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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 three types of membership: Member, Clinical 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
M.M., University of Tulsa
*Jason Austin
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
M.A., University of Louisiana at Monroe
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
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
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
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
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Patti Calk
LOTR, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
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
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
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
*Tommie M. Church
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University
Leonard J. Clark
Associate 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, 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
Jose L. Cordova
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Faculty Chair, Computer Science
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
*Barth Cox
Assistant Professor of Communication
M.F.A., University of New Orleans
*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
*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
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
*Lauren Fix
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
Aimee Galick
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., Loma Linda University
*Srinivas Garlapati
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Madurai Kamaraj University
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
*Claudia Grinnell
Associate Professor of English
Ed.D., Grambling State University
Eugenie Goodwin
Assistant Professor of Finance
D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University
*Paula Griswold
Associate 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
David Hale
Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., Nova University
Robert D. Hanser
Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
David Hare
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., University of Carolina
*Sarah L. Hayes
CCC-SLP, Clinical Assistant Professor
M.A., Northeast Louisiana University
Jack R. Heflin
Professor of English
M.F.A., University of Montana
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
*Sandra Hill
Professor of English
Associate Director, School of Humanities
Program Coordinator of English
Ph.D., University of Maryland
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
Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
Tammy A. Johnston
Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
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. Khalil
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
Kioh Kim
Associate 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
Associate 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
*Myra Lovett
Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., University of Louisiana at 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
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
*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; 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
Carolyn Murphy
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator, Masters of Occupational Therapy Program
OTD, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
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
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 of Academic Affairs
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
John Nelson Pope
Assistant Professor of Counseling
Ph.D., Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
Sherlyn Ezell Powell
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ed.D., University of Alabama
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
Associate Director, School of Education
Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana
Stephen P. Richters
Professor of Mathematics
Executive Vice President
Ph.D., Brown University
Jason F. Rinehart
Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City
*Raymundo Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Management
D.M., Colorado Technical 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 at 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
Anita Sharma
Associate Professor of Social Work and Gerontology
Ph.D., Florida State University
L.C.S.W., Louisiana
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
M.Ed., University of Louisiana at Monroe
*C. Turner Wilson
Professor of Communication
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Rick Stevens
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
*Joshua Stockley
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
*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
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
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
M.F.A., University of Mississippi
Claire Vangelisti
Associate Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Bruce C. Walker
Associate Professor of Management
Faculty Chair, Management
Ph.D., University of Arkansas
*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
Stanley G. Williamson
Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of North Texas
R. Lamar Woodham
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ed.D., East Texas State University
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