USM Honors Program

USM Faculty Teaching in Honors

Faculty teaching in the USM Honors Program are drawn from a variety of disciplines and may change from year to year.

Dusan Bjelic - (1990) Professor of Criminology: University of Belgrade, B.A., 1976, M.A., 1981: Boston University, Ph.D., 1989
Teaches, Honors 202: Progress, Process, or Permanence "All that is solid melts into air"; Seminar: The Balkans and Honors 301: Cultural Practices and Ambiguous Identities

Kaitlin Briggs - (1997) Associate Professor and Associate Director for Honors Writing and Thesis Research: Smith College, B.A., 1974. University of Massachusetts, M.Ed., 1992; Ed.D., 1996; faculty of LACollege
Teaches,  Honors 100:  Thinking and Writing in Honors, and Honors 311/312: Thesis I & II Workshop.

Constantine G. Caffentzis - (1987) Professor of Philosophy and Honors Program; City College of the University of New York, B.A., 1966; Princeton University, Ph.D.,1978.
Teaches seminar portion of Honors 201K: Interdisciplinary Inquiry in the Sciences of the Human Body, Seminars: African Diaspora, Academic Freedom

Jeremiah P. Conway - (1978) Associate Professor of Philosophy: Fordham University B.A., 1970; Yale University, M.Phil., 1974; Ph.D., 1978.
Teaches Honors 101: Wisdom Stories from Antiquity.

William J. Gavin - (1968) Professor of Philosophy; Fordham University , B.A., 1965; M.A., 1967; Ph.D., 1970.
Teaches Honors 202: Progress, Process, or Permanence "All that is solid melts into air."

Wiliam "Liam" Harrison - (2007) Director, Office of Research Compliance & Lecturer in Geography-Anthropology.
Teaches Honors 103: Religious and Scientific Perspectives on Human Origins & The Human Body

Reza Jalali - Co-Coordinator, Multicultural Student Affairs.
Hon 299/POS 308: Refugee Experience: From There to Here

Dr. Katharine Lualdi - Lecturer;  University of Pennsylvania; B.A. 1988, M.A. 1991, Ph.D. 1996.
Teaches Honors 102: Truth(s), Lie(s), and Legacy(s) in a Medieval Mindscape

Lisa R. Moore - (2000) Associate Professor of Biological Sciences; University of Oregon, B.S., 1987; St. John's College, M.A., 1989; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 1997
Runs the lab sections of 201K: Interdisciplinary Inquiry in the Sciences of the Human Body

Ron Schmidt - (1999) Associate Professor of Political Science; University of California at Berkeley, B.A., 1988, M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1998.
Teaches one section of Honors 101: Wisdom Stories from Antiquity.

Jeannine Uzzi - (2002) Associate Professor of Classics, Hamilton College, B.A., 1993; Duke University, Ph.D., 1998.  She joins us from the Modern & Classical Languages And Literatures Department and Teaches, Honors 101: Wisdom Stories from Antiquity

Honors Professor Emeritus - Lois Hinckley - (1990) Associate Professor of Classics; Wellesley College, B.A.,1963; University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Ph.D.,1972.
Taught Honors 101: Wisdom Stories from Antiquity

Director

Rose Cleary (1998) Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences; Loyola University, B.A., 1975, M.A., 1978; University of Dallas, Ph.D., 1990; faculty of LA College
Co-teaches one section of Honors 100