Hutton Honors College advisors provide holistic, individualized advising—in conjunction with the support you receive from your school or departmental advisor—that will help you meet your goals. HHC advisors will inform you of programs, events, and other opportunities to enhance your IU experience; review HHC requirements and courses; share internship, grant, and scholarship information; and explore the paths that lead to your success at IU and beyond.
We’re Here to Help
Hutton Honors College Advising Services will assist students both online and in-person in 2024-2025. Please email hhcadvng@iu.edu or your assigned advisor to ask any questions, or use the Student Appointment Scheduler to schedule a virtual or in-person appointment with one of our advisors. We are here to help you through any difficult questions or circumstances.
If you would like immediate assistance, we encourage you to utilize our drop-in advising hours. Drop-in advising is on a first-come, first-served basis. During periods of high traffic an advisor may not be available immediately.
In-person:
Monday: 11am-4pm
Tuesday-Friday: 9am-4pm
Please note: graduate assistant advisors are graduate students who advise Hutton Honors College undergraduates.
Zilia Balkansky-Sellés
Academic Advisor (Advanced)
Zilia Balkansky-Sellés is a writer and actor. She has been published in Comparative Woman (Louisiana State University), Trigger Warnings, Stormwash: Environmental Poems, and has given readings at the Writers Guild at Bloomington events. She has a Ph.D. from the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University and serves as an academic advisor in the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University.
Matt Ely
Graduate Assistant Advisor
Matthew Ely is a PhD candidate in the Higher Education program at Indiana University's School of Education. His scholarly interest in in experimental American colleges and their curricular history. He enjoys reading, watching baseball, and trying to keep up with his toddler daughter.
Catherine Haynes
Graduate Assistant Advisor
Tara McLeod
Academic Advisor
Tara McLeod has been an academic advisor in the Hutton Honors College for three and a half years. With a background in anthropology, she has taught classes on cultural anthropology and prehistory and has worked in Cultural Resources Management as an archaeologist in Maryland and Oklahoma. She was also a public librarian in Connecticut before moving to Bloomington. She likes spending time with friends and family (including two mischievous cats), making ceramics, and gardening.
Khalfan Mohammed
Associate Director of Advising
Khalfan Mohamed serves as the Associate Director of Advising and as academic advisor. He studied law in Russia and the United States and worked in various positions in Tanzania before moving to the United States. He has also taught Swahili for several years at the African Studies Program at Indiana University Bloomington. He likes traveling, reading and gardening during his spare time.
Adam Singh
Academic Advisor
Adam Singh is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University. He studies the literature of Catalan exiles in Mexico, with his dissertation focusing on the exiles' adaptation of the postconquest indigenous myth of Quetzalcoatl.
