Honors Faculty

The Honors Faculty Program offers Dorman Scholars exciting new boutique courses purpose-built for their interest. These semester-long special offerings are taught by celebrated NJIT professors and rising stars in collaboration with and support from leading corporate and und public partners.

Our People

Faculty Teaching Honors Courses

Faculty who participate in Honors courses are widely recognized in their fields. Some are fellows of prestigious professional organizations, members of highly selective national science and engineering academies, and still others recipients of national awards for outstanding achievement. They conduct meaningful research that is supported by major corporations and national agencies, publish their work in leading national and international journals, present their work at conferences and symposia around the world and most importantly, share their discoveries in the classroom. Faculty also bring solid industrial work experience to the classroom.

Honors Faculty Fellows are supported by alumni and friends of the Albert Dorman Honors College and offer boutique honors courses that address societal issues in an interdisciplinary manner.

Honors Faculty

Louis I. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Dean, Albert Dorman Honors College

Current Honors Faculty Fellows

Michael J. Lee, Ph.D
Dr. Joel and Dr. Diane Bloom Honors Faculty Fellowship in STEM Leadership
Department of Informatics
Course: Design Thinking to Address Structural Inequality

Maria Stanko, Ph.D.
Maneet Kaur and Sarabjit Singh '02H, '04 Honors Faculty Fellow in Agriculture and Climate Change
Department of Biology
Courses: Food for a Hot Planet, Climate Change and Food Security

Dr. Saul K. and Roberta Fenster Honors Faculty Fellowship in Engineering (also know as the Dorman - Fenster Faculty Fellowship): OPEN

Matthew J. Hill '99H Honors Faculty Fellowship in Ethics and the Digital Future: OPEN

Current Honors Affiliated Faculty

Kim Chen, M.A.
Humanities & Social Sciences

Johanna Deane, M.F.A.
Humanities & Social Sciences

Theresa Hunt, Ph.D.
Humanities & Social Sciences

Markita Schulman, M.F.A.
Humanities & Social Sciences

Jake Slovis, M.F.A.
Humaities & Social Scienes

 

Recent Faculty Fellows

Michel Boufadel, Ph.D.
Water Quality in Drinking Water and Natural Systems: Assessment and Mitigation

Shawn A. Chester, Ph.D.
Mechanics of Soft Materials

Vivek A. Kumar, Ph.D.
Engineering Better Medicines 

Michael J. Lee, Ph.D.
Design Thinking to Address Structural Inequality

Lucia Rodriguez-Freire, Ph.D.
BioGeo Chemical Applications in Environmental Engineering

Vatsal Shah, Ph.D., P.E.
Forensic Engineering: Reverse Engineering to Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure

Maria Stanko, Ph.D.
Food for a Hot Future

 

Objectives of Honors Courses

According to the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), most Honors Courses will have the following five objectives (or some variation of them):

  1. To help students develop effective written communication skills
     
  2. To help students develop effective oral communication skills
     
  3. To help students develop their ability to analyze and synthesize a broad range of material
     
  4. To help students understand how scholars think about problems, formulate hypotheses, research those problems, and draw conclusions about them, or understand how creative artists approach the creative process and produce original work
     
  5. To help students become more independent and critical thinkers, demonstrating the ability to use knowledge and logic when discussing an issue or an idea, while considering the consequences of their ideas for themselves, for others, and for society