Honors Program Faculty & Staff - NMU Honors

Dr. Arenillas frequently teaches HON 111, Fine Art: Modern Sources, and most recently HON 111 focusing on documentary film and memory. 

Dr. Aumann teaches HON 111, "The Philosophy of Bad Art."

Dr. Colwitz has taught HON 111: "Pop Music After the Invention of MTV."

Honors faculty member Dr. Katie Deaver frequently HON 101, "A Tale of Virgins and Harlots."

Dr. Domina has taught HON 201, "Marriage: What is it and what is it for?" and HON 111, "Intersections Among Literature, Visual Art, and Music." 

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. He frequently teaches HON 101 on "Natural Philosophy."

Dr. Flaherty has taught HON 111, Fine Art: Modern Sources, "Jazz and the American Experience."

Dr. Foster has also recently joined us as an Honors faculty member! She taught HON 201, "Once and Future: The Legends of King Arthur." 

Dr. Hendrickson has offered two versions of HON 211: "Muggle Social Science Perspectives on the Wizarding World" and "Star Trek and the Social Sciences."

Austin Hummell has recently taught HON 101, "Simile, Prayer and Praise: Tracking the Origins of the Contemporary Poem."  

Dr. Jeevar has taught a few versions of HON 211: "The Influence of Music on Identity," "Social Media & Development," and "Social Identity and Politics."

Dr. Johnson taught HON 302, World Cultures: Social Sciences -- "Civil Society, Citizenship and Social Rights: Understanding Contemporary China and the Claim of Exceptionalism."

Dr. Joy frequently teaches HON 201, "How Don Quixote Made Our World."

Caroline is taught HON 101, Origins of Western Values - Antiquity: "The Citizen, the Other, and the State."

Dr. Nelly G. Kupper frequently teaches HON 111, "Modern Art - European Sources", and has also taught HON 301, "World Cultures: A Humanities Perspective - Russia."

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."

Dr. O'Neill has taught HON 301, World Cultures - A Humanities Perspective: "Tibet in Fact and Fiction."

Dr. Prather taught HON 111, "British Literature and Art of the Eighteen and Nineteenth Centuries."

Dr. Sherman has taught a variety of Honors courses: In HON 101, "Meeting the Foreign: Monstrosity and Alterity in the Ancient and Medieval World" and in HON 201, "Crime, Conspiracy and the Occult: Turn-of-the-Century European Culture."

Dr. Thompson has taught HON 201, "History of Mathematics."

Daniel Truckey has recently taught HON 211 - "Upper Peninsula in Popular Culture: Defining & Interpreting a Diverse Identity."

Professor Truckey is a new addition to the Honors Program! He recently taught HON 111, "Great Musicals in Performance."

Lex is also new Honors Program faculty member! He has taught HON 111, "Experiencing Art/Art of the Experience."

Dr. Willis has recently taught HON 302, World Cultures - Social Sciences: "Globalization in Perspective."

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. 

Dr. Zimmer frequently teaches HON 201, Origins for Western Values -- Medieval to Modern: "Art & Literature after 9/11."