Honors Program Directory
Looking for the list of Honors Coordinators? Click HERE.
All
Administration & Staff
Faculty
Advisors
Julie Allen
Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? As a teacher, I believe strongly in the power of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to provide students with exceptional educational experiences, both by building bridges between things they already know and new content and by demonstrating the connections... (more)
(801) 422-7891| julie_allen@byu.edu | 3025 JFSB
Why Honors? As a teacher, I believe strongly in the power of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to provide students with exceptional educational experiences, both by building bridges between things they already know and new content and by demonstrating the connections... (more)
(801) 422-7891| julie_allen@byu.edu | 3025 JFSB
Natalie Blades
Associate Professor, Statistics | Physical and Mathematical Sciences
(801) 422-5076 | blades@stat.byu.edu | 218 TMCB
(801) 422-5076 | blades@stat.byu.edu | 218 TMCB
Michael Call
Associate Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? The Honors program is a wonderful opportunity to get out of our normal academic comfort zones and dialogue with others while thinking together about fascinating and thorny questions, the kinds of questions...
(801) 422-1616 | michael_j_call@byu.edu | 3039 JFSB
Why Honors? The Honors program is a wonderful opportunity to get out of our normal academic comfort zones and dialogue with others while thinking together about fascinating and thorny questions, the kinds of questions...
(801) 422-1616 | michael_j_call@byu.edu | 3039 JFSB
Ryan Christensen
Associate Professor, Philosophy | Humanities
Why Honors? I am a philosopher. Philosophy is the love of wisdom, and wisdom doesn't have disciplinary boundaries. Honors gives me a place to share my search and to learn the wisdom others have found.
(801) 422-4821 | ryan_christensen@byu.edu | 4085 JFSB
Why Honors? I am a philosopher. Philosophy is the love of wisdom, and wisdom doesn't have disciplinary boundaries. Honors gives me a place to share my search and to learn the wisdom others have found.
(801) 422-4821 | ryan_christensen@byu.edu | 4085 JFSB
Britton Davis
Program Assistant, Honors Program | Economics & Spanish
Britton is an Honors student from Meridian, Idaho studying Economics and Spanish with a minor in Mathematics. He loves the honors program because it challenges his thinking...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Britton is an Honors student from Meridian, Idaho studying Economics and Spanish with a minor in Mathematics. He loves the honors program because it challenges his thinking...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Mary Davis
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Biology | Life Sciences
Why Honors? I love the intersection of disciplines as it allows us to see information in a new way. The Honor’s program allows me to help students discover this amazing space for learning.
(801) 422-6207| mary_davis@byu.edu |3129 LSB
Why Honors? I love the intersection of disciplines as it allows us to see information in a new way. The Honor’s program allows me to help students discover this amazing space for learning.
(801) 422-6207| mary_davis@byu.edu |3129 LSB
Mat Duerden
Associate Professor, Experience Design & Management | Marriott School
Why Honors? I love BYU’s Honors Program because it’s a space for individuals from diverse disciplines to come together and wrestle with interesting questions...
(801) 422-3834 | duerden@byu.edu | W435 TNRB
Why Honors? I love BYU’s Honors Program because it’s a space for individuals from diverse disciplines to come together and wrestle with interesting questions...
(801) 422-3834 | duerden@byu.edu | W435 TNRB
Emron Esplin
Associate Professor, English | Humanities
Why Honors? The interdisciplinarity, the chance to team teach with a good friend, and (so I’m told since I’m new to the program) the amazing students. I’m excited to teach...
| emron_esplin@byu.edu | 4148 JFSB
Why Honors? The interdisciplinarity, the chance to team teach with a good friend, and (so I’m told since I’m new to the program) the amazing students. I’m excited to teach...
| emron_esplin@byu.edu | 4148 JFSB
Marlene Esplin
Associate Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? Honors classes are simply more fun. They are less bound by the expectations of a major or minor program and involve professors (and students) trying out creative and collaborative approaches... (more)
(801) 422-6246| mhesplin@byu.edu | 3050 JFSB
Why Honors? Honors classes are simply more fun. They are less bound by the expectations of a major or minor program and involve professors (and students) trying out creative and collaborative approaches... (more)
(801) 422-6246| mhesplin@byu.edu | 3050 JFSB
Vika Filimoeatu
Advisement Supervisor, Honors Program | Undergraduate Education
Vika manages all aspects of student advisement for the Honors Program. She is in charge of organizing different advisement workshops and student related events. She supervises the student-to-student advising and works directly with students...
