Honors College Faculty
Honors faculty are known for their teaching excellence and passion for working with students. Drawn from across Westminster's many departments, programs, and colleges, Honors faculty participate in the program because they enjoy teaching highly driven students, they find interdisciplinary approaches to their subjects satisfying, and they value the excitement that team-teaching provides.
Richard Badenhausen, Ph.D
Dean, Honors College
Peggy Cain, Ph.D
Professor
Russ Costa, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Alicia Cunningham-Bryant, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Director of Fellowship Advising
Lesa Ellis, Ph.D
Professor
Connie Etter, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Kellie Gerbers, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Dave Goldsmith, Ph.D
Professor
Julia Kamenetzky, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Kimi Kawashima
Director of Music
Han Kim, Ph.D
Professor
Matt Kruback, MFA
Professor
Christopher LeCluyse, Ph.D
Professor
- Academic writing, rhetoric, history of the English language, linguistics, Medieval studies, vocal performance, and early music
- clecluyse@westminstercollege.edu
- 801.832.2417
Hikmet Loe
Adjunct
- The Spiral Jetty, Sun Tunnels, Land Art, 19–20th century Utah art and artists
- hloe@westminstercollege.edu
- 801.832.2309
- website
Nick More, Ph.D
Professor
Jeff Nichols, Ph.D
Professor
- Politics and current events, nineteenth century American West, Gilded Age, Progressive Era, Prostitution in Salt Lake City, Environmental history
- jnichols@westminstercollege.edu
- 801.832.2392
Kristjane Nordmeyer, Ph.D
Professor
Brent Olson, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Giancarlo Panagia, Ph.D
Professor
Michael Popich, Ph.D
Professor
Sean Raleigh, Ph.D
Professor
Christy Seifert, Ph.D
Professor
- Rhetorical theory and practice, popular culture and feminism, and young adult literature (including Twilight, Hunger Games, etc.)
- cseifert@westminstercollege.edu
- 801.832.2824
Julie Stewart, Ph.D
Associate Professor
- Inequality; social movements; theories of development; globalization and migration; applied sociology; political sociology; Latin America; qualitative methods; social theory; social change; social problems
- jstewart@westminstercollege.edu
- 801.832.2418
Michael Vought, Ph.D
Professor
- Directing and dramatic literature
- mvought@westminstercollege.edu
- 801.832.2438
John Watkins, Ph.D
Professor
“I love Westminster, and I love the Honors College. I really feel like I found a home of academic inquiry and experimentation that’s not afraid to dream big and think bigger.”
- Alicia Cunnigham-Bryant, Kim T. Adamson endowed professor in Honors
