Departmental Honors Advisors &
Faculty Advisory Board Members

Departmental Honors Advisors (DHAs) act as liaisons between the University Honors Program (UHP) and their home departments, disciplines, or statewide campuses.

DHAs actively recruit new honors students and mentors, and they help existing honors students complete outstanding work in both the UHP and the discipline. Any USU student can approach a DHA for advice about how the UHP works with and enhances work in their discipline, and faculty members are encouraged to ask DHAs about how best to recruit and mentor honors students. DHAs approve proposals and completion documentation for Honors Mentoring Agreements, and they work with faculty mentors to help students complete and earn approval for their Honors Capstone Projects.

The Honors Faculty Advisory Board (HFAB) includes one representative from each core disciplinary area within USU’s college structure, as well as representatives of statewide campuses, the Office of Research, and USU Libraries. The HFAB works with the Honors Student Advisory Board (HSAB) and the DHAs to increase student and faculty engagement with the UHP across USU departments, disciplines, colleges, and campuses.

College of Arts and Sciences

Arts

HFAB Representative: Dr. Fazilat Soukhakian (fazilat.soukhakian@usu.edu)

• Art + Design: Dr. Fazilat Soukhakian (fazilat.soukhakian@usu.edu; 435-797-5742 or FAV 128)
• Music: Dr. Sara Bakker (sara.bakker@usu.edu; UR 111)
• Theatre Arts: Stephanie White (stephanie.white@usu.edu; 435-797-3232 or UR 129)

Humanities & Social Sciences

HFAB Representative: Dr. Colin Flint (colin.flint@usu.edu)

• Communication & Media: Dr. Amanda Lilly (amanda.lilly@usu.edu; LUNDB 202)
• English: Dr. Taylor Rose-Dougherty (taylor.dougherty@usu.edu; RWST 301B)
• History, Cultures & Ideas: Dr. Rachel Robison-Greene (rachel.robison@usu.edu; 435-797-0340 or MAIN 212)
• School of Social Sciences
  • Anthropology: Dr. Molly Cannon (molly.cannon@usu.edu; 435-797-7545 or MAIN 252)
  • Criminal Justice: Dr. Katlyn Casagrande (katlyn.casagrande@usu.edu; 435-797-9922 or Tooele Campus, Room 177)
  • Political Science: Dr. Colin Flint (colin.flint@usu.edu; 435-797-5962 or MAIN 324B)
  • Sociology: Dr. Gabriele Ciciurkaite (gabriele.ciciurkaite@usu.edu; 435-797-6367 or MAIN 224E)
• Social Work: Dr. Jess Lucero (jessica.lucero@usu.edu; 435-797-9122 or MAIN 239D)
• World Languages & Cultures: Dr. Doris McGonagill (doris.mcgonagill@usu.edu; 435-797-9181 or MHC 224)

Sciences

HFAB Representative: Dr. Brynja Kohler (brynja.kohler@usu.edu)

• Biology: This department has two DHAs because of the large number of students. Students are assigned a DHA based on the first letter of their last name:
  • Last names beginning with A-J: Contact Dr. James Pitts (james.pitts@usu.edu; 435-797-8872 or BNR 129R)
  • Last names beginning with K-Z: Contact Dr. Zach Gompert (zach.gompert@usu.edu; 435-797-9463 or LSB 343)
• Chemistry & Biochemistry: Dr. Ryan Jackson (ryan.jackson@usu.edu; 435-797-1635 or WIDT 345)
• Mathematics & Statistics: Dr. David Brown (david.e.brown@usu.edu; 435-797-3224 or ANSC 109)
• Physics: Dr. TC Shen (tc.shen@usu.edu; 435-797-7852 or SER 222A)

College of Engineering

HFAB Representative: Dr. Elizabeth Vargis (vargis@usu.edu)

• Biological Engineering: Dr. Lukas Buecherl (lukas.buecherl@usu.edu; 435-797-2370 or ENGR 402R)
• Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dr. Patrick Singleton (patrick.singleton@usu.edu; 435-797-7109 or ENGR 231)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering: Dr. Todd Moon (todd.moon@usu.edu; 435-797-2970 or EL 154)
• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Dr. Nick Roberts (nick.roberts@usu.edu; 435-797-9455 or EL 134D)
• School of Computing: Dr. Curtis Dyreson (curtis.dyreson@usu.edu; 435-797-0742 or SER 338)

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

HFAB Representative: Dr. Scott Bates (scott.bates@usu.edu)