(801) 422-1997 | vika_filimoeatu@byu.edu | 102B MSRB
Vika manages all aspects of student advisement for the Honors Program. She is in charge of organizing different advisement workshops and student related events. She supervises the student-to-student advising and works directly with students...
(801) 422-1997 | vika_filimoeatu@byu.edu | 102B MSRB
Diana Gonzales
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Humanities, International and Area Studies
Diana is a senior studying international relations. After graduation, she plans to travel and learn about the cultures of the world. She is either planning on going to law school or getting her MBA. She loves the Honors program because she is able to meet cool people every day.
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Diana is a senior studying international relations. After graduation, she plans to travel and learn about the cultures of the world. She is either planning on going to law school or getting her MBA. She loves the Honors program because she is able to meet cool people every day.
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
George Handley
Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? I love the chance to explore ideas outside of traditional paradigms and curricula because the best and most exciting knowledge is sometimes the kind of thing you can't really easily predict or over-...
(801) 422-7151 | George_Handley@byu.edu | 3770C HBLL
Why Honors? I love the chance to explore ideas outside of traditional paradigms and curricula because the best and most exciting knowledge is sometimes the kind of thing you can't really easily predict or over-...
(801) 422-7151 | George_Handley@byu.edu | 3770C HBLL
Derek Hansen
Professor, School of Technology | Engineering & Technology
Why Honors? My undergraduate honor's experience opened my eyes to what a broad and integrated education could be and set me on a path of interdisciplinary scholarship that continues to this day. We need more scholars and thinkers who can see the world holistically as they swap and combine different disciplinary lenses.
(801) 422-7467 | dlhansen@byu.edu | 265 B CTB
Why Honors? My undergraduate honor's experience opened my eyes to what a broad and integrated education could be and set me on a path of interdisciplinary scholarship that continues to this day. We need more scholars and thinkers who can see the world holistically as they swap and combine different disciplinary lenses.
(801) 422-7467 | dlhansen@byu.edu | 265 B CTB
Jennifer Haraguchi
Associate Professor, French & Italian| Humanities
Why Honors? Because Honors classes push us all--students and professors alike--to test new ideas, re-evaluate what we already know, and integrate that knowledge into our own realm of experience.
(801) 422-8179| jennifer_haraguchi@byu.edu | 3139 JFSB
Why Honors? Because Honors classes push us all--students and professors alike--to test new ideas, re-evaluate what we already know, and integrate that knowledge into our own realm of experience.
(801) 422-8179| jennifer_haraguchi@byu.edu | 3139 JFSB
James Hecht
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Engineering and Technology, Physical and Mathematical Sciences
James is a sophomore majoring in Physics. Someday, he hopes to obtain a PhD and teach in am university as a professor because he loves learning and education. He loves the Honors Program because he feels like it creates a community...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
James is a sophomore majoring in Physics. Someday, he hopes to obtain a PhD and teach in am university as a professor because he loves learning and education. He loves the Honors Program because he feels like it creates a community...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Christine Isom-Verhaaren
Assistant Professor, History | Family, Home and Social Sciences
Why Honors? As global citizens we will need to prepare for future challenges. Through honor’s classes students may learn to analyze options in more innovative ways using the skills of asking questions of the evidence to elicit accurate understandings of our world, past, present, and hopefully future.
(801) 427683 | cisom-verhaaren@byu.edu | 2146 JFSB
Why Honors? As global citizens we will need to prepare for future challenges. Through honor’s classes students may learn to analyze options in more innovative ways using the skills of asking questions of the evidence to elicit accurate understandings of our world, past, present, and hopefully future.
(801) 427683 | cisom-verhaaren@byu.edu | 2146 JFSB
Alexandra Jones
Program Assistant, Honors Program | Pre-Business
Alexandra is pre-business hoping to major in Finance. She loves working in the Honors Program and being able to meet a variety of students...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Alexandra is pre-business hoping to major in Finance. She loves working in the Honors Program and being able to meet a variety of students...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Jason Kenealey
Associate Professor, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science | Life Sciences
Why Honors? Because I like a challenge. I like the challenge of teaching and learning in a new way. I enjoy interacting with students and faculty that think differently than I do. It helps me to be more well-rounded and thoughtful about the difficult problems I am trying to solve in my research.
(801) 422-6671| jason_kenealey@byu.edu | S-249 ESC
Why Honors? Because I like a challenge. I like the challenge of teaching and learning in a new way. I enjoy interacting with students and faculty that think differently than I do. It helps me to be more well-rounded and thoughtful about the difficult problems I am trying to solve in my research.
