Jocelyn Loera Munoz

Jocelyn Fernanda Loera Munoz

Upward Bound Administrative Technician
970-625-6988 | jfmunoz@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • Current Student at Colorado Mesa University: Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resources

Professional Associations

  • The Society for Human Resource Management

Family

I am the oldest of three; my family is very outgoing and loves to spend time outdoors.

Personal Interests

I am a TRIO Upward Bound alumni and currently pursuing my educational goals. I am exited to come back and support the program like they supported me. I love the outdoors, baking, and sending time with my family.

Ann Hawkinson

Ann C. Hawkinson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biology
970-625-6925 | ahawkinson2@coloradomtn.edu

2023 CMC Faculty of the Year, Rifle

Education

  • PhD, University of Northern Colorado, 2011
    Area of Study: Biological Education
    Dissertation: Experimental Infection of Jamaican Fruit Bats with Tacaribe Virus
  • BS, Colorado Mesa University, 2006
    Area of Study: Biology
    Senior Thesis: Equine Embryo Transfer
  • Biosafety Level 3 Training and Certification, Colorado State University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology. 2015

Awards

  • First Year Scholars Outstanding Faculty and Staff, University of Northern Colorado. (2013). First Year Scholars Outstanding Faculty and Staff, University of Northern Colorado. (2012). Outstanding Faculty and Staff, Center for Human Enrichment. (2012).

Publications

  • Sherman, T.J.; Petty, D.; Schountz, T.; Hodges, N.; Hawkinson, A.C. (2022).  Increased Ifng and Il10 Expression Correlate with Disease in Rodent Models Experimentally Infected with Modoc Virus. Viruses, 14, 1026.
  • Hawkinson, A., Gerrard, D., Sherman, T., Modahl, C., Hume, G., Campbell, C., Schountz, T., Frietze, S. (2017). Transcriptomic signatures of Tacaribe virus-infected Jamaican fruit bats. mSphere, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.1128/ mSphere.00245-17
  • McGuire, A., Miedema, K., Fauver, J. R., Rico, A., Aboellail, T., Quackenbush, S. L., Hawkinson, A., Schountz, T. (2016). Maporal Hantavirus Causes Mild Pathology in Deer Mice (Peromyscus Maniculatus). Viruses, 8(10), 15. http://www.mdpi.com/1999- 4915/8/10/286. DOI: 10.3390/v8100286
  • Muster, V. J., Adney, D. R., Doremalen, N., Brown, V. R., Miazgowicz, K. L., Milne-Price, S., Bushmaker, T., Rosenke, R., Scott, D., Hawkinson, A., de Wit, E., Schountz, T., Bowen, R. (2016). Replication and shedding of MERS-CoV in Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis). Scientific Reports, 6, 21878.. DOI: 10.1038/srep21878
  • Shaw, T. I., Srivastava, A., Chou, W.-C., Liu, L., Hawkinson, A., Glenn, T. C., Adams, R., Schountz, T. (2012). Transcriptome sequencing and annotation for the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus jamaicensis). PloS one, 7(11), e48472.
  • Hawkinson, A., Bowen, R., James, S., Gardiner, D., Calisher, C., Adams, R., Schountz,
    T. (2012). Tacaribe Virus Causes Fatal Infection of An Ostensible Reservoir Host, the Jamaican Fruit Bat.
  • Hawkinson, A., McGlaughlin, M., Calisher, C. H., Adams, R., Schountz, T. (2011).
    Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of cytokine genes from Seba’s short- tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata). Open Immunology Journal, 4, 31-39.
  • Schountz, T., Prescott, J., Cogswell, A. C., Oko, L., Mirowsky- Garcia, K., Galvez Fuenzalida, A., Hjelle, B. (2007). Regulatory T cell-like responses in deer mice persistently-infected with Sin Nombre virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci., 104, 15496.

Professional Associations

  • Rocky Mountain Virology Club
  • American Society for Microbiology- International Membership
  • American Society for Microbiology-Rocky Mountain Chapter Membership
  • American Society for Virology

Family

I live with my husband, son, and our two dogs, two cats, and two salamanders.

Personal Interests

I love to be outside, especially in the mountains!

Jayme Goscha, MA

Campus Director of Childhood Initiatives
970-625-6916 | jgoscha@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • M.A., Early Childhood Education, Special Education Endorsement, University of Colorado at Denver
  • B.S., Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University

Professional Associations

  • Member, NAEYC

Personal Interests

I enjoy spending time with my family outside hiking, fishing, 4-wheeling, riding horses, and attending Tess' sports activities. I also enjoy volunteering for and working with local organizations that support children, families, and veterans.

David Chimovitz

David S. Chimovitz

Professor, Communication/Humanities
970-947-8168 | dchimovitz@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • B.S. Speech Communication, Northern Michigan University
  • M.A. Communication,University of Maine-Orono

Awards

  • 2020 Faculty of the Year - Rifle

Professional Associations

  • Western States Communication Association-Lifetime Member

Professional Interests

  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Mediation
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Argumentation
  • Post-Structural analyses of contemporary social issues

Personal Interests

Professor Chimovitz loves to snowboard on a brilliant day of lofty powder. He also plays guitar and still plays the Gibson Challenger he bought when he was 15 years old. A novice dirtbiker, he loves to roam the BLM land on the Western Slope. As a student centered faculty member, Professor Chimovitz plays a role in Co-Advising the Spring Valley Student Government and works to help students develop leadership communication skill and experience.

Elizabeth Henry

Elizabeth Henry, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
ehenry@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Iowa
  • M.A., University of Minnesota
  • Graduate Studies-M.F.A./Film, CU Boulder

Awards / Publications

I have had written work published in Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film, Journal of Independent Film and Video, (A New Generation of) Feminist Science Studies, Release Print, Moviemaker Magazine, Women’s Studies Association Journal, Movie Habit and The Icon.

I've been honored to have my films screen in many venues including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Boulder, San Francisco, Washington, Pittsburgh and Hot Springs, Arkansas. I have won several awards at these festivals, but maybe my favorite one was the "Banana Slug Award for Surrealist Experimental Film" at the Humboldt film festival a few years back.

Professional Interests/Associations

  • Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
  • University Film and Video Association
  • Association of Writers and Writing Programs
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Personal Interests

I enjoy exercise, the great outdoors, photography, filmmaking, all animals, birds, reading, writing and watching old movies with my husband, Tony. I’m happy and proud to call this place home and to have landed at CMC, a school that's the real deal: faculty dedicated to students and the future.