{"id":4954,"date":"2025-02-05T15:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/?page_id=4954"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:53:23","slug":"meet-the-honors-administrators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/meet-the-honors-administrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Honors Administrators"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4954\" class=\"elementor elementor-4954\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c2b93d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c2b93d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8f7560 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d8f7560\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Honors Administrators<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b101b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b101b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1db38f1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1db38f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc4fe53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc4fe53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15bb15e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15bb15e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-176163f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"176163f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/02\/bRIAN-e1586731501575.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4948\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/02\/bRIAN-e1586731501575.png 502w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/02\/bRIAN-e1586731501575-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c1ec8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"42c1ec8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed870b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed870b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Brian Clements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc313e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc313e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775db24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"775db24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brian Clements, Ph.D, is Director of the Kathwari Honors Program and CSU Professor of Creative and Professional Writing. He is author or editor of over a dozen collections of poetry, including, most recently,&nbsp;<i>A Book of Common Rituals<\/i>&nbsp;(Quale Press) and the New York Times New &amp; Noteworthy anthology&nbsp;<i>Bullets into Bells: Poets &amp; Citizens Respond to Gun Violence<\/i>&nbsp;(Beacon Press). His 200-day project&nbsp;<i>Every Atom: Reflections on Whitman at 200<\/i>&nbsp;collected commentaries from 200 writers at&nbsp;<span data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 240)\">North American Review<\/span>. He was the founding Coordinator of WCSU&#8217;s MFA in Creative and Professional Writing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kathwari Honors House 102F<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>clements@wcsu.edu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>203.837.9501<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a816f5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a816f5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3aceae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3aceae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fad0f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9fad0f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/IMG_4277-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5175\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/IMG_4277-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/IMG_4277-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/IMG_4277-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/IMG_4277-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/IMG_4277-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/07\/IMG_4277-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d96cafc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d96cafc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e04bab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e04bab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caitlin Kennedy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85457e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85457e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Assistant Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85307a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85307a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Caitlin Kennedy joined as the Assistant Director of the Kathwari Honors Program in 2023. Caitlin\u2019s undergraduate studies were completed here at Western Connecticut State University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Psychology. After graduating from WCSU in 2012, she joined the U.S. Peace Corps, where she lived and served as an English Education volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Upon her return to the U.S., she earned her Master\u2019s degree in Global Development &amp; Peace from the University of Bridgeport. Caitlin joins the Kathwari Honors Program with over 10 years of higher education program management experience with her most recent roles in international education at the University of Bridgeport and the Associate Director of the Study Abroad Office at Trinity College. \u201cI am thrilled to be back here at WestConn. It feels like coming home.\u201d Caitlin\u2019s favorite things in the world are being outside and exploring with her husband, daughter and dogs, traveling to new places, photography and coffee.<\/p><p><strong>Kathwari Honors House 102D<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>kennedyc@wcsu.edu<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>203.837.9502<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4789735 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4789735\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ddaee elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"75ddaee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a339f e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8a339f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc905cc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cc905cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Honors Administrators Dr. Brian Clements Director Brian Clements, Ph.D, is Director of the Kathwari Honors Program and CSU Professor of Creative and Professional Writing. 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