(801) 422-6671| jason_kenealey@byu.edu | S-249 ESC
Brock Kirwan
Professor, Psychology | FHSS
Why Honors? Because my nerdy obsessions don’t respect disciplinary bounds. I love talking about the neuroscience and psychology of memory, but I also love learning and talking about music, literature, animal behavior, home canning, etc. The Honors program is a great way to explore new interdisciplinary connections.
(801) 422-2532 | kirwan@byu.edu |1074 KMBL
Why Honors? Because my nerdy obsessions don’t respect disciplinary bounds. I love talking about the neuroscience and psychology of memory, but I also love learning and talking about music, literature, animal behavior, home canning, etc. The Honors program is a great way to explore new interdisciplinary connections.
(801) 422-2532 | kirwan@byu.edu |1074 KMBL
Grant Madsen
Associate Professor, History | FHSS
Why Honors? It is like a giant factory outlet mall for all the best that the university has to offer (at an affordable price…).
(801) 422-2145 | gmadsen@byu.edu| 2145 JFSB
Why Honors? It is like a giant factory outlet mall for all the best that the university has to offer (at an affordable price…).
(801) 422-2145 | gmadsen@byu.edu| 2145 JFSB
Tracy Maylett
Adjunct Faculty, Leadership | Honors Program & Marriott School
Why Honors? Each of us is a leader in multiple capacities, whether we have the title or not: family, church, business, community... the list goes on. Most of our opportunities to lead...
(801) 515-6500 | tmm@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Why Honors? Each of us is a leader in multiple capacities, whether we have the title or not: family, church, business, community... the list goes on. Most of our opportunities to lead...
(801) 515-6500 | tmm@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Rory McWhorter
Leadership Development Coordinator, Honors Program | Undergraduate Education
Rory works with students to help them identify opportunities to fulfill the Honors Leadership Development Experience requirement. He is the instructor for the affiliated practicum course - HONRS 390R, and manages the pre-approval and reporting...
(801) 422-8176 | rory_mcwhorter | 102 MSRB
Rory works with students to help them identify opportunities to fulfill the Honors Leadership Development Experience requirement. He is the instructor for the affiliated practicum course - HONRS 390R, and manages the pre-approval and reporting...
(801) 422-8176 | rory_mcwhorter | 102 MSRB
Rex Nielson
Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese | Humanities
Why Honors? I know of no other program on campus as dedicated to tackling the pressing issues facing our world. The Honor’s program brings together faculty and...
801-422-2176 | rex_nielson@byu.edu | 3149 JFSB
Why Honors? I know of no other program on campus as dedicated to tackling the pressing issues facing our world. The Honor’s program brings together faculty and...
801-422-2176 | rex_nielson@byu.edu | 3149 JFSB
Kelsi Niepraschk
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Business | Family, Home, and Social Sciences (Economics)
Kelsi is a junior studying Experience Design and Management with a minor in music. She loves to find unexpected connections, especially between design and business. She has grown to love the Honors Program and has developed a deep passion...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Kelsi is a junior studying Experience Design and Management with a minor in music. She loves to find unexpected connections, especially between design and business. She has grown to love the Honors Program and has developed a deep passion...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Marc Olivier
Professor, French & Italian | Humanities
Why Honors? Because no program on campus is as dedicated to bridging disciplinary divides and fostering connective thinking. French philosophers of Enlightenment (my intellectual heros) would be proud!
(801) 422-5950 | olivier@byu.edu | 3127 JFSB
Why Honors? Because no program on campus is as dedicated to bridging disciplinary divides and fostering connective thinking. French philosophers of Enlightenment (my intellectual heros) would be proud!
(801) 422-5950 | olivier@byu.edu | 3127 JFSB
Rachel Olson
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Fine Arts & Communications, Education, Student Life
Rachel is a Music Education major with a Choral emphasis. She enjoys the interdisciplinary courses in the Honors Program that have balanced her college experience and expanded her interests beyond music. Rachel loves learning new languages,...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Rachel is a Music Education major with a Choral emphasis. She enjoys the interdisciplinary courses in the Honors Program that have balanced her college experience and expanded her interests beyond music. Rachel loves learning new languages,...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Jeff Parkin
Teaching Professor, Theatre & Media Arts| Humanities
Why Honors?
(801) 422-8130 | jeff_parkin@byu.edu |F-442 HFAC
Why Honors?
(801) 422-8130 | jeff_parkin@byu.edu |F-442 HFAC
Steven Peck
Associate Professor, Biology | Life Sciences
Why Honors?
