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The
Matrix:
Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and
Inclusion
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Board
Member Bios
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Dena Samuels is a Sociologist
specializing in race, gender, and curriculum development. She teaches in the Women’s Studies and
Ethnic Studies programs at UCCS, and recently won the College of LAS’ Outstanding Instructor Award.
Dena has led diversity training workshops both on campus and off, including at the University of
Maryland, the U.S. Air Force Academy, The Citadel: the Military Institute of South Carolina, and the
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in San Francisco. She has also been interviewed by local news
stations on issues of race and gender. Her journal publications focus on the pedagogy of oppression and
privilege. She recently co-edited the American Sociological Association’s Race, Gender, and Class: a
special edition on Privilege. She is currently working on an edited edition which will be used as a
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Christopher V. Hill Jr., is
Professor of History and Acting Director of Ethnic Studies for AY 2005-2006. He received his B.A. from
the University of Utah and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His research specialty is
the Environmental History of Colonial India, and he teaches Asian American History for the Ethnic Studies
Program. Hill is the recipient of a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, and was awarded the Aldo
Leopold Award in Environmental History, presented by the American Society for Environmental History. He
has taught at UCCS since 1993 |
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Sharon Berthrong, UCCS Graduate.
Undergrad degree in Political Science and Organizational Communication
Masters in Public Administration
Retired medical practice consultant. (I just wrote that word retired this week. I’m not sure I like
it but I really don’t want to work again - UNLESS someone calls - then I would love it.)
Community Involvement
Citizens Project Board, One of Founders of ARTEMIS, LAS Advisory Board, Chancellor’s Roundtable,
Chair, Steering Committee of Karen Possehl Women’s Endowment Program at UCCS, Citizens Advisory Board
of CU Aging Center, play saxophone in a band. |
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John C. Cruzat Jr.,
New Director of the national diversity initiative for USA Swimming. Three years executive non-profit
experience. Six months executive financial services. Twenty years military service. Self-starter,
results oriented team leader with a proven track record of accountability and dependability.
Experience:
10/02 to Present Urban League of the Pikes Peak Region
Vice President of Programs
Supervise all program staff and volunteers. Oversee and conduct operational activities such as daily
operations, preparing job descriptions, job postings, hiring program staff and other staffing related
issues. Report directly to CEO.
04/02 to 10/02 Full Spectrum Finance
Sales Manager
Acted as lead sales generator for financial upstart. Responsible for lead generation and distribution
among diverse sales staff. Conducted staff training with customer development focus. Report directly to
CEO.
08/81 to 05/02 United States Army
Security Assistance Advisor (01/01 to 05/02)
Appointed as Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Advisor to Light Armored Vehicle brigades for the Saudi
Arabian National Guard.
Infantry Platoon Sergeant (09/98to 01/01)
Managed health, welfare, morale, and combat readiness for mechanized infantry platoon consisting of 40
personnel, 4 Bradley fighting vehicles and other assigned equipment valued at over $10 million.
Brigade Master Gunner (09/97 to 09/98)
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Brigade Commander; responsibilities included training and development
of four battalion master gunners and assigned battalion personnel.
Master Gunner Instructor (08/92 to 09/97)
Wrote and presented 6 periods of instruction during a twelve-week technical course.
Infantry Squad Leader (12/86 to 08/92)
Lead a nine-man unit and assigned equipment with an estimated value of over $2 million. Awarded the
Bronze Star for actions in combat during Operation Desert Storm.
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Dr. Pamela
Shockley-Zalabak is Chancellor and Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs. The author of six books and over 100 articles and productions on organizational
communication, Dr. Shockley’s research interests include organizational trust and cultures as
they relate to overall organizational effectiveness. Prior to assuming Chancellor responsibilities, Dr.
Shockley was Vice Chancellor for Student Success and the founding chair of the UCCS Communication
Department. Dr. Shockley is the recipient of the University of Colorado Thomas Jefferson Award,
President’s Award for Outstanding Service, Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Faculty,
the Colorado Speech Communication Association Distinguished Member Award, the 2003 Colorado Springs
Chamber of Commerce ATHENA Women in Business Award, and the 2005 Student Government Association Student
Choice for Instructor of the Year Award.
University, Stillwater. She earned her PhD. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in
organizational communication.
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Abby L. Ferber, Ph.D. Associate Professor,
Director of the Matrix Center and Director of Women’s Studies (WMST) at the University of Colorado
at Colorado Springs
She is the author of White Man Falling: Race, Gender and White Supremacy, Rowman & Littlefield,
(1998), and co-author of the American Sociological Associations’ Hate Crime in America: What Do We
Know? (2000). She is also the co-author of, Making a Difference: University Students of Color Speak
Out, Rowman & Littlefield (2002), and a co-edited anthology with Michael Kimmel, Privilege: A
Reader, Westview Press (2003)
Ferber is widely recognized as a leading scholar of the far right, and her articles have been widely
published in academic journals (including Ethnic and Racial Studies, Rural Sociology, Sociological
Perspectives, Social Identities, Men and Masculinities, Sociological Focus and Teaching Sociology) as
well as news outlets including The Denver Post and The Chronicle on Higher Education. Ferber is a
frequent presenter at the meetings of the American Sociological Association and the Society for the
Study of Social Problems.
Ferber has also conducted many workshops on the far right, hate crime, and teaching about hate. She
has been widely interviewed by the press, and served as a panelist for the American Sociological
Association’s 1999 Press and Congressional Briefings on hate crime in America. She is also the
author of an upcoming edited volume Home Grown Hate: Gender and Organized Racism, Routledge (2004)
Ferber received her Ph.D. (1994) in Sociology from the University of Oregon. She received her M.A.
(1989) from the University of Oregon and her B.S. from American University. She currently teaches both
undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of race, gender, and social theory.
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Lynda Dickson,Ph.D.Chair/Associate Professor
Dr. Dickson has been a member of the sociology faculty at UCCS since 1984. Her teaching and research areas include the Sociology of Poverty, Family, and race, class and gender studies. She is currently conducting research on shifting relationship and family formation strategies among African Americans, with particular attention to class and gender variations within this community. She has collected data on inter- and intra-racial couples, and has given numerous papers and presentations on various aspects of these topics.
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