About our Faculty and Staff

Metro State expects a lot from our students, but you can be sure that everyone who works here is dedicated to:

Supporting your success
Providing a quality, personalized academic experience
Adding value to each and every opportunity we offer

Faculty
Metro State’s faculty members never treat teaching like a secondary activity in favor of pet projects or research. Teaching is their primary focus. They make sure you understand and can use what you study.

Just like you, our professors enjoy all the benefits of:

Active, real-time scholarship and professional engagement
Personal relationships, thanks to classes of 19 (not 200) students

Metro State delivers a relevant education to you and every other student through a perfect blend of theoretical and practical learning. Of course, we achieve this goal through:

Field-study requirements
Network contacts to jobs and internships
Hands-on lab or classroom work
Real-world case studies addressing everyday issues
Guest speakers and events where off-campus experts join our learning community

Plus, our faculty include both:

Career professors (nearly 70 percent of whom hold a Ph.D. or terminal degree in their fields from top universities)
Leading professionals from many career fields, who bring valuable real-life experience directly to you

All told, our committed community of full-time professors totals:

213 tenured
155 tenure-track
139 visiting

Staff
Metro State employs 531 people in various administrative and service-oriented roles to keep everything running for you. Friendly, professional and passionate about education, these staff members happily help in many different areas:

Tech support in the computer lab
Logistics for work-study jobs
Medical care at the student health center
Administrative help with financial aid, major programs and other campus services

Check out these faculty and staff profiles to learn more about the people who make Metro State a great place to further your education and improve your community.

Gail Bruce Sanford, director of the Counseling Center

Bridgette Coble, Director of Career Services

Jennifer Garner, Director of the Center for Visual Art

Vaughn Toland, Associate Director of Admissions/Transfer Services

Esther Rodriquez, Director of the Urban Teacher Partnership