(801) 422-4145 | steven_peck@byu.edu | 4145 LSB
Why Honors?
(801) 422-4145 | steven_peck@byu.edu | 4145 LSB
Julie Radle
Assistant Director, Honors Program | Undergraduate Education
Julie manages the operational and academic functions of the Honors Program. She works directly with faculty, Alcuin Fellows, Department Coordinators, graduate assistants, Honors communications team, program staff and TAs. She is the liaison...
(801) 422-3038 | julie_radle@byu.edu | 102A MSRB
Julie manages the operational and academic functions of the Honors Program. She works directly with faculty, Alcuin Fellows, Department Coordinators, graduate assistants, Honors communications team, program staff and TAs. She is the liaison...
(801) 422-3038 | julie_radle@byu.edu | 102A MSRB
Steven Ricks
Professor, Music | Fine Arts & Communications
Why Honors?
(801) 422-6115 | stevericksmusic@gmail.com | C490 HFAC
Why Honors?
(801) 422-6115 | stevericksmusic@gmail.com | C490 HFAC
Jamin Rowan
Associate Professor, English | Humanities
Why Honors? Honors introduces students to the kind of curiosity, creativity, and interdisciplinary thinking required to address the type of “wicked problems” with which we will be grappling for the foreseeable future.
(801) 422-8968 | jamin_rowan@byu.edu| 4143 JFSB
Why Honors? Honors introduces students to the kind of curiosity, creativity, and interdisciplinary thinking required to address the type of “wicked problems” with which we will be grappling for the foreseeable future.
(801) 422-8968 | jamin_rowan@byu.edu| 4143 JFSB
Amy Tanner
Associate Professor, Math Education | Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Why Honors? I love when my search for understanding pushes me to see the world in new ways, and I can’t think of a better way to do this than interacting with students and faculty...
(801) 422-3640 | atanner@mathedu.byu.edu | 187 TMCB
Why Honors? I love when my search for understanding pushes me to see the world in new ways, and I can’t think of a better way to do this than interacting with students and faculty...
(801) 422-3640 | atanner@mathedu.byu.edu | 187 TMCB
Chris Verhaaren
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy | Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Why Honors? I feel that we, as a global society, need individuals who can think for themselves, following after truth wherever it leads and by whatever skills are required. We need...
(801) 422- 2111| verhaaren@physics.byu.edu | N247 ESC
Why Honors? I feel that we, as a global society, need individuals who can think for themselves, following after truth wherever it leads and by whatever skills are required. We need...
(801) 422- 2111| verhaaren@physics.byu.edu | N247 ESC
Karl Warnick
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering | Engineering
Why Honors? As a BYU student years ago, I experienced the Honors Program first hand. It was a wonderful part of my education. The Honors courses I took were profoundly uplifting and influential. My Honors...
(801) 422-1732 | warnick@byu.edu | 450 EB
Why Honors? As a BYU student years ago, I experienced the Honors Program first hand. It was a wonderful part of my education. The Honors courses I took were profoundly uplifting and influential. My Honors...
(801) 422-1732 | warnick@byu.edu | 450 EB
Lucy Wesemann
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Life Sciences, Nursing
Lucy is a Biology major pursuing the Ballard Scholar award in the Marriott School of Business. She appreciates how the Honors program fuels her love for learning and challenges her to think in non-traditional ways. She enjoys hiking, playing pick-up...
(801) 422 - 5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Lucy is a Biology major pursuing the Ballard Scholar award in the Marriott School of Business. She appreciates how the Honors program fuels her love for learning and challenges her to think in non-traditional ways. She enjoys hiking, playing pick-up...
(801) 422 - 5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Clint Whipple
Associate Professor, Biology | Life Sciences
Why Honors? My favorite classes as an undergraduate at BYU were all honors classes. The combination of rigor and pleasure...
(801) 422-9293 | whipple@byu.edu | 4027 LSB
Why Honors? My favorite classes as an undergraduate at BYU were all honors classes. The combination of rigor and pleasure...
