About the College
Leadership and Administration
As practitioners of scientific inquiry, students and faculty create and apply knowledge to solving human, social and environmental problems. The college values instruction, research, and service as interdependent activities that enable human curiosity and discovery.
Our Commitments
All departments within the CWU College of the Sciences are committed to teaching excellence; faculty and student research; scholarship and professional service; and community outreach, demonstrating the practical applications of our academic specialization.
Inclusivity and Diversity
The College of the Sciences strives to create an environment of inclusive excellence. A place for our faculty, staff, and students to lead and succeed whatever their background, ethnicity, gender, religion, spiritual beliefs, age, sexual orientation, national origin, and other differences. We share a responsibility to ensure that the College truly reflects the diversity of the world we live in. In the College of the Sciences inclusive excellence means that students will graduate with understanding and skills to live, work, and play in an environment that is marked by diversity. The College of the Sciences will nurture a campus community that is made up of a wide range of diversity among the faculty, staff, and students. The workplace and classroom will offer a safe, respectful, interculturally responsive and stimulating environment that supports educational and professional development.
Administration
Office of the Dean
Dr. Julie Baldwin, Dean
Dr. Mike Pease, Associate Dean
Shelby Taylor-Olson, Administrative Specialist
Rachel George, Director of Advising
Joseph Gabriel Davey, Administrative Assistant
Department and Program Leadership
American Indian Studies Program
Dr. Chris Schedler, Program Director
Dr. Steve Hackenburger, Program Director
Penny Anderson, Administrative Assistant
Department of Anthropology
Dr. Lori Sheeran, Department Chair
Penny Anderson, Administrative Assistant
Department of Biological Sciences
Dr. Clay Arango, Department Chair
Kari Linnell, Fiscal Specialist
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Tim Sorey, Department Co-Chair
Dr. Todd Kroll, Department Co-Chair
Lisa Stowe, Administrative Assistant
Department of Computer Science
Dr. Tim Englund, Department Chair
Rives Robertson, Administrative Assistant
Cultural and Environmental Resource Management Program
Dr. Megan Walsh, Program Director
Environmental Studies Program
Dr. Susan Kaspari, Program Director
Giselle Kauer, Fiscal Specialist
Department of Geography
Dr. Craig Revels, Department Chair
Rives Robertson, Administrative Assistant
Department of Geological Sciences
Dr. Walter Szeliga, Department Chair
Giselle Kauer, Fiscal Specialist
Interdisciplinary Studies - Social Sciences Program
Dr. Alena Yastchenko, Program Director
Department of Law and Justice
Dr. Cody Stoddard, Department Chair
Megan Dickinson, Administrative Assistant
Department of Mathematics
Dr. Chris Black, Department Chair
Dr. Aaron Montgomery, Department Associate Chair
Brenda Bland, Administrative Assistant
Museum of Culture & Environment
Dr. Karisa Terry, Museum Director
Lynn Bethke, Preservation and Museum Specialist
Department of Physics
Dr. Erin Craig Ricketson, Department Chair
Rachel Foss, Administrative Assistant
Department of Political Science
Dr. Barbara Ann Rieffer-Flanagan, Department Co-Chair
Dr. Todd Schaefer, Department Co-Chair
Allyson Fogle, Administrative Assistant
Department of Psychology
Dr. Heidi Perez, Department Chair
Chris Stone, Administrative Assistant
Primate Behavior and Ecology
Dr. April Binder, Program Director
Penny Anderson, Administrative Assistant
Department of Science and Mathematics Education
Dr. Allyson Rogan-Klyve, Department Chair
Cori Totten, Program Specialist
Department of Sociology
Dr. Griff Tester, Department Chair
Kelly Zakel-Larson, Administrative Assistant
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Dr. M. Eliatamby-O'Brien, Program Director
Kelly Zakel-Larson, Administrative Assistant
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Contact Us
College of the Sciences
400 E. University Way
Dean Hall 130
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7519