James Stillwaggon, PhD
Program Director
Email: jstillwaggon@iona.edu
Phone: (914) 633-2697
Fax: (914) 637-7763
Office Hours:
Tues. & Thurs. 2:00 - 6:00 pm
Friday11:00 am - 2:00 pm
James Stillwaggon, PhD
Director of Honors
Assistant Professor of Education
BA, Loyola College of Maryland
PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2006
Email: jstillwaggon@iona.edu
Charlotte Wray, PhD
Honors Program Assistant Director
Email: cwray@iona.edu
Office Hours:
Monday 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Scott Cleary, PhD
Assistant Professor of English
BA, St. Francis Xavier University, 2000
MA, New York University, 2002
PhD, New York University, 2005
HON 101, HON 102
E-mail: scleary@iona.edu
Michael J. Hughes, PhD
Assistant Professor of Modern European History
BA, Trenton State College (The College of New Jersey)
MA, Temple University
PhD, University of Illinois
HON 201, HON 202
E-mail: mjhughes@iona.edu
Michael Jordan, PhD
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Associate Dean School of Arts and Science
BA, St. Peter's College
MA, PhD, Rutgers University, 1984
HON 110, HON 201, HON 202
E-mail: mjordon@iona.edu
Kim Paffenroth, PhD
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
PhD Theology: University of Notre Dame, 1995.
MTS Biblical Studies: Harvard Divinity School, 1990.
BA Liberal Arts: St. John's College (Annapolis, MD), 1998.
HON 101, 102
E-mail: kpaffenroth@iona.edu
Eileen Panetta, PhD
Associate Professor of English
BA, Marymount College
MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1980
Phone: (914) 633-2157
HON109
E-mail: epanetta@iona.edu
Aaron Rosenfeld, PhD
Associate Professor of English
BA, Brandeis University
MA, PhD, New York University, 2000
Phone: (914) 633-2055
HON 201
E-mail: arosenfeld@iona.edu
Laura Shea, PhD
Professor of English
BA, Barnard College
MA, PhD, Boston University, 1984
HON 109
E-mail: lshea@iona.edu
Hugh Short, PhD
Associate Professor of English
BA, Manhattan College
MA, PhD, Fordham University, 1994
HON 201, HON 202
E-mail: hshort@iona.edu
Amy Stackhouse, PhD
Associate Professor of English
AB, The College of William and Mary
MA, Boston College
PhD, University of Maryland, 1998
HON 101, HON 102
E-mail: astackhouse@iona.edu
Daniel Thiery, PhD
Assistant Professor of History
BA, Providence College
MA, PhD, University of Toronto, 2002
HON 101, HON 201
E-mail: dthiery@iona.edu
Honors Program
Participants in the Honors Program enjoy significant privileges including:
• two tuition-free courses per academic year
• priority registration
• small class sizes
• career mentoring

"My sophomore year Humanities sequence changed the way I viewed the world, philosophy and art, and
stands as two of the best classes I have ever taken."
- Matthew Baker, Valedictorian, Class of 2011