Honors Program Director

Dr. Margaret Walsh

Dr. Margaret Walsh, Professor and Director of the College Honors Program, teaches sociology, research methods, and experiential learning for students in the major. She collaborates with community leaders on academic service-learning projects with local impact in Social Problems, Sociology of Families, and Social Stratification courses.

Since 2004, Walsh has led study trips to Nicaragua with faculty, staff, and students to learn about social and economic conditions in its post-revolutionary period. Cultural partnerships have also brought Nicaraguan dancers and musicians to New Hampshire.

Walsh participates in national educational and professional conferences including the American Association of Colleges and Universities' Engaging Departments Institute in Philadelphia, and a rural poverty research agenda setting in Washington, DC. She researches and writes about rural issues, education, and family well-being.

Dr. Walsh is a longstanding member of the New England Sociological Association and has served on its Executive Council, as well as the Eastern Sociological Society's Book Award and Undergraduate Committees.

She co-chaired the KSC 100 Centennial's "Creating a World of Possibilities" Campus Celebrations.

Honors Program Advisory Council

2011-2012

Peg Barrett
Associate Professor, Reference Librarian

Dr. Brinda Charry
Associate Professor of Modern Languages

Dr. Pru Cuper
Associate Professor of Education

Dr. Brian Green
Associate Professor of Sociology

Dr. Karen Honeycutt
Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies

Dr. Sara Hottinger
Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Philosophy

Dr. Nigel Malcolm
Associate Professor of Communication

Dr. Anne-Marie Mallon
Professor of English and Women's Studies

Dr. Jo Beth Mullens
Professor of Geography

Dr. Ann Rancourt
Associate Provost

Dr. Anna Schur
Associate Professor of English