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 |