HONORS STAFF Dr. Mary Wack, Dean mwack@wsu.edu Dean of the Honors College at Washington State University. B.A. summa cum laude in English and Classics, Georgetown University; Ph.D. in Medieval Studies, Cornell University. Assistant and Associate Professor, Stanford English Department (1982 to 1993). In 1984-85 she was a Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, and in 1990 she won a Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching. Lovesickness in the Middle Ages won the Harry Levin Prize from the American Association for Comparative Literature (1990) for the best book in comparative literature. At Stanford she became interested in the application of computer technology to teaching. She developed and piloted an innovative course called "Electronic Chaucer" that used a variety of electronic tools to teach undergraduate literature. In 1991 she won one of the first three-year Bing Teaching Fellowships at Stanford, which provided $30,000 to develop a prototype digital media collection. Wack came to WSU in 1992 as Professor of English and chair of the department, where she continued her interests in electronic technology and teaching with such courses as "Producing the Middle Ages in Multimedia" and "Theory and Practice of the Electronic Classroom." In October, 1996 she was the first faculty member ever selected to give the President's Annual Convocation with her talk, "To Create A Space for Learning." From 1996 to 1999, Dr. Wack was Senior Fellow and then Director of WSU's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, whose mission includes faculty development and outreach, classroom research and assessment, and instructional technology. In 1998 she received a Contemplative Practice Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies, and in 1999 she was elected Commissioner for the Northwest's Commission on Colleges, the accrediting body for higher education institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. * * * * * Jessica Cassleman, Assistant Dean casslema@wsu.edu Jessica Cassleman, Assistant Dean of the Honors College, has been in Honors since 1989. She came to Washington State University from the University of Illinois in 1982, and settled in Pullman with her husband Rob and their four boys (now young men). With degrees from the University of Illinois and the Universidad de Chile, she teaches Honors seminar courses on Latin American Culture, and Politics and Ethics in Sports. Her international roots are a good fit with the globalization efforts of the College, in encouraging students to study abroad and/or study languages. She also leads groups of students in short study tours to Latin America and Spain. This same interest led to her appointment next fall to teach at the Universidad Austral, in Valdivia, Chile, during fall semester 2002, through the Northwest Council Study Abroad (NCSA) program. * * * * * Dr. Libby Walker, Associate Dean walkerl@wsu.edu Libby has been associated with the Honors College since 1996. Her Bachelor of Arts is in American History from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her M.A. is in Public Policy from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and her Ph.D. is in Political Science from Washington State University. After receiving her Ph.D., Libby taught in the Political Science Department at WSU for many years and received the Susan Armitage Award for Outstanding Teaching and the Mortar Board Professor of the Year Award. Her research areas include American Politics, State and Local Government, and Gender and Politics. She was a candidate for Washington State Representative in 1992. Libby develops the teaching schedule for the Honors College and meets with new faculty, advises students, organizes the Summer ALIVE Program, and coordinates all Honors College publications. She has two grown daughters and enjoys domestic and international travel, cycling, and winter sports. * * * * * Kim Andersen, Assistant Professor kimander@wsu.edu http://www.wsu.edu/~kimander/ Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, (Cand. Mag., 1986, University of Copenhagen, Department of Nordic Philology; Subsidiary subject: Music.) He teaches UH 440: Domain of the Arts, probing the nature of art, and UH 300 Seminars on the Icelandic Sagas, Søren Kierkegaard and Scandinavian literature and film. His duties include advising and administration. On several occasions he has led a group of Honors students on backpacking tours of Scandinavia, Spain and Portugal. He regularly attends conferences and presents papers on Honors or Scandinavian studies issues. From 1987-2001 he taught Danish language and Scandinavian literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Washington State University. As a representative of the Danish government’s program of Danish Lecturers Abroad during this period, he arranged for the visits to WSU of numerous Scandinavian authors and scholars of Scandinavian studies. In 1995 he hosted the 85th Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study bringing approximately 180 scholars, teachers and authors to WSU for four days of