Honors - San Diego Mesa College

DISTRICT COORDINATOR

Phone: (619) 388-2353

Office: G-238

Dr. Leticia P. Lopez has offered a Spanish honors course with a focus on film for various years at Mesa College, and has extensive experience working with her own students on crafting their honors contracts. As the new honors coordinator, she encourages students and faculty to look for new ways to weave global awareness and service-learning into their standard curriculum. A native from Los Angeles, Dr. Lopez holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Mount Saint Mary's College, a TESL credential from UCSB Extension, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UC Santa Barbara. She has been at Mesa College since 2002. When not teaching, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, watching classic films, playing sports, and traveling.

COORDINATOR

Professor Wendy Smith

Phone: (619) 388-2347

Office: G-333

Wendy Smith teaches all levels of composition, literature, film, and creative writing. She works to promote empathy, intellectual curiosity, and creativity in her students. Professor Smith co-teaches, with Professor Joe Safdie, Honors Introduction to Creative Writing. Students in this course also form the staff of the Mesa College literary magazine, Mesa Visions. Besides writing occasional book reviews for the San Diego Union-Tribune she enjoys spending time with her husband, son, two dogs, and a tortoise. She received her B.A. from UCSD and her M.A. from SDSU and is a fellow of the San Diego Area Writing Project.

DISTRICT TRANSFER OFFICER

Dr. Alison Primoza

Phone: (619) 388-2351

Office: G-239

Dr. Alison Primoza works with honors students on everything related to transfer - from scholarship and internship opportunities, resume building activities like presentation and publication opportunities, to facilitating pre-transfer experiences, such as pre-transfer mentoring, symposia, conferences, and summer internships. She is advisor of the Honors Club and one of the PTK advisors. She works to build and maintain honors transfer agreements and opportunities with partner schools. Dr. Primoza earned her BA and MA, in Spanish, and PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. She has taught Spanish at Mesa College since 1996. She aspires to have free time to enjoy film, surfing, hiking, and travel.