Kaya, Jean

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Jean Kaya

Jean Kaya, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
970-947-8447 | jkaya@coloradomtn.edu

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC)
  • M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), SIUC
  • M.A. in Modern Foreign Languages and Anglophone Civilization, Université Marien Ngouabi
  • B.A. in Modern Foreign Languages, Université Marien Ngouabi

SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Fulbright Foreign Scholarship (2012-2014)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Kaya, J. (2020). Inside the international student world: Challenges, opportunities, and imagined communities. Journal of International Students, 10(1), 124-144.
  • Bacon, H. R., Byfield, L., Kaya, J., & Humaidan, A. (2019). Counter-storying lives and literacies: Narratives of transformational resistance. Journal of Latinos and Education.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
  • Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA)
  • International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI)

Temple, Annette

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Annette Temple

Faculty, Veterinary Technology
970-945-7481 | atemple2@coloradomtn.edu

Annette Temple CVT has been a veterinary technician for over 25 years and has been teaching veterinary technology for more than 10 of those years. Annette was born in Utah, but spent a large portion of her childhood living in Pennsylvania. She moved back to the west for college and has been here ever since. Annette has worked in veterinary clinics, as both a credentialed technician and office manager, but enjoys teaching veterinary technology the most. Annette loves living up in the mountains with her partner Harris and all of her critters, which include ducks, chickens, goats, guinea pigs, and two hairless cats.

Education

  • B.S. Animal Science with emphasis on Veterinary Technology

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor of Veterinary Technology, Colorado Mountain College (2019-present)
  • Instructor of Veterinary Technology, Bel-Rea Institute (2010-2018)
  • Instructor of Veterinary Assisting, Mountainland Applied Technology College (2000-2009)
  • Certified Veterinary Technician, Louisville Family Animal Hospital
  • Office Manager/Veterinary Technician, Banfield Pet Hospital

Seidl, Dara

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Dara Seidl

Associate Professor of Geographic Information Systems
deseidl@coloradomtn.edu

Dara Seidl, Geographic Information Systems Faculty at Colorado Mountain College LeadvilleEducation

  • Ph.D. in Geography, San Diego State University and University of California at Santa Barbara
  • M.S. in Geographic Information Science, San Diego State University
  • B.A. in Geography and French, Colgate University

About

Dara is a geographer and GIScientist who loves to help students effectively capture, produce, analyze, display, and communicate geographic data. She strives to create classroom experiences to position students for success after graduation. Spatial analysis and mapping skills can open doors to a wide set of employment opportunities, and Dara enjoys designing interactive exercises to foster creativity and spatial problem-solving across disciplines.

Dara's teaching of GIS is informed by ten years of GIS industry experience on a wide range of transportation, health, environmental, business, and demographic projects. Her goal is to help students apply the tools and techniques of GIS to issues that interest them and are helpful to their communities.

Dara is also passionate about incorporating ethics into geography education. Her scholarly research centers on geoprivacy, which is the right of individuals to control their personal location data. She was named a 2019-2020 EthicalGEO Fellow by the American Geographical Society to develop an educational toolbox of short films on geoprivacy. She regularly published on cartographic techniques to protect privacy in mapping and societal reactions to personal location collection.

Outside the classroom, Dara is an avid trail runner and eager to get out and explore the fascinating geography of the Rocky Mountain region.

Fleming, Sheree

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Sheree Fleming

Sheree Gehman Fleming, MBA

Adjunct Faculty
sgfleming@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • MBA in Marketing, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School Graduate Division
  • BS in Chemistry, University of Delaware

Professional Background

Sheree spent 35 years in positions in the energy industry involving marketing, investment analysis, and supply chain management. She worked with international businesses for over half of her career and has extensive experience with employee recruiting and mentoring.

Rosser, Brian

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Brian Rosser, professor of Ski Area Operations at CMC Leadville

Brian Rosser, J.D.

Associate Professor of Ski Area Operations
719.486.4228 | Berosser@coloradomtn.edu

2019-20 Leadville & Salida Faculty of the Year

Education

  • Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Ski Area Operations, Colorado Mountain College

  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.), East Tennessee State University
  • Doctor of Law (J.D.), Regent University

Awards & Certifications

  • Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider Instructor, American Heart Association
  • ASNT Central Certification Program Level II - Magnetic Particle Testing (ACCP-MT)
  • Licensed to Practice Law
  • Licensed Insurance Adjuster
  • NREMT, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
  • Outdoor Emergency Technician and Instructor, National Ski Patrol

About

Brian started his career in the ski industry in 1995 and has a diverse background in ski area operations and management. He is an experienced leader with progressive experience in resort development, operations and management.

Over the years he has performed lift maintenance, made snow, patrolled and has worked directly with or for all phases of Mountain Operations with a proven record of success. He has established relationships within the ski industry as well as with the insurance business and other allied industries.

Rosser, who is an attorney, was previously the Risk Manager and Human Resources Director at Loveland Ski Area. Prior to working at Loveland he was employed as a professional ski patroller at Copper Mountain and Ski Cooper. Additionally, while working in the ski industry he has worked as an adjunct professor at Colorado Mountain College in the school’s Ski Area Operations (SAO) program, served as the Chair of the Advisory committee for the SAO program, and is also a graduate of that program.

Before coming home to Colorado Mountain College, Brian served the MountainGuard team as Director of Risk Management and Education. Rosser was responsible for the continued development, coordination and execution of enhanced loss control service plans to provide proactive pre-loss risk management expertise to benefit MountainGuard's valued clients.

Brian has been with Colorado Mountain College for two years and is responsible for a joint venture with the National Ski Areas Association providing Ropeway education to its member ski areas from Maine to Alaska.

Brian is a state of Colorado EMT and NREMT, is a voting member of ANSI B77.1, on the NSAA Risk management committee, and is a member of the National Ski Patrol.

 

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