2009 Faculty Scholars Selected
Jackson, MS - Twenty-four community college instructors have been selected
as Phi Theta Kappa's Faculty Scholars, and will serve as discussion facilitors
for the 2009 International Honors Institute. They include:
Jamal
Adam
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis,
MN
Academic Field: Counseling Psychology/Social Science
Dr.
Randy Allison
Blinn College - Bryan Campus
Bryan, TX
Academic
Field: Anthropology
Velda Arnaud
Lane Community
College
Eugene, OR
Academic Field: Business/Leadership
Deena
Bisig
Clark College
Vancouver, WA
Academic Field:
Communication Studies
Christine Bush
Palm Beach
Community College
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Academic Field: Mathematics
Cindy Carbone
Edison Community College
Piqua,
OH
Academic Field: English Composition/Literature
Rob
Carey
Pima Community College
Tucson, AZ
Academic
Field: Biology
Eric Chong
Guam Community College
Barrigada,
GU
Academic Field: Tourism/Hospitality
Josephine
Fritts
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield,
MO
Academic Field: Early Childhood Development/Educational Leadership
Steven Fritts
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield,
MO
Academic Field: Human Development/Counseling/Behavior Analysis
Lori Garrett
Danville Area Community College
Danville,
IL
Academic Field: Science
Dr. Betsy Hertzler
Mesa
Community College
Mesa, AZ
Academic Field: History
Dr.
Ken Kerr
Frederick Community College
Frederick, MD
Academic
Field: English
Daniel Leingang
Bismarck State
College
Bismarck, ND
Academic Field: Mathematics
Nancy
Long
Trinity Valley Community College
Athens, TX
Academic
Field: Mathematics
Shirley Nelson
Chattanooga
State Community College
Chattanooga, TN
Academic Field: English
Sarah
Nichols
Hinds Community College
Vicksburg, MS
Academic
Field: Psychology
Dr. Peter Pellegrin
Cloud
County Community College
Junction City, KS
Academic Field:
English Literature
Jorge Rodriguez
Scottsdale
Community College
Scottsdale, AZ
Academic Field: Student
Life & Leadership/Counseling
Dan Rooney
Western
Technical College
La Crosse, WI
Academic Field: Communication
Skills/Technical Communication
Paul Roscelli
Canada
College
Redwood City, CA
Academic Field: Economics/Law
Stephen
Schroeder
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
Academic
Field: Speech Communication
Dr. Liesl Ward
Jefferson
State Community College - Shelby Campus
Birmingham, AL
Academic
Field: English
Dr. Patricia West
Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College
Gulfport, MS
Academic Field:
Communication/Journalism/Speech
The scholars, all Phi Theta
Kappa chapter advisors, were selected based on applications judged on
knowledge of the current Honors Study Topic, The Paradox of Affluence:
Choices, Challenges, and Consequences, and demonstrated excellence
in teaching.
Allison, Carbone, Carey, Garrett, Hertzler,
Kerr, Roscelli and Ward are also members of Phi Theta Kappa's Honors Program
Committee, which selects the Society's Honors Study Topic, an interdisciplinary
study used by chapters and colleges as the basis for honors study in colloquies,
courses, seminars and the Honors Seminar Series.
To prepare
for their roles, the group attended the annual Faculty Scholar Conference,
sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, at Phi Theta
Kappa's Center for Excellence in Jackson, Mississippi, January 29 - February
1.
During the conference scholars participated in discussion
groups and heard the following presentations:
* Iran Davar
Ardalan, award-winning National Public Radio correspondent and author
of her memoir, I Am Iran, whose topic, Between Two Worlds, examined
the paradox of affluence in Iranian culture and politics.
*
Dr. Randall Kennedy, a Harvard University law professor who served as mentor
to an intern named Barack Obama, who helped Faculty Scholars investigate
the Honors Study Topic in his presentation, Sellout: The Politics of
Racial Betrayal.
* Dr. Michael Galaty, 2008 Professor
of the Year at Millsaps College, spoke about the paradox of affluence as
it relates to the origins of violence and warfare in the world.
*
Dr. Jo Marshall, President of Somerset Community College in Kentucky and
Treasurer of Phi Theta Kappa's Foundation Board, presented her research
on William Faulkner and the paradox of affluence.
Faculty Scholars
also saw actor John Maxwell's performance of "Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write?"
and had the opportunity to visit William Faulkner's home, Rowan Oak, and
the Faulkner Room at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
The
2009 International Honors Institute will be held June 22-26 at the University
of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. During this conference the Phi Theta
Kappa Faculty Scholars will lead groups of 15-20 honor students in seminar
discussions of the issues presented throughout the week.
Phi
Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is
the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters
on two-year and community college campuses in all 50 of the United States,
Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia,
the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial
possessions. More than two million students have been inducted since its
founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students inducted annually.
