| People in Honors
 Stephan
Flores
Director
Dr. Flores has served as director of the University Honors
Program since 1999; he was the program's associate director
from 1994-1998; prior to 1994 his teaching included sections of Honors Literature of
Western Civilization II.
His experience in honors administration and education includes
annual conference meetings of the National Collegiate Honors
Council, participation in an NCHC Faculty Institute on Honors
Assessment and Evaluation, “mini-institute” workshops
on major scholarships advising, many other NCHC sessions on
honors education, and service as a presenter for an NCHC conference
workshop session on “Internal and External Honors Program
Review.” He has served as an evaluator/reviewer for the
NCHC's national Portz Scholar essay competition. He has also served as an external reviewer
for an honors program at a public university. As past co-chair
of the NCHC Gender and Ethnicities Committee, he helped to
organize and serve as moderator for panel discussions on diversity
issues in higher education. He was a member of the University
of Idaho's Top Scholars Task Force, directed by the university
president to explore models and best practices for exceptional
students at universities across the country. He is faculty
adviser for the Phi Eta Sigma honor society, past president
of the Alpha of Idaho chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, past
chair of the university's Juntura Committee, and he has served on
the University Committee for General Education. He is the university's faculty representative for the Cambridge, Rhodes, Marshall, and Jack Kent Cooke scholarships, and he coordinates advising for other major and national fellowships.
Dr. Flores' research beyond the honors program focuses on British literature, 1660-1815.
He has a scholarly and teaching interest in the history of
the novel, especially eighteenth and early nineteenth-century
women's fiction. He teaches a wide range of courses, including
contemporary/poststructuralist critical theory, Shakespeare,
contemporary British novel, Victorian novel, and related perspectives on understanding literature and culture.
His published research focuses on the cultural analysis and
reception of plays that were popular on the London stage during
the reign of Charles II (1660-1685); in recent years he has served on the
National Endowment for the Humanities British literature panel
to evaluate applications for Fellowships for College Teachers
and Independent Scholars. His scholarship includes an edition
of the Earl of Orrery's Henry the Fifth (1664), included
in The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early Eighteenth
Century Drama (2001). He received his Ph.D in English
Language and Literature from the University of Michigan (1988).
[January 1999 press release upon
the appointment of Dr. Flores as director of the UHP]:
Flores named director of
Honors Program
Stephan Flores, associate director
of the University Honors Program since 1994, and interim
director since July 1998, is the program's new director.
"I am proud to appoint a director
who has already brought enthusiasm, innovation and commitment
to the Honors Program in his appointment as interim director.
We will have a smooth transition as we get on with serving
the students," says Dene Thomas, vice provost for academic
affairs.
Flores hopes to build upon the strong
legacy of the program and its previous directors. "I
am delighted to direct the Honors Program and I look forward
to working with others to enhance the program's rich and
diverse curricular and extracurricular offerings. Honors
students and faculty contribute significantly to the university's
success in fostering academic excellence in undergraduate
education," says Flores.
Flores, an associate professor of
English, has served as the UI adviser for the Goldwater
Scholarships and is the faculty representative for the Rhodes
and Marshall Scholarships.
Graduating seniors have cited Flores'
lower and upper division courses as among "the most
intellectually stimulating and challenging" courses
they have taken at the UI. In 1992, he received the Alumni
Award for Faculty Excellence and the Pi Beta Pi Commendation
for Excellence as an Educator; in 1994 [and 2004], he received
the ASUI Outstanding Faculty Award and the UI Alumni Service
Award. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and in 1980 received
one of ten nationally awarded CIC Minorities Fellowships
in the Humanities to support graduate study leading to the
Ph.D.
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