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The Honors College
Oak View Hall, Room 210
509 Meadow Brook Road
Rochester ,
MI
48309-4452
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(248) 370-4450
Fax: (248) 370-4479
hc@oakland.edu

Mentors
One of the many benefits of an honors education is the guidance you’ll receive from Honors College mentors. These mentors will help guide you through your field of study as well as your HC-specific courses.
HC 1000: Staff, Student Fellows & Teaching Assistants.
We are all here to help you!
"Welcome to HC |
DEAN'S STUDENT FELLOWS |
Abeer Abukamil
Areas of Expertise: Math, science, organization and time-management, figure skating, |
Alexis Boron Campus Involvement: Moceri Scholar, Microbiology TA, OU resident, Honors College Student Mentor, part of the Honors College Areas of Expertise: Organization, Planning, Communications, Logic, Human Anatomy, Taekwondo, Marvel Superheroes (specifically Spider Man). Fun Facts: I once got a phone call from Bob Seger and didn’t realize it was him until two days later. Within one month after getting my first car, it was hit four times while parked. I have never seen a Star Wars movie. SpiderMan into the Spider-verse is the best Spider Man movie. |
Campus Involvement: Honors College SF, HC Summer Corps. Intern, (former) exchange student through the NSE Areas of Expertise: Outdoors, camping/hiking, traveling, psychology, politics Fun Facts: I have a current obsession with rocks/minerals, and I have been practicing my drawing and painting skills over the last couple of months! |
Lauren Gamache
Areas of Expertise: Organization and gym workouts Fun Facts: I am a triplet |
Campus Involvement: Honors college SF, ASA treasurer, Lab research assistant Areas of Expertise: The sciences ( especially chemistry) Fun Facts: I love to paint and I’m a huge movie fan! |
Involvement: Honors College SF, Honors College Peer Mentor, Presidential Scholar, Research Assistant for the Biology Department, Pre-College Programs Tutor, Neurology Club Areas of Expertise: Time Management, Cleaning, Pre-Med, Korean, and Naps Fun Facts: When I was 1, I was hit by a car and had to stay in the hospital for weeks. The next year, I went to the ER again because I got a popcorn kernel stuck in my nose! |
SMALL GROUP LEADERS /TEACHING ASSISTANTS (TA's) |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, part of the Undergraduate Women in Healthcare organization, working in the Undergraduate Admissions office as an ambassador Areas of Expertise : algebra, basketball, and music Fun Facts: I can speak two languages fluently and am learning a third |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Research Assistant. Areas of Expertise: Sciences, Math, Scheduling, Random Facts Fun Facts: Cats are sweet! My family has fostered a lot of stray cats, and we even have kept a few of them along the way! We currently have 4 cats, but we just got a dog as well! |
Emma Altgelt Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Anatomical Society, Forensics Club Areas of Expertise: Communication, leadership, time management, english writing & reading. |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA. OU Ballroom Dance Team Area of Expertise: American History Fun Facts: I once danced a halftime show for the Detroit Lion. |
Areas of Expertise: Economics, German, Calculus Fun Facts: I referee soccer |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Phi Alpha Theta Treasurer, Leadership OU, Creative Writing Club Areas of Expertise: Organization, Time Management, Writing, and Leadership.. Fun Facts: I am the manager at a greenhouse during the summer. |
Campus Involvement:Honors College TA, Honors College Member Areas of Expertise: Effective learning, theatre, dance, painting, time management skills Fun Facts: I did dance for six years and theatre for four. I will be continuing those passions here at OU in the fall and hope to meet some great new friends! |
Major: English Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Alpha Lambda Delta, volunteering with th!nk it LOUD Areas of Expertise: Organization, time management, reading, crafts, advice, positivity, on-campus information, and study techniques! Fun Fact: I love to do embroidery and cross-stitch projects |
Campus Involvement:Honors college Areas of Expertise: Math, volunteering, organizing, online communities, and walking in the woods Fun Facts: I have friends all across the world, I am a brand ambassador for Pura Vida (a jewelry website), I love musicals, and I have been on 2 missions trips (One in Arizona and one in Tampa, Florida). |
Campus involvement: Alpha Lambda Delta, Honors College TA, SNAOU Areas of expertise: Anatomy, Drawing, Organic Chemistry, Piano, Time Management, Writing Fun facts: I have been playing the piano for the past 10 years, I am currently trying to improve my digital art skills, and when I was 3 years old, I went to the hospital for slamming my thumb in a door. Unfortunately for me, I was playing dress up before the incident so I ended up going to the hospital in my Belle costume. |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Club, Tutor at the tutoring center, IM Sports Areas of Expertise: Science, math, sports, time management, tutoring, Taylor Swift's music Fun Facts: My family has a honey bee farm, a dog named Oakley, and two cats, Pippy and Bouncer. I love to play sports and I am planning on studying abroad this winter! |
