All Honors courses are taught by full-time faculty members. The following Roanoke College faculty teach and/or advise students in the Honors Program during the academic year.

Michael A. Hakkenberg, Director of Honors Program, Professor of History

Education:

• Ph.D., History, University of California, Berkley 1989
• M.A., History, University of California, Berkley 1982
• B.A., History, Calvin College 1980

Honors Courses Taught:

• Plenary Enrichment Program
• The Freshman Experience

Paul R. Hinlicky, Professor of Lutheran Studies

Education:

• BA, Concordia Senior College
• M Div., Christ Seminary-Seminex
• PhD, Union Theological Seminary

Honors Courses Taught:

• Contemporary Challenges

 

Katherine A. Hoffman, Professor of English

Education:

• BA, Carleton College
• MA, PhD, Northwestern University

Honors Courses Taught:

• Topics- Utopian Fiction

 

Jane Long, Professor of Art History

Education:

• BA, Brown University
• MA, PhD, Columbia University

Honors Courses Taught:

• Human Journey I

 

Gerald R. McDermott, Professor of Religion

Education:

• BA, University of Chicago
• BS, North Dakota State University
• MRE, Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary
• PhD, University of Iowa

Honors Courses Taught:

• Values Practicum

 

Jan G. Minton , Teaching Associate in Mathematics

Education:

• M.S., Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University 1979
• B.S., Mathematics, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1977

Honors Courses Taught:

• Plenary Enrichment Program, Topics - Mathematics and the Arts

 

Edward Nik-Khah, Assistant Professor of Economics

Education:

• BA, Rockhurst University
• MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Honors Courses Taught:

• Political Economy in the Age of Information

 

Leonard D. Pysh, Associate Professor of Biology

Education:

• Ph.D., Biology, University of California, San Diego 1994
• A.B., Biology, Wabash College 1988

Honors Courses Taught:

• Plenary Enrichment Program

 

Deborah H. Selby, Teaching Associate in English

Education:

• M.A., Theater Arts, Saint Louis University 1979
• B.A., Theater, McMurry College 1973

Honors Courses Taught:

• The Human Journey II

 

John K. Steehler, Professor of Chemistry

Education:

• Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin 1984
• B.S., Biochemistry, Ohio State University 1977

Honors Courses Taught:

• Plenary Enrichment Program
• Topics – Human Impact of Technology

 

Lynn K. Talbot, Professor of Spanish

Education:

• Ph.D., Spanish, University of Wisconsin 1982
• M.A., Spanish, Middlebury College 1974
• B.A., International Relations and Spanish, University of California, Davis 1973

Honors Courses Taught:

• Contemporary Challenges

 

Robert A. Willingham, Assistant Professor of History

Education:

• M.A., History, Purdue University
• B.A., Fort Lewis College

Honors Courses Taught:

• Human Journey II

 

Ned P. Wisnefske, Professor of Philosophy and Religion

Education:

• Ph.D., Theology, University of Chicago 1987
• M.Div., Yale University Divinity School 1979
• B.A., Philosophy, University of Wisconsin 1975

Honors Courses Taught:

• Values Practicum

 

Hans M. Zorn, Professor of Philosophy

Education:

• Ph.D., Philosophy, Notre Dame 1989
• M.A., Philosophy, Saint Louis University 1981
• M.Div., Christ Seminary-Seminex 1981
• B.A., Philosophy and Humnaities, Valparaiso University 1977

Honors Courses Taught:

• Plenary Enrichment Program
• Values Practicum