Faculty & Staff

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Faculty & Staff

The faculty and staff serve as instructors, mentors, and guides for all Clark Honors College students. Our work focuses on helping each student find a passion academically and helping them develop goals for the future. 


Core Faculty

They create and teach specially designed classes while mentoring students.

Meet our Core Faculty

Administrative Staff

They help students navigate the path to graduation.

Meet our Administrative Staff

Participating Faculty

Coming from across campus, they guest teach Honors College classes.

Meet our Participating Faculty

Professors Emerit

They are retired faculty who contribute by teaching the occasional class.

Meet our Professors Emerit

 

 

If you are interested in joining the Clark Honors College Faculty, see the Call for Faculty Fellows and the Call for Participating Faculty.

gantt gurley gesturing while teaching a class

“The courses I’ve taught in the Honors College definitely help me reformulate my research into my classrooms. That’s special. You don’t always get a teaching opportunity like that.”

-Gantt Gurley, Associate Professor

Faculty and Staff News

A hunger to witness the human impact of national borders drives Marcel Brousseau’s research and teaching, and his curiosity is infectious.

When it comes to poetry, new Assistant Teaching Professor Lizzy LeRud feels it’s important to make every letter count.

After spending several years at a tiny liberal arts college in Georgia, Larissa Stiglich got a chance to return to the Northwest and teach at the Clark Honors College. She’s ready to make a difference.

Milo Cummings brings a passion for nature and how things work to the classroom. For John Leisure, there’s more to Asia than just the events of today.

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