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Graduate faculty status is awarded to those members of the faculty who have been nominated by the appropriate academic department head or director and approved by the Graduate Council, the Dean of the Graduate School, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Initial appointment to the Graduate Faculty shall be a five-year period, with subsequent periodic review thereafter. There are two types of membership: Member and Associate Member. Qualifications for graduate faculty are as follows:
Member: (a) earned terminal degree in field of specialization, (b) evidence of scholarly and professional activities, and (c) appropriate graduate teaching and advising experience. A member is permitted to teach graduate courses, serve as a member of graduate advisory committees, act as a major professor, and direct field studies, theses, and dissertations.
Clinical member: (a) earned terminal degree in field of specialization, (b) adjunct or visiting professor who has a record of appropriate clinical experience, (c) evidence of scholarly and professional activities, and (d) previously served as a graduate Associate Member at ULM or comparable accredited university. A clinical member can serve as a member of graduate advisory committees; chair and direct field studies, theses, and dissertations; and teach graduate courses.
Associate member: (a) appropriate graduate teaching and advising experience, (b) adjunct or visitng professor who has a record of distinguished service, or faculty member who meets a special departmental or school need, and who is judged by the Graduate Council, the Dean of the Graduate School, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs to be qualified for a specific function. An associate member may teach graduate level courses and/or serve as a member of graduate committees. An associate member may not direct field studies, theses, or dissertations, and may not serve as a major professor on a graduate advisory committee.
Graduate faculty members are listed below, along with additional graduate faculty information. Associate members are identified with an asterisk preceding their name.
*Fredrick Adams
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Mary Adams
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Elward K. Alford
Professor of Kinesiology
Director, School of Health Professions
Ph.D., University of Texas
Jeffrey Anderson
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Florida
*Larry R. Anderson
Associate Professor of Music
Director, Jazz and Percussion Division
M.M., University of Tulsa
Laurie Babin
Professor of Marketing
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Dinesh Babu
Assistant Professor of Toxicology
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Kevin N. Baer
Waste Management Endowed Professor of Toxicology
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University
Scott Baggarly
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
William Barnett
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington
Christine T. Berry
Associate Professor of Insurance
Ph.D., Florida State University
Ronald Berry
Professor of Computer Information Systems
Dean, College of Business and Social Sciences
D.B.A., Mississippi State University
Michael Beutner
Associate Professor of Instructional Technology
Ph.D., Ohio University
Joydeep Bhattacharjee
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Christopher Blackburn
Professor of History
Ph.D., Auburn University
Benny L. Blaylock
Professor of Toxicology
Dean, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
James Boldin
Assistant Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison
*Mkay Bonner
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
*Ramona Bonnette
CCC-SLP, Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology
M.S., University of Central Arkansas
Monica Bontty
Associate Professor of History
Program Coordinator of History
Ph.D., University of California – Los Angeles
Johanna Boult
CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor
Department Head and Program Director of Speech-Language Pathology
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Peggy J. Bowers
Assistant Professor of Communication
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Communication
Ph.D., Stanford University
Brian Bramstedt
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Toledo
Karen P. Briski
Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroanatomy
Head, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ralph Brown III
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Linda Bryan
CCC-SLP, Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Bob N. Cage
Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership
Ph.D., Iowa State University
Patti Calk
LOTR, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
Department Head, Occupational Therapy
Program Director, Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT) Program
OTD, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
Michael A. Camille
Professor of Geography
Associate Dean, College of Arts, Education, and Sciences
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
*Michael J. Cappel
Associate Professor of Social Work
M.S.W., California State University (Fresno)
L.C.S.W., Louisiana
Roger Carpenter
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Jason Carr
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
John Carr
Professor of Biology
Kitty DeGree Professorship in Biology
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Deborah L. Chandler
Associate Professor of Music
Ph.D., Florida State University
*Sharon C. Chaney
Assistant Professor of Dental Hygiene
M.P.S., Loyola University
M. Sean Chenoweth
Associate Professor of Geography
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
*Tommie M. Church
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University
Leonard J. Clark
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Director of Graduate School and the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research
Ed.D., Louisiana Tech University
Mark R. Clark
Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Washington
Kenneth E. Clow
Professor of Marketing
Ph.D., University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
*Michael B. Cockerham
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Pharmacy
Pharm D., Idaho State University
Henry S. Cole
Professor of Marketing
Director, School of Management
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University
Lisa Cooper Colvin
Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Jose L. Cordova
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Faculty Chair, Computer Science
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
Jean Cottingham
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
*Sharon F. Cruse
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University
Amy Dagley
Assistant Professor of Curriculum, Instruction, & Leadership
Program Chair, Educational Leadership
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Dorothy Davis
