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							| 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 
 
							  Endowed Chairs and Professorships							   |  
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				Chairs
				
					Arts, Education, and SciencesBusiness and Social SciencesHealth SciencesPharmacy |  |  
 ChairsArts, Education, and Sciences
	
		
			| Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Chair in Music |  | Dr. Judy Bowers |  Business and Social Sciences
	
		
			| Contractors Educational Trust Fund Endowed Chair in Construction |  | Dr. Edward Brayton |  
			| Joseph A. Biedenharn Chair in Gerontology |  | Not Determined |  Health Sciences
	
		
			| Hanna Spyker Eminent Scholars Chair in Education |  | Dr. Wendel A. Ray |  
			| Kitty DeGree Eminent Scholars Chair in Nursing |  | Dr. Susan Lacey |  Pharmacy
	
		
			| Mary E. & Darrell L. Calhoun Chair in Pharmacology |  | Dr. Girish Shah |  
			| Tom and Mayme Scott Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacy Practice |  | Not Determined |  Professorships
Academic Affairs
	
		
			| Francesca and C. D. Oakley, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Academic Innovation Center |  | Dr. Leigh Hersey |  
			| Mayme and Tom Scott Endowed Professorship in Teaching Excellence |  | Dr. Allison Wiedemeier |  Arts, Education, and SciencesBiology
	
		
			| Doll and Henry Biedenharn, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Communication |  | Not Determined |  
			| Elizabeth and Haydn Cutler Endowed Professorship in Biotechnology |  | Dr. Srinivas Garlapati |  
			| Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship in Biology |  | Dr. Ann Findley |  
			| Lillian L. and Fred A. Marx Endowed Professorship in Biology |  | Dr. Joydeep Bhattacharjee |  Communication
	
		
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						| Doll and Henry Biedenharn, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Communication |  | Not Determined |  
						| Vernon W. “Bodie” McCrory 1st Amendment Endowed Professorship in Mass Communication |  | Mr. Barth Cox |  |  Education
	
		
			| BellSouth Endowed Professorship in Science Education |  | Dr. Ava Pugh |  
			| Chase Endowed Professorship in Teacher Education |  | Dr. Tarrieck Rideaux |  
			| Endowed Professorship in Education Administration |  | Not Determined |  
			| Entergy Professorship in Instructional Technology in Teacher Education |  | Dr. Mike Beutner |  
			| Frances Davis Hammond Endowed Professorship in Education |  | Dr. Yiting Chu |  
			| Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship in Education |  | Dr. Kioh Kim |  
			| Mary Ellen Walker Endowed Professorship in Early Childhood Education |  | Dr. Lacy Hitt |  
			| The Upshaw Family Endowed Professorship in Education |  | Dr. Myra Lovett |  English
	
		
			| Endowed Professorship in English |  | Dr. Jana Giles |  
			| L. M. McKneely Endowed Professorship in English Literature |  | Dr. Julia Guernsey-Pitchford |  
			| L. M. McKneely Endowed Professorship in Humanities |  | Dr. James Boldin |  
			| Tommy and Mary Barham Endowed Professorship in English |  | Dr. William Rogers |  Geosciences
	
		
			| Endowed Professorship in Geology |  | Dr. Todd Murphy |  Liberal Arts
	
		
			| Dr. William R. Hammond Endowed Professorship in Liberal Arts |  | Mr. Clifford Tresner |  Mathematics
	
		
			| A. Dale Magoun Endowed Professorship in Mathematics |  | Not Determined |  
			| Capital One Endowed Professorship in Mathematics |  | Dr. Wilson Harvey |  Music
	
		
			| Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Professorship in Music |  | Dr. Claire Vangelisti |  Business and Social Sciences
Accounting
	
		
			| Alumni Endowed Professorship in Accounting |  | Ms. Janis Weber |  
			| Hood / DeFatta Endowed Professorship in Accounting |  | Dr. Kathleen Kaminski |  
			| John L. Luffey, Sr. Endowed Professorship in Accounting |  | Dr. Dorothy Davis |  
			| Michelle McEacharn Endowed Professorship in Accounting |  | Dr. Katherine Boswell |  
			| Patti Roshto Professorship in Accounting |  | Mr. Jay Lewis |  
			| Regions Bank Endowed Professorship in Accounting |  | Dr. Michelle McEacharn |  Agribusiness
	
		
			| Governor James A. Noe and Linda Noe Laine Endowed Professorship in Agriculture |  | Dr. Paul Nelson |  
			| Mayme and Tom Scott Endowed Professorship in Agriculture |  | Mr. Zachary Moore |  Computer Information Systems
	
