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Potential Kroger and Albertsons Merger


Constantin Gurdgiev

Constantin Gurdgiev, Ph.D.
Finance, Associate Professor

Associate Professor of Finance Constantin Gurdgiev, Ph.D., focuses his research on investment markets. When it comes to a potential Kroger and Albertsons merger, Gurdgiev believes the action would have an adverse effect on consumer choice, local purchasing and small businesses within communities.  

“Socio-economic costs of such mergers are far outweighing any claimed benefits to shareholders and the Wall Street,” Gurdgiev said.  

Milan Larson

Milan Larson, Ph.D.
Management, Associate Professor

Milan Larson, Ph.D., focuses his research on company culture, HR departments and managing the workforce. While the impact such a merger can have on the market is important, Larson can speak to the effect on employees at both grocery companies. Larson has found that merger failure rate is often due to the inability to merge the company cultures.

Name Area of Expertise

Rick Adams

Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

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Ecology and evolution of bats

Steve Anderson

Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Volcanoes, geology, planets

Michelle Athanasiou

Professor
School Psychology
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Behavior management, early childhood intervention, psychology

Megan Babkes Stellino

Professor
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Youth sport experiences, physical activity, childhood obesity, motivation in sport, exercise

Graham Baird

Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Geology, mountain building, mineral resources, Precambrian Colorado geology

Achilles Bardos

Professor
School Psychology
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations, intelligence and achievement assessment, behavior assessment, RTL programming, schools

Lauryn Benedict

Professor, Associate Director
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Birds, animal behavior, animal communication

Sandy Bowen

Professor
Special Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Deaf education, multicultural deaf education, intervention, literacy

Mary Kathryn Brewer

Assistant Professor
Music
Performing and Visual Arts

Voice, singing, diction, vocal pedagogy, Giuseppe Verdi

Robin Brewer

Professor Emerita
Special Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Autism/Asperger syndrome, special education, flipped learning, students with severe/profound disabilities

Hal Brown

Director
Dining Services

Food, catering, residential dining/food services

Robert Brunswig

Professor Emeritus and Research Fellow
Anthropology
Natural and Health Sciences

Anthropology, prehistoric archaeology, ancient environments and climate, prehistoric economics and religion

David Caldwell

Professor
Modern Languages
Humanities and Social Sciences

German, Germany, Berlin, film, foreign language pedagogy

Michael Cohen

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Education reform, educator professionalism

Laura Connolly

Professor Emerita and Dean
Economics
Humanities and Social Sciences

Economics of nonprofit organizations, social policy

Paula Conroy

Professor
Special Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Blind and visually impaired children

Shannon Courtney

Senior Lecturer
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Sport medicine, rehabilitation of injuries

Cris de la Torre

Professor
Finance
Monfort College of Business

Personal injury damages, wrongful termination damages, wrongful death damages

James Doerner

Professor and Chair
Geography, GIS and Sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences

Climate change, paleoenvironmental reconstructions, dendrochronology

Elizabeth Domangue

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Education and Behavioral Sciences

School leadership, motivation theories, critical theory, self-determination theory

Aichun Dong

Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Natural and Health Sciences

Infrared protein structural analysis, protein drug stability/formulation evaluation, DNA condensation/formulation evaluation

Scott Douglas

Associate Professor
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Adapted/parasport, Paralympic games, sport coaching, development, disability

Thom Dunn

Professor
Psychological Sciences
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Orthorexia nervosa, malingering, emergency medical services

Thomas Endres

Professor
Communication Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

Communication, spirituality, popular culture

Matt Farber

Assistant Professor
Teacher Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Game-based learning, gamification, educational technology

Abbie Ferris

Assistant Professor
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Biomechanics, gait, prosthetics, amputees

Fritz Fischer

Professor, Chair and Director of Teacher Education
History
Humanities and Social Sciences

Peace Corps, international relations, history education, World War I and World War II, modern history

Ginger Fisher

Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Course-based undergrad research experience (CUREs), pre-health advising, physiological ecology

