@colostate-pueblo.edu
Sociology
Social Inequality (issues including: poverty, race, gender, class), Power/Politics, Globalization, Information technology, Electronic publishing
Timothy McGettigan, Department of Sociology
719.549.2416 timothy.mcgettigan@colostate-pueblo.edu
Student Activities
Nicky Damania, Director of Student Activities
719.549.2975 nicky.damania@colostate-pueblo.edu