• Human Development and Family Studies: Dr. Robert Stawski (robert.stawski@usu.edu; 435-797-2214 or FL 203B)   
• Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences: Dr. Deborah Fields (deborah.fields@usu.edu; 435-797-2694)
• Kinesiology and Health Science: Dr. Breanna Studenka (breanna.studenka@usu.edu; 435-797-0109 or HPER 157)
• Nursing: Tiffany Williams (tiffany.williams@usu.edu; 435-797-1357 or HPER 114)
• Psychology: Dr. Scott Bates (scott.bates@usu.edu; 435-797-2975 or EDUC 487E)
• Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling: Dr. Stephen Kwiatek (stephen.kwiatek@usu.edu; 435-797-3251 or EDUC 324)
• Teacher Education and Leadership (TEAL): Marie Lund (marie.lund@usu.edu; 435-797-0209 or EDUC 337)
• Speech & Hearing Sciences: Dr. Annalise Fletcher (annalise.fletcher@usu.edu; 435-797-4113 or LILLY 128)

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

HFAB Representative: Dr. James Cannon (james.cannon@usu.edu)

• Data Analytics + Information Systems (DAIS): Dr. Yong Kim (yong.kim@usu.edu; 435-797-2271 or EBB 710)
• Economics & Finance: Dr. Katarzyna Bilicka (kat.bilicka@usu.edu; 435-797-2337 or EBB 505)
• Management: Dr. Rick Hardcopf (rick.hardcopf@usu.edu; 435-797-0223 or EBB 318E)
• Marketing & Strategy: Dr. Alex Romney (alex.romney@usu.edu; 435-797-6387 or HH 434B)
• School of Accountancy: Dr. James Cannon (james.cannon@usu.edu; 435-797-2335 or EBB 802)

S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Agriculture & Applied Sciences

HFAB Representative: Dr. Katie Kraus (katie.kraus@usu.edu)

• Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences: Dr. Kara Thornton-Kurth (kara.thornton@usu.edu; 435-797-7696 or AGRS 241)
• Applied Economics: Dr. Steven Wilcox (steven.wilcox@usu.edu; 435-797-0793 or AGRS 222)
• Applied Sciences, Technology & Education: Dr. Joseph Furse (joseph.furse@usu.edu; 435-797-1802 or IS 112D)
• Aviation Technology: Professor Matt Bunnell (matt.bunnell@usu.edu; 435-797-5787 or TECH 106)
• Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning: Dr. Ole Sleipness (ole.sleipness@usu.edu; 435-797-0510 or FAV 260)
• Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science: Dr. Katie Kraus (katie.kraus@usu.edu; 435-797-5530 or NFS 112)
• Plants, Soils & Climate: Dr. Jeanette Norton (jeanette.norton@usu.edu; 435-797-2166 or AGRS 340)
• Technology, Design & Technical Education: Professor Mark Larese-Casanova (marklc@usu.edu; 435-760-6146 or JQL 202)

Natural Resources

HFAB Representative: Dr. Kari Veblen (kari.veblen@usu.edu)

• Environment and Society: Dr. Catrin Edgeley (catrin.edgeley@usu.edu; 435-797-9539 or NR 238)
• Geosciences: Dr. Carol Dehler (carol.dehler@usu.edu; 435-797-0764 or GEOL 201)
• Watershed Sciences: Dr. Timothy Walsworth (timothy.walsworth@usu.edu; 435-797-0874 or BNR 283)
• Wildland Resources: Dr. Kari Veblen (kari.veblen@usu.edu; 435-797-3970 or NR 332)

Statewide Honors Campuses

HFAB Representative: Dr. Jason Olsen (jason.olsen@usu.edu)

• Blanding: Dr. Danielle Ross (danielle.ross@usu.edu; 435-797-3791 or 576 W 200 S, Blanding, USU Blanding campus)
• Brigham City: Nikole Eyre (nikole.eyre@usu.edu; 435-919-1305 or BCBCCR 118F, USU Brigham City campus)
• Price: Dr. Rachel Turner (rachel.turner@usu.edu; 435-613-5020 or WIB 239, USU Eastern Price campus)
• Tooele: Dr. Katlyn Casagrande (katlyn.casagrande@usu.edu; 435-797-9922 or 1021 W. Vine St., Tooele, USU Tooele campus, Room 177)
• Uintah Basin: Dr. Benjamin Burger (benjamin.burger@usu.edu; 435-722-1778 or 320 N. Aggie Blvd., Vernal, USU Uintah Basin campus)

Office of Research

HFAB Representative: Dr. Alexa Sand (alexa.sand@usu.edu)

USU Libraries

HFAB Representative: Dory Rosenberg (dory.rosenberg@usu.edu)