The Honors Program Faculty and Staff
The core members of the Honors Program faculty have offices in the Honors Program, keep regular office hours in Norlin and/or Smith Hall, teach Honors Program courses, support and/or serve on the Honors Council, and play an active role in directing honors theses as well as participating on honors thesis committees.
Our teaching faculty change every semester and are always among the most talented, committed and innovative scholars on the CU Boulder campus. To see our current teaching faculty, visit the list of current courses.
To learn more about the history of the Honors Program, please visit our history page
To see our office hours and how to contact staff for assistance, please click here
Director

Amy Palmer
Director of the Honors Program • Professor of Biochemistry
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program
Faculty

Robert Buchwald
Teaching Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jeffrey Chadwick
Teaching Assistant Professor
Political Science

Steven Dike
Associate Director, Honors Residential Academic Program • Teaching Associate Professor
History

Kate Fischer
Teaching Assistant Professor • Associate DEI Director, Honors RAP • Assistant Director of Honors Education, MASP
Anthropology

Alison Hatch
Teaching Associate Professor
Sociology and Women & Gender Studies

Abby Hickcox
Associate Director of the Honors Program • Advisor of the University of Colorado Honors Journal • Teaching Associate Professor
Geography

Jennifer Schwartz
Teaching Assistant Professor
Psychology and Neuroscience
Emeritus

Daniel Jones
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program

E. Christian Kopff
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program

Paul Strom
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program
Staff

Janelle Henderson
Honors Program Manager
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program

Kimberly Quiñonez
Honors Program Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program