Apr 03, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Endowed Chairs and Professorships


  • Chairs
    • Arts, Education, and Sciences
    • Business and Social Sciences
    • Health Sciences
    • Pharmacy

Chairs

Arts, Education, and Sciences

Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Chair in Music
 
Dr. James Boldin
Sharon Griffith Turrentine Super Endowed Chair for VAPA
 
Dr. Nicholas Bratcher

Business and Social Sciences

Banowsky Chair in Accounting
 
Dr. Michelle McEacharn
B.W. Biedenharn Chair in Business
 
Dr. Joyce Zhou
Contractors Educational Trust Fund Endowed Chair in Construction
 
Dr. Clint Martin
Joseph A. Biedenharn Chair in Gerontology
 
Dr. Anita Sharma
Kim Sledge Endowed Chair in Risk Management & Insurance
 
Dr. Christine T. Berry
ULM Endowed Chair in Agriculture
 
Dr. H. Ulas Ograk

Health Sciences

Hanna Spyker Eminent Scholars Chair in Education   Dr. Jana Sutton
Kitty DeGree Eminent Scholars Chair in Nursing   Dr. Wendy Bailes

Pharmacy

Mary E. & Darrell L. Calhoun Chair in Pharmacology   Dr. Girish Shah
Tom and Mayme Scott Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacy Practice   TBD
Tom and Mayme Scott Endowed Chair of Pharmacy Excellence   Dr. H. Glenn Anderson


Professorships

Academic Affairs

Francesca and C. D. Oakley, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Academic Innovation Center   Ms. Brooke Foy
Linda and Nick Bruno Endowed Professorship in University Honors   Dr. Joshua Stockley
Mayme and Tom Scott Endowed Professorship in Teaching Excellence
  Dr. Rebecca Hamm

Arts, Education, and Sciences

Biology

Charles Allen Endowed Professorship in Biology
 
Dr. Ross Couvillon
Elizabeth and Haydn Cutler Endowed Professorship in Biotechnology
 
Dr. Ahmad Kabir
Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship in Biology
 
Dr. Ana Couvillon
Jan and Gary Luffey Endowed Professorship in Life Sciences
 
Dr. Siva Muru
Lillian L. and Fred A. Marx Endowed Professorship in Biology
 
Dr. Allison Weidemeier
The UL System Foundation & Willis-Knighton Health Systems Professorship in Biology
 
Dr. Srinivas Garlapati

Communication

Doll and Henry Biedenharn, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Communication   Dr. Sara Kim
Vernon W. “Bodie” McCrory 1st Amendment Endowed Professorship in Mass Communication   Dr. Ann Rodriguez

Education

BellSouth Endowed Professorship in Science Education   Dr. Mallory Benedetto
Chase Endowed Professorship in Teacher Education   Dr. Sandra Watson
Dorothy & Ray Young Family Endowed Professorship   Dr. Heather Kennedy
Endowed Professorship in Education Administration   Dr. Ashley Schulte
Entergy Professorship in Instructional Technology in Teacher Education   Dr. Parviz Safadel
Frances Davis Hammond Endowed Professorship in Education   Dr. Stacie Austin
Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship in Education   Dr. Amy Weems
Mary Ellen Walker Endowed Professorship in Early Childhood Education   Dr. Jeremy Bell
The Upshaw Family Endowed Professorship in Education   Dr. Jenny Quintana-Cifuentes

English

Endowed Professorship in English   Dr. William Rogers
L. M. McKneely Endowed Professorship in English Literature   Dr. Josh Chase
L. M. McKneely Endowed Professorship in Humanities   Dr. Reina Drake
Tommy and Mary Barham Endowed Professorship in English   Dr. Elizabeth Oldfather

Geosciences

Endowed Professorship in Geology   Dr. Tyler Fricker

Liberal Arts

Dr. William R. Hammond Endowed Professorship in Liberal Arts   Dr. Patrick Morgan

Mathematics

A. Dale Magoun Endowed Professorship in Mathematics   Dr. Faisal Kaleem
Capital One Endowed Professorship in Mathematics   Dr. Jane Ji

Music

Carol E. Kilpatrick Endowed Professorship in Music
 
Not Determined
Emy-Lou Biedenharn Endowed Professorship in Music
 
Dr. Eric Siereveld
Emy-Lou Biedenharn Second Endowed Professorship in Music
 
Dr. Allen Parrish
Leon Hammond Endowed Professorship in Music
 
Dr. Scot Humes


Business and Social Sciences

Accounting

Alumni Endowed Professorship in Accounting
 
Dr. Janis Weber
Henry A. Little, CPA, Endowed Professorship
 
Ms. Katie Wilder
Hood / DeFatta Endowed Professorship in Accounting
 
Mr. Jason Ashby
John L. Luffey, Sr. Endowed Professorship in Accounting
 
Dr. Katherine Boswell
Michelle McEacharn Endowed Professorship in Accounting
 
Ms. Katie Wilder
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   Mr. Blair David
Mayme and Tom Scott Endowed Professorship in Agriculture   Mr. Blair David

