Dr. Rick Simmons
Program Director
Dr. Rick Simmons, George K. Anding Endowed Professor of English, is the Director of the Honors Program. His research credentials include the books Factory Lives: Four 19th-Century Working-Class Autobiographies (Broadview, 2007), Defending South Carolina's Coast: The Civil War from Georgetown to Little River (The History Press, 2009), Hidden History of the Grand Strand (The History Press, 2010), and more than thirty additional publications. He was the recipient of both the University Senate Chair Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service in 2004 and the Louisiana Tech Foundation F. Jay Taylor Teaching Award in 2005.
Active Honors Faculty, 2012-2013
Dr. David Anderson
History
BA, MA UNLV; Ph.D. University of North Carolina(2002)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Kelly Crittenden
Mechanical Engineering
BS, PhD Louisiana Tech University (2003)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Stanley R. Cronk
Industrial Engineering
BS, Ph.D. Louisiana Tech University (2001)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. John Francis
Economics & Finance
BA, University of Illinois; MA, PhD, Michigan State University (2006)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. David E. Hall
Mechanical Engineering
BS Louisiana Tech University; MS, PhD Georgia Institute of Technology (1995)
Graduate Faculty.
Dr. Jeffery R. Hankins
History
BA, University of Texas; MA Texas State University; PhD, Louisiana State University (2004)
Graduate Faculty.
Dr. Davis Harbour
Electrical Engineering
BS, MS, University of Oklahoma; PhD, University of Arkansas
Dr. Donald P. Kaczvinsky
English
BA, Providence College; MA,University of Virginia; PhD, Penn State University (1990)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Celia Lewis
English
BA, University of Texas-Austin; MA, University of Paris-La Sorbonne; PhD, Baylor University (2001)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Taylor E. Mack
Social Sciences
BS, MS, University of Kansas, PhD, Louisiana State University (2006)
Dr. Bruce Magee
Foreign Languages and English
BA, Louisiana Tech University; MDiv, ThD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; PhD, Louisiana State University (1998)
Graduate Faculty
Kevin Merritt
Speech
BA, Western Washington University; MA, Oklahoma State University (1997)
Dr. Steele Moegle
Music
BM, MM, Middle Tennessee State University; DMA, Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder (2000)
Dr. James D. Nelson
Civil Engineering
BS, MS, Louisiana Tech University; PhD, Colorado State Univesity, P.E. (1980)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Jason Pigg
Social Sciences
BS, University of Iowa; PhD The Ohio State University (2000)
Dr. Dorothy Robbins
English
BA, Oklahoma City U; MA (Communication) University of Oklahoma; MA, University of South Dakota; PhD, University of Nebraska (2000)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Robert W. Rudnicki
English
BA, Centenary College; MA, PhD Texas A&M (2000)
Graduate Faculty
Cherrie Sciro
Speech/Theatre; Coordinator of Theater
BA, MFA, Louisiana Tech University (1992)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Tilman Sheets
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
BS, Louisiana State University at Shreveport; MS, University of Southern Mississippi; PhD, University of Southern Mississippi (2003)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Laurie S. Stoff
History
BA, George Washington University; MA, PhD, University of Kansas (2006)
Graduate Faculty
Dr. Michael Swanbom
Mechanical Engineering
BS, LeTourneau University; MS, Louisiana Tech University; Ph.D. Louisiana Tech (2006)