(801) 422-9293 | whipple@byu.edu | 4027 LSB
Sally Wynn
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Family, Home, and Social Sciences (except Economics)
Sally is majoring in Psychology, with the goal of going to graduate school and becoming a School Psychologist. She loves the Honors program because she gets to meet so many different people and see new ways to look at the world!...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Sally is majoring in Psychology, with the goal of going to graduate school and becoming a School Psychologist. She loves the Honors program because she gets to meet so many different people and see new ways to look at the world!...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Britton Davis
Program Assistant, Honors Program | Economics & Spanish
Britton is an Honors student from Meridian, Idaho studying Economics and Spanish with a minor in Mathematics. He loves the honors program because it challenges his thinking...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Britton is an Honors student from Meridian, Idaho studying Economics and Spanish with a minor in Mathematics. He loves the honors program because it challenges his thinking...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Vika Filimoeatu
Advisement Supervisor, Honors Program | Undergraduate Education
Vika manages all aspects of student advisement for the Honors Program. She is in charge of organizing different advisement workshops and student related events. She supervises the student-to-student advising and works directly with students...
(801) 422-1997 | vika_filimoeatu@byu.edu | 102B MSRB
Vika manages all aspects of student advisement for the Honors Program. She is in charge of organizing different advisement workshops and student related events. She supervises the student-to-student advising and works directly with students...
(801) 422-1997 | vika_filimoeatu@byu.edu | 102B MSRB
Alexandra Jones
Program Assistant, Honors Program | Pre-Business
Alexandra is pre-business hoping to major in Finance. She loves working in the Honors Program and being able to meet a variety of students...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Alexandra is pre-business hoping to major in Finance. She loves working in the Honors Program and being able to meet a variety of students...
(801) 422-3036 | honorsprogram@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Rory McWhorter
Leadership Development Coordinator, Honors Program | Undergraduate Education
Rory works with students to help them identify opportunities to fulfill the Honors Leadership Development Experience requirement. He is the instructor for the affiliated practicum course - HONRS 390R, and manages the pre-approval and reporting...
(801) 422-8176 | rory_mcwhorter | 102 MSRB
Rory works with students to help them identify opportunities to fulfill the Honors Leadership Development Experience requirement. He is the instructor for the affiliated practicum course - HONRS 390R, and manages the pre-approval and reporting...
(801) 422-8176 | rory_mcwhorter | 102 MSRB
Julie Radle
Assistant Director, Honors Program | Undergraduate Education
Julie manages the operational and academic functions of the Honors Program. She works directly with faculty, Alcuin Fellows, Department Coordinators, graduate assistants, Honors communications team, program staff and TAs. She is the liaison...
(801) 422-3038 | julie_radle@byu.edu | 102A MSRB
Julie manages the operational and academic functions of the Honors Program. She works directly with faculty, Alcuin Fellows, Department Coordinators, graduate assistants, Honors communications team, program staff and TAs. She is the liaison...
(801) 422-3038 | julie_radle@byu.edu | 102A MSRB
Julie Allen
Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? As a teacher, I believe strongly in the power of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to provide students with exceptional educational experiences, both by building bridges between things they already know and new content and by demonstrating the connections... (more)
(801) 422-7891| julie_allen@byu.edu | 3025 JFSB
Why Honors? As a teacher, I believe strongly in the power of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to provide students with exceptional educational experiences, both by building bridges between things they already know and new content and by demonstrating the connections... (more)
(801) 422-7891| julie_allen@byu.edu | 3025 JFSB
Natalie Blades
Associate Professor, Statistics | Physical and Mathematical Sciences
(801) 422-5076 | blades@stat.byu.edu | 218 TMCB
(801) 422-5076 | blades@stat.byu.edu | 218 TMCB
Michael Call
Associate Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? The Honors program is a wonderful opportunity to get out of our normal academic comfort zones and dialogue with others while thinking together about fascinating and thorny questions, the kinds of questions...
(801) 422-1616 | michael_j_call@byu.edu | 3039 JFSB
Why Honors? The Honors program is a wonderful opportunity to get out of our normal academic comfort zones and dialogue with others while thinking together about fascinating and thorny questions, the kinds of questions...
(801) 422-1616 | michael_j_call@byu.edu | 3039 JFSB
Ryan Christensen
Associate Professor, Philosophy | Humanities
Why Honors? I am a philosopher. Philosophy is the love of wisdom, and wisdom doesn't have disciplinary boundaries. Honors gives me a place to share my search and to learn the wisdom others have found.
(801) 422-4821 | ryan_christensen@byu.edu | 4085 JFSB
Why Honors? I am a philosopher. Philosophy is the love of wisdom, and wisdom doesn't have disciplinary boundaries. Honors gives me a place to share my search and to learn the wisdom others have found.
(801) 422-4821 | ryan_christensen@byu.edu | 4085 JFSB
Mary Davis
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Biology | Life Sciences
Why Honors? I love the intersection of disciplines as it allows us to see information in a new way. The Honor’s program allows me to help students discover this amazing space for learning.
