Our People

The UHP Core Faculty are the heart and soul of the University Honors Program! These faculty teach classes within the program every semester and actively guide its curriculum and community. Core members of the UHP Faculty have primary appointments within the Honors Program as well as secondary appointments within other GW schools/departments.     

Eyal Aviv, Associate Professor of Honors and Religion & International Affairs

Theodore Christov Associate Professor of Honors, History, and International Affairs

Bethany Cobb Kung, Associate Professor of Honors and Physics

Mark Ralkowski, Professor of Honors and Philosophy

Elvira Maria Restrepo, Associate Professor of Honors and International Affairs

Joseph Trullinger, Assistant Professor of Honors and Philosophy

William Winstead, Assistant Professor of Honors and Political Science

Thiago da Silva Moreira, Assistant Professor of Honors and Biology

Michael McCourt, Visiting Assistant Professor of Honors 

The UHP benefits from the expertise and teaching acumen of faculty from around the University. Listed below are faculty who have taught in the program since Fall 2022.   

Elisabeth Anker, Associate Professor of American Studies and Political Science

Michael Barnett*, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science

Michael Bradley, Professor of Economics and International Affairs

Ingrid Creppell, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs (former Director of the University Honors Program, 2018-2019)

Harvey Feigenbaum, Professor of Political Science

Martha Finnemore*, University Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Maria Frawley, Professor of English (former Director of the University Honors Program, 2008-2018)

Vanessa Northington Gamble*, University Professor of Medical Humanities and Professor of Health Policy & of American Studies

Jennifer Green-Lewis, Associate Professor of English

Carly Jordan, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences in Women's Leadership Program

Alexa Joubin, Professor of English, Co-director of the Digital Humanities Institute, Director of the Dean's Scholars in Shakespeare

Steven Livingston, Professor of Media and Public Affairs and International Affairs

Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics & Human Behavior, & Psychological & Behavioral Science

Jenna Weissman Joselit, Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History

Bernard Wood*, University Professor of Human Origins and Professor of Human Evolutionary Anatomy

* The rank of University Professor is the highest faculty position codified by the Faculty Code at the University and is reserved for a select few individuals who have attained the accomplishments and associated stature to be so recognized.