Preliminary Program

Session A Wednesday, 9:45-11:00 a.m. 1) Design of an Honors Option Contract Management System (#14)

a. Dr. Michael Blandino Asst. Dean, LSU (Ogden HC)

2) Modeling and Communicating the Value of Honors through a Faculty Fellowship Initiative (#12)

a. Dr. John Emert Dean, Ball State HC

b. Dr. Adam Kuban Assoc. Professor, Ball State

3) Tenure in Honors (#57)

a. Dr. Patricia Smith Dean, Central Arkansas (Schedler HC)

b. Dr. Leah Horton Assoc. Dean, Central Arkansas (Schedler HC)

Session B Wednesday, 11:15a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1) The Next Generation of NCHC’s “Basic Characteristics” (#50)

a. Dr. Richard Badenhausen Dean, Westminster College HC
b. Dr. Jim Buss Dean, Northern Kentucky University HC

Session C Wednesday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Honors at Scale: Ideas for Expanding Access to the Honors Experience (#9)

a. Dr. Tara Williams Dean, Alabama HC

2) Peer Mentors: Building Community in a Post-Pandemic World (#29)

a. Dr. Dawn Rendell Asst. Dean, ASU (Barrett HC)

c. Ashley Brand Director of Student Services, ASU (Barrett HC)

Session D Wednesday, 3:45-5 p.m.

1) Elevating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Honors (#10)

a. Ms. Xochitl Delgado Solórzano Asst. Dean, Arkansas HC

b. Dr. Shannon Blanton Dean, UAB HC

c. Dr. Ilse-Mari Lee Dean, Montana State HC

d. Dr. Kay Thomas Asst. Dean, South Carolina HC

e. Dr. Tara M. Tuttle Asst. Dean, D.E.I. Kentucky (Lewis HC)

f. Dr. Lynette Yarger Asst. Dean, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

2) Student and Staff Burnout: Engaging in Effective Equity Audits in Honors (#55)

a. Cherae Boyce Academic Adviser, Rutgers HC

b. Dr. Lisa Sanon-Jules Asst. Dean, Rutgers HC

c. Robert Wilder Academic Adviser, Rutgers HC

Session E Thursday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) The Possibilities in the Pandemic: Lessons Learned and How We Adapted (#24)

a. Dr. Dawn Rendell Asst. Dean, ASU (Barrett HC)

b. Ashley Brand Director of Student Services, ASU (Barrett HC)

Advancement/Development/Advisory Boards

Session A Wednesday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) Honors Advisory Board: Starting, Retooling, or Refreshing

a. Dr. Kevin Gustafson Dean, Northern Arizona HC

b. Dr. Toni Doolen Dean, Oregon State HC

c. Dr. Sarah Cook Dean, Georgia State HC

Session B Wednesday, 3:45-5 p.m.

1) Effectively Using Your Honors Advisory Board

a. Dr. Patrick Mather Dean, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

b. Dr. Jonathan Earle Dean, LSU (Ogden HC)

c. Dr. Loria Brown Gordon Assoc. Dean, Jackson State (W.E.B. DuBois HC)

d. Dr. Rebecca Bott Dean, South Dakota State (Fishback HC)

Session C Thursday, 9:45-11 a.m.

1) Community, Corporate, and Alumni Engagement: Creating and Developing Strategic Alliances

a. Dr. Toni Doolen Dean, Oregon State HC

b. Mrs. Chappell Wilson Asst. Dean, South Carolina HC

c. Dr. Juan Carlos Espinosa Dean, Florida International HC

d. Dr. Rebecca Bott Dean, South Dakota State (Fishback HC)

Session D Thursday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) The Donor Appreciation Process

a. Mrs. Melanie Frantz Finocchio Stewardship Coordinator, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

b. Mr. Tom Harrington Web Designer, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

2) How to Successfully Incorporate Virtual Donor and Alumni Visits Post-Pandemic (#44)

a. Mr. Sean Miller Sr. Development Director, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

b. Mr. Jason Godinez Asst. Development Director, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

Assessment

Session A Wednesday, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1) Development of a Comprehensive Assessment Program and New Curricular Activities for the Penn

