Mike Pence joins Colorado Christian University faculty
Former Vice President Mike Pence has been named a visiting faculty member at Colorado Christian University and is expected to make monthly trips to the Lakewood campus to lecture and meet with students.
Pence will take part in classes and discussions about constitutional government, public policy and leadership during the 2026-27 academic year.
“It is an honor to join Colorado Christian University,” Pence said in a statement released by CCU.
Pence already had ties to the school. He and his wife, former second lady Karen Pence, opened CCU’s President’s Speaker Series in November 2024. He also helped teach an online summer course about American conservatism. The course, based on his book “What Conservatives Believe,” drew 28 students ranging in age from 16 to 60, Christianity Today reported.
CCU President Eric Hogue told the magazine that Pence’s campus discussions could include abortion, Israel, tariffs, free trade and President Donald Trump. Hogue said he expects some Republicans to object to the appointment because of Pence’s break with Trump after the 2020 election.
“Maybe this is an example for those that might have a difference of opinion, and maybe we could break down some of those barriers and we can talk again,” Hogue told Christianity Today.
Pence served as Trump’s vice president from 2017 to 2021. In 2023, he ran a failed attempt to win the Republican nomination for the 2024 election but ended the bid just before the primary season.
The CCU job continues Pence’s move into higher education. He previously taught political science at Grove City College and spent the spring 2026 semester at George Mason University as a distinguished visiting professor of practice.
Pence, who ended his failed presidential bid in Oct. 2023, also leads Advancing American Freedom, the conservative policy organization he founded after leaving office.
–Alan Goforth