(801) 422-6207| mary_davis@byu.edu |3129 LSB
Why Honors? I love the intersection of disciplines as it allows us to see information in a new way. The Honor’s program allows me to help students discover this amazing space for learning.
(801) 422-6207| mary_davis@byu.edu |3129 LSB
Mat Duerden
Associate Professor, Experience Design & Management | Marriott School
Why Honors? I love BYU’s Honors Program because it’s a space for individuals from diverse disciplines to come together and wrestle with interesting questions...
(801) 422-3834 | duerden@byu.edu | W435 TNRB
Why Honors? I love BYU’s Honors Program because it’s a space for individuals from diverse disciplines to come together and wrestle with interesting questions...
(801) 422-3834 | duerden@byu.edu | W435 TNRB
Emron Esplin
Associate Professor, English | Humanities
Why Honors? The interdisciplinarity, the chance to team teach with a good friend, and (so I’m told since I’m new to the program) the amazing students. I’m excited to teach...
| emron_esplin@byu.edu | 4148 JFSB
Why Honors? The interdisciplinarity, the chance to team teach with a good friend, and (so I’m told since I’m new to the program) the amazing students. I’m excited to teach...
| emron_esplin@byu.edu | 4148 JFSB
Marlene Esplin
Associate Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? Honors classes are simply more fun. They are less bound by the expectations of a major or minor program and involve professors (and students) trying out creative and collaborative approaches... (more)
(801) 422-6246| mhesplin@byu.edu | 3050 JFSB
Why Honors? Honors classes are simply more fun. They are less bound by the expectations of a major or minor program and involve professors (and students) trying out creative and collaborative approaches... (more)
(801) 422-6246| mhesplin@byu.edu | 3050 JFSB
George Handley
Professor, Comparative Arts & Letters | Humanities
Why Honors? I love the chance to explore ideas outside of traditional paradigms and curricula because the best and most exciting knowledge is sometimes the kind of thing you can't really easily predict or over-...
(801) 422-7151 | George_Handley@byu.edu | 3770C HBLL
Why Honors? I love the chance to explore ideas outside of traditional paradigms and curricula because the best and most exciting knowledge is sometimes the kind of thing you can't really easily predict or over-...
(801) 422-7151 | George_Handley@byu.edu | 3770C HBLL
Derek Hansen
Professor, School of Technology | Engineering & Technology
Why Honors? My undergraduate honor's experience opened my eyes to what a broad and integrated education could be and set me on a path of interdisciplinary scholarship that continues to this day. We need more scholars and thinkers who can see the world holistically as they swap and combine different disciplinary lenses.
(801) 422-7467 | dlhansen@byu.edu | 265 B CTB
Why Honors? My undergraduate honor's experience opened my eyes to what a broad and integrated education could be and set me on a path of interdisciplinary scholarship that continues to this day. We need more scholars and thinkers who can see the world holistically as they swap and combine different disciplinary lenses.
(801) 422-7467 | dlhansen@byu.edu | 265 B CTB
Jennifer Haraguchi
Associate Professor, French & Italian| Humanities
Why Honors? Because Honors classes push us all--students and professors alike--to test new ideas, re-evaluate what we already know, and integrate that knowledge into our own realm of experience.
(801) 422-8179| jennifer_haraguchi@byu.edu | 3139 JFSB
Why Honors? Because Honors classes push us all--students and professors alike--to test new ideas, re-evaluate what we already know, and integrate that knowledge into our own realm of experience.
(801) 422-8179| jennifer_haraguchi@byu.edu | 3139 JFSB
Christine Isom-Verhaaren
Assistant Professor, History | Family, Home and Social Sciences
Why Honors? As global citizens we will need to prepare for future challenges. Through honor’s classes students may learn to analyze options in more innovative ways using the skills of asking questions of the evidence to elicit accurate understandings of our world, past, present, and hopefully future.
(801) 427683 | cisom-verhaaren@byu.edu | 2146 JFSB
Why Honors? As global citizens we will need to prepare for future challenges. Through honor’s classes students may learn to analyze options in more innovative ways using the skills of asking questions of the evidence to elicit accurate understandings of our world, past, present, and hopefully future.
(801) 427683 | cisom-verhaaren@byu.edu | 2146 JFSB
Jason Kenealey
Associate Professor, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science | Life Sciences
Why Honors? Because I like a challenge. I like the challenge of teaching and learning in a new way. I enjoy interacting with students and faculty that think differently than I do. It helps me to be more well-rounded and thoughtful about the difficult problems I am trying to solve in my research.
