Faculty by Department

Maureen Murov • 318-869-5259
Associate Professor of Spanish; Chair of Ancient and Modern Language Department
B.A., Smith College, 1992. M.Phil., Yale University, 1994. Ph.D., Yale University, 1996.

Antonio Ramallo
Lecturer in Spanish
M.A., SUNY, Buffalo, NY, 2002.

Laura Addington
Lecturer in Spanish
B.S., Centenary College of Louisiana, 1983. M.L.A., Louisiana State University, 2002. M.Ed., Louisiana State University, 2003.

Steve Clark • 318-869-5257
Associate Professor of Classics and French
B.A., Yale University, 1976. M.A., University of Iowa, 1985. Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1988.

Mark Gruettner • 318-869-5251
Professor of German
B.A., Texas A&M University, 1984. B.S., Texas A&M University, 1984. M.A., Texas Tech University, 1987. Ph.D., Washington University, 1993.

Dana Kress • 318-869-5252
Professor of French
B.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1976. M.A., University of Tennessee, 1985. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1992.

Lisa Nicoletti • 318-869-5261
Chair of Art and Visual Culture Department; Associate Professor of Art and Visual Culture
B.A., Augsburg College, 1990. M.A., University of Minnesota, 1993. M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.

Bruce Allen • 318-869-5260
Professor of Art
B.A., Centenary College, 1975. B.S., Centenary College, 1977. M.F.A., University of Wyoming, 1981.

Kathy Brodnax • 318-841-7270
Lecturer in Art
B.A., Centenary College, 1981. M.A., Northwestern State University, 2002.

Diane Dufilho • 318-869-5169
Lecturer in Art
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1982. B.A., University of New Orleans, 1982. M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.

Bill Gingles • 318-347-0299
Lecturer in Art
B.A., Northwestern State University, 1979.

Michelle Glaros • 318-869-5264
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., University of North Florida, 1988. M.A., University of Florida, 1991. Ph.D., University of Florida, 1996.

Sara Hebert
Lecturer in Art
B.A., Centenary College of Louisiana, 2006. M.A., University of Denver, 2008.

Greg VanHoosier-Carey • 318-841-7273
Biedenharn Chair of Communication
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1989. M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1991. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1995.

Cynthia Brame • 318-869-5097
Chair of the Biology Department; Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Centre College, 1994. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1999.

Greg Butcher • 318-869-5545
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.S., University of Wyoming, 2000. B.S., University of Wyoming, 2001. Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2006.

Scott Chirhart • 318-869-5209
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Southwestern University, 1998. Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2003.

Beth Leuck • 318-869-5211
Whited-Douglas Chair of Neurobiology
B.S., Michigan State University, 1973. M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1975. Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1980.

Ed Leuck • 318-869-5212
Warters Chair of Biology
B.S., Michigan State University, 1973. M.S., University of Oklahoma, 1975. Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1980.

Chris Martin • 318-869-5149
Dean of the School of Business; Linco Eminent Scholars Chair of Business Administration
B.S., Vanderbilt University, 1981. M.A., Southern Methodist University, 1983. Ph.D., The Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987.

Adam Sistrunk 
Lecturer in Finance
B.S., Northeast Louisiana University. M.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. M.B.A., Centenary College.

Harold Christensen • 318-869-5130
Professor of Economics; Director of the Economic Education Center
B.A., Oklahoma State University, 1971. M.S., Oklahoma State University, 1975. Ed.D., Oklahoma State University, 1979.

Barbara Davis • 318-869-5153
Sample Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Accounting & Finance
B.S., Louisiana State University - Shreveport, 1978. M.B.A., Louisiana State University in Shreveport, 1984. D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1995.

David Hoaas • 318-869-5112 • 318-869-5148
Professor of Economics
B.S., Bemidji State University, 1982. M.A., Duke University, 1983. Ph.D., Duke University, 1986.

Betsy Rankin • 318-869-5155
Professor of Economics
B.A., Auburn University, 1978. M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1980. Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1983.

Helen Sikes • 318-869-5182
Professor of Accounting & Finance
B.S., Louisiana State University in Shreveport, 1984. M.B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1989. D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1995.

Edward Ball • 318-869-5141
Lecturer in Business
B.S., Louisiana State University-Shreveport, 1988. J.D., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1991.

