UR Staff
Dr. Naomi Yavneh, Director of UR and Associate Dean of the Honors College
Dr. Yavneh is an associate professor of Renaissance arts and letters in the department of Humanities and American Studies. Dr. Yavneh is the president of the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and past president of the Modern Language Association's Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages. She received her bachelor's cum laude from Princeton University and her masters and doctorate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. Among Yavneh's honors and distinctions include a Fulbright fellowship for dissertation research at the Vatican in Rome, a Phi Beta Kappa fellowship for research in Venice and three research and creative scholarships from USF. Dr. Yavneh was honored by USF's Women in Leadership and Philanthropy with their inaugural Research Recognition Award, Fall 2006.
Focus Areas: Thesis and Discovery Scholars
Dr. Dewey Rundus, Associate Director of UR
Focus Areas: Evaluation and Assessment
Ms. Penny Carlton, Undergraduate Research Advisor
Ms. Carlton joined the staff of the Honors College in February of 2004. She currently works with Dr. Yavneh in the Office of Undergraduate Research to help connect interested students with Faculty Mentors. Her other special projects include coordinating the research symposium and managing the UR office. Ms. Carlton received a Master of Fine Arts in Writing and Poetics from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to coming to The Honors College, she worked as the Director of Education at Sylvan Learning Center. She also taught Creative Writing and Composition at the Art Institute of Tampa for three years.
Focus Areas: Matching and Grants
Ms. Lauren Schumacher, Academic Specialist
Ms. Schumacher is the newest addition to the Honors College staff. She currently works with Ms. Carlton and Dr. Yavneh in the Office of Undergraduate Research assisting the office with special event planning, assessment and evaluation and general administrative support. Ms. Schumacher received a Master of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences as well as her Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from the University of Florida. Ms. Schumacher’s previous research experience includes an assessment of grief support in north central Florida, evaluating accessibility in an urban setting and reducing pediatric obesity in rural communities.
Focus Areas: Program Planning and Evaluation
Ms. Sarah Norris, Undergraduate Assistant
Ms. Aly Collins, Undergraduate Assistant
Ms. Alyssa Cobb, Undergraduate Assistant
UR—Office of Undergraduate Research
The Honors College at the University of South Florida
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