Associate Professor of Accounting
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
*Michael D. Degennaro
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., University of Georgia
*Thomas DeNardin
Instructor of Management
M.S., Nova Southeastern University
Jessica Dolecheck
Associate Professor of Health Studies
Department Head, Health Studies
Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University
Yolanda Dupre
Associate Professor of Counseling
Program Director, Counseling
Ph.D., University of New Orleans
Virginia Eaton
Professor of Computer Science
Ed.D., Vanderbilt University
Donna Eichhorn
Assistant Professor of Occupational Theraphy
M.Ed., University of Louisiana at Monroe
Robert C. Eisenstadt
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Georgia State University
Khalid El Sayed
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D., Mansoura University
Edward E. Eller
Professor of English
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
*Brian Robert Fassett
Professor of Art
M.A., Wayne State University
*Joseph B. Feldhaus
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Judy A. Fellows
Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Associate Dean, College of Health and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ph.D., University of Memphis
Ann M. Findley
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
*Gary L. Findley
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
*Mary L. Gauthier-Lewis
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Assistant Dean, College of Pharmacy
Pharm.D., Xavier University of Louisiana
*Florencetta Gibson
Professor and Director, School of Nursing
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
Jana M. Giles
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Chris R. Gissendanner
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Eugenie Goodwin
Assistant Professor of Finance
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University
*Rajgopal Govindarajan
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center and Epplye Cancer Center
*Claudia Grinnell
Associate Professor of English
Ed.D., Grambling State University
*Paula Griswold
Assistant Professor of Health Studies
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University
Julia C. Guernsey-Pitchford
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Janet Haedicke
Professor of English
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Robert D. Hanser
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Associate Director, School of Social Sciences
Program Coordinator of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
David Hare
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Carolina
*Richard Eugene Hayes
Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., Indiana University
*Sarah L. Hayes
CCC-SLP, Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Assistant Professor
M.A., Northeast Louisiana University
Jack R. Heflin
Professor of English
M.F.A., University of Montana
Pamela Higgins-Saulsberry
Professor of Social Work
Director, School of Social Sciences
Program Director of Social Work
Ph.D., Jackson State University; L.C.S.W., Louisiana
Anna M. Hill
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Ronald A. Hill
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Thomas G. Hodge
Associate Professor of Accounting
Ph.D., The University of Mississippi
C.P.A., Arkansas, Louisiana; C.I.A.; C.M.A.
Charles Holloway
Professor of Foreign Language
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Scot A. Humes
Assistant Professor of Music
D.M.A., Stony Brook University
Cecil Hutto
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Keith Jackson
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
*Beverly Jarrell
Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene
M.Ed., Temple University
April Johnson
Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology
M.A., Louisiana Tech University
*Amelia Johnston
Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology
Seetharama D.S. Jois
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
Terry Lyle Jones
Professor of History
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Amal K. Kaddoumi
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
*Paul M. Karlowitz
Associate Professor of Aviation
M.S., Central Missouri State University
Bette J. Kauffman
Associate Professor of Communication
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
*David J. Kean
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Kent State University
Bradford Keeney
Hanna Spyker Endowed Chair, Marriage & Family Therapy
Ph.D., Purdue University
*Robert Kemp
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration
Ph.D., University of Nebraska
Kioh Kim
Assistant Professor of Education
Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Carl A. Kogut
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Karen Kopera-Frye
Professor and Joseph A. Biedenharn Endowed Chair in Gerontology
Ph.D., Wayne State University
Attapol Kuanliang
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University
Sushma Krishnamurthy
Professor of Biology
Director, School of Sciences
Program Coordinator of Biology
Ph.D., University of Maryland Eastern Shore
B. Dean Lanham
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Prairie View A&M
Sandra Lemoine
Professor of Kinesiology
Dean, College of Arts, Education, and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Veronica Lewis
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
*David M. Lovett
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Yong-Yu Liu
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., Shanghai University
Helen Lock
Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Mara Loeb
Associate Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Derle R. Long
Associate Professor of Music
Director, School of Visual and Performing Arts
Coordinator of Music
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
*Sandra K. Lunte
Professor in Music
D.M.A., Ball State University
Donna Walton Luse
Professor of Business Communications
Associate Dean and Graduate Coordinator, College of Business Administration
Ph.D., University of North Texas
*Christopher Mapp
Assistant Professor of Communication
A.B.D., Louisiana State University
*Nichelle Mason
Clinical Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
*Mark McCleery
Instructor of Music
M.M., Louisiana State University
William G. McCown
Professor of Psychology
Associate Dean, College of Business and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Loyola University – Chicago
E. Michelle McEacharn
Professor of Accounting
Director, School of Accounting, Financial, and Information Services
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University; C.P.A., Louisiana
Joseph R. McGahan
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., The University of Oklahoma
Harihara M. Mehendale
Professor of Toxicology
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Melissa V. Melancon
Assistant Professor of Finance
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University; C.M.A.; C.F.M.