State Schreyer Honors College

a. Dr. Karen Paulson Teaching Professor, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

b. Dr. Keefe B. Manning Associate Dean, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

2) Writing Assessment in a Freshman Great Books Course (#61)

a. Dr. Jesse Rainbow Instructional Assoc. Professor, Houston HC

Session B Thursday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Excellence for All? University Honors Programs and Human Capital Formation

a. Dr. Todd Pugatch Assoc. Professor, Oregon State HC

b. Dr. Paul Thompson Assoc. Professor, Oregon State HC

c. Presenter: Dr. Toni Doolen Dean, Oregon State HC

2) Assessing Honors Student Engagement with NSSE Data

a. Dr. Jonathan Williamson Assoc. Dean, Houston HC

Community and Civic Engagement

Session A Wednesday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Enhances the Honors Experience

a. Dr. Lisa M. Troy Assoc. Professor, UMass Amherst (Commonwealth HC)

b. Ms. Jennifer Marino Alumna, UMass Amherst (Commonwealth HC)

c. Ms. Tamar Stollman Student, UMass Amherst (Commonwealth HC)

d. Melissa Woglom Academic Dir., Continuing Ed., UMass Amherst

2) Creating a Fourth Space for Honors Student Community Engagement (#38)

a. Dr. Heidi Appel Dean, Toledo (Jesup Scott HC)

b. Dr. Robert Schultz Assoc. Dean, Toledo (Jesup Scott HC)

Session B Wednesday, 3:45-5 p.m.

1) The Jane Project: Exploring Chicago through an Experiential Collaboration between Roosevelt University and the University of Illinois Chicago’s Honors Program

a. Lauren DeJulio Bell Academic Advisor, Illinois-Chicago HC

b. Michele McCrillis Asst. Dean, Illinois-Chicago HC

c. Sarah Rutter Assoc. Director, Roosevelt University HP

d. Two students to be named later

Session C Thursday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Community Engaged Learning in Honors: A Toolkit for Teaching and Learning

a. Dr. Megan Bailey Asst. Professor, Alabama

b. Dr. W. Ross Bryan Asst. Dean, Alabama HC

2) The Honors in Community Health (HICH) Co-Curricular Program Model

a. Ms. Olivia Tran Student, Houston HC

b. Ms. Sara Syed Student, Houston HC

Curriculum Development

Session A Wednesday, 9:45-11 a.m.

The Honors Year One Experience: A Transdisciplinary Curriculum for a New Generation of Honors Students
a. Dr. Anne Franklin Lamar Dir. of Honors Year One, Alabama HC
b. Dr. Megan Bailey Asst. Professor, Alabama
Reimagining an Honors Curriculum for a Post-Pandemic World
a. Dr. Jonathan Earle Dean, LSU (Ogden HC)
b. Dr. Drew Lamonica Arms Assoc. Dean, LSU (Ogden HC)
c. Dr. Granger Babcock Assoc. Dean, LSU (Ogden HC)

Session B Wednesday, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1) Honors Experiences: Bringing Intentionality to Experiential Learning through Honors Curricular Requirements

a. Mr. Jacob Schlange Asst. Dir. of Experiential Learning, Nebraska HP

2) Cultivating a Culture of Purposeful Experiential Learning and Student Reflection

a. Dr. Rita Sirrieh Assoc. Dir., Energy & Sustainability, Houston HC

Session C Wednesday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Honors Colleges, Transdisciplinary Education, and Global Challenges

a. Dr. Paul Knox Founding Dean, Virginia Tech HC

b. Dr. Paul Heilker Assoc. Dean, Virginia Tech HC

2) Comprehensive Internationalization and Honors Education in the Research University

a. Dr. Eric Welch Dir. of Undergraduate Studies, Kentucky (Lewis HC)

Session D Wednesday, 3:45-5 p.m.

