HSA’s goal is to help honors students engage in the creation and implementation of student activities within the Honors Program. We love sharing ideas, so come and voice yours! Our next scheduled meeting is November 16 at 4:00 PM. Check the weekly e-news for further announcements and Zoom access information. All honors students are welcome to attend.
For information about HSA, contact the HSA team.
Honors Student Association (HSA) leadership team for Academic Year 2020-2021.
Hetty Bai
HSA President
Major in Biology, Chemistry BA
Minor in Psychology
Emma Leonard
HSA Vice-President
Major in Criminal Justice and History BA
Khyathi Thallapureddy
HSA Secretary
Biology Major in 6-year BA/MD Program
Olaide Bankole
HSA Treasurer/OSI Representative
Major in Psychology
Dr. Stephen Christ
HSA Faculty Advisor
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Stephen R. Christ, Ph.D. Assistant Teaching Professor, Honors Program
Stephen R. Christ is an assistant teaching professor of social/behavioral science in the UMKC Honors Program. In his research, Dr. Christ examines the everyday experiences of Mexican immigrants in the United States that contribute to Mexican-American identity formation. More specifically, how Mexican Americans experience daily life at home, at work, in public life and in how these experiences impact their sense of personal identity, their relationships with natives, their interactions with their families and community and the identity work that goes into producing such categories and social worlds.
Dr. Christ’s current book project, Authentic Imitations: Culture and Society in a Globalized World, examines the negotiated construction of authenticity among Latino/a immigrants employed in the Mexican restaurant industry, a site in which authenticity is a major theme. Dr. Christ has presented his original research at regional, national, and international conferences and has been awarded several research awards, including the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Dissertation Scholarship, the John D. Bies International Travel Research Award and the Robert W. Habenstein Dissertation Fellowship. His work has appeared in peer reviewed journals such as Organizational Cultures: An International Journal, Rural Sociology and Qualitative Sociological Review and has been featured in over 60 national and international news sources including the Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic and NPR.