Colleen Fitzpatrick

Professor
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Humanities and Social Sciences

Applied justice research and stats, problem-oriented policing, ethics and victim studies

Joseph French

Professor
Finance
Monfort College of Business

International finance, general finance, statistics, econometrics, developmental economics

Shelly Gaza

Interim School Director, School of Theatre Arts and Dance; Interim Producing Artistic Director, Little Theatre of the Rockies
Theatre Arts and Dance
Performing and Visual Arts

Theatre careers, dialects for stage, women in theatre, gender parity, pay equity in theatre, performing Shakespeare

David Greene

Associate Professor
Human Services
Natural and Health Sciences

Diabetes, emotional adjustment to diabetes, humor, psychology of diabetes

Rose Grose

Associate Professor
Colorado School of Public Health
Natural and Health Sciences

Sexual health, violence against women, LGBTQ health, public health, sexual health education

Russell Guyver

Professor of String Music, Director of Orchestras
Music
Performing and Visual Arts

Orchestral music, string instruments, musical composition, conducting

Yuyan Han

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Liver physiology, circadian rhythm, epigenetic regulation

Julie Hanks

Professor and Department Chair
Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Speech production of children who are deaf/hard, speech pathology

Abe Harraf

Professor
Management
Monfort College of Business

Organizational agility, complacency and design, international business and management, higher education administration

Reid Hayward

Professor
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Cancer research and treatment, effects of exercise on ischemia-reperfusion injury

Gary Heise

Professor and Director of School
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Biomechanics, bioengineering

Angie Henderson

Professor
Sociology
Humanities and Social Sciences

Women in management, perceptions of athletes, modern motherhood, intensive parenting

Wendy Highby

Professor and Librarian
University Libraries

Copyright

Mary Houston

Assistant Professor
Theatre Arts and Dance
Performing and Visual Arts

Theater design, props for theatre, film and T.V., entertainment production

Charles Ingold

Professor Emeritus
Journalism and Media Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

Audience research, mass media

Lewis Jackson

Professor Emeritus
Special Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Behavior problems in schools, disabilities, teaching children, special-needs children

Molly Jameson

Associate Professor
Psychological Sciences
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Math anxiety, confidence and learning, improving student learning, teacher training

Brian Johnson

Professor
Professional Counseling, Counseling Psychology
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Child/adolescent psychology, parent training, health psychology, psychological assessment

George Junne

Professor
Africana Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

African American history and culture, Blacks in American West, film, Civil War, World War I, Muslim-African slaves, imperial Black eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire

Nancy Karlin

Professor
Psychological Sciences
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Cross-national aging, caregiving, Alzheimer's Disease, aging, rural aging, resiliency and recovery after natural disaster

James Keaten

Professor and Department Chair
Communication Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

Communication reticence, intercultural communication, organizational communication, leadership

Susan Keenan

Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Drug design, West Nile virus, malaria and fevers

Michael Kimball

Professor
Anthropology
Humanities and Social Sciences

Anthropology, archaeology, heritage place building research

Phil Klein

Professor
Geography, GIS, and Sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography education

Eli Klyde

Professor
Journalism and Media Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

Women and the media, sports, journalism and diversity, sports journalism, women in sports

Keiko Krahnke

Professor
Management
Monfort College of Business

Ethics, workplace communication, organizational development, leadership, empathy, mindfulness

Charles Kuehn

Associate Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Natural and Health Sciences

Astronomy

Britney Kyle

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Humanities and Social Sciences

Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, biological anthropology, culture contact

Dana Landry

Professor and Director of Jazz Studies
Music
Performing and Visual Arts

Jazz

Steven Leth

Professor Emeritus
Mathematical Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Mathematics education, logic

Oscar Levin

Associate Professor
Mathematical Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Mathematical logic, discrete mathematics, open educational resources