1) Mindfulness-Based Emotional and Social Intelligence (MESI) in the Honors College: Washington State University’s New Certificate Program during and after the Pandemic
a. Dr. Lydia Gerber Assoc. Professor, Washington State HC

2) Designing a Curriculum to Educate Leaders for a New World (#53)
a. Dr. Talia Robbins Asst. Teaching Professor, Rutgers HC

Session E Thursday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) Pivoting During the Pandemic: Reconceptualizing Academic and Career Programming for a New
Path Forward

a. Ms. Lisa Kerchinski Dir. of Career Development, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

b. Ms. Debra Rodgers Coord. of Academic Advising, Penn State (Schreyer)

2) The Design and Development of “Engineering Positive and Intentional Change” (EPIC): An
Innovative Honors Minor Program Focused on the Broader Role of an Engineer in Society

a. Dr. Kathryn O’Harra Asst. Professor, Alabama

High-Impact Practices/Pedagogies

Session A Wednesday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) The Politics of Mapping: Student-Faculty Collaborative Utilizing ArcGIS Story Mapping

a. Dr. Terumi Rafferty-Osaki Dir., Office of Competitive Fellowships, Florida GC

b. Ms. Katherine Ryan Student, Florida Gulf Coast

2) “This Felt Like College. It Was Good to Find My People”: Developing Communitas through Student-

Led Oral History during COVID-19

a. Dr. Zada Komara Lecturer, Kentucky (Lewis HC)

Session B Wednesday, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1) The Justice Challenge: An Honorable Model

a. Dr. Rebecca Bott-Knutson Dean, South Dakota State (Fishback HC)

b. Dr. Heidi Appel Dean, Toledo (Jesup Scott HC)

c. Dr. Joy Hart Exec. Dir., Louisville Honors Program

d. Dr. Jon Kotinek Assoc. Dir. for LAUNCH: Honors, Texas A&M

e. Mr. William Ziegler Presidential Fellow, Binghamton SUNY

f. Dr. Keith Garbutt Dean, Oklahoma State HC

g. Dr. Andrea Radasanu Dir., Northern Illinois Honors Program

h. Dr. Paul Knox Founding Dean, Virginia Tech HC

i. Dr. Daniel Roberts Founding Dean, Virginia State HC

j. Dr. Ralph Keen Dean, Illinois Chicago HC

k. Dr. Mark Anderson Dean, UT-Rio Grande Valley HC

l. Dr. Kathy Cooke Dean, Southern Alabama HC

m. Dr. Jyostna Kapur Dir., Southern Illinois Honors Program

n. Dr. Timothy Nichols Dean, Montana (Davidson HC)

Session C Wednesday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Preparing Honors Students to Deal with Complexity and Uncertainty: A Transdisciplinary Course to Investigate the Eco-Social Emergency

a. Dr. Najla Miranda Mouchrek Virginia Tech

Session D Wednesday, 3:45-5 p.m.

1) The Role of Innovative Pedagogies in Increasing FSU Honors Students’ Resilience: How They
Thrived amid the Pandemic and Published Their Research

a. Dr. Azat Zana Gundogan Faculty, FSU Honors Program

2) Learning from Wrong Decisions: Student Reflection on Needs for Improvement after a Mock Trial (#8)

a. Dr. Robin Blom Assoc. Professor, Ball State

3) Integrating HIPs Across the Curriculum and Student Retention

a. Dr. Scott Breuninger Dean, VCU HC

Session E Thursday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) Us, Them, and the Power of WE: Honors Experiences and the Good of the University

a. Dr. Ross Moret Professor, FSU Honors Program

b. Delaney Williams Director, Power of WE

c. Gabriel Pfeuffer-Ferguson Branding Chair, Power of WE

2) The Justice and Equity Honors Network: Educational Foundations for Social Change

a. Dr. Joseph Ugoretz Sr. Assoc. Dean, CUNY (Macaulay HC)

b. Dr. Olga Idriss Davis Assoc. Dean, ASU (Barrett)

