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Jane Stephens Honors Faculty

Honors Faculty not only teach honors classes, they also attend honors events and oversee Honor Senior Projects.

Please check out our Honors Handbook.

How to Become an Honors Faculty Member

  1. A doctorate or the appropriate terminal degree. Any exceptions must be approved by the department chairperson, college dean, and the Faculty Honors Council.
  2. At least two years university-level teaching experience and a demonstrable record of excellence in teaching.
  3. An ongoing record of scholarship and/or professional development.
  4. Recommendations from the appropriate chairperson and dean

  1. A current curriculum vitae.
  2. Student evaluations of teaching for all courses taught during the past two academic years, at least. Please include a list of all courses taught over the two-year period (designated by semester).
  3. Letter of recommendation from your college dean.
  4. Letter of recommendation from your department chairperson.
  5. Provide a brief paragraph addressing how you would be a good asset to the students enrolled in the honors program.
  6. Optional: Personal statement addressing the following questions:
    1. Provide an explanation for any course evaluations not included in your application packet.
    2. Address how you have reached “excellence in teaching”.

Please email honors@semo.edu about your interest in applying to become honors faculty.

College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Faculty Email Department
Michael Aide maide@semo.edu Agriculture
Fidel Atuo fatuo@semo.edu Biological & Environmental Sciences
Marcus Bond mbond@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics

Indi Braden

isbraden@semo.edu Agriculture

Garrett Casey

gcasey@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
John Dudley jdudley@semo.edu Engineering and Technology
Kelley Fritz kfritz@semo.edu Biological & Environmental Sciences
Santaneel Ghosh sgosh@semo.edu Engineering and Technology
Timothy Judd tjudd@semo.edu Biological & Environmental Sciences
John Kraemer jkraemer@semo.edu Biological & Environmental Sciences
Rachel Morgan Theall rmtheall@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Peter Oman poman@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Alisha Youngblood Ortiz aortiz@semo.edu Engineering and Technology
Michael Presho mpresho@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Tamela Randolph trandolph@semo.edu College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Craig Roberts croberts@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Morgan Schmid mschmid@semo.edu Engineering and Technology
Andrew Schwartz aschwartz@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Sarah Shaner sshaner@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Dustin Siegel dsiegel@semo.edu Biological & Environmental Sciences
Samantha Siemers slowman@semo.edu Agriculture
Sajan Silwal ssilwal@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Michael Taylor mtaylor@semo.edu Biological & Environmental Sciences
Emmanuel Thompson ethompson@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics
Haohao Wang hwang@semo.edu Chemistry & Mathematics

College of Education, Health, and Human Studies

Faculty Email Department
Candee Baker cebaker@semo.edu School of Education
Larry Bohannon rlbohannon@semo.edu School of Education
Scott Brandhorst sbrandhorst@semo.edu Psychology and Counseling
Moretta Burk mburk@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Charlotte Cervantes ccervantes@semo.edu Allied Health, Kinesiology, and Sport Sciences
Linda Culbertson Garner lgarner@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Corrie Dudley cdudley@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Anthony Faber afaber@semo.edu Psychology and Counseling
Susan Fulton sfulton@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Sara Garner sgarner@semo.edu Human Development & Family Sciences 
Shawn Guiling sguiling@semo.edu Psychology and Counseling
Jeremy Heider jheider@semo.edu Psychology and Counseling
Brandy Hepler bhepler@semo.edu School of Education
Lisa Job ljob@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Monica Kearney mlkearney@semo.edu Allied Health, Kinesiology, and Sport Sciences
Paige Kovach penorthern@semo.edu Psychology and Counseling
Sarah Kuborn skuborn@semo.edu Human Development & Family Sciences 
Kelly McEnerney kmcenerney@semo.edu Psychology and Counseling
Kyle Schneider kschneider@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Robin Smith rlsmith@semo.edu School of Education
Jason Wagganer jwagganer@semo.edu Allied Health, Kinesiology, and Sport Sciences
Misty Tilmon mtilmon@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
David Tomchuk dtomchuk@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Julie Twidwell jetwidwell@semo.edu School of Health Sciences
Victor Wilburn vwilburn@semo.edu Human Development & Family Sciences 

