HFAB Representative: Dr. Colin Flint (colin.flint@usu.edu)
Departmental Honors Advisors &
Faculty Advisory Board Members
Departmental Honors Advisors (DHAs) and members of the Honors Faculty Advisory Board work together to support students and faculty in their departments and colleges.
DHAs are faculty who work as liaisons between the Honors Program and their home departments or statewide campuses. DHAs are a source of Honors information for all faculty and students in their department/area. They actively recruit new Honors students and mentors, and they help existing Honors students to complete outstanding work in both Honors and the discipline. Faculty can approach DHAs with questions about recruiting or mentoring Honors students; students can ask their DHAs for advice about how Honors works with and enhances their work in the discipline. DHAs approve both proposals and completion documentation for Honors Mentoring Agreements, and they work with faculty mentors to help students complete and earn approval for their Honors Capstone Projects.
The Honors Faculty Advisory Board (HFAB) includes one representative from each college, as well as representatives of statewide campuses, the Office of Research, and USU Libraries. HFAB works with the Honors Student Advisory Board (HSAB) and with DHAs to increase student and faculty engagement with Honors across USU departments, colleges, and campuses.
Caine College of the Arts
HFAB Representative: Dr. Laura Gelfand (laura.gelfand@usu.edu)
- Art, Art History, Interior Design: Dr. Fazilat Soukhakian (fazilat.soukhakian@usu.edu; 435-797-5742 or FAV 128)
- Music, Music Education, Music Therapy: Dr. Sara Bakker (sara.bakker@usu.edu or UR 111)
- Theatre Arts: Stephanie White (stephanie.white@usu.edu; 435-797-3232 or UR 129)
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
HFAB Representative: Dr. Katie Kraus (katie.kraus@usu.edu)
- Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences: Dr. Kara Thornton-Kurth (kara.thornton@usu.edu; 435-797-7696 or AGRS 241)
- Applied Economics: Dr. Ryan Bosworth (ryan.bosworth@usu.edu; 435-797-0594 or AGRS 220B)
- Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education: Dr. Joseph Furse (joseph.furse@usu.edu; 435-797-1802 or IS 112D)
- Aviation and Technical Education: Professor Matt Bunnell (matt.bunnell@usu.edu; 435-797-5787 or TECH 106)
- Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning: Dr. Ole Sleipness (ole.sleipness@usu.edu; 435-797-0510 or FAV 260)
- Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science: Dr. Katie Kraus (katie.kraus@usu.edu; 435-797-5530 or NFS 112)
- Plants, Soils, and Climate: Dr. Jeanette Norton (jeanette.norton@usu.edu; 435-797-2166 or AGRS 340)
- Technology, Design, and Technical Education: Professor Mark Koven (mark.lee.koven@usu.edu; 435-797-3410 or IS 108)
College of Engineering
HFAB Representative: Dr. Elizabeth Vargis (vargis@usu.edu)
- Biological Engineering: Dr. Elizabeth Vargis (vargis@usu.edu; 435-797-0618 or ENGR 402M)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dr. John Rice (john.rice@usu.edu; 435-797-8611 or EL 272)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering: Dr. Todd Moon (todd.moon@usu.edu; 435-797-2970 or EL 154)
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Joel Ellsworth (joel.ellsworth@usu.edu; 435-797-0250 or EL 292)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Anthropology: Dr. Anna Cohen (anna.cohen@usu.edu; 435-797-0270 or MAIN 245H)
- Communication Studies: Dr. Amanda Lilly (amanda.lilly@usu.edu or LUNDB 202)
- English: Dr. Travis Franks (travis.franks@usu.edu or RWST 204F)
- History/Religious Studies: Dr. Lawrence Culver (lawrence.culver@usu.edu; 435-797-3101 or MAIN 321H)
- International Studies, Law and Constitutional Studies, Political Science: Dr. Greg Goelzhauser (greg.goelzhauser@usu.edu; 435-797-9489 or MAIN 324B)
- Journalism and Communication: Dr. Debra Monson (debra.monson@usu.edu; 435-797-7379 or AGRS 316)
