
University Honors College Advisory Committee




Function
The functions of the Honors College Advisory Committee are to advise the Director of the Honors College on curricular and administrative issues involving honors education at Miami and to approve the inclusion of courses in the Honors College curriculum. The Committee shall report regularly to University Senate.
Composition
- Eight (8) members from curriculum-generating units as follows:
- One (1) member of University Senate from any academic discipline and serving as Senate Liaison to the Committee. The Senate liaison shall be drawn from any Oxford-based curriculum-generating unit.
- One (1) from the humanities from the College of Arts and Science.
- One (1) from the social sciences from the College of Arts and Science.
- One (1) from mathematics/statistics/natural sciences from the College of Arts and Science.
- One (1) from the College of Creative Arts.
- One (1) from the Farmer School of Business.
- One (1) from the College of Engineering and Computing.
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One (1) from the College of Education, Health, and Society
The Chair of the Committee shall normally have had previous experience serving on the Committee and teaching honors courses
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Two (2) student members chosen by the Honors Student Advisory Board
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Ex officio nonvoting members:
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The Director of the University Honors College
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The Executive Committee of University Senate, in consultation with the Director of the Honors College, shall nominate committee members. Nominees must be able to serve at the regularly scheduled meeting time established for the Honors College Advisory Committee for the following academic year. Where possible, preferences should be given to identifying nominees who have experience in teaching honors courses.
Membership
- Chair, Erik Jensen, jensenen@MiamiOH.edu
- Senate Liaison, Rosemary Pennington, penninrm@miamioh.edu
Faculty
Term ends August 2024
- Erik Jensen, HST (CAS-Humanities), jensenen@MiamiOH.edu
- Janice Taylor, MKT (FSB), taylorje@MiamiOH.edu
- Andrew Paluch, CPB (CEC), paluchas@MiamiOH.edu
- James Bielo, (CAS-Social Science), bielojs@MiamiOH.edu
Term ends August 2025
- Andrea Ridilla (MUS), (CCA) ridillaj@MiamiOH.edu
- Caleb Eckhardt, (MTH), (CAS-Math/Natural Science or Statistics), eckharc@MiamiOH.edu
Term ends August 2026
- Ashley Johnson KNH (EHS), cartelae@MiamiOH.edu
Undergraduate Students, named by the Honors Student Advisory Board
- Sam Darby, HSAB, darbys@MiamiOH.edu
- Reece Oberheim, HSAB, oberherd@MiamiOH.edu
Ex officio nonvoting members
- Zeb Baker, Executive Director, Honors College, zeb.baker@MiamiOH.edu
- Teresa Radomski-Bomba, Associate Director Honors College, radomstm@MiamiOH.edu
- Gail King, Administrative Assistant and Committee Support, kinggm@MiamiOH.edu