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The Honors College Staff

Emily Ann Cain, Coordinator of AdvancementEmily Ann Cain '02, Coordinator of Advancement
emily.cain@umit.maine.edu, 207.581.3263

Barbara Ouellette, Coordinator of Student Academic Servivces and BudgetBarbara Ouellette, Coordinator of Student Academic Services and Budget
barbara.ouellette@umit.maine.edu, 207.581.3264

Rylan Shook '07, Honors College Associate
rylan.shook@umit.maine.edu, 207.581.3285

Charlie Slavin, DeanCharlie Slavin, Dean
slavin@honors.umaine.edu
, 207.581.3262

Deborah Small, SecretaryDeborah Small, Administrative Assistant
deborah.small@umit.maine.edu
, 207.581.3263

Tiffany Warzecha '07, Honors College Associate
tiffany.warzecha@umit.maine.edu, 207.581.3201

We are very lucky to have the very valuable help of our terrific work-study students: Matt Fields '09, Ashley Lauze '11, and Chelsea Tanguay '10.

Advisory Groups

Honors Council [membership]
The Honors Council is the policy advisory body of The Honors College. The Council meets to review the current activities of The College (recruitment, retention, enrollment, etc.), to consider curricular matters, to review requirements and policies, and to advise the Dean on issues of policy and guidelines.

Honors Student Advisory Board [membership]
The Honors Student Advisory Board helps to connect the students participating in The Honors College with its Dean and staff.  The Board provides input and feedback on initiatives, procedures, curriculum, and other Honors College policies.  Members of the Student Advisory Board, along with their peers on the Honors Council, serve as ambassadors and representatives of The Honors College at public functions and meetings. The Board meets monthly in its entirety; workgroups and committees get together on an irregular basis.

Honors Secretaries

The Honors Secretaries are faculty members designated by their degree-granting college to represent the college on the Honors Council and to work with students, faculty, and the administration of the college on matters concerning The Honors College.

Faculty of The Honors College

The Faculty of the Honors College includes Honors College preceptors, Honors tutorial instructors, Honors thesis advisors, and members of the Honors Council.  Preceptors (in the Civilizations sequence) are appointed to the Faculty of the Honors College for four-year, renewable terms.  Faculty members who teach Honors tutorials, advise Honors theses, and sit on the Honors Council are appointed to the Faculty of the Honors College for those academic years in which they are engaged in Honors College activities.

Members of the Faculty of the Honors College are expected to
  • participate in Honors College course and curriculum meetings when appropriate
  • receive acceptable teaching evaluations in their Honors courses if they are teaching
  • engage in scholarship
  • serve on Honors thesis committees
  • be active in student-focused Honors College events

Preceptors (HON 111, HON 112, HON 201, HON 202)

These members of the Faculty of The Honors College facilitate our preceptorialsthe heart of the core curriculum in Honorsand take an active role in designing that core.  From their varied perspectives they provide Honors students with a remarkably diverse background and foundation.  Many of them have offered honors tutorials as well.   The following faculty members are currently preceptors or have been preceptors in last four years.

Preceptors teaching in the 2007-08 academic year are indicated by an asterisk (*).

