75 Years of the Honors program panel discussion

This academic year, the Honors Program at FCRH is celebrating its 75th anniversary. To mark the occasion, a panel discussion exploring the program's rich history will serve as the opening for a special commemorative exhibit. The exhibit, showcasing the program's remarkable history, will be on display from March 2 to May 31, 2026, in the Special Collections Exhibit Hall of the Walsh Library on the 4th floor.

Event Details

  • Date & Time: March 2, 2026, 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm.

  • Location: O'Hare Room, Walsh Library, 441 East Fordham Rd.

  • Opening Remarks: David Swinarski, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Senior Associate Dean, Fordham College at Rose Hill.

Moderator: Olena Nikolayenko, Professor of Political Science and Director of the FCRH Honors Program (January 2025 - present).

Panelists

  • Harry P. Nasuti: Emeritus Professor of Theology and Director of the FCRH Honors Program (1993-1999, 2004-2013).

  • Eve Keller: Professor of English and Director of the FCRH Honors Program (2015-2023).

  • W. David Myers: Professor of History.

  • Stephen Holler: Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics.

Speaker Biographies

    • Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, who joined Fordham in 2011 after more than a decade in the industry.

    • Has taught courses in the Honors Program since 2019, including HPRH 1101 Interdisciplinary STEM I and HPRH 2201 Justice II: Global Contexts.

    • His Justice II course, titled Climate Change: Science and Society, alternated between the science and social impacts of anthropogenic climate change.

    • Current research examines air quality around NYC, with an emphasis on the Bronx, aiming to raise awareness of climate change and environmental injustice.
    • Professor of English who has taught in the Honors Program for close to 30 years.

    • Served as the program's Director from 2015 to 2023, overseeing its curricular and programmatic revisions.

    • Scholarly work focuses on the interplay of rhetoric and early modern science and medicine.

    • Has published a book about a Holocaust survivor who was her friend.
    • Emeritus Professor of Theology and former director of the FCRH Honors Program for fifteen years (1993-1999, 2004-2013).

    • Taught the Honors course in ancient literature every fall until his retirement in 2023, considering reading the Greco-Roman classics and the Bible with first-year students a great privilege of his career.

    • Remains in contact with many students and alumni from his Honors years.

    • Continues to teach and research in Biblical Studies, recently returning from a visiting professorship at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of the Gregorian University in Rome.
    • Professor of History who has taught Honors courses in history and frequently serves as a thesis mentor.

    • Annually leads undergraduates along the Camino de Santiago in Spain to teach European history through medieval monuments and landscapes.

    • Known for his earlier work on the history of sacramental confession and continues to explore religious encounters in the early modern world.

    • Has written on the history of crime, infanticide, and torture in early modern Germany, with religion remaining his primary research concern.
    • Professor of Political Science and current Director of the FCRH Honors Program (January 2025 - present).

    • Has taught HPRH 2201 Justice II: Global Contexts and HPRH 3051 Ethical Dimensions of Contemporary Social Problems in the program since spring 2020.

    • Received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 2007 and was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University from 2007 to 2009.

    • Research focuses on civil resistance, social movements, and democratization in Eastern Europe.
    • Associate Professor of Mathematics and Senior Associate Dean, Fordham College at Rose Hill.

    • Majored in math and English at the University of Notre Dame and studied at the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar.

    • Earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2008 and held a postdoctoral research position at the University of Georgia before joining Fordham in 2011.

    • Research interests include algebraic geometry and applied mathematics.