Jay Lightfoot

Professor
Computer Information Systems
Monfort College of Business

Database design, computer programming

Marie Livingston

Professor Emerita
Economics
Humanities and Social Sciences

Water resource economics, international economics

Michelle Low

Assistant Professor
Modern Languages
Humanities and Social Sciences

Chinese, medieval Chinese literature, study abroad in China

John Luckner

Professor
Special Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Deaf education, experiential education

Brian Luedloff

Professor and Director of Opera Theatre
Music
Performing and Visual Arts

Opera, Bel Canto Opera, Donizetti, singing actor, auditions for actors and singers

Robert Lynch

Adjunct Faculty
Finance
Monfort College of Business

Statistics, risk management

Steve Mackessy

Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Snake venom, drug discovery, herpetology, histology and ultrastructure of glands, snakes

Christine Marston

Associate Dean
Humanities and Social Sciences

Labor economics, immigration

Nancy Matchett

Interim Associate Provost of Undergraduate Studies
Philosophy
Humanities and Social Sciences

Philosophy, philosophical counseling, professional ethics

Steve Mazurana

Professor Emeritus
Political Science and International Affairs
Humanities and Social Sciences

Colorado politics and government, Russian/Eastern European politics, Western European politics

Lyda Fontes McCartin

Interim Director
Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning

Information literacy, academic libraries, student-learning assessment

Denny McCorkle

Department Chair and Professor
Marketing
Monfort College of Business

eMarketing, creative thinking, international business, direct marketing, marketing management, self-marketing, social media

Deanna Meinke

Professor, Dangerous Decibels
Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Hearing loss, prevention of noise-induced loss, distortion product otoacoustic emissions

Madeline Milian

Professor
Teacher Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Bilingual education, second language learning

Mel Moore

Professor
Sociology
Humanities and Social Sciences

Family issues, parenting, bullying, peer pressure, prejudice/stereotyping, self and identity development, gender socialization, opinion polling

Alan Morse

Professor
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Revenue generation in collegiate and professional sports

Michael Mosher

Professor and Manager of Brewing Lab Science Program
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Natural and Health Sciences

Brewing science, type 1 diabetes, DNA interactions, heterocyclic organic synthesis

Samantha Naibauer

Lab Coordinator, Field Botanist
Biology
Natural and Health Sciences

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Plant conservation, conservation biology, rare plants, rare plant monitoring, population genetics

Tim Nellett

Director
Veterans Services

Veterans, student-veterans, veterans services

Harmony Newman

Associate Professor
Gender Studies and Sociology
Humanities and Social Sciences

Gender inequality, STEM education, mothering, health and illness, social activism

Sarah Off

Assistant Professor
Music
Performing and Visual Arts

Violin, music business, arts in rural areas

Christiane Olivo

Professor Emerita
Political Science and International Affairs
Humanities and Social Sciences

Communism, east-central Europe, history of dissent, uprisings against communism, women and politics

Josh Packard

Associate Professor
Sociology
Humanities and Social Sciences

Religion, minorities in higher education, neighborhoods and health

Bailie Peterson

Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Humanities and Social Sciences

Metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, children

Corey Pierce

Associate Dean
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Response to intervention, early intervention, assessment 

Robert Powers

Professor
Mathematical Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Mathematics education, curriculum and instruction

Kevin Pugh

Professor
Psychological Sciences
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Transformative learning, motivation and cognition

Nick Pullen

Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Immunology, immune system, glioma, vaccines, cancer, allergy and autoimmunity

James Reardon

Professor
Marketing
Monfort College of Business

Direct marketing, home shopping, media buying

Chelsie Romulo

Assistant Professor
Geography, GIS, and Sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences

Biology, natural resource management, ecosystem services, STEM education, sustainability

Suzanne Rose

Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Virology, microbiology, infectious disease, host-viral interactions

Harvey Rude

Professor Emeritus
Special Education
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Special education leadership, multicultural education, education policy, rural education

Lorie Sauble-Otto

Associate Professor
Modern Languages
Humanities and Social Sciences

French culture and language

Philipp Schaberl

Assistant Professor
Accounting
Monfort College of Business

Financial accounting, capital markets, empirical accounting, international accounting, personal finance, financial literacy

