Honors Director:

Jefford Vahlbusch (vahlbujb@uwec.edu) has been named director of the University Honors Program beginning fall of 2009. He is also an associate professor of German in the Department of Foreign Languages. His areas of interest include 19th and 20th century literature and philosophy, literary reception, classical literature, and the history of Marxism. He is currently working on a book-length study of Hermann Hesse's reception in the USA, especially by the Beat Generation in the 1950s and in the counterculture, anti-war, and student movements during the 1960s and 1970s.

Program Associate:

Janna Johnson (johnsjan@uwec.edu) is the program associate for the University Honors Program. Some of her duties include:

• scheduling honors courses;
• maintaining statistical records and information for the program;
• writing monthly newsletters;
• providing information regarding the program to students, faculty, potential students, and the public; and
• creating and maintaining this web site.