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Additional Resources

Scholarly Endeavors of The Collaborative

  • Bott-Knutson RC, Hart J, Appel H, Kotinek J, Knox P, Ziegler W, Roberts D, Radasanu A, Nichols T, Fine L (2023). Simul Fortior: The Rise of an Honors Collaborative and The Justice Challenge. Journal of the European Honors Council. 6(2):5.
  • Bott-Knutson RC, Kotinek J, Appel H, Hart JL, Knox P, Radasanu A, Roberts DM, Nichols T, Fine L, Ziegler W, Bryk M, Sumner S, Cordingley K, Bastian GE, Budowle R, Roerig N, Stroud A, Garbutt K. An edifying honors collaborative. Provisionally accepted for publication in J. Zubizarreta & V. M. Bryan (Eds.), Honors and faculty development. National Collegiate Honors Council, 2024.
  • Hart JL, Bott-Knutson RC, Appel H, Kotinek J, Knox P, Sumner S, Roerig N, Ziegler W, Fine LE. Hacking through the Silos: Honors Faculty Development. Accepted for publication in Honors and Faculty Development, edited by J. Zubizarreta & V. M. Bryan (Eds.), National Collegiate Honors Council, 2024.
  • Radasanu R, Bott-Knutson RC, Fine LE, Kotinek J, Hart, JL, Nichols T, Appel H, Roberts DM, Knox P, Ziegler W (2023). A Relational Model for Honors Education: From Contagion to Permeability. 2023. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council. 24:47-62.
  • Kotinek J, Bott‐Knutson RC, Fine LE, Hart JL, Ziegler W, Knox P, Nichols T, Sumner S, Appel H, Andersen M C, Bryk M, Radasanu A, Cassady J, Garbutt K (2023). The Justice Challenge: Honors endeavors innovative pedagogies through the Grand Challenge Scholars Program. In Honors in Practice. 19:121-24.
  • Hart JL, Bott‐Knutson RC, Appel H, Kotinek J, Knox P, Ziegler W (2023). Pedagogy of engagement, innovation, and reflection: Hackathons in honors education. In Honors in Practice. 19:125-28.
  • Parolin P, Nichols TJ, Skinner D, Bott-Knutson RC. The Role of the Honors Dean in the Future of Honors Education. NCHC Monograph Series issue “Honors Colleges in the 21st Century”. In Press.
  • Appel H, Bott‐Knutson R, Hart J, Knox P, Radasanu A, Fine L, Nichols T, Roberts D, Garbutt K, Ziegler W, Kotinek J, Cooke K, Keen R, Anderson M, Kapur J. (2023). “Teaching and Learning in the Fourth Space: Preparing Scholars to Engage in Solving Community Problems.” In Honors Colleges in the 21st Century: Opportunities and Challenges, edited by Richard Badenhausen, National Collegiate Honors Council.
  • Ziegler W, Radasanu A, Appel H, Keen R. (2022, June). “Capstone on Top of Capstone: The Honors Dilemma”; Proceedings of the 2022 Capstone Design Conference.
  • Ziegler W, Appel H, Bott-Knutson RC, Radasanu A, Hart JL, Knox Paul, Keen R, Kotinek J, Andersen M. (2023). “Honors Education: A Natural Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education”, Proceedings of the Hawaii University International Conferences on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education (AHSE); 2023.