3) Considering Antiracism: Moving from Ideas to Action in Curriculum Development

a. Ms. Lauren DeJulio Bell Academic Advisor, Illinois-Chicago HC

b. Mr. Alex Sainvilier Academic Advisor, Illinois-Chicago HC

c. Two Illinois-Chicago students to be named later

Recruitment and Admissions

Session A Thursday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Brave New World in Admissions: Virtual Recruitment Before and After COVID Lockdowns

a. Dr. Lynda Coon Dean, Arkansas HC

b. Dr. Noah Pittman Assoc. Dean, Arkansas HC

2) Strategic Enrollment Management: Using Data to Lead the Way (#37)

a. Dr. Carrie Connolly Assoc. Dean, VCU HC

Session B Wednesday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) The Experience of Alumni Interviews for First-Year Admissions

a. Mr. Benjamin Carr Admissions Counselor, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

2) Recruitment and UH’s Tier One Invitational

a. Dr. Brenda Rhoden Asst. Dean, Houston HC

b. Ms. Jennifer Hennessy Dir. of Admissions, Houston HC

Session C Wednesday, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1) Land Your Helicopter, Park Your Lawnmower: Dealing with Parents in Recruitment, Admissions, and
Undergraduate Family Relations

a. Ms. Mindy Hart Dir. of Recruitment and Admissions, Purdue HC

b. Mr. Brady Alumbaugh Recruitment Specialist, Purdue HC

c. Ms. Alyssa Wagner Honors Adviser, Purdue HC

2) Orienting Parents to Honors Education

a. Dr. Brenda Rhoden Asst. Dean, Houston HC

Session D Wednesday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.

1) Challenges and Efforts to Recruit a Diverse Class into Honors Colleges: A Roundtable Discussion

a. Dr. Deyo Olorunnisola Assoc. Dean, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

b. Dr. Bess German Asst. Dean, Michigan State HC

2) Raising Capitals to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Honors Education

a. Dr. Lynette Yarger Asst. Dean, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

b. Mr. Sean Miller Sr. Dir. of Development, Penn State (Schreyer HC)

Undergraduate Research

Session A Wednesday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) Educating Leaders for a Humane World: Team Community-Based Research Projects

a. Ms. Chelsea Hodge Dir. of Grants and Research Innovation, Arkansas HC

b. Ms. Louise Hancox Dir. of Career Innovation, Arkansas HC

2) Strengthening Inclusivity and Collaboration through Undergraduate Research: The REACH Program

at the University of Houston

a. Dr. Ben Rayder Dir. of Undergraduate Research and Major Awards, UH

b. Dr. Rikki Bettinger Assoc. Dir., Undergraduate Research and Major Awards

Session B Wednesday, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1) Thinking Big in the Meantime: Co-Curricular Research and Writing Programs in the
Interdisciplinary Humanities

a. Dr. Rikki Bettinger Assoc. Dir., Undergraduate Research and Major Awards

b. Dr. Max Rayneard Assoc. Dir., Center for Creative Work, Houston HC

c. One unnamed Mellon Fellow and one unnamed FrameWorks Fellow

2) Creating Clarity and Direction: The Honors Thesis Pathway Model

a. Dr. Mary Ingram-Waters Asst. Dean, ASU (Barrett HC)

Session C Thursday, 9:45-11a.m.

1) Undergraduate Research Opportunities in a Classroom Context

a. Dr. Kenton Sena Lecturer, Kentucky (Lewis HC)

b. 2 students to be named later

2) Applying Multi-Mentor Models to Interdisciplinary Summer Undergraduate Research Programs

a. Dr. Andrew Kapral Dir. of Engaged Science Data, Houston HC

b. Dr. Dan Price Dir., Data and Society, Houston HC

c. Dr. Ioannis Konstantinidis Faculty, Houston HC

"Challenges Faced & Lessons Learned" Roundtables

1) Preventing crises in students’ mental health

2) Securing resources to expand Honors experiential learning programming

3) Framing the Honors value proposition to colleagues across campus

4) Keeping touch with Honors alumni (made more difficult because we share them)

5) Creating space for excellence in undergraduate education at a research university

6) Weighing faculty roles in student advising

7) Helping Honors students to become better writers

8) The costs and benefits of Honors in social media

9) Serving Honors students in their 2nd and 3rd year

10) Recruiting to Honors at the demographic cliff

11) Honors admissions in a test optional world