The Honors College provides specialized academic advisors who support students in the Honors College. Our advising team can answer questions about requirements, assist students in developing a curricular plan that aligns with their goals, provide referrals to campus resources, and serve as consultants throughout a student's undergraduate career.
Honors Students are also added to the Honors Canvas page, which hosts deadlines, important documents, announcements, and resources for student success. It is important that students consult this page regularly.
Looking for Honors Capstone requirements and deadlines? Please visit the Honors Capstone Project Canvas page.
Looking for an overview of the Honors Interdisciplinary Studies Minor curriculum? Please visit the official JMU Catalog.
Connect With Advising
Sara Hodges, M.Ed. - Academic Advisor
Office hours: M-F by appointment.
Email: hodgessb@jmu.edu
Year: 2005
Degrees: BA (English, JMU) and Master's (Education, JMU)
Hometown: Harrisonburg, VA
Hobbies: Dancing, travel, science fiction and fantasy, martial arts, theatre, knitting, getting into trouble outdoors, and arguing with her cats.
Brent Ritter, M.A. - Academic Advisor
Office hours: M-F by appointment
Email: ritterbs@jmu.edu
Year: 2022
Degrees: BA (Double Major in American History and Peace War and Defense) and MA (Higher Education)
Hometown: Ramseur, NC
Hobbies: Traveling, hiking, watching and sometimes attempting to play sports, and vegetable gardening
Francesca Fiorello - Madison Advising Peer
Office hours (walk-ins welcome): 1-4pm Mondays and Wednesdays; 12-2pm Tuesdays and Thursdays (starting 8/21).
Year: 2026
Major: Anthropology
Minors: Classical Studies, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies, History
Hometown: Ashburn, VA
Organizations: Anthropology Club, Club Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Hobbies: Reading, writing, crocheting, martial arts, chatting with friends, and swimming at UREC.
Honors Departmental Faculty Liaisons
Your Honors Departmental Faculty Liaison is the expert about how Honors works within their academic department. If you have questions about how to do a capstone in your major or minor, need help finding faculty who will serve on your capstone committee or supervise an Honors Option or independent study, or would like suggestions on capstone project topics, your liaison is here to help!
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Department | Faculty Liaison |
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Accounting | Luis Betancourt |
Anthropology | Becca Howes-Mischel |
Architectural Design | Maureen Shanahan |
Art | Maureen Shanahan |
Art Education | Maureen Shanahan |
Art History | Maureen Shanahan |
Athletics (Student-Athlete Services) | Jessica Kyllo |
Athletic Training | - currently vacant - |
Biology | Christopher Rose |
Biotechnology | Susan Halsell |
Chemistry/Biochemistry | Yanjie Zhang |
College of Business | Karen deBrun |
Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) | Emily Zane |
Communication Studies | Tim Ball |
Computer Information Systems | Amy Connolly |
Computer Science | Kevin Molloy |
Dietetics | Katherine Ott |
Earth Science | Bill Lukens |
Economics | Sayahnika Basu |
Education - Early, Elementary & Reading | Chelsey Bahlmann Bollinger |
Education - Education Foundations & Exceptionalities | Tim Thomas |
Education - Learning, Technology & Leadership | Bill White |
Education - Middle, Secondary & Mathematics | Ann Wallace |
Engineering | Jason Forsyth |
English | Sharon Cote |
Environmental Science | Bill Lukens |
Fellowships Advising | Meredith Malburne-Wade |
Finance | Jaideep Chowdhury |
Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures | Giulia Cardillo |
Geography | Kayla Yurco |
Geology | Bill Lukens |
Graphic Design | Maureen Shanahan |
Health Professions | Katherine Ott |
Health Sciences | Katherine Ott |
Health Services Administration | Katherine Ott |
History | Mary Gayne |
Hospitality Management | Pam Li |
Industrial Design | Maureen Shanahan |
Information Technology (IT) | Samy El-Tawab |
Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) | Hao Zhang |
Intelligence Analysis | Philip Baxter |
Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies (IdLS) | H. Gelfand |
International Affairs | Kristin Wylie |
International Business | Kirk Elwood |
Justice Studies | Daniel Beers |
Kinesiology | Trent Hargens |
Libraries | Grace Wilson |
Libraries | Kathy Clarke |
Management | Laura Leduc |
Marketing (Honors Thesis) | Theresa Clarke |
Marketing (Senior Portfolio Project) | Brooke Rhodes |
Mathematics | Dinesh Sharma |
Media Arts and Design (SMAD) | Nan Zheng |
Military Science | Michael Davidson |
Music | Andy Connell |
Music Theatre | Rachel Rhoades |
Nursing | Bridget Houlahan |
Philosophy & Religion | CJ Uy |
Physics | Sean Scully |
Political Science | Kristin Wylie |
Psychology | Monica Reis-Bergan |
Public Policy and Administration | Kristin Wylie |
Quantitative Finance | Jaideep Chowdhury |
Social Work | Nancy Poe |
Sociology | Ben Brewer |
Sport and Recreation Management | Pam Li |
Statistics | Dinesh Sharma |
Theatre and Dance | Rachel Rhoades |
Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies | Mary Thompson |
Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication | Alex Parrish |