Mary Schuttler

Head and Professor of Theatre Education
Theatre Arts and Dance
Performing and Visual Arts

Script analysis, dramaturgy, theatre history, directing, acting, theatre education

Tracey Sedinger

Professor
English
Humanities and Social Sciences

Shakespeare, feminism, English Renaissance

Cindy Shellito

Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Climate change, past climates, geoscience education, meteorology

Jeremy Smith

Associate Professor
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Prosthetics, biomechanics, exercise science, kinesiology, exercise and cancer

Thomas Smith

Professor
Philosophy
Humanities and Social Sciences

Religion, history of early Christian though, St. Augustine, heresy

Basilia (Lia) Softas-Nall

Professor
Professional Counseling, Counseling Psychology
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Couples, marriage and family therapy, counseling psychology, women's issues, multicultural issues

Charles Soukup

Professor
Communication Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

Internet and culture, mobile communication technologies, interfaith dialogue, film, T.V. and technology

Andrew Svedlow

Professor
Art and Design
Performing and Visual Arts

Arts administration and education, Japanese and Chinese art history, aesthetics

Chris Talbot

Associate Professor and Program Coordinator
Gender Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

U.S. women's and gender history, Mormonism, LDS Church, Church of Latter-Day Saints

Victoria Terranova

Assistant Professor
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Humanities and Social Sciences

Pretrial services, bond and risk assessment

Anna Ursyn

Professor and Digital Media Area Head
Art and Design
Performing and Visual Arts

Computer art and graphics, art and science, knowledge visualization, art creation, visual thinking and information and storytelling

Timothy Vowles

Adjunct Faculty
Geography, GIS, and Sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences

Air transportation, intermodal transportation, interurban geography

Kyle Ward

Associate Professor
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Humanities and Social Sciences

Jail and prison reentry, rural crime, evidence-based crime prevention programs and polices

Cindy Wesley

Associate Dean
Graduate School

Christianity in North America, ethnicity/environment, national park service history

Tara Wood

Associate Professor and Writing Program Administrator
English
Humanities and Social Sciences

Writing, writing pedagogy, disability studies

Ather Zia

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Humanities and Social Sciences

Kashmir, South Asia, militarization, gender, Muslim women, activism, human rights

Joan Clinefelter

Professor
History
Humanities and Social Sciences

Modern Europe, Germany, Nazi Germany, Cold War Europe

Rhonda Corman

Assistant Professor
Economics
Humanities and Social Sciences

Economic theory and application, regional data analysis, agricultural economic analysis, community economics

Sarah Cornish

Associate Professor
English
Humanities and Social Sciences

Modern women writers (American and British), women's literary and cultural production of interwar and World War II period, city and fashion in modern literature, feminism

Mark Eiswerth

Professor
Economics
Humanities and Social Sciences

Economics of water quality, water resource economics, costs and management of invasive species

Dallas Everhart

Executive Professor
Management
Monfort College of Business

Local government, teamwork and innovation, marketing and management, leadership

Sharon Bywater-Reyes

Assistant Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Environmental geoscience, hydrologic-geomorphic systems, ecology, environment, floods, vegetation, river science, river restoration, water quality

Jessica Salo

Professor
Geography, GIS, and Sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography, ecology, GIS, landscape ecology, riparian ecosystems, land-use change, physical geography, western North America

Karen Barton

Professor
Geography, GIS, and Sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences

Geography, social ecology, community resilience and adaptation in marine and agricultural communities, global environmental change, experiential learning, Joola shipwreck

David Lerach

Associate Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Meteorology, atmospheric science, aerosols, pollutants, particles, weather, aerosol-cloud microphysical impacts, tornadic storms, storms, extreme weather, tornadoes, weather forecast, climate change

Scott Franklin

Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Plant ecology, biology, forestry, forest ecology, conservation management, wildfires, disturbances, floods, plant biology, dynamics of vegetation in relation to disturbance, restoration, fire

