{"id":45,"date":"2020-02-12T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors-draft\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:17:21","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"people\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-people\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-213\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/people\/\">Honors Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-219\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-219\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/people\/national-fellowships\/\">Office of National Fellowships<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3660\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3660\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/people\/honors-ambassadors\/\">Student Ambassadors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Connect On:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/URIhonors\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urihonors\/\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/uri-honors-program\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/karen-debruin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1846\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Karen de Bruin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-710x1024.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-768x1108.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-1065x1536.jpeg 1065w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-364x525.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-500x721.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/karen-debruin-1000x1442.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/karen-debruin\/\">Karen de Bruin<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Honors Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4697<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:debruin@uri.edu\">debruin@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/3796-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/K-Headshot-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Karl Aspelund\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/K-Headshot-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/K-Headshot-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/K-Headshot-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/K-Headshot-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/K-Headshot-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/K-Headshot-1-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/3796-2\/\">Karl Aspelund<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Director, Honors Program; Associate Professor, Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Honors Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4176<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:aspelund@uri.edu\">aspelund@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/anna-blake-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Anna-Blake.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Anna Blake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Anna-Blake.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Anna-Blake-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Anna-Blake-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Anna-Blake-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/anna-blake-2\/\">Anna Blake<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Program Coordinator<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Honors Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.9483<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:annablake@uri.edu\">annablake@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/heather-johnson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/heather-johnson.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Heather Johnson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/heather-johnson.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/heather-johnson-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/heather-johnson-364x486.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/heather-johnson\/\">Heather Johnson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Honors Project Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.219.3600<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:heather_johnson@uri.edu\">heather_johnson@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/abigail-lee\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1102\" height=\"1610\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of Abigail, a young woman with chest-length brown hair, wearing a light brown blazer. She is smiling softly and facing the camera.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920-768x1122.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920-1051x1536.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920-364x532.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920-500x730.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/AbbyLeeHeadshot-e1729776691920-1000x1461.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/abigail-lee\/\">Abigail Lee<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Honors Specialist<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Honors Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:Abigail_lee@uri.edu\">Abigail_lee@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/aysha-moreino\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/aysha1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aysha Moreino\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/aysha1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/aysha1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/aysha1-364x486.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/aysha-moreino\/\">Aysha Moreino<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Honors Advisor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Honors Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:aysha_moreino@uri.edu\">aysha_moreino@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/cynthia-taylor\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-364x485.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/cynthia-taylor-1000x1333.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/cynthia-taylor\/\">Cynthia Taylor<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Teaching Professor of Honors<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:cynthia_taylor@uri.edu\">cynthia_taylor@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/keegan-scott\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2109\" height=\"2109\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1.jpeg 2109w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-1280x1280.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1731\/Keegan-Scott-Headshot-1-2000x2000.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2109px) 100vw, 2109px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/honors\/meet\/keegan-scott\/\">Keegan Scott<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director of The Office of National Fellowships and Academic Opportunities <\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p 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