Campus Involvement: Honors College Student, Honors College Teacher Assistant Areas of expertise: Ultimate Frisbee, Outdoors, running, camping, video games, music, piano, guitar, speaking, planning, and advice Fun Facts: I've played piano for almost 10 years, I taught myself guitar over quarantine, I've ran countless 5k's and a half marathon, and I am Romanian! |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA Areas of Expertise: Film, Digital Media Production Fun Facts: The world's narrowest bridge is a 60 foot long squirrel bridge called Nutty Narrows |
Erika Head Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Emerging Leaders, CRU Areas of Expertise: Writing, government, communication, online selling, time management, planning, and organization. Fun Facts: In my free time, I love to travel, read, write, play tennis, baton twirl, and spend time with friends. My love for traveling and history has taken me to various historical locations. My favorite places I have visited include Washington DC, Casa Loma (Toronto, Ontario), and Dealey Plaza (Dallas, Texas)! |
Bella Javier Campus Involvement: Fil-Am Students of OU (FASOU), Linguistics Club, Feminists of OU, International Allies Org Areas of Expertise: Thrifting, mindful and effective word choice, public speaking, buying too many books and not having enough time to read all of them, team building, and wellness advice. I'm also a great person to bounce ideas off of and a seasoned listener. Fun Facts: I'm allergic to avocados and managed to work at Chipotle for six months without getting an allergic reaction! Now I work as a bobarista despite me having lactose sensitivity. More importantly, I can do winged eyeliner in under five minutes. |
Campus Involvement: Honors College Member, Society of Actuarial Science, American Red Cross Club, HCSA Member, Alpha Lambda Delta Areas of Expertise: Calculus, Statistics, Anatomy, Biology, Economics, Spanish, & Geography Fun Facts: I am really good at ping-pong, Played Varsity Tennis in High School, Big sneakerhead, love to collect rocks, really enjoy metal music and I am a type 1 Diabetic. |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Presidential Scholar, Pre-Law Club Areas of Expertise: Honors College TA, Presidential Scholar, Pre-Law Club Fun Facts: I travel in the Rocky Mountains every year, I love every outdoor activity imaginable |
Areas of Expertise: Organization, Fun Facts: I love skiing! It is my favorite sport. In addition, I love taking friends skiing; I got a chance to take my OU Arabic class there during the Winter Semester. |
Kaylie Lukomski
Areas of Expertise: Literature and language (mainly Chinese), organization and planning, taking pretty notes, and the show Criminal Minds!
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Natalie Manor
Areas of Expertise: Organization, Planning, Leadership, and Time Management. Fun Facts: I work as a lifeguard and teach swim lessons to children during the summer! |
Areas of Expertise: Sciences, Soccer, boxing Fun Facts: I have never broken a bone. |
Eness Meri Campus Involvement: OU Club Football, Honors College TA Areas of Expertise: Chemistry and Biology Fun Facts: Major Seattle Seahawks fan |
Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Pre-Medical Society, MedLife, Golden Key Areas of Expertise: The sciences Fun Fact: I love cats! |
Malik Meri
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Campus involvement: Honors College, OU Men's Ice Hockey Club Player/Secretary Areas of Expertise: Camping, Hockey, Movie quotes, and hiking Fun Facts: I enjoy hiking and camping with friends as well as spending time outdoors. I play hockey here at Oakland University but I also enjoy snowboarding, rock climbing, and mountain biking. |
Amani Qaqish
Areas of Expertise: Writing, volunteering, giving advise, shopping, & baking Fun Facts: I love going to the gym everyday (I somehow make it work with my crazy schedule), I’m terrified of needles and blood, & I avoid doing daily activities while I do homework all day long but as soon as someone asks to go to Starbucks I’m already in the car. |
Fiona Reichstein
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Alex Rye Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Writing Center Consultant, Meadow Brook Hall Docent, President of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society, Intramural Soccer. Areas of expertise: British/American literature, women writers, 17th century Restoration Era literature, writing, APA/MLA formatting, editing, organization, communication. Fun Facts: I have a one year old samoyed named Juniper, and I studied abroad at Oxford University in England the summer before my sophomore year |
