Honors Faculty Directory
Honors College Council
Luke Bradley, Lewis Honors College (ex-officio)
Christian Brady, Lewis Honors College (ex-officio)
Sarah Cprek, College of Public Health
Aaron Cramer, Pigman College of Engineering
Emily Croteau, College of Arts & Sciences
Kishonna Gray-Denson, College of Arts & Sciences
Lou Hirsch, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Daniel Kirchner, Lewis Honors College
Vanessa Jackson, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
Pearl James, Lewis Honors College (ex-officio)
Joe Martin, College of Communication and Information
Hector Martinez, Gatton College of Business and Economics
Jane McEldowney Jensen, College of Education
Nancy Jones, College of Fine Arts
Zada Komara, Lewis Honors College
Elizabeth Salt, College of Nursing
Kenton Sena, Lewis Honors College
Ryan Voogt, Lewis Honors College (ex-officio)
Jami Warren, College of Health Sciences
Honors Faculty Members
Sahar Alameh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, STEM Education
College of Education
sahar@uky.edu
Kimberly Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Pigman College of Engineering
SEAM Honors Pathway
kimberly.anderson@uky.edu
Ben Arnold, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Music
College of Fine Arts
Ben.Arnold@uky.edu
Christal Badour, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
College of Arts and Science
christal.badour@uky.edu
Michael Baker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Music Theory
College of Fine Arts
mrbake00@uky.edu
Susan Barron, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
sbarron@uky.edu
Clare Batty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences
clare.batty@uky.edu
Betsy-Anne Beymer-Farris
Associate Professor, Geography
College of Arts and Sciences
bbeymer-farris@uky.edu
Tyrone Borders, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Nursing
ty.borders@uky.edu
Julie Boutwell-Peterson, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Lews Honors College
Julie.Boutwell-Peterson@uky.edu
Luke Bradley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Neuroscience, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
College of Medicine
lhbradley@uky.edu
Christian M. M. Brady, DPhil (Oxon.)
The T.W. Lewis Dean, Lewis Honors College
Professor, Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Jewish Studies Program
Christian.Brady@uky.edu
Christy Brady, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Clinical Leadership and Management, Human Health Sciences
College of Health Sciences
clfrea2@uky.edu
Benjamin Braun, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics
College of Arts & Sciences
benjamin.braun@uky.edu
Laura Bryan, Ph.D.
Endowed Senior Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
T.G. Lewis Faculty Scholar in Organizational Behavior
Laura.Bryan@uky.edu
Caroline Buchanan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Philosophy
Program for Bioethics
College of Medicine
caroline.a.buchanan@uky.edu
Alice Christ, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Art History
College of Fine Arts
Alice.Christ@uky.edu
Claire Clark, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science
College of Medicine
claire.clark@uky.edu
Sarah Cprek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health, Behavior, & Society
College of Public Health
sarah.cprek@uky.edu
Aaron Cramer, Ph.D.
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pigman College of Engineering
aaron.cramer@uky.edu
Rolf Craven, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
College of Medicine
rolf.craven@uky.edu
Emily Croteau, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Biology
College of Arts and Science
emily.croteau@uky.edu
Florin Despa, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, Neurology
College of Medicine
f.despa@uky.edu
Sanda Despa, Ph.D.
Professor, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
College of Medicine
s.despa@uky.edu
Elizabeth Duncan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
College of Arts and Science
Elizabeth.Duncan@uky.edu
Alexander Clayton Elswick, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Human Environmental Sciences
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Alexander.Elswick@uky.edu
Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nursing
College of Nursing
amanda.fallin@uky.edu
Jakub Famulski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
jakub.famulski@uky.edu
Herman D. Farrell III, J.D., M.F.A.
University Research Professor
Professor, Theatre & Dance
College of Fine Arts
herman.farrell3@uky.edu
Dustin Faulstick, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
Dustin.Faulstick@uky.edu
Beth Garvy, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
College of Medicine
beth.garvy@uky.edu
Don Gash, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
College of Medicine
dongash@uky.edu
Bob Gillette, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Economics
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
jrgill01@uky.edu
Jonathon Glixon, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, School of Music
College of Fine Arts
jonathon.glixon@uky.edu
Christine Goble, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering
Pigman College of Engineering
christine.goble@uky.edu
Rae Goodwin, M.F.A
Professor, Art and Visual Studies
College of Fine Arts
rae.goodwin@uky.edu
Kishonna Gray-Denson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
unicorn@uky.edu
Thomas Groleau, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Business Analytics, Director of the Business Analytics Center
Gatton College of Business and Economics
TGGROL00@uky.edu
Richard Grondin, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience
College of Medicine
rcgron0@uky.edu
Dan Halgin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Management
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
danhalgin@uky.edu
Johanna Heinrichs, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Architecture
College of Design
johanna.heinrichs@uky.edu
Lou Hirsch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
robert.hirsch@uky.edu
Gail Hoyt, Ph.D.
