Purpose

The University of Washington Honors Council is a group of faculty, program staff, and appointed students charged with the responsibility of representing the Honors Program.

The Honors Council meets quarterly to assess the quality of programs leading to Honors (Interdisciplinary, College or Departmental) distinction with a UW Bachelor’s degree and advises the Honors Program leadership on matters pertaining to policy and changes in curricular and programmatic structure.

The Director of the Honors Program serves as chair of the Council, and members of the staff are ex-officio council members. Other members are drawn purposefully from staff and faculty from a variety of UW units.

Honors Council Members

Chair: Stephanie Smallwood, Director, University Honors Program (ex officio)

Louisa Iarocci, Associate Professor Architecture

Kathleen Woodward, Director, Simpson Center for the Humanities

Therese Mar, OMAD, Director, Instructional Center

Joyce Yen, UW Advance

Joseph Janes, Professor, iSchool

Michealann Jundt, Associate Dean, UAA

Ryan Fehr, Professor, Business School

Jon Herron, Lecturer, Biology

Rachel Chapman, Associate Professor, Global Health and Anthropology

Michelle Koutnick, Associate Professor, Earth & Space Sciences

Jake Cooper, Lecturer, Biology

Catherine Connors, Professor, Classics

Manka Varghese, Professor, Education

LaShawnDa Pittman, Associate Professor, American Ethnic Studies and Hanauer Scholar

Paula Heron, Professor, Physics

Carey Christie, Assistant Director of Public Relations, University Honors Program (ex officio, note-taker)

Contact

For more information on the Honors Council or if you have issues that you would like to bring to the Council’s attention, please contact Honors Program Director, Stephanie Smallwood at ses9@uw.edu.