Honors Faculty
The University of New Orleans Honors Faculty come from across our four colleges and provide honors-only courses, research opportunities, advising, thesis supervision, and extracurricular academic programming. The list of honors faculty is updated every semester.
Mahdi Abdelguerfi, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Shaikh Arifuzzaman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Thomas Baumgardner
Instructor in Film and Theatre
David Beriss, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology
Mary Clancy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Marques Colston
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Daniel Doll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Laszlo Fulop, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of Film and Theatre
Henry Griffin, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Film and Theatre
Carolyn Hembree, M.F.A.
Associate Professor of English
Jade Hurter, M.F.A.
Instructor in English
Sudha Krishnaswami, Ph.D.
Professor of Finance
James Mokhiber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Reggie Poche, M.F.A.
Instructor in English
Bernard Rees, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Guillermo Rincon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Civil & Environ. Engineering
Frank Schalow, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Damon Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering
Robert Stufflebeam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Chris Surprenant, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Matthew Tarr, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Chioma Urama, M.F.A.
Instructor in English
Ting Wang, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Joel Webb, Ph.D.
Instructor in Mathematics
Kazim Akyuzlu, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Alexa Arroyo, M.A.
Instructor in Fine Arts
Elliott Beaton, Ph.D.
Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology
Ali Bustamante, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Economics
Dimitrios Charalampidis, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering
Crawford Crews, M.A.
Lecturer in Philosophy
Robert Dupont, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of History
D. Ryan Gray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Erik Hansen, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Film and Theatre
Tamjidul Hoque, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Kim Jovanovich, M.S.
Professor of Practice in Electrical Engineering
J.P. Messina, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Jacob Monaghan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Gregory Price, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Steven Rick, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
James Roe, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Film and Theatre
Wendy Schluchter, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences
Leonard Spinu, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Christopher Summa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Brandon Taravella, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor of Marine Engineering
Michelle Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Studies
Lisa Verner, Ph.D.
Instructor in English
Robin Werner, Ph.D.
Instructor in English
Donald Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Professor of Healthcare Management