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Honors Academy Faculty and Staff

Honors Academy Faculty and Staff

Honors Academy Staff

Heather Zaruba, M.A.
Director of Wesleyan Honors Academy
hzaruba [at] NebrWesleyan.edu (hzaruba[at]NebrWesleyan[dot]edu)

Krista Cox, M.A.
Assistant Director of Wesleyan Honors Academy
kcox [at] NebrWesleyan.edu (kcox[at]NebrWesleyan[dot]edu)

Andrea Howell
Administrative Assistant for Honors Academy
ahowell [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (ahowell[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Departmental Liaisons

Honors Academy instructors will work closely with their respective departmental liaisons. Liaisons will be in contact with instructors throughout the year and are the source for answers to curriculum and assessment related questions.

Art

Bailey Barnard
bbarnard [at] nebraskawesleyan.edu (bbarnard[at]nebraskawesleyan[dot]edu)

David Gracie, M.F.A.
dgracie [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (dgracie[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Biology

Angela McKinney, Ph.D.
amcKinne [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (amcKinne[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Business and Economics

Thom Jackman, Ph.D.
taj [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (taj[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Chemistry

Nathanael Fackler, Ph.D.
nfackler [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (nfackler[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Communication

Rachel Pokora, Ph.D.
rpokora [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (rpokora[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

English

Krista Cox
kcox [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (kcox[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Mary Hickman, M.F.A.
mhickman [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (mhickman[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Pat McCoy
gaeleng13 [at] gmail.com (gaeleng13[at]gmail[dot]com)

Geography

Mark Thompson, Ph.D.
mthomps7 [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (mthomps7[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Health & Human Performance

Lacey Batt Peters
lpeters6 [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (lpeters6[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

History

Steve Wills, Ph.D.
swills [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (swills[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Mathematics

Brent McKain, Ph.D.: Calculus
bmckain [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (bmckain[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Austin Mohr, Ph.D.: College Algebra
amohr [at] NebrWesleyan.edu (amohr[at]NebrWesleyan[dot]edu)

Kristy Pfabe, Ph.D.: Statistics
kpfabe [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (kpfabe[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Modern Languages

Sara Jane Miles, Ph.D.: French
smiles [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (smiles[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Jo Ann Fuess, Ph.D.: German
jmf [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (jmf[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Anne Hajek: French, Spanish
ahajek [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (ahajek[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Music

Steven Kaup, Ph.D.
skaup [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (skaup[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Philosophy and Religion

Jonathan Redding, Ph.D.
jredding [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (jredding[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Physics

William Wehrbein, Ph.D.
wmw [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (wmw[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Political Science

Zachary Baumann, Ph.D.
zbaumann [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (zbaumann[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Psychology

Rachel Hayes, Ph.D.
rhayes [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (rhayes[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)

Sociology

Susan Wortmann, Ph.D.
swortman [at] nebrwesleyan.edu (swortman[at]nebrwesleyan[dot]edu)