		
			| Entergy Endowed Professorship in Computer Information Systems |  | Dr. Paul Wiedemeier |  
			| JoAnn and Miles Sager, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Computer Information Systems |  | Dr. Peggy Lane |  
			| Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship in Computer Information Systems |  | Dr. William Barnett |  Computer Sciences
	
		
			| Clarke Williams, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Communicative Software Design |  | Dr. Lon Smith |  
			| Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship in Computer Sciences |  | Dr. Jose Cordova |  Construction
	
		
			| Beach Endowed Professorship in the School of Construction |  | Mr. Jerry Madden |  
			| Clark G. Boyce Endowed Professorship in Construction |  | Dr. Don Colegrove |  
			| Endowed Professorship in Electrical / Mechanical School of Construction |  | Dr. Nick Hardy |  
			| Northeast Chapter Associated General Contractors of America Endowed Super Professorship |  | Mr. Greg Smith |  
			| Thurman Potts Endowed Professorship in Construction |  | Dr. Edward Brayton |  Entrepreneurship
	
		
			| Abell Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship |  | Dr. Laurie Babin |  
			| Dr. Henry Hu Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship |  | Dr. Tammy Johnston |  
			| Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship |  | Mr. Thomas DeNardin |  
			| George T. Walker Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship |  | Dr. Carl Kogut |  Finance
	
		
			| Louisiana Real Estate Commission Endowed Professorship in Finance |  | Dr. Eugenie Ardoin |  
			| Progressive Bank Endowed Professorship in Financial and Information Technology Services |  | Not Determined |  Gerontology
	
		
			| Endowed Professorship in Gerontology |  | Dr. Anita Sharma |  
			| Pfizer Inc. - B.J. and Mary Jo Robison Endowed Professorship in Gerontology |  | Dr. Burt Ashworth |  Insurance
	
		
			| Kim Sledge Super Professorship in Risk Management and Insurance |  | Not Determined |  
			| State Farm Endowed Professorship in Insurance |  | Dr. Christine T. Berry |  Management
	
		
			| Bruce and Lizabeth Boulware Endowed Professorship in Management |  | Dr. Stanley Williamson |  
			| David and Sharon Turrentine Endowed Professorship in Business |  | Dr. Henry Cole |  
			| Freddy and Reba Nolan Endowed Professorship in Business Analytics |  | Dr. Arturo Rodriguez |  
			| Iberia Bank Professorship of Distinction |  | Dr. Brad Cousins |  
			| John and Rosemary Luffey Professional in Residence Endowed Professorship |  | Dr. Deborah Golemon |  Marketing
	
		
			| John and Tasha Gardner Endowed Professorship in Marketing Analytics |  | Dr. Claire Stammerjohan |  Health SciencesKinesiology
	
		
			| George L. “Chip” Luffey Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology |  | Dr. Matt Lovett |  
			| Lucy Shackelford Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology |  | Dr. Tommie Church |  Nursing
	
		
			| Gaye Eason Dean Endowed Professorship in Nursing |  | Ms. Debra Craighead |  
			| Glenwood Regional Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing |  | Ms. Karen Arrant |  
			| Glenwood Regional Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing “B” |  | Ms. Caroline Carpenter |  
			| Sister Anne Marie Twohig Endowed Professorship in Nursing |  | Ms. Sandy Bailey |  
			| Sister Jerome Crowley Endowed Professorship in Nursing |  | Dr. Wendy Bailes |  
			| Sister Ligouri Lawton Endowed Professorship in Nursing |  | Dr. Rhonda Hensley |  
			| ULM Endowed Professorship in Nursing |  | Dr. Martha Goodman |  
			| Willis-Knighton Endowed Professorship for Nursing Honoring Helen Mena |  | Dr. Sherry Peveto |  Speech-Language Pathology
	
		
			| Endowed Professorship in Communicative Disorders |  | Dr. David Irwin |  
			| Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship for the Speech and Hearing Clinic |  | Ms. Anne Marie Sisk |  PharmacyPharmacy
	
		
			| Pfizer, Inc. - B. J. Robison Endowed Professorship in Pharmacy |  | Dr. Paul Sylvester |  
			| Tessa Albritton Endowed Professorship in Pharmacy |  | Dr. Jennifer Smith |  
			| Willis-Knighton Professorship for the College of Pharmacy |  | Dr. Karen Briski |  Toxicology
	
		
			| Waste Management Endowed Professorship in Toxicology |  | Dr. Kevin Baer |    |  
 
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