(801) 422-6671| jason_kenealey@byu.edu | S-249 ESC
Why Honors? Because I like a challenge. I like the challenge of teaching and learning in a new way. I enjoy interacting with students and faculty that think differently than I do. It helps me to be more well-rounded and thoughtful about the difficult problems I am trying to solve in my research.
(801) 422-6671| jason_kenealey@byu.edu | S-249 ESC
Brock Kirwan
Professor, Psychology | FHSS
Why Honors? Because my nerdy obsessions don’t respect disciplinary bounds. I love talking about the neuroscience and psychology of memory, but I also love learning and talking about music, literature, animal behavior, home canning, etc. The Honors program is a great way to explore new interdisciplinary connections.
(801) 422-2532 | kirwan@byu.edu |1074 KMBL
Why Honors? Because my nerdy obsessions don’t respect disciplinary bounds. I love talking about the neuroscience and psychology of memory, but I also love learning and talking about music, literature, animal behavior, home canning, etc. The Honors program is a great way to explore new interdisciplinary connections.
(801) 422-2532 | kirwan@byu.edu |1074 KMBL
Grant Madsen
Associate Professor, History | FHSS
Why Honors? It is like a giant factory outlet mall for all the best that the university has to offer (at an affordable price…).
(801) 422-2145 | gmadsen@byu.edu| 2145 JFSB
Why Honors? It is like a giant factory outlet mall for all the best that the university has to offer (at an affordable price…).
(801) 422-2145 | gmadsen@byu.edu| 2145 JFSB
Tracy Maylett
Adjunct Faculty, Leadership | Honors Program & Marriott School
Why Honors? Each of us is a leader in multiple capacities, whether we have the title or not: family, church, business, community... the list goes on. Most of our opportunities to lead...
(801) 515-6500 | tmm@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Why Honors? Each of us is a leader in multiple capacities, whether we have the title or not: family, church, business, community... the list goes on. Most of our opportunities to lead...
(801) 515-6500 | tmm@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Rex Nielson
Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese | Humanities
Why Honors? I know of no other program on campus as dedicated to tackling the pressing issues facing our world. The Honor’s program brings together faculty and...
801-422-2176 | rex_nielson@byu.edu | 3149 JFSB
Why Honors? I know of no other program on campus as dedicated to tackling the pressing issues facing our world. The Honor’s program brings together faculty and...
801-422-2176 | rex_nielson@byu.edu | 3149 JFSB
Marc Olivier
Professor, French & Italian | Humanities
Why Honors? Because no program on campus is as dedicated to bridging disciplinary divides and fostering connective thinking. French philosophers of Enlightenment (my intellectual heros) would be proud!
(801) 422-5950 | olivier@byu.edu | 3127 JFSB
Why Honors? Because no program on campus is as dedicated to bridging disciplinary divides and fostering connective thinking. French philosophers of Enlightenment (my intellectual heros) would be proud!
(801) 422-5950 | olivier@byu.edu | 3127 JFSB
Jeff Parkin
Teaching Professor, Theatre & Media Arts| Humanities
Why Honors?
(801) 422-8130 | jeff_parkin@byu.edu |F-442 HFAC
Why Honors?
(801) 422-8130 | jeff_parkin@byu.edu |F-442 HFAC
Steven Peck
Associate Professor, Biology | Life Sciences
Why Honors?
(801) 422-4145 | steven_peck@byu.edu | 4145 LSB
Why Honors?
(801) 422-4145 | steven_peck@byu.edu | 4145 LSB
Steven Ricks
Professor, Music | Fine Arts & Communications
Why Honors?
(801) 422-6115 | stevericksmusic@gmail.com | C490 HFAC
Why Honors?
(801) 422-6115 | stevericksmusic@gmail.com | C490 HFAC
Jamin Rowan
Associate Professor, English | Humanities
Why Honors? Honors introduces students to the kind of curiosity, creativity, and interdisciplinary thinking required to address the type of “wicked problems” with which we will be grappling for the foreseeable future.
(801) 422-8968 | jamin_rowan@byu.edu| 4143 JFSB
Why Honors? Honors introduces students to the kind of curiosity, creativity, and interdisciplinary thinking required to address the type of “wicked problems” with which we will be grappling for the foreseeable future.
(801) 422-8968 | jamin_rowan@byu.edu| 4143 JFSB
Amy Tanner
Associate Professor, Math Education | Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Why Honors? I love when my search for understanding pushes me to see the world in new ways, and I can’t think of a better way to do this than interacting with students and faculty...
