Directory for Honors Program Faculty and Staff

Name & Synopsis	Contact Info	Photo
Rebecca Lartigue Honors Program Director, Professor of English Interests Medieval Literature Early Modern Literature Chaucer Shakespeare	rlartigu@springfield.edu (413) 748-3189
Chris Hakala Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, Professor of Psychology Interests Cognitive psychology, including psycholinguistics and factors that impact teaching and learning	chakala@springfield.edu (413) 748-4732
Katherine Dugan Department Chair OF HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES, and CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Associate Professor of Religion Interests Religion in the United States American Catholicism Religion and Gender Interfaith Studies	kdugan@springfield.edu (413) 748-3665
Christopher Gagne Chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Assistant Professor of Music Interests Music Technology, Music Education, Jazz History, Jazz Improvisation, History of African American Music	cgagne2@springfield.edu (413) 748-3277
James O'Brien Chair for the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science, Associate Professor of Physics and Mathematics	jobrien7@springfield.edu (413) 748-3754
Christopher Abdullah Assistant Professor of Biology	cabdullah@springfield.edu (413) 748-3632
Jason Barlow Assistant Professor of Physics Interests Particle Physics Hadron Spectroscopy Searching for Exotic Mesons	jbarlow2@springfield.edu
Marisa Blauvelt Associate Professor of Chemistry Interests Natural product synthesis Chemical education	mblauvelt@springfield.edu (413) 748-3381
Ian Delahanty Associate Professor of History Interests 19th-century American history American Civil War and reconstruction American immigration and ethnic history	idelahanty@springfield.edu (413) 748-3646
Alice Knox Eaton Professor of English Interests Post-Colonial Literature Toni Morrison Literature and Gender Studies	aeaton@springfield.edu (413) 748-3669
Meghan Gaul Professor	mgaul@springfield.edu (413) 748-3490
Robert Gruber Associate Professor of Philosophy Interests Normative Ethics Environmental Ethics	rgruber@springfield.edu (413) 748-3646
Jasmin Hutchinson Professor of Exercise Science and Sport Studies, Graduate program DIRECTOR FOR SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY Interests Affective responses to exercise Effects of music in sport and exercise Attentional focus during sport and exercise Psychophysiology	jhutchinson@springfield.edu (413) 748-3601
Jenny Krichevsky Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric Interests Literacy studies Language diversity Cultural rhetorics Writing Across the Curriculum STEM Writing in the Disciplines	ekrichevsky@springfield.edu
Elizabeth Marathas Reference Librarian Interests Biology/Chemistry Health Sciences Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant	emarathas@springfield.edu (413) 748-3504
Mindi Palmer Fried Assistant Professor of Biology	mfried@springfield.edu (413) 748-3337
Luke Pelton Assistant Professor of Exercise Science, Human Performance Lab Coordinator Interests Neuromuscular physiology Electromyography Reproductive endocrinology Resistance training Sarcopenia	lpelton@springfield.edu (413) 748-4762
Juan Zhong Associate Professor of Psychology Interests Emerging and young adulthood Mixed methods research Developmental cultural psychology	jzhong@springfield.edu (413) 748-3593

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