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  • Babes in the Wood and Its Influence on Robin Hood
    November 15, 2022 by

    Dr. Alexander Kaufman Christmastime Texts Dr. Alexander Kaufman, Reed D. Voran Distinguished Professor of Honors Humanities and Professor of English held his lecture on November 8th, 2022. As a part of the In this lecture, he shared his passion for Robinhood, whom he’d been studying for 20 years. Interested by a passionate professor; Dr. Kaufman […]

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  • Professor Jason Powell
    December 9, 2019 by

    Dr. Jason Powell is currently an associate teaching professor of Honors Humanities at Ball State University. He also serves as Vice President for the Beneficence Family Scholars.  What goals do you have for your courses? I guess the goal of my courses is to incite opportunity for transcendence. I know this sounds cheesy, romantic, even […]

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  • #FirstGenBSU: Elizabeth Dalton
    December 3, 2019 by

    Elizabeth Dalton, Associate Professor of Honors Humanities, has been a Ball State faculty member since 1991. Her fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction essays have appeared in a number of literary journals, including Clockhouse Review, Glassworks, and Adanna. She lives on a homestead near Mooreland, IN, with her husband, John, two dogs, two cats, and eight […]

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  • Professor Obed Frausto Gatica
    November 11, 2019 by

    Dr. Obed Frausto earned his PhD in Philosophy of Science; Social Studies of Science and Technology at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Dr. Obed Frausto has completed research fellowships at Harvard University in the United States, Cardiff University in Wales, and l’Université de Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis in Paris, France. In his doctoral dissertation, he worked […]

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  • Honors College Dean John Emert
    October 14, 2019 by

    Dr. John Emert is Dean of the Honors College, appointed July 1, 2017. He joined the Ball State Faculty after earning a B.A. in Mathematics and Music and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Tennessee.  He served previously as Chair of the Department of Mathematical Sciences and then Associate Dean of […]

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