Professor, Economics
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
ghoyt@email.uky.edu
Kyra Hunting, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Media Arts and Studies
College of Communication and Information Sciences
kyra.hunting@uky.edu
Vanessa Jackson, Ph.D.
Professor, Chair, Retailing and Tourism Management
School of Human Environmental Sciences
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
vpjackson@uky.edu
Pearl James, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Lewis Honors College
Associate Professor, English
pearl.james@uky.edu
Jerzy Jaromczyk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Pigman College of Engineering
jurek@cs.uky.edu
Jeffrey Johnson, M.A.
Associate Professor, Architecture
College of Design
jeffrey.r.johnson@uky.edu
Julia M. Johnson, M.F.A.
Professor, English
College of Arts & Sciences
julia.johnson@uky.edu
Nancy Jones, Ph.D.
Professor, Theatre & Dance
College of Fine Arts
Nancy.Jones@uky.edu
Douglass Kalika, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Pigman College of Engineering
douglass.kalika@uky.edu
Peter Kalliney, Ph.D.
Professor, English
College of Arts & Science
pjkall2@uky.edu
Renee Kaufmann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Information Science
College of Communication and Information
Renee.Kaufmann@uky.edu
Michael Kilgore, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
College of Medicine
m.kilgore@uky.edu
Daniel Kirchner, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
Senior Lecturer, Philosophy
College of Arts and Science (secondary appointment)
Daniel.Kirchner@uky.edu
John Kirn, M.B.A.
Lecturer, Management
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
john.kirn@uky.edu
Zada Komara, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
College of Arts and Science (secondary appointment)
zadakomara@uky.edu
Donna Kwon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Music
College of Fine Arts
donna.kwon@uky.edu
Min-Young Lee, Ph.D.
Professor, Retail and Tourism Management
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
minyoung.lee@uky.edu
Harry LeVine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging
College of Medicine
harry.levine@uky.edu
Thomas Lewis, J.D., M.B.A.
Senior Lecturer, Accountancy
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
tlewi3@uky.edu
Diane Loeffler, MSW, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, College of Social Work
diane.loeffler@uky.edu
T.K. Logan, Ph.D.
Professor, Behavioral Science
College of Medicine
tk.logan@uky.edu
Liang Luo, Ph.D.
Professor, Chinese Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
llu222@uky.edu
Adrian Magendzo, M.S.
Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
The Ruth Jones Lewis Faculty Scholar in Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise
adrian.magendzo@uky.edu
Joe Martin, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Information Science
College of Communication and Information Sciences
joe.martin@uky.edu
Hector Martinez, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Management
Gatton College of Business and Economics
hector.martinez@uky.edu
Sam Matheny, M.D.
Faculty Fellow, Lewis Honors College
matheny@email.uky.edu
Jane McEldowney Jensen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation
College of Education
jjensen@uky.edu
Kevin McGowan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Linguistics
College of Arts & Science
kbmcgowan@uky.edu
Timothy K. Minella, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
Lecturer, History
College of Arts and Science (secondary appointment)
Timothy.Minella@uky.edu
Pete Mirabito, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
Associate Chair, Biology
College of Arts and Science
pmmira00@uky.edu
Michael D. Murray, J.D.
Associate Professor
Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law
College of Law
michael.murray1@uky.edu
Alan Nadel, Ph.D.
Professor, English
College of Arts & Sciences
amnade2@uky.edu
David Orren, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Toxicology and Cancer Biology
College of Medicine
dkorre2@uky.edu
Ok-Kyong Park-Sarge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physiology
College of Medicine
okps@email.uky.edu
John Peloza, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Marketing and Supply Chain
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
john.peloza@uky.edu
Karen Petrone, Ph.D.
Professor, History
College of Arts and Science
petrone@uky.edu
Tim Phillips, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
tim.phillips@uky.edu
Shannon Plank, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Anthropology
College of Arts & Sciences
shannon.plank@uky.edu
Leni Ribiero Leite, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Classics
College of Arts & Sciences
leni.leite@uky.edu
Sherelle Roberts
Visiting Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
srpi232@uky.edu
Frank Rominelli, Pharm.D.
Professor, Pharmacy
College of Pharmacy
froma2@uky.edu
M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Behavioral Science
Founding Director, Program for Bioethics
College of Medicine
m.sararosenthal@uky.edu
Laura Russell-Halligan, M.L.A
New Ventures Manager
Gatton Honors Pathway
Gatton College of Business and Economics
laura.halligan@uky.edu
Nazmus Sakib, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
nazmus.sakib@uky.edu
Elizabeth Salt, Ph.D., R.N., A.P.R.N.
