Faculty Friends

The Honors House Faculty Friends serve as mentors for Honors College students living in East Laville and Acadian Halls. Currently, they are responsible for giving research presentations and leading informal discussion on hot topics, such as "Is Watchmen Really That Good?" or "Obama and the Old Civil Rights Leaders." They can also host course review sessions in the Honors House and attend hall events, and they can even take their students to lunch or dinner at the 459 Dining Hall.

One of the goals of the Honors College's Faculty Friends program is to promote student interaction with research faculty. We know that students who have out-of-class contact with faculty members are more likely to have successful college careers. We also know that students who personally learn about the scholarship of their professors will be encouraged to engage in their research and intellectual inquiry.

Over the past year, the following LSU faculty members have been Honors House Faculty Friends. The titles of their research presentations are in parenthesis.

• David Bertolini, Architecture ("Alain Resnais's Night in Fog and the Architecture of Auschwitz" )
  
• Leigh Clemons, Theater ("The History of American Musical Theater and High School Musical")
  
• Emily Elliott, Psychology ("Cognitive Psychology and Ringing Cell Phones")
  
• Zach Godshall, English ("Music and Documentary Film: Composing Original Music for the Documentary God's Architects")
• Mary L. Kelley, Psychology ("Children's Adjustment Post-Hurricane Katrina: Risk and Protective Factors")
  
• Barrett Kennedy, Architecture ("Documentation for Disasters")
  
• Bob Mann, Mass Communications ("The Revolution is not being Televised: How the Internet has Transformed American Politics")
  
• Dan Marin, Management ("Bergson's Creative Evolution, the Acts of Jackson Pollock, and the Art of Business Strategy")
  
• Rick Moreland, English ("Representations and Rhetorics of Social Change in Modern American Literature: A Few Examples")
  
• Jeff Nunn, Geology ("Exploring the Subsurface: Hydrocarbons, Groundwater, Geohazards, and the Occasional Dead Body)
  
• Wayne Parent, Political Science ("The Old South in the New Political Order")
  
• Larry Rouse, Coastal Studies ("The History of Coastal Erosion in Louisiana")
  
• Darius Spieth, Art History ("The Market for Art and the Idea of Cultural Capital in Times of Financial Crisis" )
  
• Jim Stone, Political Science ("Aristotle and Rawls on Politics and Moral Culture")
  

• Michelle Zerba, English ("What Can You Do Today with the Ancient Greeks and Romans?")

If you are interested in becoming an Honors College Faculty Friend, please contact Dr. Granger Babcock at fbabco1@lsu.edu.