Sharon A. Meyer
Associate Professor of Toxicology
Ph.D., Cornell University
*Chris Michaelides
Associate Professor of French
Ph.D., Duke University
Russell L. Minton
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Alabama
Carolyn Murphy
LOTR, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Masters of Occupational Therapy Program
OTD, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
*Louis A. Nabors
Associate Professor of Music
M.A., Prairie View A&M College
Sami Nazzal
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
*Paul M. Nelson
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Paul S. Nelson
Associate Professor of Economics
Faculty Chair, Economics
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Anna Netterville
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., South Dakota State University
Ulas Ograk
Assistant Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of Texas-Pan American
Carl Ray Owens
Temporary Part-Time Instructor of Psychology
S.S.P., Northeast Louisiana University
Shirlee Ann Owens
Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Lesli Pace
Associate Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Dona Packer
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Jack A. Palmer
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Eric A. Pani
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
*Roy Parish
Tom and Mayme Scott Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacy Practice
B.S., Pharm.D., University of Florida
Tammy A. Rapp Parker
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
John Nelson Pope
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Ph.D., Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
Sherlyn Ezell Powell
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., University of Alabama
Ava F. Pugh
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Assistant Head, Department of Curriculum, Instruction, & Leadership
Ed.D., Mississippi State University
*Gary Lynn Ratcliff
Associate Professor of Art
Associate Director, School of Visual and Performing Arts
Program Coordinator of Art
M.F.A., Texas A&M, Commerce, TX
Wendel A. Ray
Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., Nova University
Donna A. Rhorer
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana
Stephen P. Richters
Professor of Mathematics
Executive Vice President
Ph.D., Brown University
Jason F. Rinehart
Assistant Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City
John Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Communication
M.F.A., Memphis College of Arts
*Raymundo ‘Arturo’ Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Management
D.M., Colorado Technical University
William M. Ryan
Professor of English
M.F.A., University of Massachusetts
Thomas W. Sasek
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Duke University
Pamela Saulsberry
Professor of Social Work
Interim Director, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Program Coordinator for Social Work
Ph.D., Jackson State University
Dorothy Schween
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Director, School of Education
Ed.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
Richard D. Seiler, Jr.
Professor of Music
Chair, Keyboard Division
D.M.A., Louisiana State University
Girish V. Shah
Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Chair
Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., University of Bombay
Anita Sharma
Associate Professor of Social Work and Gerontology
Ph.D., Florida State University
L.C.S.W., Louisiana
*Charles Flint Smith
Temporary Part-time Instructor of Psychology
S.S.P., Northeast Louisiana University
Lon Albert Smith
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., Tulane University
*Pam Smith
Temporary Part-time Instructor of Psychology
S.S.P., Northeast Louisiana University
Ruth Elizabeth Smith
Professor of Foreign Languages
Director, School of Humanities
Program Coordinator of World Languages
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Claire Stammerjohn
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
*Shalanda Stanley
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
M.Ed., University of Louisiana at Monroe
C. Turner Steckline
Associate Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Rebecca Stephenson
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Rick Stevens
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
*Joshua Stockley
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Brent Strunk
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Program Coordinator of Math
Ph.D., Purdue University
Christine Strunk
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Purdue University
*Daniel W. Sumner
Assistant Professor of Music Education
M.M., Indiana University
*John Sutherlin
Associate Professor of Political Science
Program Coordinator of Political Science
Ph.D., University of New Orleans
Jana P. Sutton
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Programs Director, Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
Paul W. Sylvester
Professor of Pharmacology
B.J. Robison Endowed Professor of Pharmacology
Director of Research and Graduate Studies
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Carl L. Thameling
Associate Professor of Communication
Program Coordinator of Communication
Ph.D., Indiana University - Bloomington
*Hillary Tice
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Pharm.D., Texas Tech University School of Pharmacy
*Mary Ann Thomas
CCC-SLP, Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology
Internship Coordinator
M.S., University of Louisiana at Monroe
Richard Thurlkill
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Kim Marie Tolson
Professor of Biology
Lillian L. and Fred A. Marx Endowed Professor in Biology
Graduate Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate Coordinator, Department of Biology
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University
*Cliff Tresner
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., University of Mississippi
Claire Vangelisti
Assistant Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Houssen Wael
Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy
Ph.D., University of Aberdeen
Bruce C. Walker
Associate Professor of Management
Faculty Chair, Management
Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Jerrilene Washington
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., Johns Hopkins University
*Jennifer Whited
CCC-SLP, Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology
M.A., University of Louisiana Lafayette
Allison Wiedemeier
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia
*Paul Wiedemeier
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia
David Williamson
Associate Professor of Psychology
Head, Department of Psychology
Ph.D., East Texas State University
Stanley G. Williamson
Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of North Texas
*James T. Wood
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington
R. Lamar Woodham
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ed.D., East Texas State University
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