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty Email Department
Eric Bain-Selbo ebainselbo@semo.edu College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Christopher Baldwin cbaldwin@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Jennifer Bengtson jbengtson@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Abram Book abook@semo.edu English & Communication
Dana Branson dbranson@semo.edu Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology
James Brubaker jbrubaker@semo.edu English & Communication
David Cameron jdcameron@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Eric Clements eclements@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Sandra Cox scox@semo.edu English & Communication
Adam Criblez acriblez@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Jenny Cropp jcropp@semo.edu English & Communication
Sarah Dietrich sdietrich@semo.edu English & Communication
Dustin Gann dmgann@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Laura Hatcher lhatcher@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Jonathan Hayes jhayes@semo.edu English & Communication
Steven Hoffman shoffman@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Debra Holzhauer dholzhauer@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Yingkun Hou yhou@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
 Susan Kendrick skendrick@semo.edu English & Communication
Michelle Kilburn mkilburn@semo.edu Criminal Justice, Social Work, Sociology
Courtney Kisat ckisat@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Slavica Kodish skodish@semo.edu English & Communication
Frank Lacopo flacopo@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Kimberly Louie klouie@semo.edu English & Communication
James Newman jnewman@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Missy Nieveen-Phegley mphegley@semo.edu English & Communication
Tomoaki Nomi tnomi@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Lesli Pace lkpace@semo.edu English & Communication
Pennie Pflueger ppflueger@semo.edu English & Communication
Debrah Raschke draschke@semo.edu English & Communication
Bambi Robinson brobinson@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Eric Sentell esentell@semo.edu English & Communication
Kevin Sexton kpsexton@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Yiqun Shen yshen@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Joseph Snyder jmsnyder@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science
Andrew Tucker jatucker@semo.edu English & Communication
Irina Ustinova iustinova@semo.edu English & Communication
Jeremy Walling jwalling@semo.edu Anthropology, History, & Political Science

Harrison College of Business and Computing

Faculty Email Department
Suhair Amer samer@semo.edu Computer Science
James Caldwell jcaldwell@semo.edu Management
HJ Cho hjcho@semo.edu Marketing
Christine Cunningham Ladwig cladwig@semo.edu Marketing
Benjamin Dow bdow@semo.edu Accounting, Economics, Finance
Erin Fluegge erfluegge@semo.edu Management
Kenneth Heischmidt kheischmidt@semo.edu Marketing
Ziping Liu zliu@semo.edu Computer Science
Ismatillo Mardanov imardanov@semo.edu     Marketing
Leisa Marshall llmarshall@semo.edu Accounting, Economics, Finance
Heather McMillan hmcmillan@semo.edu Management
Lori Mueller lmueller@semo.edu Management
Quantella Noto qnoto@semo.edu Management
Yvonne Randolph yrandolph@semo.edu Management
Dana Schwieger dschwieger@semo.edu Management
Sandipan Sen ssen@semo.edu Marketing
Scott Thorne sthorne@semo.edu Marketing
Gangaraju Vanteddu gvanteddu@semo.edu Marketing
Chen Wu cwu@semo.edu Accounting, Economics, Finance
David Yaskewich dyaskewich@semo.edu Accounting, Economics, Finance
Juefei Yuan jyuan@semo.edu Computer Science

Holland College of Arts and Media

Faculty Email Department
Gabrielle Baffoni gbaffoni@semo.edu Music
Michelle Brune mbrune@semo.edu Mass Media, Art & Design
Amber Cook amcook@semo.edu Theatre and Dance
Philip Edgecombe paedgecombe@semo.edu Theatre and Dance
Lisa Fischel lfischel@semo.edu Theatre and Dance
Joni Hand jhand@semo.edu Mass Media, Art & Design
Benjamin Heu bheu@semo.edu Mass Media, Art & Design
Joshua Newth jnewth@semo.edu Mass Media, Art & Design
Bradley Phillips bphillips@semo.edu Mass Media, Art & Design
Christie Rotarius crotarius@semo.edu Theatre and Dance
Kenneth Stilson kstilson@semo.edu Theatre and Dance
Rhonda Weller-Stilson rstilson@semo.edu Holland College of Arts and Media
Bartholomew Williams bpwilliams@semo.edu Theatre and Dance
Christopher Wubbena cwubbena@semo.edu Mass Media, Art & Design