Staff
Faculty
María Guadalupe Arenillas, Ph.D.
Languages, Literatures and International Studies
Degrees:
- B.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Dr. Arenillas frequently teaches HON 111, Fine Art: Modern Sources. In the 2019 fall semester, she taught HON 111 focusing on documentary film and memory
William Broadway, Ph.D.
English
Degrees:
- B.A., Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
- M.A., St. John's College-Annapolis
- M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Broadway is another new addition to the Honors Program faculty! He's teaching HON 201, Metamorphic Fables Medieval to Modern, in the Winter 2024 semester.
Katie Deaver, Ph.D.
Honors Program
Degrees:
- B.A., Luther College
- M.AT.S., Th. M., Ph.D., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
New Honors faculty member Dr. Katie Deaver has recently taught HON 101, A Tale of Virgins and Harlots, in the Winter 2023 and Fall 2023 semesters.
Lynn Domina, Ph.D.
English
Degrees:
- B.A., Michigan State University
- M.F.A., University of Alabama
- Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook
Dr. Domina is another new Honors faculty member! In Fall 2022, she taught HON 201, Marriage: What is it and what is it for? In Fall 2023, Dr. Domina offered a new class for HON 111, "Intersections Among Literature, Visual Art, and Music.
Nick Dupras, Ph.D.
History
Degrees:
- B.S., Northern Michigan University
- M.A., Ph.D., University of Leeds
Dr. Dupras specializes in a hands-on approach to medieval science and technology, and has taught the development of scientific practice as well as the philosophy of science from the Ancient Greeks through the Scientific Revolution.
Rachel Fugate
Degrees:
- B.A., Birmingham-Southern College
- M.A., Syracuse University
Formerly the Collections Curator for NMU's DeVos Art Museum, Rachel has taught HON 111, Fine Art - Modern Sources: The History & Visual Culture of Diseased & Unwell Bodies.
Petra Hendrickson, Ph.D.
Political Science and Public Administration
Degrees:
- B.A., Indiana State University
- M.A. & Ph.D., Michigan State University
Dr. Hendrickson is also a new member of the NMU Honors Program faculty! For two semester, Petra offered HON 211, Muggle Social Science Perspectives on the Wizarding World. Most recently, she taught HON 211 in the Fall 2023 semester as Star Trek and the Social Sciences.
Vincent Jeevar, Ph.D.
Psychological Science
Degrees:
- B.S., M.S., & Ph.D., Grand Canyon University
Dr. Jeevar has taught HON 211, The Social Sciences - The Influence of Music on Identity and HON 211 - Social Media & Development.
Nelly G. Kupper, Ph.D.
Languages, Literatures and International Studies
Degrees:
- B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
- M.A. & Ph.D., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Dr. Nelly G. Kupper frequently teaches HON 111, Modern Art - European Sources, and recently taught HON 301, World Cultures: A Humanities Perspective - Russia.
Steven Leuthold, Ph.D.
Art and Design
Degrees:
- B.A., University of Montana
- M.A., Washington State University
- Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
One of the first professors to teach in NMU's Honors Program, Dr. Leuthold recently taught HON 211, Art and the Social Sciences: A Global Survey.
Timothy O'Neill, Ph.D.
History
Degrees:
- B.A., University of Maryland
- M.A., University of Chicago
- M.A. & Ph.D., University of Washington
Dr. O'Neill taught HON 301, World Cultures - A Humanities Perspective: Tibet in Fact and Fiction.
Sydney Sarasin, Ph.D.
DeVos Art Museum
Degrees:
- B.A., Northern Michigan University
- M.A., Ph.D., Temple University
Sydney Sarasin is also joining the Honors Program faculty! They are teaching HON 101, Finding the Sacred in Ancient Rome, in the Winter 2024 semester.
Jon Sherman, Ph.D.
Languages, Literatures and International Studies.
Degrees:
- B.A., University of Vermont
- M.A., University of Massachusetts
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Sherman has taught HON 101, Origins of Western Values: Antiquity -- Meeting the Foreign: Monstrosity and Alterity in the Ancient and Medieval World and HON 201, Origins of Western Values: Medieval to Modern -- Crime, Conspiracy and the Occult: Turn-of-the-Century European Culture.
Alan Willis, Ph.D.
History
Degrees:
- B.A. & M.A., Emory University
- Ph.D., Syracuse University
Dr. Willis has recently taught HON 302, World Cultures - Social Sciences: Globalization in Perspective
David Wood, Ph.D.
English
Degrees:
- B.A., Skidmore College
- M.A., University of Alaska -- Fairbanks
- Ph.D., Purdue University
Dr. Wood typically teaches HON 101 and HON 111. Each summer, Dr. Wood also heads the HON 495 course, Theatre Perspective - Stratford: A visit to the Stratford Festival in Canada, in which Honors students have the opportunity of viewing and analyzing six plays in five days.
