Honors Professors

Andrew Daniel - Professor of Music
Andrew

Daniel

Professor of Music, Division Chair for Performing & Creative Arts
Dept: Music, Honors Program
Phone: 903-434-8185
Email: adaniel@ntcc.edu
Office:

 

Dr. Andrew Daniel – Honors Seminar Professor. Received his D.M.A. from the University of North Texas. After completing his Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, and named a Fulbright Scholar, he was offered a European tour under the auspices of the Andres Segovia Institute. Daniel teaches the Music portion of the HuMusic Honors Seminar. Two of his seminar students have recently won Boe Awards of the Great Plains Honors Council for their essays involving music.

 


Dr. Melissa Fulgham
Dr. Melissa

Fulgham

Professor of History, Division Chair for Social Sciences
Dept: History, Social Sciences, Honors Program
Phone: 903-434-8253
Email: mfulgham@ntcc.edu
Office: H-128E

 

Dr. Melissa Fulgham – Honors Seminar Professor. Received her Ph.D. from Texas A & M University. Fulgham is the Division Chair for the Humanities & Social Sciences Department. Recipient of the Mary Jon and J.P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award, Mosal Award and McDonald’s Excellence in Teaching Award, she has multiple Phi Theta Kappa advisor awards. With 21 published articles and books, Fulgham scores AP U.S. history exams and U.S. Department of State scholarships. She has served on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Phi Theta Kappa’s Honors Program Council. She teaches World History/Humanities in the sophomore-level fall Honors seminar.

 


Dr. Karyn

Skaar

Professor of Psychology
Dept: Psychology, Honors Program
Phone: 903-434-8293
Email: kskaar@ntcc.edu
Office: H-128A

 

Dr. Karyn Skaar – Honors Seminar Professor. Received her M.S. & Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University. She has specialized in behavioral medicine and health psychology. Skaar teaches the Psychology portion of the StatPsych Honors Seminar. In addition to teaching, she serves as the faculty advisor for NTCC Psi Beta and MATD (More Alike than Different).

 


Dr. Andrew Yox - Director of Honors & Professor of History
Dr. Andrew

Yox

Professor of History/ Director of Honors
Dept: History, Honors Program
Phone: 903-434-8229
Email: ayox@ntcc.edu
Office: H-115

 

Dr. Andrew P. Yox – Honors Director. Received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and was the founding Honors Director here at NTCC in 2007. He was the winner of the $5,000 Mary Jon, and J. P. Bryan Leadership in Education Award in 2016, the 2003 Webb-Smith Essay Award for his essay on German-American Poetry, and the 2012 David C. Deboe Award for his leadership of NTCC’s Walter Webb Society. Yox teaches the first-semester Texas History portion of the Bio-Tex Seminar.