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

Kara Barnette
Associate Professor

Peggy Cain, Ph.D
Professor

Russ Costa, Ph.D
Professor

Alicia Cunningham-Bryant, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Director of Fellowship Advising

Connie Etter
Assistant Professor

Kellie Gerbers, Ph.D
Associate Professor

Julia Kamenetzky
Associate Professor

Kimi Kawashima
Director of Music

Han Kim, Ph.D
Professor

Matt Kruback
Professor

Christopher LeCluyse
Professor
- Academic writing, rhetoric, history of the English language, linguistics, Medieval studies, vocal performance, and early music
- clecluyse@westminsteru.edu
- 801.832.2417

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@westminsteru.edu
- 801.832.2392

Kristjane Nordmeyer, Ph.D
Professor

Brent Olson, Ph.D
Professor

Nick Pollock
Assistant Professor

Michael Popich, Ph.D
Professor

Spencer Potter
Associate Professor
- Costume design and technology
- spotter@westminsteru.edu
- 801.832.2464
- website

Sean Raleigh, Ph.D
Professor

Christy Seifert, Ph.D
Professor
- Rhetorical theory and practice, the rhetoric of popular science, online learning, professional writing
- cseifert@westminsteru.edu
- 801.832.2824
- website

Julie Stewart, Ph.D
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@westminsteru.edu
- 801.832.2418

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
