Honors Faculty Fellows

A highly personalized mentoring model and an innovative curriculum are hallmarks of the Honors College experience. The Faculty Fellows Program was established to provide each CofC Honors student with a four-year faculty advisor and to develop new Honors course options from a variety of disciplines. The Faculty Fellows Program is a key component of the revised Honors College curriculum, which allows for a greater variety of academic departments and faculty members to propose Honors courses.

Each new faculty fellow will teach one Honors course per year that is centered on the theme and will also mentor and advise a group of Honors students. The cohort will teach Honors courses for three academic years and advise for four years so that they can see their group of advisees through to graduation.

2023-2024 Honors Faculty Fellows

Faculty: 

Jenna Abetz, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Communication
Contact: abetzjs@cofc.edu

Lancie Affonso ’96 (M.S. ’08), M.I.B.S.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Director of Honors Entrepreneurship Living Learning Community (E-LLC)
Instructor, Department of Management and Marketing
Instructor, Department of Computer Science
Contact: 843.214.5730 or affonsol@cofc.edu

Tim Barker, Ph.D.
Honors Advising Fellow
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Contact: 843.953.7182 or barkertj@cofc.edu

José Chávarry, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Contact: chavarryjr@cofc.edu

Cara Delay, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Professor of History
Contact: 843.953.1420 or delayc@cofc.edu

Sharonah Fredrick, Ph.D
Honors Faculty Fellow
Instructor of Spanish
Contact: fredricks@cofc.edu

Chris Freeman, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Contact: freemancj@cofc.edu

Chad Galuska, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Professor and Associate Chair of Psychology
Contact: 843.953.1609 or galuskac@cofc.edu

Todd Grantham, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Professor of Philosophy
Contact: 843.953.8011 or granthamt@cofc.edu

Michael Lee, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Communication
Contact: 843.953.7017 or leem@cofc.edu

Gabrielle Principe, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Professor of Psychology
Contact: 843-953-5590 or principeg@cofc.edu

Beth Sundstrom, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Strategic Health Communication
Contact: sundstrombl@cofc.edu

David Parisi, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Communication
Contact: 843.953.7017 or parisid@cofc.edu

Staff:

Bryan Ganaway, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Associate Dean
Director of Academic Advising
Director of the International Scholars Program
Contact: 843.953.6451 or ganawayb@cofc.edu

Brooke Falk Permenter ’06, Ph.D.
Honors Faculty Fellow
Director of Student Engagement
Adjunct Lecturer
Contact: 843.953.0674 or falkb@cofc.edu