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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.
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 may 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
Department Head, Exercise Science
Ph.D., University of Texas
Jeffrey Anderson
Assistant 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
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
Christine T. Berry
Associate Professor of Insurance
Ph.D., Florida State University
Ronald Berry
Professor of Computer Information Systems
Dean, College of Business Administration
D.B.A., Mississippi State University
Michael Beutner
Associate Professor of Instructional Technology
Ph.D., Ohio University
Joydeep Bhattacharjee
Assistant 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 Pharmacy
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
Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology
M.S., University of Central Arkansas
Monica Bontty
Associate Professor of History
Graduate Coordinator, Department 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
Head, Department 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
Michael A. Camille
Professor of Geography
Interim Dean, College of Arts 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
Instructor of Kinesiology
M.Ed., Northeast Louisiana University
Augusta Clark
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Ph.D., Florida State University
Leonard J. Clark
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
Head, Educational Leadership and Counseling
Ed.D., Louisiana Tech University
Lynn Clark
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Indiana 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
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
*Michael D. Degennaro
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., University of Georgia
*Jessica Dolecheck
Associate Professor of 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
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
Micah Everett
Assistant Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of North Carolina – Greensburg
*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 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
Beverly Flowers-Gibson
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development
Ed.D., Louisiana Tech University
Alicia Ford
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Timothy Ford
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Director, Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Michigan State University
William Harper Gaushell
Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ed.D., University of Houston
*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
*Rajgopal Govindarajan
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics
Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center and Epplye Cancer Center
*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
Head, Department of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Sam Houston State University
David Hare
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Interim Head, Department 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
*Margaret Henderson
Instructor of Curriculum and Instruction
M.Ed., Louisiana Tech University
Pamela Higgins-Saulsberry
Professor 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
*Sandra Hill
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Maryland
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
Debra W. Jackson
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., U. of North Texas Health Sciences Center at Fort Worth
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
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
Terry Lyle Jones
Professor of History
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
*Thomas Junk
Associate Professor of Chemistry
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
Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
M.S., Central Missouri State University
Bette J. Kauffman
Associate Professor of Communication
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Bradford Keeney
Hanna Spyker Endowed Chair, Marriage & Family Therapy
Ph.D., Purdue University
*Robert Kemp
Associate 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
Interim Head, Department of Gerontology, Sociology, and Political Science
Ph.D., Wayne State University
Attapol Kuanliang
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University
Sushma Krishnamurthy
Professor of Biology
Head, Department 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 Education & Human Development
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Veronica Lewis
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
Yong-Yu Liu
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., Shanghai University
Helen Lock
Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Mara Loeb
Associate Professor of Communication
International Student Advisor
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Derle R. Long
Associate Professor 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
Brandy McCann
Assistant Professor of Gerontology
Ph.D., Virginia Tech University
*Mark McCleery
Instructor of Music
M.M., Louisiana State University
William G. McCown
Professor of Psychology
Interim Director, Graduate School
Ph.D., Loyola University – Chicago
E. Michelle McEacharn
Professor of Accounting
Associate Dean of Academics, College of Business Administration
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
Kitty DeGree Endowed Chair
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
*Justin Moore
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Monroe
*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
*Alex Noppe
Assistant Professor of Music
M.M., Indiana University
*David W. Nunnery
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
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
Marcela Polanco
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University
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
Harvey Rappaport
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
*Gary Lynn Ratcliff
Associate Professor 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
Interim Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana
George E. Rice
Professor of Educational Leadership
Ph.D., The University of Mississippi
Stephen P. Richters
Professor of Mathematics
Executive Vice President
Ph.D., Brown University
Beth Ricks
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ph.D., Arizona State 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
William M. Ryan
Professor of English
M.F.A., University of Massachusetts
Denny Ryman
Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science
Dean, College of Health Sciences
Ed.D., The University of Sarasota
Thomas W. Sasek
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Duke University
Dorothy Schween
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Head, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
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
Head, Department of Foreign Languages
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
*Claire Stammerjohn
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Ph.D., Mississippi State University
*Shalanda Stanley
Instructor of Reading and Special Education
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 and Physics
Ph.D., Purdue University
Christine Strunk
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Ph.D., Purdue University
*Daniel W. Sumner
Assistant Professor of Music Education
M.M., Indiana University
*John Sutherlin
Associate Professor 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
Head, Department 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
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
*Annette Tommerdahl
Assistant Professor of Health Studies
Ph.D., University of Wyoming
*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
*Fred H. Watson, Jr.
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
*Jennifer Whited
Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology
M.A., University of Louisiana Lafayette
Allison Wiedemeier
Assistant Professor of Biology
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
Ralph Zehnder
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
University of Siegen, Germany
* Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty
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