- World Languages and Cultures : Dr. Doris McGonagill (doris.mcgonagill@usu.edu; 435-797-9181 or MAIN 002E)
- Philosophy: Dr. Rachel Robison-Greene (rachel.robison@usu.edu; 435-797-0340 or ECC 102B)
- Social Work: Dr. Jess Lucero (jessica.lucero@usu.edu; 435-797-9122 or MAIN 239D)
- Sociology: Dr. Gabriele Ciciurkaite (gabriele.ciciurkaite@usu.edu; 435-797-6367 or MAIN 224E)
College of Science
HFAB Representative: Dr. Sara Freeman (sara.freeman@usu.edu)
- Biochemistry and Chemistry: Dr. Ryan Jackson (ryan.jackson@usu.edu; 435-797-1635 or WIDT 345)
- Biology and Public Health: This department has two DHAs because of the large number of students. Students are assigned a DHA based on the first letter of their last name:
- Last names beginning with A-J : Contact Dr. James Pitts (james.pitts@usu.edu; 435-797-8872 or BNR 129R)
- Last names beginning with K-Z : Contact Dr. Zach Gompert (zach.gompert@usu.edu; 435-797-9463 or LSB 343)
- Computer Science: Dr. Mario Harper (mario.harper@usu.edu; 435-797-0947 or MAIN 401E)
- Geosciences: Dr. Benjamin Burger (benjamin.burger@usu.edu; 435-722-1778 or 320 N. Aggie Blvd., Vernal, USU Uintah Basin campus)
- Mathematics and Statistics: Dr. David Brown (david.e.brown@usu.edu; 435-797-3224 or ANSC 109)
- Physics: Dr. TC Shen (tc.shen@usu.edu; 435-797-7852 or SER 222A)
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and
Human Services
HFAB Representative: Dr. Scott Bates (scott.bates@usu.edu)
- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education: Dr. Annalise Fletcher (annalise.fletcher@usu.edu; 435-797-4113 or LILLY 128)
- Human Development and Family Studies: Darcy Keady (darcy.keady@usu.edu; 435-797-1555 or FL 308C)
- Kinesiology and Health Science: Dr. Breanna Studenka (breanna.studenka@usu.edu; 435-797-0109 or HPER 157)
- Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences: Dr. Andy Walker (andy.walker@usu.edu; 435-797-2614 or EDUC 215A)
- Nursing: Tiffany Williams (tiffany.williams@usu.edu; 435-797-1357 or HPER 114)
- Psychology: Dr. Scott Bates (scott.bates@usu.edu; 435-797-2975 or EDUC 487E)
- Special Education and Rehabilitation: Dr. Stephen Kwiatek (stephen.kwiatek@usu.edu; 435-797-3251 or EDUC 324)
- Teacher Education and Leadership (TEAL): Marie Lund (marie.lund@usu.edu; 435-797-0209 or EDUC 337)
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
HFAB Representative: Dr. Vijay Kannan (vijay.kannan@usu.edu)
- Accounting: Dr. James Cannon (james.cannon@usu.edu; 435-797-2335 or EBB 802)
- Data Analytics and Information Systems (DAIS): Dr. Yong Kim (yong.kim@usu.edu; 435-797-2271 or EBB 710)
- Economics and Finance: Dr. Craig Palsson (craig.palsson@usu.edu; 435-797-2336 or EBB 503)
- Management: Dr. Rick Hardcopf (rick.hardcopf@usu.edu; 435-797-0223 or EBB 318E)
- Marketing & Strategy: Dr. Alex Romney (alex.romney@usu.edu; 435-797-6387 or HH 434B)
S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources
HFAB Representative: Dr. Eugene Schupp (eugene.schupp@usu.edu)
- Natural Resources Honors Coordinator: Dr. Eugene Schupp (eugene.schupp@usu.edu; 435-797-2475 or BNR 373)
- Environment and Society: Dr. Joseph Tainter (joseph.tainter@usu.edu; 435-797-4169 or NR 201B)
- Watershed Sciences: Dr. Patrick Belmont (patrick.belmont@usu.edu; 435-797-3794 or NR 210C)
- Wildland Resources: Dr. Kari Veblen (kari.veblen@usu.edu; 435-797-3970 or NR 332)
Statewide Honors Campuses
HFAB Representative: Dr. Jason Olsen (jason.olsen@usu.edu)
- Brigham City: Nikole Eyre (nikole.eyre@usu.edu; 435-919-1305 or BCBCCR 118F, USU Brigham City campus)
- Price: Dr. Rachel Turner (rachel.turner@usu.edu; 435-613-5020 or WIB 239, USU Eastern Price campus)
- Uintah Basin: Dr. Benjamin Burger (benjamin.burger@usu.edu; 435-722-1778 or 320 N. Aggie Blvd., Vernal, USU Uintah Basin campus)
Office of Research
HFAB Representative: Dr. Alexa Sand (alexa.sand@usu.edu)
USU Libraries
HFAB Representative: Dory Rosenberg (dory.rosenberg@usu.edu)