Nicole Salmo
Areas of Expertise: Arabic, anatomy, biology, computers, english, math, organization, physiology, planning, teaching, volunteering, etc. Fun Facts: I am a part time manager at Alex and Ani (a jewelry store), I collect watches, I love shopping, makeup, traveling and volunteering at hospitals! |
Major: Biomedical Sciences, pre-medical concentration Campus Involvement: Secretary of the OU Equestrian Team, Undergraduate researcher in biological sciences, SigmaXi, Honors College TA, Anatomy lab TA, pre-medical society Areas of Expertise: Pre-medical concentration, Biomedical sciences major, Undergraduate research, Anatomy, Genetics of thrombosis (pathogenic blood clotting) Fun Facts: I have been riding for 13 years, and my horses name is Rae! |
Major: Biology Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Vice President of Golden Key, Hunt Seat Team rider Areas of Expertise: Biology, ecology, marine science, math, writing, animal care Fun Facts: I'm a certified scuba diver. I'm OU's resident shark nerd (if you see someone with a shark backpack, that's me). I have a large collection of model horses and enamel pins. |
Major: Health Science w/a Prep-Professional concentration Campus Involvement: I’m in a few clubs here at OU! These include Club Softball, MEDLife, and American Red Cross Club. I have an Eboard position on each club. Areas of Expertise: Fun Facts: In my free time, I like to workout, go outside, go up north, and spend time with my friends and family. I love to explore new places and try new things. I have two dogs and a hamster named Panda. |
Major: Social Work, B.S.W. & Political Science, B.A. Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, OUSC Civic Affairs Director, Muslim Student Association, Students for Syria, Social Work Club, Not My Fault at OU Areas of Expertise: Management & organization, inter- & intra-organizational communication, research (in anything!), non-profits, volunteerism, job hunting, mentorship, politics, leadership, writing, & most important of all, dreaming of food & sleep all day! Fun Fact: have at least three jobs at a time, if not more. Last summer, a glass shard got stuck in my foot and I bled about a fourth of a bucket full. I once looked up how to get to Kresge from the OC on a GPS. |
Major: Social Work and Sociology (Pre-Law) Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Senior Moceri Scholar, Social Work Club Secretary, Phi Alpha Honor Society Member, OUGLC employee, HC Summer Peer Mentor Areas of Expertise: Law School preparation, mental health and campus resources Fun Facts: I did choir and theater for 6 years before college and love Taylor Swift, so nobody gives me the aux on road trips. In my free time I like to paint and read, and I'm learning the piano! |
Major: English Secondary Education Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, member of Alpha Lambda Delta Areas of Expertise: English, Mathematics, German, choral music, video games, and creative writing Fun Facts: I was highly involved in the theatre department of my high school, and during my senior year, I got to play Mother Superior in Sister Act! |
Major: English (minor in Psychology) Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Honors College member Areas of Expertise: Literature, critical reading/analysis, Moby Dick, organization, Harry Potter, & YA novels Fun Facts: I go camping every summer, I love fishing, and I am a human thesaurus! |
Major: Biomedical Sciences Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Presidential Scholar, Pre-Medical Society, Future Leader Dogs at OU Areas of Expertise: Physiology, Chemistry, Organization, Time Management, Getting Involved and Staying Active in the Community Fun Facts: I love to travel to warm places and I am currently raising a puppy for Leader Dogs for the Blind! |
Major: Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences Campus Involvement: Member of the Honors College and Alpha Lambda Delta. Behavior Technician for the ABA Clinic. Areas of Expertise: Science, the languages of Chaldean and Spanish, time management, organization, and Grey’s Anatomy. Fun Facts: I love watching TV shows and movies. My all-time favorite movie is Titanic. Another fun fact about me is that I was born in Iraq and moved to the United States when I was two. |
Major: Operations management with a specialty in project management Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Business Scholars, Business Honors Program, BHP Advisory Board Areas of Expertise: Business and writing-related classes and course work, and leadership and service coordination. Fun Facts: The weirdest food I've tried is alligator! |
Major: Business Campus Involvement: Honors College, InterVarsity Areas of Expertise: Study skills, organization, stress management. Fun Facts: I love running, hiking, camping, and pretty much anything outside. I also enjoy learning about history, literature, and art. |
