Hassan Ahmed, Professor and Chair
Chemistry Department
email: ahmadh@panam.edu
Research Interests: structure function relationship of proteins specially that of glutathione S-transferase (GST), a ubiquitous group of detoxification enzymes
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Bimal Banik, Assistant Professor
Chemistry Department
email: banik@panam.edu
Research Interests: organic and medical chemistry of drug design.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Narayan G. Bhat, Assistant Professor
Chemistry Department
email: nbhat@panam.edu
Research Interests: novel methodologies leading to stereodefined alkenes based on organometallic reagents.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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John R. Bokina, Professor
Political Science Department
email: jb83e8@panam.edu
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor, teaches Honors Humanities courses

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Kenneth L. Buckman, Honors Program Director
Philosophy Department
email: buckman@panam.edu
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor, teaches Honors Humanities courses

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Kathryn J. Dodd, Lecturer
Biology Department
email: kdodd@panam.edu
Research Interests: Biology, Phytoremediation and Conservation
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Writing Consultant - Sciences

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Mohammed Farooqui, Professor and Chair
Biology Department
email: farooqui@panam.edu
Research Interests: Toxicology, mechanism and mode of action of aliphatic nitriles.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Zen Faulkes, Assistant Professor
Biology Department
email: zfaulkes@panam.edu
Research Interests: invertebrate neuroethology (brains and behavior), particularly decapod crustaceans and ascidian embryos.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Gregory D. Gilson, Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
email: gilsongreg@panam.edu
Research Interests: philosophy of mind, philosophy of science.
GHP Connection: teaches Honors Logic courses

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Scott Gunn, Professor
Biology Department
email: sgunn@panam.edu
Research Interests: scope and mechanism of genomic and chromosomal evolution in selected mammals and their parasites.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Lee Hamilton, Associate Professor
English Department
email: lhamilton@utpa.edu
Research Interests: the Romantic Period, the Victorians, Bibliography.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Stephen C. Leach, Assistant Professor
Philosophy Department
email: sleach@panam.edu
Research Interests: 19th Century philosophy - Kierkegaard
GHP Connection: Serves on the Honors Council

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Adelle N. Mery, Lecturer
English Department
email: amery@panam.edu
Research Interests: American literature 1850-Present
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor, teaches Honors English courses

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Glenn R. Morgan, Lecturer
Political Science Department
email: gmorgan@panam.edu
GHP Connection: Teaches Honors Political Science courses

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Michael W. Persans, Assistant Professor
Biology Department
email: mpersans@panam.edu
Research Interests: Herbicide metabolism and tolerance in plants. Metal hyperaccumulation in plants. Use of remote sensing to monitor plant stress and physiology.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Jerry L. Polinard, Professor and Chair
Political Science Department
email: polinard@panam.edu
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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D. Chad Richardson, Professor
Sociology Department
email: cr33d5@panam.edu
Research Interests: Ethnographic Studies of Texas/Northern Mexico and Borderlands Subcultures, Border and Mexican-American Educational Issues, International Cultures. Early Childhood Leadership.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor, teaches Honors Sociology courses

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Dora E. Saavedra, Associate Professor
Communication Department
email: saavedra@utpa.edu
Research Interests: Applied organizational communication, conflict management, and interpersonal communication.
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Monty B. Taylor, Professor
Mathematics Department
email: taylor@panam.edu
Research Interests: Multiplicative lattices, Commutative algebra
GHP Connection: Teaches Honors Mathematics courses

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Barbara Z. Vielma, Lecturer
English Department
email: bvielma@utpa.edu
Research Interests: World Literature, the English Gothic/English Vampire Genres
GHP Connection: Honors Thesis Advisor

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Cindy Martinez-Wedig, Lecturer, head of Baylor Medical Program
Biology Department
email: cindy@panam.edu

Research Interests: Curriculum development.