FACULTY

Faculty in the Capiral Honors Scholars Program - 2011-2012

Capital Scholars Honors professors are among the best teachers and scholars at UIS, and come from among the best graduate schools from around the nation and the world.

Each devotes one or two courses per year to the CAP curriculum, and also teaches upper division or graduate courses in one of UIS's majors, minors, or graduate programs.

Many of the CAP faculty, listed below, have links to their email addresses. Feel free to contact any of them about CAP or their discipline.

Karen Guthrie-Coleman
Recruitment & Advising Coordinator
kguth01s@uis.edu

CAP 102- Introduction to Honors

Heather Dell
Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies
hdell1@uis.edu

CAP 250- ECCE: Global Issues

Jonathan GoldbergBelle
Director, Office of International Programs
jgold1@uis.edu

CAP 122- Who Am I?

Brian Jackson
Visiting Clinical Instructior,
Center for Teaching and Learning
bjack01s@uis.edu

CAP 123- How Do You Know?
CAP 225- What is Good?

Nithyakala (Nithya) Karuppaswamy
Assistant Professor,
Human Development Counseling
nkaru01s@uis.edu

CAP 122- Who Am I?

Hilary Frost-Kumpf
Associate Professor, Political Science
hfros1@uis.edu

CAP 226- What is Power?

Karen Kirkendall,
Director of the CAP Honors Program

Liberal Studies
kkirk1@uis.edu

CAP 122- Who Am I?
CAP 370- Peer Mentoring Seminar

Marc Klingshirn
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
mklin2@uis.edu

CAP 141- Biology and Chemistry of the Environment
CAP 102- Introduction to Honors

Ethan Lewis

Associate Professor, English
elewi1@uis.edu
Ph.D. English, Boston College

CAP 225- What is Good?

Shoon Lio

Assistant Professor, Sociology/Anthropology
slio2@uis.edu

CAP 102- Introduction to Honors
CAP 123- How Do You Know?

Jennifer Manthei
Assistant Professor, Sociology/Anthropology
jmant2@uis.edu

CAP 250- ECCE: Global Issues

Michael Murphy
Assistant Professor, Women &Gender Studies
mmurp4@uis.edu

CAP 123- How Do You Know?
CAP 250- ECCE Global Issues

Henry Nicholson
Associate Professor Emeritus, Communication
hnich1@uis.edu

CAP 250- ECCE Global Issues

Nicole Overcash
Visiting Instructor,
CAP Honors Program
nover01s@uis.edu

CAP 102- Introduction to Honors
CAP 111- Honors Composition
CAP 402- Senior Seminar

Richard Pamenter

Richard Pamenter
Adjunct Instructor, Biology
rpame2@uis.edu

CAP 141- Biology and Chemistry of the Environment

Jonathan Perkins
Associate Professor, Visual Arts
jperk2@uis.edu

CAP 122- Who Am I?

Vicki Perkins
Assistant Director, CAP Honors Program
vperk2@uis.edu

CAP 122- Who Am I?

Jaclyn Peterson
Adjunct Instructor

CAP 111- Honors Composition

CAP Faculty Member, Stephen Schwark
Stephen J. Schwark
Professor, Political Science
sschw1@uis.edu
Ph.D. Political Science, Harvard University

CAP 225- What is Good?
CAP 226- What is Power?

Aaron Shures
Associate Provost/
Director of Bussiness & Financial Analysis
ashur1@uis.edu

CAP 102- Introduction to Honors
CAP 402- Senior Seminar

Amy Spies

Coordinator of Composition &
Academic Student Support
aspie01s@uis.edu

CAP 102- Introduction to Honors
CAP 111- Honors Composition
CAP 115- Interdisciplinary Writing
CAP 402- Senior Seminar

John Transue
Assistant Professor, Political Science
jtran8@uis.edu

CAP 225- What is Good?

Junfeng Wang
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
jwang86@uis.edu

CAP 123- How Do You Know?

Roy Wehrle
Professor Emertius, Economics & Public Affairs
lwehr1@uis.edu

CAP 250- Global Issues

Clifford White

Clifford White
Adjunct Instructor
ccwhite2@uis.edu

CAP 111- Honors Composition