Major: CDS Campus Involvement: Honors College TA, Muslim Student Association, ECLIPSE, Hospital Professions Society, MEDLIFE at OU, Pre-Medical Society, Undergraduate Women in Healthcare Areas of Expertise: Organizing, time management, cooking, and baking. Fun Facts: I am fluent in Urdu and English. I love watching Netflix and some of my favorite shows are The Vampire Diaries, The Office, New Girl, and Selena the series. I am also a big Marvel fan. |
As an undergraduate researcher, MCUR provides exceptional mentors to help guide you through your field of study. These mentors are regularly conducting research and pursuing their passion for discovery. Mentors can be found in a variety of departments throughout Oakland University including:
Amy Banes-Berceli
banesber@oakland.edu
Hypertension and the renal and vascular complications of diabetes
Fabia Battistuzzi
battistu@oakland.edu
When and how species have evolved and investigate the connections between their genetic innovations and variations in environmental conditions
Rasul Chaudhry
chaudhry@oakland.edu
Embryonic stem cell development and differentiation - osteogenesis and neurogenesis; Tissue engineering; Regulation of gene expression; Metabolic pathways of hazardous chemicals; Environmental biotechnology and toxicology
Elizabeth Delorme-Axford
delormeaxford@oakland.edu
Molecular mechanisms regulating cellular autophagy
Mary Jamieson
mjamieson@oakland.edu
The effects of global environmental change on species interactions and biological diversity
Lan Jiang
jiang23@oakland.edu
The regulation of tracheal gene expression and how tracheal-expressed genes control the complex cellular behaviors that result in the formation of a continuous tubular network
Shailesh Lal
lal@oakland.edu
A multidisciplinary approach in genomics, genetics and bioinformatics to study fundamental processes that impact gene expression in plants from a genome-wide perspective
Gerald Madlambayan
madlamba@oakland.edu
Define the integrated roles of different stem and progenitor cell populations in cancer initiation, progression and relapse
Raffel Thomas
raffel@oakland.edu
Understand how parasites influence the ecology and evolution of their hosts, and how ecological and anthropogenic factors affect parasite-host dynamics
Mi Hye Song
msong2@oakland.edu
The molecular and genetic mechanisms of centrosome assembly by applying biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, proteomics and quantitative imaging to the study of centrosome biology in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans model
Scott Tiegs
tiegs@oakland.edu
Use field-based experimental and observational approaches — usually in aquatic ecosystems — with the aim of better understanding how human activities impact aquatic ecosystems
Luis Villa-diaz
luisvilladiaz@oakland.edu
The self-renewal properties of hPSCs, which are influenced by the microenvironment in which they are cultured, in particular the extracellular matrix (ECM)
Satish Walia
walia@oakland.edu
Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacteria and biodegradation of xenobiotics such as polychlorinated biphenyl, nitrotoluenes, and the mutagenic properties of their biodegradation products
Douglas Wendell
wendell@oakland.edu
Develop molecular markers for rapid-cycling Brassica rapa
Randal Westrick
rjwestrick@oakland.edu
Understanding and preventing the development of pathologic intravascular blood clot formation
Kristin Landis-Piwowar
landispi@oakland.edu
Cancer biology, cancer therapeutics, molecular diagnostics, familial leukemia
Ferman Chavez
chavez@oakland.edu
Develop small molecule models for the active sites of these enzymes which will help to understand the role of various metals in this family and help to probe the mechanisms involved for these enzymes
Roman Dembinski
dembinsk@oakland.edu
The synthesis of analogs of natural products, particularly coordination complexes of nucleosides and nucleotides
Nessan Kerrigan
kerrigan@oakland.edu
Development of efficient enantioselective and diastereoselective synthetic methods and their application in drug molecule and natural product synthesis
Sanela Martic
martic@oakland.edu
Designing functional bioconjugates for understanding the biological processes at the fundamental level
Michael Sevilla
sevilla@oakalnd.edu
The chemistry of free radical species produced by the high energy irradiation of DNA by gamma irradiation and ion beams
Evan Trivedi
trivedi@oakland.edu
Light activation and near infrared light
Erin Meyers
emeyers@oakland.edu
Digital or “new” media technologies, most notably the Internet, and the audiences who engage with them
Hoda Abdel-Aty-Zohdy
zohdyhsa@oakland.edu
Bio-technology with bio-inspired intelligent signal perception and processing (ISPP)
Jai Li
li4@oakland.edu
Statistical signal processing for biomedical imaging and communications, computer graphics, pattern recognition and algorithms
Subramaniam Ganesan
ganesan@oakland.edu
Divisible load scheduling; condition based maintenance for military and manufacturing; real time DSP/multi-core systems for specific applications; agent based health monitoring
Khalid Mahmood