Lin Allen

Professor
Communication Studies
Humanities and Social Sciences

Science communication, communication, journalism, rhetorical theory and criticism, Supreme Court argument analysis

James Haughian

Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Biology, animal science, cell and developmental biology, endocrinology, reproductive physiology, reproduction, biomedical, cancer, CRISPR genome editing, tumor biology, rehabilitation, flipped classroom

Pat Burns

Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Prostaglandin metabolism in reproductive tissues of mammals, long-chain omega 3-fatty acids, fish oil, reproduction, pregnancy, hormones, animal science

James Turk

Senior Lecturer
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Sport and exercise science, athletic training, athletics, sports

Kim Murza

Associate Dean and Professor
Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Speech-Language Pathology, language, literacy, school-based service delivery, early intervention, coaching, high-quality professional learning

Jill Bezyak

Professor
Rehabilitation Counseling and Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Rehabilitation psychology, psychology, rehabilitation counseling and sciences, health promotion of individuals with chronic illness and disabilities, psychiatric rehabilitation, ADA implementation

Jieun Lee

Assistant Professor
Geography, GIS, and Sustainability
Humanities and Social Sciences

GIS, urban and economic geography, geographical education, geography, urban sustainability, spatial analysis, social and health disparities

Anne Toewe

Professor
Theatre Arts and Dance
Performing and Visual Arts

Costume design, theatre design and technology, theatre arts

Lisa Zimmerman

Professor
English
Humanities and Social Sciences

English, creative writing, writing, poetry, books, fiction, reading

Doug Woody

Professor
Psychological Sciences
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Psychology of law, history, prejudice, religion, social psychology, teaching of psychology, confessions, criminal justice, interrogation, Cold War, Guantanamo Bay

Gregory DeKrey

Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Molecular toxicology, immunology, cell biology, toxicology, biology, human physiology, pathobiology, pharmacology, disease, biomedical, man-made chemicals, pesticides, ethanol, botanical dietary supplements, halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, gene expression, hormones, human and animal health

Daniel Brannon

Assistant Professor
Marketing
Monfort College of Business

Marketing, business administration, computer science, advertising, consumer services, retail

Stan Luger

Professor and Chair
Political Science and International Affairs
Humanities and Social Sciences

Politics, economics, political science, international affairs, environmental politics, political economy, business-government relations, public policy

Will Merchant

Associate Professor
Applied Statistics and Research Methods
Education and Behavioral Sciences

Program evaluation theory, stakeholder configuration, Structural Equation Modeling, statistical error, disability studies, measurement validation

Wendi Flynn

Associate Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Mesoscale meteorology and land surface=atmosphere interaction, education research, precipitation patterns, soil moisture heterogeneity, weather research and forecast

Jay Trask

Associate Professor 
Archives and Special Collections
University Libraries

History, artifacts, UNC, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, public history, library and information science

Kristin Bovaird-Abbo

Associate Professor 
English
Humanities and Social Sciences

English, medieval language and literature, Middle English, Arthurian studies, Old English, history of the English language, linguistics, Arthurian Legend, J.R.R. Tolkien, romances, Victorian poetry, mythology, medievalism

Deb Rojas

Assistant Professor 
Nursing
Natural and Health Sciences

Nursing, cultural sensitivity, high fidelity simulation rehabilitation nursing, medical-surgical nursing, gerontological nursing

Andrea James

Assistant Professor 
Biological Sciences
Natural and Health Sciences

Biology, vision, eyes, cell adhesion components contribute to choroid fissure closure, cytoskeletal stability, zebrafish, eye development, tissue fusion

Janel Greiman

Associate Professor 
Accounting
Monfort College of Business

Accounting, business, taxes, federal and state income tax

Laura Stewart

Professor 
Sport and Exercise Science
Natural and Health Sciences

Exercise physiology, nutrition, health promotion, exercise, biology, diet, physical activity, reducing inflammation, improving cancer survivor quality of life, inflammation and chronic marijuana use

Stephanie Wiegand

Associate Professor
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