Honors Program Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff

Meet the Nova Southeastern University staff and faculty members who will help you throughout your time in the Farquhar Honors Program. Our staff will help you navigate the honors requirements to ensure you get the most out of honors, and our faculty will teach your honors courses and host special events and workshops.

Developing relationships with faculty and staff is important because they can turn into lifelong mentors, invite you to participate in research and creative projects, and make you feel at home while at NSU.

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The Honors Program helped me develop professional relationships and mentorships with professors that exist to this day. The faculty and staff at NSU always go the extra mile and genuinely want you to succeed.

John Paul | B.S. in Legal Studies

Honors Program Faculty and Staff

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Marcelo Castro, Ph.D.

Assc Dean-J&HS/Prof/Chair

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Kristi Messer, D.H.Sc., M.P.H., M.S.W., LCSW

Assistant Dean - Nutrition/Director - Public Health/Associate Professor

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Carmen Session, Ed.D.

Associate Dean/Assistant Professor/Chair - J&HS

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Appu Rathinavelu, Ph.D.

Director - RGICR/Professor

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Shazia Akhtarullah, Ph.D., LMFT, LMHC, MCAP, NBC-HWC

Assistant Professor - Psychiatry/Director - Health & Wellness Program

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Beatrix Aukszi, Ph.D.

Professor - Chemistry

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Maria Ballester, Ph.D.

Professor - Chemistry

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Tais Barreto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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Vladimir Beljanski

Associate Professor - Allopathic Medicine

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Ramina Benjamin

Director - Assessment & Accreditation

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Melissa Bianchi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Writing & Communication

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Jessica Brown

Associate Professor - Chemistry

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Shanti Bruce, Ph.D.

Professor/Chair - Communication Media & Arts

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Ricardo Carrera, Ph.D.

Professor - Mathematics

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Diego Castano, Ph.D.

Professor - Physics

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Victor Castro Junca

Professor - Physics

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Gesulla Cavanaugh, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Assistant Dean Research & Assessment/Associate Professor

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Andrea Charvet, Ph.D., RDN

Assistant Professor - Nutrition

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Megan E Colas, Ph.D., ATC, NREMT-B

Associate Professor - Athletic Training

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William Collins, Ph.D.

Professor - Psychology

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Julia Davidyan, D.B.A.

Associate Professor

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Charlene Desir, Ed.D.

Professor

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Richard Deth, Ph.D.

Professor

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Megan Dunn, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Writing & Communication

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Ransford Edwards

Assistant Professor - History & Political Science

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Jayson Forbes

Assistant Professor - Public Health

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Veronica Fortino, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Biology

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Yvette Fuentes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Literature & Modern Languages

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Sandrine Gaillard-Kenney

Associate Dean - Health Care Sciences/Professor - Health Science

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Jeniffer Garcia

Assistant Professor - Biomedical Informatics

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Daryl Garsik

Director - NSU MD Laboratory Services

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David Griffin

Professor Education

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Athena Hall, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Public Health

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Vivia Haye, D.N.P., M.S.N. Ed., R.N.

Assistant Professor – Nursing

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Steven Hecht, Ph.D.

Professor

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Jacqueline Hinckley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Professor, Speech-Language Pathology and Program Director, Speech-Language Pathology

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Theodore Hollar, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Public Health

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Kershen Huang, Ph.D.

Professor - Finance

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Lia Jiannine, Ph.D., CSCS

Associate Professor - Exercise and Sports Science

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Vanessa Johnson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Medical Education

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Michelle Julian

Associate Dean - Academic Affairs/Associate Professor - Nursing

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Susan Kabot

Adjunct

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Toshihisa Kawai

Chair - Research/Professor

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Jennifer Keil, MSH, RD

Assistant Professor - Nutrition

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Jo Ann Kleier

Adjunct Instructor

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Ajoy Kumar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Computing

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Stephen Ross Levitt

Associate Professor - History & Political Science

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Arkene Levy Johnston, Ph.D.

Professor - Pharmacology/Assistant Dean - Community Engagement

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Pei-Fen Li, Ph.D., LMFT

Associate Professor - Family Therapy

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