Professional Presentations

  • Hart J, Bott-Knutson R, Radasanu A, Roerig N, & Ziegler B (2023, November). Just food: Honors hackathons to develop transdisciplinary team-oriented skills toward equity [Conference session]. Presented at the 58th National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Nichols T, Bott-Knutson RC, Radasanu A, Kotinek J and Roberts D. (2023, November). Engage Breakfast: The Justice Challenge. Presented at the 58th National Collegiate Honors Council Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Roerig N & Eide H (2023, October). The Justice Challenge: Let’s Change the World! Presented at the 2nd Annual South Dakota Honors Showcase, Madison, SD.
  • Bott-Knutson R, Nichols T, Hickman K, Appel H, Hart J, Kotinek J, Ziegler W, Garbutt K, Radasanu A, Knox P, Roberts D (2023, June). Leveraging Honors Education in Food, Climate, and Sustainable Agriculture via The Justice Challenge. Presented at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Annual Conference, Las Cruces, NM.
  • Ziegler W, Appel H, Bott-Knutson RC, Radasanu A, Hart JL, Knox, P, Keen, R, Kotinek J, Andersen M. (2023, January). "Honors education: A Natural Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education." Presented at the International Conference on Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Appel H, Bott-Knutson RC, Hart JL, Keen R, Kotinek J, Nichols T, Radasanu A, Roberts D, Ziegler W. (2022, November). "Honoring our Communities: Lessons on Engaging Diverse Honors Cohorts." Presented at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council, Dallas, Texas.
  • Bott-Knutson RC, Appel H, Hart J, Kotinek J, Ziegler W, Garbutt K, Radasanu A, Knox P, Roberts D, Keen R, Andersen M, Cooke K, Kapur J, Nichols T. (2022, June). "The Justice Challenge: An Honorable Model. Presented at the biennial Honors Education at Research Universities (HERU) Conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Appel H, Bott-Knutson RC, Garbutt K, Nichols T, Kotinek J, Knox P, Roberts D, Ziegler W, Andersen M, Cooke K, Hart J, Kapur J, Keen R, Fine L, Kadlecek C, Radasanu A. (2021, October). "The Rise of a Nationwide Collaborative of Honors colleges and Programs from Public Institutions." Presented at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council, Orlando, Florida.
  • Bott-Knutson RC, Appel H, Andersen M, Cooke K, Fine L, Garbutt K, Hart JL, Kadlecek C, Kapur J, Keen R, Knox P, Kotinek J, Nichols T, Radasanu A, Roberts D, Ziegler W. (2021, May). "The Justice Challenge: Engaging Students in the Future of Food, Climate, and Energy." Presented at the 2021 NSF Convergence of Food, Energy, Water, and Systems workshop, (virtual due to the pandemic).
  • Ziegler W, Radasanu A, Appel H, Keen R. (2022, June). “Capstone on Top of Capstone: The Honors Dilemma”; Paper presented at the 2022 Capstone Design Conference, Dallas, Texas, 6/6/2022.
  • Bott-Knutson RC, Kotinek J, Appel H, Hart JL, Ziegler W. (2022, November). "Beans to Beanstalks: From Counting to Cultivating." Presented (workshop) at the annual meeting of the APLU Council on Honors Education, Denver, Colorado.
  • Koskie S, Ziegler W, Appel H, Blanton S, Kotinek J. (2022, November). "Honors Reboots and Renovations". Presented (workshop) at the annual meeting of the APLU Council on Honors Education, Denver, Colorado.

Honors Education within Agricultural Sciences

  • Hansen A, Nold RA, Kutzke K, Bott-Knutson RC, Djira G. 2021. Early exposure to an honors course yields retention of agricultural majors in honors. NACTA Journal. 65: 460-464.
  • Kutzke KL, Nold RA, Gonda MG, Hansen AM, Bott-Knutson RC. 2020. Student perception and affinity: Establishment of an institutional framework for the examination of underrepresented programs such as agriculture in honors. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors. 21: 95-116.
  • Bott-Knutson RC, Larson B, Van Heek N, Nichols T, Stluka S. 2019. Community partnerships help undergraduate students to meet the ‘grand challenges’ of today. Collaborations Journal. 2(1): 1-7.
  • Nichols T, Larson B, Stluka S, Van Heek N, Bott-Knutson RC. 2019. Honors collaborates to meet the Grand Challenges. NACTA Journal. 63: 282-287.