mahmood@oakland.edu
Open source speech and Video API in android platform; programming and GUI design
Gautam Singh
singh@oakland.edu
Information system modeling, management and efficient data retrieval; temporal database design for applications in manufacturing and process monitoring
Jing Tang
tang@oakland.edu
Image reconstruction, evaluation, and analysis in emission computed tomography
Xia Wang
wang@oakland.edu
Fuel cell and battery modeling and testing, biomass pellets optimization, turbulent boundary layers with separation, forced convection turbulent boundary layers
Peng Zhao
pengzhao@oakland.edu
Combustion and reacting flows, internal combustion engines, energy conversion, environmental science
Richard Olawoyin
olawoyin@oakland.edu
Human Health Exposure Risk Assessment, NanoEHS (nanotechnology), Fire Protection Engineering, Global Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Hazard Management in Nuclear Safety
Myung Choi
choi@oakland.edu
Regulation of local and whole body lipid metabolism in sedentary overweight and obese humans before and after exercise training and nutritional intervention
Frank Giblin
giblin@oakland.edu
The possible role of oxidative and free radical processes in the formation of nuclear cataract, resulting in blindness, along with the unusually active antioxidant mechanisms present in the epithelium of the lens that help to keep the tissue transparent
Dao-Qi Zhang
zhang@oakland.edu
The regulation of dopamine release in the vertebrate retina, a simple and accessible model of the CNS
Jennifer Lucarelli
lucarell@oakland.edu
Prevention and improvement of chronic diseases in children, adolescents and adults in community-based settings
Melissa Reznar
reznar@oakland.edu
Behavioral nutrition, lifestyle interventions food environment, college health
Cheryl Riley-Doucet
rileydou@oakland.edu
Developing and testing multi-sensory interventions (MSE) to assist family caregivers and older adults in the symptom management of chronic illness and dementia
Sara Arena
arena@oakland.edu
Cardiopulmonary, blood pressure, health promotion and wellness, home care
Deborah Doherty
doherty@oakland.edu
Oncology rehabilitation; Cultural competency
Jacqueline Drouin
drouin@oakland.edu
Exercise training in special populations, oncology rehabilitation
Melodie Kondratek
mdkondra@oakland.edu
Orthopedics: intervention techniques for spinal conditions; Pediatrics: the use of orthopedic manual therapy techniques in the treatment of children
Kristine Thompson
kathomps@oakland.edu
Professional issues, professional development
Ilias Cholis
cholis@oakland.edu
Theoretical high-energy astrophysics and on astroparticle physics with a significant focus on indirect dark matter searches. Many questions in these fields are at the intersection of astrophysics, cosmology and particle physics.
Brad Roth
roth@oakland.edu
Biological physics and computational physics: Electrical stimulation of cardiac tissue
Steffan Puwal
smpuwal2@oakland.edu
Biophysical methods in heart defibrillation
Yang Xia
xia@oakland.edu
Multidisciplinary microscopic imaging study of articular cartilage
Mark Manning
markmanning@oakland.edu
Social psychological examinations of race, racism and health behavior, and their downstream effect on racial health disparities.examine the interaction between psychological stress, anxiety, and health
Scott Pickett
pickett@oakland.edu
Investigate the mechanisms that may impact recovery from psychological trauma; examine the interaction between psychological stress, anxiety, and health
Michele Purdie
parkhill@oakland.edu
Predictors and consequences of sexual assault perpetration and victimization, with a particular emphasis on childhood trauma, substance use, and emotion regulation
Todd Shackelford
shackelf@oakland.edu
Human sexual psychology and behavior with special focus on sexual conflict between men and women
Kanako Taku
taku@oakland.edu
The construct of posttraumatic growth (PTG), personal growth experienced as a result of the struggle with major life crises or traumatic events
Jennifer Vonk
vonk@oakland.edu
Cognitive continuities and discontinuities between humans and both closely and distantly related species
Lisa Welling
welling@oakland.edu
Hormonal and psychological sources of individual differences in human mate preferences and behavior
Virgil Zeigler-Hill
zeiglerh@oakland.edu
Self-esteem, narcissism, cognitive representations of the self, and interpersonal relationships
Jon Carroll
jwcarroll@oakland.edu
Cultural transmission, social interaction and integration, political and economic organization, social science applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computer modeling and simulation, archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands of North America
Suzanne Spencer-Wood
spencerw@oakland.edu
Feminist theory in anthropology and archaeology, nonlinear systems theory, archaeological theory and method, feminist historical archaeology, historical archaeology of class, ethnicity, market access and settlement, industrial archaeology and cultural resource management