Honors Administration
Dr. William Eamon, Dean Dr. Eamon is a Regents Professor of History. A specialist in the history of science and Renaissance history, he also holds the S. P. and Margaret Manasse Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research is on the history of science and medicine in Renaissance Italy and Spain. He is the author of Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture and more that fifty articles on the history of early modern science. He has been the recipient of grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the Institute for Research in the Humanities. He held a Fulbright Fellowship in Germany and a Villa I Tatti Fellowship at the Harvard University Center for Renaissance Italian Studies in Florence. He is currently at work on a book titled Science and Everyday Life in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800. He became the director of the Honors Program in 1995 and has been dean of the Honors College since 2005. |
Dr. Jason M. Ackleson, Associate Dean Dr. Ackleson is Assistant Professor of Government at New Mexico State University. A native New Mexican, he spent several years in the United Kingdom as a Truman and British Marshall Scholar. There he earned his Ph.D. in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. At the LSE he also served as the senior editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies. Working and publishing on questions of security, borders, and globalization, he is currently conducting research on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, a project funded by a Canadian studies grant. His publications include articles in Political Geography, Journal of Borderland Studies, and The Social Science Journal. Dr. Ackleson teaches courses in international relations, comparative politics, and political science. He directs the university’s Model United Nations program and teaches honors courses in scholarship preparation. He became Associate Director of the Honors Program in 2003 and has been Associate Dean of the Honors College since 2005. |
Valerie Torres, Executive Secretary |
Yvonne Flores, Crimson Scholars Coordinator |
Michael Hansen, Honors/Fellowships Workstudy |