Martin Dupuis, Ph.D. is Senior Associate Dean of the Burnett Honors College. He attended Albion College (MI) and the Washington College of Law at The American University. Dr. Dupuis is a member of the Florida Bar and associate professor of Political Science. He joined UCF in 2006 after serving as director of Western Illinois University’s Centennial Honors College. His scholarship includes Barack Obama: The New Face of America (with Keith Boeckelman, Praeger Publishers, 2009) and Same-Sex Marriage, Legal Mobilization and the Politics of Rights (Peter Lang Publishing, 2002). Marty is an avid adventure traveler and enjoys hiking, biking, and the performing arts.