Constance Staley

Constance Staley is an award-winning Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she directed the First-Year Seminar Program for nearly 25 years. Well-known throughout FYE circles, Staley leads faculty development efforts across the country, including a three-year effort with an East Coast Fortune 500 company, where she designed and delivered supervisory training. A Fulbright Fellow who represented the university by teaching in the former Soviet Union, Dr....See more

Constance Staley is an award-winning Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where she directed the First-Year Seminar Program for nearly 25 years. Well-known throughout FYE circles, Staley leads faculty development efforts across the country, including a three-year effort with an East Coast Fortune 500 company, where she designed and delivered supervisory training. A Fulbright Fellow who represented the university by teaching in the former Soviet Union, Dr. Staley also developed a multimedia training package for first-year seminar instructors, along with the ground-breaking 50 Ways to Leave Your Lectern resource manual. Other Cengage titles by Dr. Staley include FOCUS on College Success and FOCUS on College Success Concise, along with FOCUS on College and Career Success, which she co-wrote with Steve Staley. Dr. Staley earned a BA in education from Ball State University, and an MA in linguistics and PhD in communication from the University of Colorado, Boulder. See less