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The Honors College is home to incredible researchers, scholars, and teachers with a wide variety of knowledge. 

Browse the Expert Directory to learn more about the Honors College faculty and their areas of expertise.

Matthew Anderson, D.Phil

Pro/anti-natalism 

• Reasons for and against having children

Bioethics 

• Death/dying, genetic engineering, and other related bioethical questions

Reputation

• Scandal, gossip, defamation and related questions

Alejandro Castrillon, Ph.D.

Political Theory

• Latin American Political Thought
• Far-Right Extremism

Elizabeth Corey, Ph.D.

Political Philosophy

• Michael Oakeshott
• Liberal Education

Kristen Drahos, Ph.D.

Theological Aesthetics

Twentieth Century Catholic Thought

• Hans Urs von Balthasar, Karl Rahner, Erich Przywara

Continental Philosophy

• Hegel, Heidegger, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Kant

Barry Harvey, Ph.D.

Christian Theology

• Doctrine, ethics, Bible

Political theology, Political economic theology

• Relationship between the church, state, market

Jeff Hunt, Ph.D.

Hellenistic Literature and Culture

• Theocritus, Philo of Alexandria
• Ancient Medicine

Walter M. "Sparky" Matthews, MD, MPH, FAsMA

General Medicine

• Physician 

Aerospace Medicine

• Diplomate, Aerospace Medicine (American Board of Preventive Medicine)

Space Medicine

• First Surgeon General, U.S. Space Force

Eric Martin, Ph.D.

History and Philosophy of Science

• Evolutionary theory in the 20th century, with special interests in the evolutionary synthesis and debates on mechanistic and anti-mechanistic thinking in biology

Darren J.N. Middleton, Ph.D.

Literature and Theology

• Christian historical fiction; the Catholic Novel; Jesus in Fiction and Film

Rastafari Religious Movement

• Reggae music; global spread of the Rastafari via popular culture

British Sports in the Global Society

• Soccer, cricket, rugby, lawn tennis

Scott Moore, Ph.D.

Philosophy and Literature

• How philosphy and literature interact, the role metaphor and analogy, the nature of interpretation, and the quarrel between philosophy and poetry

Agrarianism and Modern Society

• How agrarian ideals and practices can inform and enrich modern society whether it is rural or urban 

George Njung, Ph.D.

African History and Studies

• Colonialism, gender, war, immigrants and refugees

Lynn Tatum, Ph.D.

Modern Middle East Studies

• Focus on Israel 

Biblical Archaeology and Biblical Backgrounds

• Archaeology of the Old Testament

Jonathan Tran, Ph.D.

Christian Ethics, Race Theory, and Social Theory

Sarah Walden, Ph.D.

Social Media Research Methods

• Data collection, data analysis, digital scholarship

Rhetorics of Motherhood

• Historial and Contemporary Communication by and about Mothers/Caretakers
• Rhetorics of Motherhood in Horror Film/TV; emphasis on psychology and cultural application

William Weaver, Ph.D.

Classic Tradition

• English Literature

Liberal Arts

• Grammar, logic, and rhetoric

Jason Whitlark, Ph.D.

New Testament

• The Letter to the Hebrews and the Greco-Roman Context of Early Christianity

J. Lenore Wright, Ph.D.

Philosophy (Aesthetics, History of Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Feminist Thought)

• Self-representation and female representation

Pedagogy and Teaching Development

• Teaching and learning program development and faculty development