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In This Issue Volume 16 | 2020 Honors In Practice 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Radical Honors: Pedagogical Troublemaking as a Model for Institutional Change Richard Badenhausen ESSAYS Music in the Holocaust as an Honors Colloquium Galit Gertsenzon HIP Brave New Worlds: Transcending the Humanities/STEM Divide through Creative Writing Adam Watkins and Zahra Tehrani Humanities-Driven STEM—Using History as a Foundation for HIP STEM Education in Honors Honors In Practice John Carrell, Hannah Keaty, and Aliza Wong A PUBLICATION OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE HONORS COUNCIL Best Practices in Honors Pedagogy: Teaching Innovation and Community Engagement through Design Thinking Beth H. Chaney, Tim W. Christensen, Alleah Crawford, Katherine Ford, W. Wayne Godwin, Gerald Weckesser, Todd Fraley, and Volume 16 | 2020 Phoenix Little Teaching Critical University Studies: A First-Year Seminar to Cultivate Intentional Learners Elizabeth Bleicher A Potential for Improving Honors Retention with Degree Planning Teddi S. Deka A Meaningful and Useful Twofer: Enhancing Honors Students’ Research Experiences While Gathering Assessment Data Mary Scheuer Senter Statistics: A Cautionary Tale Len Zane Contracts for Honors Credit: Balancing Access, Equity, and Opportunities for Authentic Learning Patrick Bahls BRIEF IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WORKS IN 16 Volume HONORS Authors: Brent M. Blackwell; Jeffrey Lamp and John Korstad; Kate Krueger; J. Robert Baker; Cathlena Martin; Ashleen Williams; John Zubizarreta; Steve Elliott-Gower; Anne Dotter; Kelsey L. Bennett and Nicole Becwar; Gary H. Bischof, Alexander J. Hamilton, and Adrian J. Hernandez; Jason T. Hilton; Steve Garrison and Cody Parish; L. Benjamin Boyar; and Andrew Martino. ISBN: 978-1-945001-07-9 Honors in Practice A PUBLICATION OF THE National Collegiate Honors Council JOURNAL EDITOR Ada Long University of Alabama at Birmingham The National Collegiate Honors Council is an association of faculty, students, and others interested in honors education. Executive Committee: Elaine Torda, President, Orange County Community College (SUNY); Suketu Bhavsar, President Elect, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Christina McIntyre, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic University; Richard Badenhausen, Past President, Westminster College; Laurie Smith Law, Secretary, Iowa State University; Keith Garbutt, Treasurer, Oklahoma State University; George Mariz, Parliamentarian, Western Washington University. Executive Director: Mary Beth Rathe, headquartered at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Board of Directors: François Amar, University of Maine; Victoria Bryan, Cleveland State Community College; James Buss, Salisbury University; Emma Cieslik, Ball State University; Andrew Cognard-Black, St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Leah Creque, Morehouse College; Olivia Fuson, Creighton University; David Jones, University of Wisconsin-Eau Clair; Vi Kinney, Northwestern State University of Louisiana; Quakish Liner, Broward College; Kris Miller, Utah State University; Aline Webb, University of New Mexico; Eddie Weller, San Jacinto College; Victoria White, Texas A & M University. © Copyright 2020 by the National Collegiate Honors Council All rights reserved on materials other than syllabi and specifically acknowl- edged materials. 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EDITORIAL BOARD Larry Andrews (Comparative Literature), Dean Emeritus of the Honors College and Professor Emeritus, English, Kent State University; Richard Badenhausen (English), Professor and Dean of the Honors College, Westminster College; J. Robert Baker (English), Professor of English and Director of the Honors Program, Fairmont State University; James D. Bell (Entrepreneurship), Professor of Management, Texas State University; Kate Bruce (Psychology), Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Heather Camp (English), Associate Professor of English, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Scott Carnicom (Psychology), Professor of Psychology, Lock Haven University; James J. Clauss (Classics), Professor of Classics and Former Honors Director, University of Washington; Lisa L. Coleman (English), Professor Emerita of English and Former Honors Program Director, Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Leslie A. Donovan (English), Professor of Honors College and Affiliated Faculty of English and Medieval Studies, University of New Mexico; Steven Engel (Political Science), Director of the University Honors Program and Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia Southern University; Bruce E. Fox (Forestry), Professor of Forest Management, Northern Arizona University; Annmarie Guzy (English), Associate Professor of English, University of South Alabama; Carolyn Haynes (English), Professor of English and Associate Provost, Miami University; Melissa L. Johnson (Educational Technology), Associate Director of the Honors Program, University of Florida; Jim Lacey (American Studies), Emeritus Director of the University Honors Program and Professor of English, Eastern Connecticut State University; Karen Lyons (English, Women’s and Gender Studies), Courtesy Assistant Professor of English Emeritus and Retired Associate Director of the University Honors Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Alan Oda (Psychology), Professor of Psychology, Former Assistant Director, Honors Program, Azusa Pacific University; Niles Reddick (Humanities), Chief Operating Officer and Dean of the University of Memphis, Lambuth Campus, and Millington Center; Mike Sloane (Psychology), Director of the University Honors Program and Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Bob Spurrier (Political Science), Director Emeritus of the Honors College and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Oklahoma State University; Paul R. Strom (Ethics), Honors Residential Academic Program Faculty, University of Colorado Boulder; Emily Walshe (Library and Information Science), Reference Librarian and Associate Professor of University Libraries, Long Island University; Norm Weiner (Sociology), Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Director Emeritus of the College Honors Program, State University of New York at Oswego; Susan Yager (English), Morrill Professor, Iowa State University; John Zubizarreta (English), Professor of English and Director of Honors, Columbia College. ii CONTENTS Editorial Policy, Deadline, and Submission Guidelines . v Dedication to Steven T. Engel . vii Editor’s Introduction . ix Ada Long 2019 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Radical Honors: Pedagogical Troublemaking as a Model for Institutional Change . 3 Richard Badenhausen ESSAYS Music in the Holocaust as an Honors Colloquium . 15 Galit Gertsenzon Brave New Worlds: Transcending the Humanities/STEM Divide through Creative Writing . 29 Adam Watkins and Zahra Tehrani Humanities-Driven STEM— Using History as a Foundation for STEM Education in Honors . 53 John Carrell, Hannah Keaty, and Aliza Wong Best Practices in Honors Pedagogy: Teaching Innovation and Community Engagement through Design Thinking . 71 Beth H . Chaney, Tim W . Christensen, Alleah Crawford, Katherine Ford, W . Wayne Godwin, Gerald Weckesser, Todd Fraley, and Phoenix Little Teaching Critical University Studies: A First-Year Seminar to Cultivate Intentional Learners . 93 Elizabeth Bleicher A Potential for Improving Honors Retention with Degree Planning . 127 Teddi S . Deka A Meaningful and Useful Twofer: Enhancing Honors Students’ Research Experiences While Gathering Assessment Data . 141 Mary Scheuer Senter Statistics: A Cautionary Tale . 159 Len Zane Contracts for Honors Credit: Balancing Access, Equity, and Opportunities for Authentic Learning . 171 Patrick Bahls iii BRIEF IDEAS ABOUT WHAT WORKS IN HONORS Breaking the Rules: Bringing Calculus into the Humanities Classroom . .199 Brent M . Blackwell Engaging and Contributing Professionally in a Global Sustainability Honors Course . 202 Jeffrey Lamp and John Korstad The Commonplace Book Project . 205 Kate Krueger A Dialogical Exercise for Honors Students . 208 J . Robert