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Honors College Faculty and Staff

Honors College Faculty and Staff

Kevin S. Amidon, Director
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Kevin Amidon is Director of the Honors College and Associate Professor of Modern Languages at Fort Hays State University.  He studied German, economics, history, musicology, and art history in Ann Arbor, Freiburg, Princeton, Frankfurt am Main, and Berlin, and received his Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University in 2001. He has published a wide range of articles on critical theory, gender history and theory, eugenics, race theory, evolutionary thought, the Frankfurt School, German and American history, opera, theater, and pedagogy.  His current research projects include further work on cultures of persuasion in the German biological sciences 1890-1945, and on the philosophy of music in mid-twentieth century Germany and its consequences for critical theory.  During 2003-2004 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin.  He has won major university awards for his teaching three times during his career.  Beyond his university duties he performs regularly as a violinist with the Hays Symphony, often as concertmaster, and pursues his hobby restoring and maintaining classic European automobile and motorcycle engines.

Professor Amidon’s repository of open-access publications can be found at: https://works.bepress.com/kevin_amidon/

Kathay Johnson, Administrative Specialist
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Kathay is a Fort Hays State University graduate, she majored in English and History, and is happy to return to the university and work with our amazing students. Kathay and her husband, Jason, recently moved from Longmont, CO where she worked for Boulder County IT. Her husband’s wonderful art fills the walls of her office, and surrounding areas, in the Forsyth basement so come by and say hello! She almost always has treats. Once a Tiger, always a Tiger!
Sam Neff, Student Success & Engagement Coordinator
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Sam is a senior accounting major who came to us from Salina, KS as an incoming freshman in 2017. His time in the Honors College has given him the opportunity to be a peer mentor, make incredible lifelong friends, and expand his educational horizons. He has also served on the Honors College Academic Committee for 3 years and is excited to be transitioning to the Admissions Committee to help select the next class of Honorables! When he is not studying in his room or the Honors space you'll see him zipping across campus taking care of various errands for the organizations he is a part of. He does like to take a break sometimes and chat with his friends in the hallways of McMindes as well as order in Jimmy John's and enjoy a good show.
Ryan Schultz, Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator
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Ryan is a senior psychology major from Dodge City and is currently in his 4th year with the Honors College. He has pretty much done everything at least once for this program and loves the opportunity to try new things – so always ask him about how to get involved in the Honors College and around campus. He really loves chilling with his friends and roommates, figuring out new ways to cook potatoes, and talking about horoscopes!
Megan Roth, Honors Ambassador
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Megan is a junior transfer student from Wichita, majoring in social work. She likes playing the viola, reading, watching excessive amounts of Netflix, traveling, volunteering, and learning about politics.

CONTACT

Honors College
Fort Hays State University
Forsyth Library Room 72
Phone: 785-628-4744

fhsuhonorscollege@fhsu.edu

 

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