The Joe Blake Center for Engaged Humanities at Colorado State University has named four faculty members as Faculty Fellows for 2026-2027: Maura Velazquez Castillo, Johnny Plastini, Nabile Galván Garcia, and Sarah Cooper.
Tara Opsal, a professor and current chair of the Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts, has been named the William E. Morgan Endowed Chair in the College. A nationally respected public sociologist, Opsal advances community-engaged reform in the criminal legal system, examining how it produces harm and inequality and developing pathways for change. She is also the director of the Criminal Justice and Victimization Institute at Colorado State University. As Morgan Chair, Opsal will use dedicated time and resources to expand CJVI as a hub for community-engaged, interdisciplinary justice research across Colorado.
Antonio Pedrós-Gascón, a professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the College of Liberal Arts, published the foundational first volume in a planned eight-volume series of the complete writings of early and influential Spanish feminist thinker Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer.
This Insights Speaker Series features four CLA faculty highlighting international relations through a unique lens.
