Arts and Humanities Department
Dr. Donna Alden, Chair
575.527.7635
Rita Jo Sosa-Carver, Advising Specialist
Available to students in the General Studies Division who are pursuing an Associate of Arts or Associate or Science degree with the intention of transferring to a four year institution. The courses, "New Mexico Common Core" are general education requirements designed to help the student transfer and use the general education core requirements to meet their first two year requirements at any New Mexico four year institution.
575.5278.7243
Donna Medina, Administrative Assistant Intermediate
575.527.7611
Faculty
David Burleson, History and Government
575.527.7517
Layle Chambers, Theatre Arts
Layle is a teaching/artist who holds a BFA and MA in Theatre from Ithaca College and University of Texas at El Paso. As artistic director of Outrageous Fortune Theatre Company, she performs for young audiences in the region, and shares her passion for theatre with the students of DACC as full time Theatre Arts faculty, embracing a mission that serves the students and community of Las Cruces.
575.528.7048
chmbrs@nmsu.edu www.outfortheatre.org
Anthony Craig Gordon, Psychology
Anthony Craig Gordon is a (beginning) fifth-year faculty member and assistant professor of psychology. Craig chairs the faculty ethics committee, serves as vice-chair of the diversity caucus and is president-elect of faculty council. Craig's classes are busy and his exams are intense, but he works hard to help students achieve success and his classes are tons of fun! Many, many students at the Central, Gadsden and Sunland Park campuses have been Craig's students; as of Fall 2011, Craig also conducts classes at East Mesa Campus.
575.528.7015
Doug Layer, Sociology
Mr. Layer earned a Masters degree in Comparative Sociology from Florida International University in 2000, and a Masters degree in Counseling and Educational Psychology from New Mexico State University in 2009. Mr. Layer is an alumnus of Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He believes in teaching more than textbook sociology. Rather, he uses the classroom as a sociological laboratory.
575.528.7224
Glenn Schwaiger, Art
575.527.7752
gschwaiger@nmsu.edu www.facebook.com/agavearts
Dr. Olga Viramontes, Spanish
575.527.7714
Dr. Paul Vonnahme, Psychology
575.528.7054
Heather Williams, Sociology
575.582.7025