Graduate Faculty

LEVELS OF GRADUATE FACULTY MEMBERSHIP:

Full Member: A Full Member may teach graduate courses; act as a major professor; and serve on and chair field study, thesis and dissertation committees.

Clinical Member: Clinical Membership is for full-time, adjunct, or visiting faculty engaging in application of clinical/practical knowledge and practical instruction of professional students. A Clinical Member may teach graduate courses; and serve on and chair field study, thesis, and dissertation committees.

(*) Associate Member: An Associate Member may teach graduate courses and serve as a member of graduate committees. An Associate Member may not chair field study, thesis, or dissertation committees. Associate membership may include adjunct faculty.

• Emeritus Faculty: Emeritus Graduate Faculty who are active in research may serve as Clinical or Associate members for a period of five years. The request must be based on the same criteria used to appoint Graduate Faculty and must follow the same protocol as any current ULM faculty member. In accepting Graduate Faculty status, Emeritus Faculty accept all responsibilities of their role as outlined in the Graduate School Catalog and Faculty Handbook.
• Retired Faculty: Retired Graduate Faculty may retain their status as graduate faculty for one year. After one year of service they may apply for adjunct status and Graduate Faculty as Clinical or Associate member. The request must be based on the same criteria used to appoint Graduate Faculty and must follow the same protocol as any current ULM faculty member. In accepting Graduate Faculty status, Retired Faculty accept all responsibilities of their role as outlined in the Graduate School Catalog and Faculty Handbook.

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
Interim Associate Dean, College of Arts Education and Sciences
History Program Coordinator
Ph.D., University of Florida

*Larry R. Anderson
Associate Professor of Music
M.M., University of Tulsa

*Burton Ashworth
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Fielding Institute

Jason Austin
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling
Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Laurie Babin
Professor of Marketing
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Kevin N. Baer
Waste Management Endowed Professor of Toxicology
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University

*Scott Baggarly
Associate Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University

*Wendy Bailes
Associate Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., University of Mississippi Medical Center

Niktarios Barabutis
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., Univeristy of Athens, Athens, Greece

*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

Krishna Bista
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Ed.D., Ed.S., Arkansas State University

Christopher Blackburn
Professor of History
Ph.D., Auburn University

Benny L. Blaylock
Professor of Toxicology
Ph.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

*James Boldin
Associate Professor of Music
Associate Director, School of Visual and Performing Arts
D.M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison

*Mkay Bonner
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Monica Bontty
Professor of History
Ph.D., University of California – Los Angeles

Karen P. Briski
Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroanatomy
Head, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Ralph Brown III
Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Tennessee – Knoxville

Patti Calk
LOTR, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Program Director, Master of Occupational Therapy Program
Associate Director, School of Health Professions
OTD, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Michael A. Camille
Professor of Geography
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Roger Carpenter
Professor of History
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

Jean Christopher Chamcheu
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Rouxi Chen
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., Virginia Tech University

*M. Sean Chenoweth
Associate Professor of Geography
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Yiting Chu
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., University of Washington

*Tommie M. Church
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University

Leonard J. Clark
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Director, School of Education
Ed.D., Louisiana Tech University

Mark R. Clark
Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Washington

Kenneth E. Clow
Professor of Marketing, Biedenharn Chair
Ph.D., University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Henry S. Cole
Professor of Marketing
Director, School of Management
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University

*Joshua Comer
Assistant Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jose L. Cordova
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Faculty Chair, Computer Science
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

*Brad Cousins
Assistant Professor of Management
Ph.D., International School of Management

*Barth Cox
Assistant Professor of Communication
M.F.A., University of New Orleans

Debra Craighead
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., University of Texas at Tyler

*Sharon F. Cruse
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University

Dorothy Davis
Associate Professor of Accounting
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

*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

*Emily Doughty
Associate Professor of Nursing
Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University

Theresa Dronet
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling
Ph.D., University of Louisiana Monroe

Yolanda Dupre
Associate Professor of Counseling
Program Director, Counseling
Ph.D., University of New Orleans

*Adaobi Duru
Assistant Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Virginia Eaton
Professor of Computer Science
Ed.D., Vanderbilt University

Donna Eichhorn
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
M.Ed., University of Louisiana Monroe

Robert C. Eisenstadt
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Georgia State University

Amanda Elias
Clinical Instructor of Speech Language Pathology
M.A., Louisiana Tech University

Khalid El Sayed
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D., Mansoura University

*Patrick Exmeyer
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

*Brian Robert Fassett
Professor of Art
M.A., Wayne State University

Judy A. Fellows
Professor of Speech-Language Pathology and
Associate Dean of Health Sciences in the 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

*Carl Frusha
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling
Ph.D., University of Louisiana Monroe

Aimee Galick
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., Loma Linda University

Joshua Gann
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Baylor University

Srinivas Garlapati
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Madurai Kamaraj University

Jana M. Giles
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Denise Gilstrap
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Ph.D., University of Mississippi

Chris R. Gissendanner
Associate Professor of Biology
Associate Director, School of Sciences
Graduate Coordinator for Arts, Education, and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Georgia

Eugenie Goodwin
Assistant Professor of Finance
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University

*Claudia Grinnell
Associate Professor of English
Ed.D., Grambling State University

Paula Griswold
Associate Professor of Health Studies
Associate Director School of Health Professions
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

David Hale
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling
Ph.D., Nova University