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. Kevin Kim
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. Prasanthi Sreekumari

Construction

Beach Endowed Professorship in the School of Construction   Mr. T. Marshall Hill
Clark G. Boyce Endowed Professorship in Construction   Mr. Adam Traweek
Endowed Professorship in Electrical / Mechanical School of Construction   Mr. T. Marshall Hill
Northeast Chapter Associated General Contractors of America Endowed Super Professorship   Mr. Greg Smith
Thurman Potts Endowed Professorship in Construction   Dr. Clint Martin

Entrepreneurship

Abell Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship   Dr. Susie Cox
Dr. Henry Hu Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship   Dr. Tammy Johnston
Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship   Dr. Zachary Moore
George T. Walker Endowed Professorship in Entrepreneurship   Dr. Scott Mooty

Finance

Louisiana Real Estate Commission Endowed Professorship in Finance   Mr. David Cole
Progressive Bank Endowed Professorship in Financial and Information Technology Services   Dr. Arturo Rodriguez

Gerontology

Endowed Professorship in Gerontology   Dr. Anita Sharma
Pfizer Inc. - B.J. and Mary Jo Robison Endowed Professorship in Gerontology   Dr. Robyn Jordan

Insurance

State Farm Endowed Professorship in Insurance   Ms. Deborah Golemon

Management

Bruce and Lizabeth Boulware Endowed Professorship in Management   Dr. Taewoo Kim
David and Sharon Turrentine Endowed Professorship in Business   Dr. Gordon Schmidt
Freddy and Reba Nolan Endowed Professorship in Business Analytics   Dr. Shaomeng Jia
Iberia Bank Professorship of Distinction   Ms. Veronika Humphries
John and Rosemary Luffey Professional in Residence Endowed Professorship   Dr. Charles Dupree

Marketing

John and Tasha Gardner Endowed Professorship in Marketing Analytics   Ms. Melissa Kiper

Political Science

Lawson & Sharon Swearingen Endowed Prof in Political Science    Dr. Leigh Hersey

Psychology

Lenora Francois Stewart & Dr. David W. Stewart Endowed Professorship   Dr. Jun Yu

Health Sciences

Kinesiology

George L. “Chip” Luffey Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology
 
Dr. Ji Goun
Lucy Shackelford Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology
 
Ms. Jessica Reynolds
Tex Kilpatrick Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology
 
Dr. Joshua Gann

Nursing

Gaye Eason Dean Endowed Professorship in Nursing
 
Dr. Caroline Carpenter
Glenwood Regional Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing
 
Dr. Sandy Roncal
Glenwood Regional Medical Center Endowed Professorship in Nursing “B”
 
Ms. Candace Gandy
Singler/Holyfield Nursing Endowed Professorship   Ms. Sherilyn Wiggins
Sister Anne Marie Twohig Endowed Professorship in Nursing
 
Dr. Vonda Boone
Sister Jerome Crowley Endowed Professorship in Nursing
 
Dr. Aimee Oldham
Sister Ligouri Lawton Endowed Professorship in Nursing
 
Ms. Vonda Boone
ULM Endowed Professorship in Nursing
 
Ms. Lyndsey Bamburg
Willis-Knighton Endowed Professorship for Nursing
 
Dr. Kathy Kennedy
Willis-Knighton Endowed Professorship for Nursing Honoring Helen Mena
 
Ms. Karen Traxler

Speech-Language Pathology

Endowed Professorship in Communicative Disorders
 
Ms. Mary A. Thomas
Kitty DeGree Endowed Professorship for the Speech and Hearing Clinic
 
Ms. Holley Perry
Paxton and Nelda Oliver Endowed Professorship in Speech Language Pathology
 
Dr. Donna Thomas

Pharmacy

Pharmacy

Louisiana Independent Pharmacies Association Professorship in Pharmacy
 
Dr. Jeffery Evans
Pfizer, Inc. - B. J. Robison Endowed Professorship in Pharmacy
 
Dr. Paul Sylvester
Tessa Albritton Endowed Professorship in Pharmacy
 
Dr. Jessica Brady
Willis-Knighton Endowed Professorship for the College of Pharmacy
 
Dr. Alexis Horace

Toxicology

Waste Management Endowed Professorship in Toxicology   Dr. Kevin Baer
The UL System Foundation & Willis-Knighton Health Systems Professorship in Toxicology   Dr. Karen Briski