Honors Faculty

Paul Blakelock holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Lamar University and a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Houston. His areas of specialization and interest include public opinion and political trust, political theory, and international relations.
PhD, University of Houston

Mike Clark
MD, University of Texas at Houston

Daniel Coleman
PhD, Rice University

Steve Davis specializes in 20th century U.S. political history, history of Texas, and history of American popular music (i.e. rock and roll) since 1945.
MA, University of Houston

Vida Davoudi
PhD, Southern Illinois

Roland DeSoigne, professor of Biology, has published numerous articles in several scientific journals. His main interests are the study and teaching of Anatomy and Physiology.
MA, University of Kansas

Karen Gee is an expert in the novel, poetry, the nineteenth century, and the medieval period. Her research focuses on the first mystery novelist in English, Wilkie Collins, the Bayeux tapestry, and women hymn writers. She is also interested in linguistics, and has a life-long interest in the biological sciences and anthropology.
PhD, University of Tennessee

Mary Johnson moved to the U.S. from The Netherlands in 1986 and lived in Louisiana prior to moving to Houston in 1990. In 1998, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Houston with a Bachelor in Psychology. She graduated in 2000 with a Master's of Science in Occupational Technology, specializing in Training and Development. She is currently the Chair of the Computer Information Technology Department at Lone Star College-Kingwood and teaches spreadsheets, databases and Intro to Computers.
MA, University of Houston (website)

Peggy Lambert, a professor of history, has special interests in Jacksonian America, American women’s history, and the Holocaust. She also is the advisor of Alpha Lambda Xi, Lone Star College-Kingwood’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.
MA, University of Houston (website)

Joseph Minton has interests in American literature in general, and twentieth century southern American fiction and drama in particular.
MA, University of Richmond

Betsy Morgan has interests in animal behavior, specifically endangered species, genetics, and evolutionary history. She specialized in wildlife fisheries sciences during graduate work at Texas A&M.
MEd, Texas A&M

David Putz has published in the area of the behavior of the American electorate. His research interests are voting behavior and partisan alignment.
PhD, University of Houston

Joan Samuelson specializes in Composition, Medieval and Renaissance literature, the nineteenth-century British Novel, Film and Literature, and the literature of the Holocaust.
PhD, The Ohio State University

Jim Skelton has been a newspaper reporter, a technical writer, and a full-time freelance writer. His dissertation was on absurd humor novels of the 1960s. Jim also has a special interest in the fiction of Ernest Hemingway. He specializes in composition and rhetoric.
EdD, Texas A&M at Commerce

Stacy Walker served as Program Manager for the 13 county Region 6 Prevention Resource Center where she managed a chemical dependency prevention program before joining the Kingwood faculty in 2002. Included in her fields of experience are chemical dependency, child development, school violence prevention, and mental retardation.
MA, University of Houston, Clear Lake