Robert D. Hanser
Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University

David Hare
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Program Coordinator for Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Carolina

*Sarah L. Hayes
CCC-SLP, Instructor of Speech Language Pathology
M.A., Northeast Louisiana University

Jack R. Heflin
Professor of English
M.F.A., University of Montana

Rhonda Hensley
Associate Professor of Nursing
D.N.P., University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ed.D., Grambling State University

Leigh Hersey
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Arizona State University

William Hey
Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Southern Illinios University

Ronald A. Hill
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D., Ohio State University

*Lacy Hitt
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

*Lyle M. Holin
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Ph.D., Texas A & M University

Charles Holloway
Professor of Modern Languages
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Scot A. Humes
Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., Stony Brook University

Cecil Hutto
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Mississippi

*David Irwin
Professor and Program Director Speech Language Pathology
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Keith Jackson
Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., University of North Texas Health Sciences Center

* Barbara Johnson
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
OTD, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Tammy A. Johnston
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Seetharama D.S. Jois
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science

*Terry L Jones
Professor of History
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

*Robyn Jordan
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., University of Louisiana Monroe

Hyun Chul Jung
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea

Amal K. Kaddoumi
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Kathleen Kaminski
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University

*Paul M. Karlowitz
Associate Professor of Aviation
M.S., Central Missouri State University

Bette J. Kauffman
Professor of Communication
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Kioh Kim
Associate Professor of Education
Ph.D., University of Wyoming

Carl A. Kogut
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Attapol Kuanliang
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University

Sushma Krishnamurthy
Professor of Biology
Interim Director, Graduate School
Ph.D., University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Susan Lacey
Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., Kansas State University

*Gail Lane
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., University of Louisiana Monroe

*David M. Lovett
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Matt Lovett
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Myra Lovett
Assistant Professor of Education
Associate Director, School of Education
Coordinator of Field Experience and Teacher Candidacy
Ed.D., University of Louisiana Monroe

Yong-Yu Liu
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., Shanghai University

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
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

Sandra K. Lunte
Professor of Music
D.M.A., Ball State University

Donna Walton Luse
Professor of Business Communications
Associate Dean, College of Business and Social Sciences
Ph.D., University of North Texas

Christopher Mapp
Associate Professor of Communication
Director, Student Publications
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Cynthia Matthews
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Georgios Matthiaolampakis
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., University of Patras, Greece

Janelle R. McDaniel
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Memphis

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

Joseph R. McGahan
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., The University of Oklahoma

Sharon A. Meyer
Professor of Toxicology
Ph.D., Cornell University

*Chris Michaelides
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Interim Dean, College of Arts, Education, and Sciences
Ph.D., Duke University

*Emily Mike
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
OTD, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Carolyn Murphy
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Masters of Occupational Therapy Program
OTD, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Siva Murru
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India

Sami Nazzal
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Paul S. Nelson
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Anna Netterville
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., South Dakota State University

Elizabeth Oldfather
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., Rutgers University

Matthew D. Overturf
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of North Texas

Lesli Pace
Associate Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Jack A. Palmer
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., The University of Georgia

Eric A. Pani
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Sherlyn Ezell Powell
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., University of Alabama

*Rebecca Pickering
Adjunct Instructor of Speech Language Pathology
M.S., University of Louisiana Monroe

Ava F. Pugh
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., Mississippi State University

*Gary Lynn Ratcliff
Professor of Art
Associate Director, School of Visual and Performing Arts
M.F.A., Texas A&M University

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

*Raymundo Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Management
D.M., Colorado Technical University

William Rogers
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., Cornell University

*Patricia Roshto
Instructor of Accounting
M.B.A., Northeastern Louisiana 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
Director, School of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ph.D., Jackson State University

Dorothy Schween
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Director, School of Education
Ed.D., University of Louisiana Monroe

Richard D. Seiler, Jr.
Professor of Music
D.M.A., Louisiana State University

Girish V. Shah
Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Chair
Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., University of Bombay

Samuel Shannon
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Anita Sharma
Associate Professor of Social Work and Gerontology
Ph.D., Florida State University

*Anne Marie Sisk
Clinical Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
M.S., University of Louisiana Monroe

Lon Albert Smith
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Ph.D., Tulane University

Ruth Elizabeth Smith
Professor of Foreign Languages
Director, School of Humanities
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Claire Stammerjohn
Professor of Marketing
Ph.D., Mississippi State University

Shalanda Stanley
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Rick Stevens
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Joshua Stockley
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

John Sutherlin
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of New Orleans

Jana P. Sutton
Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., University of Louisiana 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

Matthew Talbert
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Wake Forest University

Carl L. Thameling
Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Indiana University - Bloomington

Richard Thurlkill
Associate 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
Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University

*Cliff Tresner
Associate Professor of Art
Program Coordinator for Art
M.F.A., University of Mississippi

C. Turner Wilson
Associate Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Claire Vangelisti
Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin

Nicole Vaux
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Ph.D., University of Alabama

Bruce C. Walker
Associate Professor of Management
Program Coordinator, Management
Ph.D., University of Arkansas

*Janis Weber
Associate Instructor of Accounting
M.B.A., Regis University

*Amy Weems
Clinical Practioner of Education
Ed.D., University of Louisiana Monroe

*Jennifer Whited
Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Ph.D., University of Louisiana Lafayette

Allison Wiedemeier
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia

*Paul Wiedemeier
Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems
Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia

Stanley G. Williamson
Associate Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of North Texas