President

Dr. Margaret Roman

This is my sixteenth year as Honors Director at the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ.  I am also a member of the English Department, with one foot in Women’s Studies.  Since I have been in honors, our enrollment has increased more than 50% and our honors curriculum grew from just two honors seminars to an eighteen credit curriculum.  I served as Faculty Representative for the NRHC 2006-8 and local chair for the Morristown conference in 2008, coordinating the City as Text Experience.  It was my pleasure to serve as the emcee for the beginning and wrap-up sessions of City as Text in Harrisburg.  I have been inspired by Bernice Braid and her work, which led me to join the NCHC Faculty Institute: Borders, Barriers and Barrios in exploring the Sonoran Desert and its peoples from Tucson to Mexico in March 2008.  I try to incorporate City as Text elements into my courses as a result.  I feel very lucky to work with Honors Program students.  Their vitality energizes me.  I want to meet their needs as best as I can and provide the best learning experiences inside and outside the classroom.  I look forward to serving the honors students of the NRHC.