  • Randy Alford (email) Professor of Entomology, B.S. University of Southern Mississippi, M.S. & Ph.D. Louisiana State University
  • *François Amar (email) Associate Professor of Chemistry, B.A. Temple University, M.S. & Ph.D. University of Chicago
  • Cathleen Bauschatz (email) Professor of French, B.A. Radcliffe College, M.A. & Ph.D. Columbia University
  • *Tony Brinkley (email) Associate Professor of English, B.A. Yale University, M.A. & Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • *Steve Cohn (email) Professor of Sociology, B.A. Dartmouth College, Ph.D. Columbia University
  • Gene Del Vecchio (email) Professor of Spanish, A.B. University of California, Berkeley, M.A. and Ph.D. University of Washington
  • *Kathleen Ellis (email) Adjunct Assistant Professor in Honors (English) and Lecturer in English, B.A. University of California, Berkeley, M.L.S. University of Maine
  • *Edie Elwood (email) Adjunct Assistant Professor in Honors (Sociology), B.S. & M.S. Brigham Young University, Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin
  • *Jim Gallagher (email) Adjunct Associate Professor in Honors (Sociology) and Associate Professor Emeritus of Sociology, A.B. Middlebury College, M.A. & Ph.D. Indiana University
  • *Alex Grab (email) Professor of History, B.A. University of Tel Aviv, M.A. & Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
  • *Michael Grillo (email) Associate Professor of Art History, B.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, M.F.A. Pratt Institute, M.A. & Ph.D. Cornell University
  • *David Gross (email) Adjunct Associate Professor in Honors (English), B.A. Wesleyan University, M.A. & Ph.D. University of Iowa
  • *Paul Grosswiler (email) Associate Professor of Journalism, B.A. Antioch College, M.A. & Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia
  • *Mark Haggerty (email) Rezendes Preceptor for Civic Engagement, B.A. Rutgers College, M.A. Lehigh University, Ph.D. Washington State University
  • *Peter Hoff (email) University of Maine System Professor, B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A. & Ph.D. Stanford University
  • *Mimi Killinger (email) Rezendes Preceptor for the Arts, B.A. University of Virginia, M.T.S. Duke University, M.A. Emory University, Ph.D. University of Maine
  • *Melissa Ladenheim (email) Adjunct Assistant Professor in Honors (Folklore), B.A. Hamilton College, M.E.S. Yale University, Ph.D. Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Michael Lang (email) Assistant Professor of History, B.A. University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
  • Walter MacDougall (email) Assistant Professor in Honors (Education), B.A., M.A., & Ed.D. University of Maine
  • *Chris Mares (email) Lecturer in English as a Second Language, Director of the Intensive English Institute, B.A. University of East Anglia, M.A. University of Reading
  • Andy Mauery (email) Assistant Professor of Art, B.S. West Virginia University, M.A. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana
  • *Jennifer Moxley (email) Assistant Professor of English. B.A. University of Rhode Island, M.F.A. Brown University
  • *Nancy Ogle (email) Professor of Music, B.M. & M.M. Indiana University
  • *Michael Palmer (email) Professor of Political Science, B.A. University of Toronto, Ph.D. Boston College
  • *Tina Passman (email) Associate Professor of Classical Language and Literature, B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. University of Iowa
  • *Sharon Tisher (email) Adjunct Assistant Professor in Honors (Environmental Law) and Instructor in Resource Economics and Policy, B.A. & J.D. Harvard University

Tutors (HON 310 and HON309)

Faculty from all parts of campus contribute to the curriculum of The Honors College by proposing and offering Honors 310 Tutorials.  These scholars enable us to provide academic experiences not to be found anywhere else on campus.

Faculty who are offering tutorials during the 2006-07 academic year are

  • Emmanuel Boss (email) Associate Professor of Oceanography, B.Sc. & M.Sc. Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Ph.D. University of Washington
  • Sudarshan Chawathe (email) Assistant Professor of Computer Science, B.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; M.S. &  Ph.D. Stanford University
  • Paul Grosswiler (email) Associate Professor of Journalism, B.A. Antioch College, M.A. & Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia
  • Kathryn Hunt (email) Research Associate Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, B.A. University of New Hampshire, M.Ed. & M.A. University of Maine
  • David Kress (email) Assistant Professor of English, B.A. University of Connecticut, M.A. University of New Hampshire,  M.F.A. & Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
  • Robert Lilieholm (email) Associate Professor of Forest Resources, B.S. Utah State University, M.S. Louisiana State University, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
  • Michael Palmer (email) Professor of Political Science, B.A. University of Toronto, Ph.D. Boston College
  • Tina Passman (email) Associate Professor of Classical Language and Literature, B.A., M.A., & Ph.D. University of Iowa
  • Denise Skonberg (email) Associate Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, B.S. University of California, Davis, M.S. &  Ph.D. University of Washington
  • Charlie Slavin (email) Associate Professor of Mathematics, Dean of the Honors College, A.B. Princeton University, M.A. & Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Marwin Spiller (email) Assistant Professor of Sociology, B.S. & M.A. Western Illinois University,  Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Robert Strong (email) Professor of Finance, B.S. United States Military Academy; M.S.B.A. Boston University, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
  • Sharon Tisher (email) Adjunct Assistant Professor in Honors (Environmental Law) and Instructor in Resource Economics and Policy, B.A. & J.D. Harvard University

Thank you for visiting our web site and for your interest in The Honors College at The University of Maine. As with any work- in- progress, we appreciate your indulgence as we work out the bugs. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about this site, please contact Charlie Slavin.

This page was last updated on 18 September 2007 10:41 AM -0400

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