Providing Oversight
The Honors Program Committee is a continuing ad hoc committee duly constituted by the Merrimack Faculty Senate.
Its members include:
- Four elected faculty members (one each from business, humanities, social science, and science and engineering), serving staggered two-year terms.
- The director of the honors program.
- Up to four honors students recruited by the committee to serve as nonvoting liaison members.
Committee Members
| 2022-2023 | |
| Ellen McWhorter | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| Rena Stroud | Assistant Professor of Education |
| Jim Kaklamanos | Associate Professor of Engineering |
| Fan Chen | Assistant Professor of Accounting & Finance |
| Emma Duffy-Comparone | Associate Professor of English |
| 2021-22 | |
| Ellen McWhorter | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| Lisa Fuller | Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Fall 2021) |
| Rena Stroud | Assistant Professor of Education |
| Jim Kaklamanos | Associate Professor of Engineering |
| Fan Chen | Assistant Professor of Accounting & Finance |
| Debra Michals | Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies (Spring 2022) |
| 2020-21 | |
| Ellen McWhorter | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| Lisa Fuller | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| Alicia Malone | Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice |
| Zachary Kissel | Assistant Professor of Computer Science |
| Kaveh Moradi | Assistant Professor of Accounting & Finance |
| 2019-20 | |
| Ellen McWhorter | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| Lisa Fuller | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| Alicia Malone | Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice |
| Zachary Kissel | Assistant Professor of Computer Science |
| Kaveh Moradi | Assistant Professor of Accounting & Finance |
| 2018-19 | |
| Ellen McWhorter | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| Katelyn Kurkul | Assistant Professor of Education |
| Brian Provencher | Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| Lisa Fuller | Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
| 2017-18 | |
| Ellen McWhorter | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| Rodrigo Bandeira de Mello | Associate Professor of Management |
| Katelyn Kurkul | Assistant Professor of Education |
| Brian Provencher | Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
| Zoe Sherman | Assistant Professor of Economics |
| 2016-17 | |
| Ellen McWhorter | Chair, Honors Program Director (Spring 2017) |
| Kerry Johnson | Chair, Interim Honors Program Director (Fall 2016) |
| William Bowhers | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| Laura Hsu | Assistant Professor of Education |
| Ellen McWhorter | Assistant Professor of English (Fall 2016) |
| Rodrigo Bandeira de Mello | Associate Professor of Management |
| Zoe Sherman | Associate Professor of Economics (Spring 2017) |
| 2015-16 | |
| Kerry Johnson | Chair, Interim Honors Program Director |
| William Bowhers | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| Fang Zhao | Assistant Professor of Accounting |
| Laura Hsu | Assistant Professor of Education (Spring 2016) |
| Alicia Girgenti | Assistant Professor of Criminology (Fall 2015) |
| Laura Pruett | Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts |
| 2014-15 | |
| William Wians | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| William Bowhers | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| Laura Hsu | Assistant Professor of Education |
| Mary Papazian | Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance |
| Laura Pruett | Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts |
| 2013-14 | |
| William Wians | Chair, Honors Program Director |
| William Bowhers | Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering |
| Kathy Shine Cain | Professor of Writing and Director of Writing Center |
| Laura Hsu | Assistant Professor of Education |
| Mary Papazian | Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance |
