Honors Core Faculty and Staff
Dr. Patrice McMahon
Director, Honors Program
Professor, Political Science
Dean's Professor of Teaching and Learning, College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. McMahon is currently completing a Fulbright in Poland during the Spring 2023 semester. Please contact Dr. Tamy Burnett, Acting Director, with inqueries regarding the Honors Program.
Tamy Burnett
Acting Director, Honors Program
Courtesy Faculty, English
Campus Associate, Women's & Gender Studies
213 Knoll Residence Center
(402) 472-2456
tburnett2@unl.edu
Rebecca Baskerville
Associate Director
213 Knoll Residence Center
(402) 472-6990
rlbaskerville@unl.edu
Jacob Schlange
Assistant Director
213 Knoll Residence Center
(402) 472-8221
jschlange3@unl.edu
Amelia-Marie Altstadt
Coordinator
213 Knoll Residence Center
(402) 472-6419
altstadt@unl.edu
Joann Ross
Honors Faculty Fellow
Staff Senate Coordinator
Campus Associate, Women’s & Gender Studies
213 Knoll Residential Center
jross9@unl.edu
Affiliated Faculty and Staff
Jaci Gustafson
Faculty Lead, Future Healers Track
Assistant Director, Explore Center
Dr. Christine Haney Douglass
Honors Liaison, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Experiential Learning Coordinator, College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Dr. Emira Ibrahimpašić
Faculty Lead, Global Changemakers Track
Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director, Global Studies
Dr. Valerie Jones
Honors Faculty Fellow, College of Journalism and Mass Communications
Associate Professor, Advertising & Public Relations
Yassine Rfissa
Center for Transformative Teaching Honors Teaching Fellow
Doctoral Candidate, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education
Courtney Santos
Director
National and International Fellowships
Specialty: Nationally competitive fellowships and awards, such as the Fulbright, Goldwater, National Science Foundation, and Truman scholarships.
Dr. Erin Sayer
Faculty Lead, Future Healers Track
Associate Professor of Practice in Biochemistry Education
Dr. Shinya Takahashi
Faculty Lead, Future Healers Track
Associate Professor of Practice and Assistant Department Chair, Nutrition and Health Sciences
Grace Troupe
Instructional Designer
Center for Transformative Teaching
Dr. Tyler White
Faculty Lead, Global Changemakers Track
Associate Professor of Practice, Political Science
Director, National Security Program
Emeritus Faculty
Dr. Patrice Berger
Emeritus Director, University Honors Program
Emeritus Professor, Department of History
Dr. Madhavan Soundararajan
Emeritus Assistant Director, Honors Program
Emeritus Professor of Practice, Biochemistry
Dr. Laura Damuth