Associate Professor, Nursing
College of Nursing
elizabeth.salt@uky.edu
Eric Sanday, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy
College of Arts & Sciences
eric.sanday@uky.edu
Kevin Sarge, Ph.D.
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
College of Medicine
kdsarge@email.uky.edu
Geronimo Sarmiento Cruz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, English
College of Arts and Sciences
geronimo@uky.edu
Jena Seiler, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
jena.seiler@uky.edu
Kenton Sena, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
kenton.sena@uky.edu
Kausalya “Kay” Shenoy, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
kay.shenoy@uky.edu
Terry Stratton, Ph.D.
Professor, Behavioral Science
College of Medicine
terry.stratton@uky.edu
Farzad Taghaddosi, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Pigman College of Engineering
farzad.taghaddosi@uky.edu
Akiko Takenaka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History and Modern & Classical Languages Literatures & Cultures
Gender and Women's Studies Program
Japan Studies Program
College of Arts and Sciences
a.takenaka@uky.edu
Nick Teets, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Entomology
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment
n.teets@uky.edu
Susan Thiel, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance
College of Fine Arts
susie.thiel@uky.edu
Anastasia Todd, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
College of Arts &Science
Anastasia.Todd@uky.ed
Tara M. Tuttle, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
Assistant Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies
College of Arts and Science (secondary appointment)
tara.tuttle@uky.edu
Jason Unrine, Ph.D.
Professor, Plant and Soil Sciences
Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
jason.unrine@uky.edu
Leslie Vincent, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Marketing and Supply Chain
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
lvinc2@uky.edu
Ryan Voogt, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Lewis Honors College
Assistant Professor, History
College of Arts and Science (secondary appointment)
ryan.voogt@uky.edu
Frank X. Walker, M.F.A.
Professor, English
College of Arts & Sciences
fxw2@uky.edu
Jami Warren, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Human Health Sciences
College of Health Sciences
jami.warren@uky.edu
Eric T. Weber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation
College of Education
eric.t.weber@uky.edu
David Weisrock, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
david.weisrock@uky.edu
Julie Whitney, Ph.D.
Lecturer, First Year Engineering Program
SEAM Honors Pathway
julie.whitney@uky.edu
Melinda Wilson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physiology
College of Medicine
melinda.wilson@uky.edu
Sharon Yam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
s.yam@uky.edu
Rosana Zenil Ferguson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
College of Arts & Sciences
roszenil@uky.edu
Additional Honors Instructors
Chelsea Brislin, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Gaines Center
Appalachian Center & Appalachian Studies
chelsea.brislin@uky.edu
Trey Conatser, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT)
Teaching, Learning and Academic Innovation
trey.conatser@uky.edu
Jennifer Doerge
Director of Advising and Engineering Student Services
SEAM Honors Pathway
jennifer.doerge@uky.edu
John Duncan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, English
College of Arts and Sciences
john.duncan2@uky.edu
Summer M Eglinski, M.S.Ed.
Director of Gatton Global Initiatives
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
summer.eglinski@uky.edu
Sally Foster, M.A.
Assistant Dean of Student Life, Lewis Honors College
scfost2@email.uky.edu
Kathryne Goldey, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Human Health Sciences
College of Health Sciences
katiegoldey@uky.edu
Daria Goncharova
Adjunct, Gender and Women's Studies
College of Arts & Sciences
daria.goncharova@uky.edu
Stacey Greenwell, Ed.D.
Librarian, William T. Young Library
stacey@uky.edu
Martin Aagaard Jensen, Ph.D.
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, English
College of Arts & Sciences
maje234@uky.edu
Erin Newell, M.A.
Academic Coordinator, Lewis Honors College
erin.newell@uky.edu
Shonta Phelps, M.B.A.
Director of Leadership Initiatives and Living Learning Programs
Gatton College of Business and Economics
Gatton Honors Pathway
shonta.phelps@uky.edu
Kondwani Phwandaphwanda, Ph.D.
Director of College Life, Lewis Honors College
Kondwani@uky.edu
Ryessia Russell
Director of Honors Pathways
Gatton College of Business and Economics
rdjone4@uky.edu
Kimberly Stoltzfus, Ph.D.
Adjunct, Lewis Honors College
Teams and Leadership
kimberly.stoltzfus@uky.edu
Aryn Wright
Career Advisor I, Lewis Adjunct
Lewis Honors College
aryn.wright@uky.edu
Honors Faculty Roster 2019-2020
Honors Faculty Roster 2018-2019