Honors College Staff
Richard Badenhausen, Ph.D
Dean, Honors College
Alicia Cunningham-Bryant, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Director of Fellowship Advising
Stephanie Santarosa
Assistant Dean, Honors College
- Honors Student Academic Advising
- ssantarosa@westminstercollege.edu
- 801.832.2462
- website
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
Honors Council
The Honors Council works in conjunction with the dean of the Honors College to oversee and support the administration of the college on topics including:
- Curricular matters
- Recruitment, admissions, and retention
- Selection and distribution of grants and awards
- Enhancement of the student experience in Honors
Composition
Faculty members are appointed in consultation with the dean of the Honors College for 2-year terms, with 3 from Arts and Sciences (Nick Pollock '23, Kristjane Nordmeyer ’22, Russ Costa ’22), staggered so that not all of the positions come up for reappointment each year; 1 each from the Gore School of Business (Alysse Morton '22), the School of Education (open position), and the School of Nursing and Health Sciences (Han Kim ’23); and 1 at-large faculty member (Connie Etter ’23).
Ex Officio (Voting) Members
- Dean of the Honors College, who also serves as chair of the Honors Council
- Assistant Director of Honors
- Director of Fellowship Advising
- Honors Faculty Fellow
- Representative from the Advising Staff
- Assistant director of Admissions, or whichever Admissions position oversees the recruitment of high achieving students at the college.
- 2 students, who are the president and vice president of the Student Honors Council, for 1-year terms.