(801) 422-3640 | atanner@mathedu.byu.edu | 187 TMCB
Why Honors? I love when my search for understanding pushes me to see the world in new ways, and I can’t think of a better way to do this than interacting with students and faculty...
(801) 422-3640 | atanner@mathedu.byu.edu | 187 TMCB
Chris Verhaaren
Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy | Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Why Honors? I feel that we, as a global society, need individuals who can think for themselves, following after truth wherever it leads and by whatever skills are required. We need...
(801) 422- 2111| verhaaren@physics.byu.edu | N247 ESC
Why Honors? I feel that we, as a global society, need individuals who can think for themselves, following after truth wherever it leads and by whatever skills are required. We need...
(801) 422- 2111| verhaaren@physics.byu.edu | N247 ESC
Karl Warnick
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering | Engineering
Why Honors? As a BYU student years ago, I experienced the Honors Program first hand. It was a wonderful part of my education. The Honors courses I took were profoundly uplifting and influential. My Honors...
(801) 422-1732 | warnick@byu.edu | 450 EB
Why Honors? As a BYU student years ago, I experienced the Honors Program first hand. It was a wonderful part of my education. The Honors courses I took were profoundly uplifting and influential. My Honors...
(801) 422-1732 | warnick@byu.edu | 450 EB
Clint Whipple
Associate Professor, Biology | Life Sciences
Why Honors? My favorite classes as an undergraduate at BYU were all honors classes. The combination of rigor and pleasure...
(801) 422-9293 | whipple@byu.edu | 4027 LSB
Why Honors? My favorite classes as an undergraduate at BYU were all honors classes. The combination of rigor and pleasure...
(801) 422-9293 | whipple@byu.edu | 4027 LSB
Diana Gonzales
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Humanities, International and Area Studies
Diana is a senior studying international relations. After graduation, she plans to travel and learn about the cultures of the world. She is either planning on going to law school or getting her MBA. She loves the Honors program because she is able to meet cool people every day.
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Diana is a senior studying international relations. After graduation, she plans to travel and learn about the cultures of the world. She is either planning on going to law school or getting her MBA. She loves the Honors program because she is able to meet cool people every day.
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
James Hecht
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Engineering and Technology, Physical and Mathematical Sciences
James is a sophomore majoring in Physics. Someday, he hopes to obtain a PhD and teach in am university as a professor because he loves learning and education. He loves the Honors Program because he feels like it creates a community...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
James is a sophomore majoring in Physics. Someday, he hopes to obtain a PhD and teach in am university as a professor because he loves learning and education. He loves the Honors Program because he feels like it creates a community...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Kelsi Niepraschk
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Business | Family, Home, and Social Sciences (Economics)
Kelsi is a junior studying Experience Design and Management with a minor in music. She loves to find unexpected connections, especially between design and business. She has grown to love the Honors Program and has developed a deep passion...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Kelsi is a junior studying Experience Design and Management with a minor in music. She loves to find unexpected connections, especially between design and business. She has grown to love the Honors Program and has developed a deep passion...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Rachel Olson
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Fine Arts & Communications, Education, Student Life
Rachel is a Music Education major with a Choral emphasis. She enjoys the interdisciplinary courses in the Honors Program that have balanced her college experience and expanded her interests beyond music. Rachel loves learning new languages,...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Rachel is a Music Education major with a Choral emphasis. She enjoys the interdisciplinary courses in the Honors Program that have balanced her college experience and expanded her interests beyond music. Rachel loves learning new languages,...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Lucy Wesemann
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Life Sciences, Nursing
Lucy is a Biology major pursuing the Ballard Scholar award in the Marriott School of Business. She appreciates how the Honors program fuels her love for learning and challenges her to think in non-traditional ways. She enjoys hiking, playing pick-up...
(801) 422 - 5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Lucy is a Biology major pursuing the Ballard Scholar award in the Marriott School of Business. She appreciates how the Honors program fuels her love for learning and challenges her to think in non-traditional ways. She enjoys hiking, playing pick-up...
(801) 422 - 5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Sally Wynn
Student Advisor, Honors Program | Family, Home, and Social Sciences (except Economics)
Sally is majoring in Psychology, with the goal of going to graduate school and becoming a School Psychologist. She loves the Honors program because she gets to meet so many different people and see new ways to look at the world!...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB
Sally is majoring in Psychology, with the goal of going to graduate school and becoming a School Psychologist. She loves the Honors program because she gets to meet so many different people and see new ways to look at the world!...
(801) 422-5497 | honors@byu.edu | 102 MSRB