Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has joined the faculty of Colorado Christian University as a visiting professor.
Pence, who was vice president during Donald Trump’s first term as president but has since fallen out of favor with Trump, will give lectures, host classroom discussions and have direct engagement with students during the 2026-2027 academic year, according to a university news release.
Pence is scheduled to be on campus once a month to teach courses in constitutional government, public policy and leadership.
“It is an honor to join Colorado Christian University, an institution firmly committed to academic excellence, Christian truth, and the principles that have sustained our nation since her founding,” Pence said.
Mike Pence speaking at the Western Conservative Summit, an annual event at Colorado Christian University. (Photo courtesty of CCU)
Founded in 1914, Colorado Christian University has no denominational affiliation. It is both nondenominational and interdenominational and adheres to the Statement of Faith from the National Association of Evangelicals.
The school serves more than 17,000 students and offers more than 200 academic programs through its College of Undergraduate Studies, College of Adult and Graduate Studies and CCU Academy.
Pence is an evangelical Christian who gave credibility to the first Trump administration in its outreach to evangelicals. However, when Trump lost the 2020 presidential election but refused to concede his loss, some of Trump’s supporters sought to hang Pence on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol to keep him from certifying Joe Biden’s win as the U.S. Senate convened on January 6, 2021.
Since leaving office in January 2021, Pence founded Campaign Advancing American Freedom, a conservative policy and advocacy organization that promotes traditional conservative economic and social principles.
He briefly ran for president in the 2023 Republican primary but withdrew without endorsing Trump’s re-election bid. He received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in May 2025 for upholding the constitutional transfer of power on January 6.
Pence also has written three books: So Help Me God, a 2022 memoir detailing his time in the White House and his break with Trump; Go Home for Dinner, a 2023 book focused on family, faith and life advice; and What Conservatives Want, a 2026 book outlining traditional conservatism and offering a critique of the populist right.