Steve is in his first term as an at-large council member. Steve serves on the following committees of council: Budget, Planning and Zoning, General Government, and Social Services.

In addition to serving on council, Steve continues his work as a partner of Roberts & Kay, Inc. (RKI), a research and organization development firm Steve co-founded in 1983.

Steve’s opportunities to contribute to civic life in Lexington have included service on the boards of the Lexington Transit Authority (LexTran) and the Martin Luther King Neighborhood Association. He is a former Vice Chair of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Planning Commission, and a former president of the board of the Good Foods Co-op.

Steve earned a B.A. from Bowdoin College, an M.A. from Yale University, and an Ed.D. from the University of Kentucky. He is married to Rona Roberts and has three grown sons.

Born and raised in Gaithersburg, MD, Janice Fernheimer earned her BA in English at the University of Maryland, College Park and both her MA in American Literature and her PhD in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Texas at Austin.  In Fall 2008, she was a visiting scholar at the Hadassah Brandeis Institute for Gender and Jewish Studies. Prior to joining the faculty at UK, she wasAssistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. At the University of Kentucky she teaches courses in rhetoric, technology, and pedagogy and Jewish rhetorical studies.Professor Fernheimer's book project, Arguing Black Jewish Identity: Hatzaad Harishon and Interruptive Invention (ABJI), is forthcoming from University of Alabama Press in Fall 2013. Analyzing primary archival documents (letters, memos, proposals) housed at the Schomburg Center in New York,ABJI focuses on Black Jews and their interactions with other Jews to theorize how rhetors argue about questions of identity and authenticity. She guest-edited the special issue of College English, “Composing Jewish Rhetorics,” published in July 2010.  Professor Fernheimer is also a founding member and leader of Klal Rhetorica, an international organization of scholars who explore issues of Jewish discourse, identity, and culture. When she’s not writing or teaching, you can usually find her dancing salsa, tango, merengue, or bachata or basking in the sun with her pet lizards!

Professor Tanaka's research primarily focuses on the role of agricultural science and technology in reconfiguring the relationship between production and consumption in the global context. Her recent work examines knowledge politics surrounding food safety, healthy food, agricultural sustainability, and food localization. Beside the Sociology program, she teaches courses in the Sustainable Agriculture Program in the College of Agriculture and the UK Honor’s Program. Dr. Tanaka also directs the UK Asia Center which provides instructional and outreach programs on Asian societies and cultures for UK community members and Kentuckians.

The Santana Law Office, PSC specializes in client representation for Automobile Accidents, Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation, Medical Negligence, Wrongful Death, and Criminal Law. Joshua E. Santana has the experience it takes to settle your case.

Chassen-Lopez, Francie Alvarez, Steven P; Pool, Christopher A  will introduce the Year of Mexico! 

For the 2013-2014 academic year, the College is proud to offer as the next installment of the Passport to the World Program – Year of Mexico: Peoples, Arts, Cultures, and Homelands of South America. The coming year’s programming will focus on three major themes the United States and Mexico have in common - the challenges of ruling diverse and dynamic geographic territories; the pursuit of internal and external security; and an abundance of creativity and innovation.The integration of art, history, literature, religion, geography, the social sciences, environmental science, and other disciplines will enable students, faculty, alumni, and members of the community to realize that Mexico is so much more!

Joe Lewis and Lara Hillenberg are our Amaizing advisors for Wired!  They will be here to answer any questions you have about schedules, classes, and forms.  http://www.as.uky.edu/advising

Arts & Sciences Advising Center

311 Patterson Office Tower

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday

8:00 am to 4:30 pm

859-257-8712 (phone)

859-257-5459 (fax)

On-Call Advisor

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 1:00-4:00 PM, Fall and Spring Terms Only

311 Patterson Office Tower or call (859) 257-8712

If you are a student without an A&S advisor you are welcome to come to on-call hours. Our on-call hours are available for:

• A double major, but your primary major is in another college
• A dual degree, but your primary degree is in another college
• A prospective student not currently attending UK
• A current non-A&S major student inquiring about an A&S major
• A current A&S student who has been referred to on-call by their faculty advisor

Please note advising holds will not be lifted by the on-call advisor.

Peer Mentors serve as a positive role model and a resource for students in their community. During the fall semester, Peer Mentors assist their learning community instructor with the planning and preparation for a one-credit Seminar Course. It is expected that the Peer Mentor attends each class, teach one lesson during the quarter, and help to facilitate class discussion. Peer Mentors also plan and organize cultural, intellectual, thematic outings and an informal faculty chat that acquaints the students in their community with the resources of the University of Kentucky.

Who is Rich Seckel?

Rich Seckel has worked at Kentucky Equal Justice Center since 1979. He often has served as an advocate on poverty law issues before state agencies and the Kentucky General Assembly. Today, he coordinates legal services task forces in consumer, family, housing and public benefits law. Mr. Seckel is co-chair of the Board of Kentucky Voices for Health and a board member of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. He holds a BA from Oberlin College (1974) and an MSW from West Virginia University (1979). Before graduate school, he volunteered as a boycott organizer for the United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO.

Tell me more about Maxwell Street Clinic?

Our immigration law progam at Maxwell Street Legal Clinic has been overflowing with applicants to a new program for immigrant youth who were brought here undocumented as children. It's called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA is mini-version of the proposed Dream Act, but more limited. It does not create a new legal immigration status or a path to citizenship. But it does something important: it lets immigrant youth with good school and military records know they won’t be deported in the next two years—and provides authorization to work. We began helping prepare DACA applications when the program began last June. Since then, we've helped more than 80 young people apply. Twenty-five have been approved—a success rate of 100% so far. We are excited for the 25 youth who now have temporary work authorization, can apply for social security numbers and will be free from deportation for at least two years. 

Betty Abdmishani is the Village Manager at Lexington Public Library on Versailles Road in Lexington, KY.  She has done outstanding work with afterschool programs, building diversity and culture within Lexington, and tutoring Second Language Learners.  She will be coming to Keeneland and we are thrilled to have her!