presentations and discussions of various humanistic and sociological fields of Scandinavian study. His publications include articles on Danish 19th and 20th century literature and co-authoring the grammar and word-list part of the popular Danish language study textbook system for English speakers, AKTIVT DANSK - Grammar and Word List for Beginners (Academic Press, Copenhagen, 1991.; 3rd edition, Copenhagen: Alfabeta, 2005). * * * * *   Dr. R.Wes Leid, Senior Honors Faculty Fellow wesleid@wsu.edu Twenty-two years at WSU and Honors faculty member for over 11 years; chosen Honors Faculty of the Year, 1997; Mortar Board Distinguished Professor of the Year, 2001; National Society of Collegiate Scholars Professor of the year, 2000. Professor Leid teaches AS 198, Introductory Animal Science for Honors students in the fall and an Honors seminar, UH 300, Medical Ethics and The Holocaust, every semester. Professor Leid gave the 2002 HSAC invited lecture to the Honors College. Professor Leid received his B.A. in Zoology from Central Washington in 1968 and his M.S. in Biology in 1970 from the same institution. He received his PhD in Microbiology from Michigan State University in 1973 and spent four years at Harvard Medical School as a fellow of Harvard College and Instructor in Medicine from 1973 to 1977. He was a faculty member in Pathology at MSU from 1977 to 1980 and he came to WSU in 1980 as an Associate Professor in Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology where he became a Full Professor in 1985. He was Head of Admissions for the College of Veterinary Medicine from 1988-1990. He transferred from the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1995 and has been a member of the Department of Animal Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Home Economics since that time. Professor Leid has spent two year-long sabbaticals at the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, a place he considers his second home, working on kidney transplantation with his friend from their Harvard days, Professor M.R. Daha. Because of his experiences in Leiden, he constantly promotes study abroad for all Honors students. From his student days at Central Washington and Michigan State, Dr. Leid has had a strong research interest in medicine and infectious diseases. He is currently interested in inflammation and reproduction in cattle and swine, and has published over 80 scientific papers and reviews since 1973. * * * * * Peggy Perkins, Administrative Manager perkins@wsu.edu Peggy Perkins is the Principal Assistant to the Dean of the Honors College. A life-long Cougar, she was born in Pullman and raised in this area. She has worked in Honors since 1993, and is in the third generation of her family to work at Washington State University (both her father and grandfather retired from WSU). Peggy's major interests outside of the office currently include trying not to spoil her grandchildren, reading her way through many of the latest bestselling books, writing a quarterly newsletter for a local historical society, and playing the piano. * * * * * Cheryl Coulter, Secretary Senior crcoulter@wsu.edu * * * * * Debra Dzuck, Director of Development for WSU Office of Undergraduate Education & Honors College ddzuck@wsu.edu Dzuck brings 18 years of focused experience in university development and public relations work. She has been with Washington State University for the past ten years, serving as Director of Development for the College of Liberal Arts, then Vice President of President’s Associates Programs for the WSU Foundation. Most recently, Deb served as WSU Foundation Vice President for Regional Development, specifically representing the Portland/Vancouver and Spokane markets. Dzuck is an advocate for the ‘service center’ approach, which is designed to build relationships and increase major gift support. Her expertise in strengthening alumni participation and raising public awareness about Washington State University will now be focused on development for vital support of the Office of Undergraduate Education. Now in its second year, its mission is to look out for the academic welfare of undergraduate students and to promote continuous improvement in the undergraduate academic experience. A graduate of Montana State University, Dzuck has also served on the Board of Directors for numerous nonprofit organizations, including United Way of Yellowstone County, Rotary Club of Billings, and Kiwanis, Pullman, WA. * * * * * Pam LeLoup, Development Coordinator pleloup@wsu.edu Pam joined the Honors College development team in the fall of 2002. She is responsible for the Honors College annual giving program and provides leadership for college programs related to fund raising, alumni relations and public relations. Pam manages general development office administration and serves on the Honors College scholarship administration team. Direct All other inquires to: honors@wsu.edu Contact us: honors@wsu.edu 509 335-4505 | Accessibility | Copyright | Policies Honors College, PO Box 642012, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2012 USA