Douglas Fryett • 318-869-5141
Lecturer in Business
B.A., University of Western Ontario, 1974. M.B.A., Northland University, 1983.

Duke Griffey • 318-869-5141
Lecturer in Business
B.S., University of Tulsa, 1964. M.B.A., Centenary College, 1997.

Franklin Hughes 
Lecturer in Business
B.S., Louisiana Tech University, 1978. M.B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1980.

M. Lea Stroud • 318-869-5154
Lecturer in Business
B.S., Louisiana Tech University, 1979. J.D., Tulane Law School, 1992.

Kelly Weeks • 318-869-5183
Associate Professor of Business
B.A., Rhodes College, 1992. M.S., The University of Memphis, 1998. Ph.D., The University of Memphis, 2002.

David Brownholland • 318-869-5221
Broyles Inaugural Chair; Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2002. B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz, 2002. Ph.D., Purdue University, 2008.

Thomas Ticich • 318-869-5229
Chair of the Chemistry Department; Grayson Chair of Chemistry
B.S., Cook College, Rutgers University, 1982. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1988.

Joshua Lawrence • 318-841-7362
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Rhodes College, 1998. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.

Ernest Blakeney • 318-869-5230
Sklar Chair of Chemistry
B.S., Spring Hill College, 1960. M.S., Mississippi State University, 1970. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1972.

John Sedlak • 318-797-1891
Lecturer in Chemistry
B.Ch.E, Rensselaer Poly, 1961. M.A., St. Joseph College, 1966. Ph.D., Carleton University, 1971.

Karen Soul • 318-869-5065
Chair of Education Department; Associate Professor of Education
B.A.S., University of Minnesota Duluth, 1994. M.Ed., University of Minnesota Duluth, 1998. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2005.

Leslie Brice 
Lecturer in Education
B.S., Texas Christian University, 1987. M.S., Texas Christian University, 1996.

Sue Hernandez • 318-869-5066
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Louisiana State University, 1971. M.Ed., Louisiana State University, 1986. Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1989.

Phyllis Leone 
Lecturer in Education
B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1972. M.Ed., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1977. Ph.D., Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge, 1992.

Dominic Salinas • 318-869-5225
Visiting Assistant Professor in Education
B.S., Louisiana State University-Shreveport, 1977. M.S., Louisiana Tech University, 1982. Ed.D., Vanderbilt University, 1982. Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1998.

Kenneth Schwab • 318-869-5101
Professor of Education
B.S., Purdue University, 1969. M.Ed., University of North Carolina-Greensboro, 1972. Ed.D., Indiana University, 1978.

Steve Shelburne • 318-869-5255
Chair of the English Department; Brown Professor of English
B.A., Furman University, 1978. M.A., Claremont Graduate School, 1979. Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1987.

Jeanne Hamming • 318-869-5082
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Grand Valley State University, 1995. M.A., West Virginia University, 1997. Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2003.

David Havird • 318-869-5085
Professor of English
B.A., University of South Carolina, 1974. M.A., University of South Carolina, 1976. Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1986.

Jeff Hendricks • 318-869-5086
Professor of English
B.A., Centenary College, 1975. M.A., University of Illinois, 1976. Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1983.

Earle Labor • 318-869-5084
Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1949. M.A., Southern Methodist University, 1952. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1961.

Michael Laffey • 318-869-5249
Lecturer in English
B.A., University of Minnesota, 1993. M.A., University of Florida, 1997.

George Newtown • 318-869-5083
Professor of English
B.A., University of Arkansas. M.Phil., Yale University. Ph.D., Yale University.

Jennifer Strange • 318-869-5256
Lecturer in English
B.A., Centenary College, 1999. M.F.A., University of Florida, 2001.

Kim VanHoosier-Carey • 318-869-5543
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Emory University, 1989. M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1992. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1997.

David Bieler • 318-869-5234
Chair of Geology Department; Associate Professor of Geology
A.B., Oberlin College, 1971. A.M., Dartmouth College, 1974. Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1983.

John Davenport • 318-869-7236
ACS Post - Doctoral Fellow of Enviromental Studies
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1997. M.A., California State University Northridge, 2005. Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008.

Scott Vetter • 318-869-5055
Woolf Professor of Geology
B.S., Millersville University, 1981. M.S., North Carolina State University, 1984. Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1989.

Shelley Armstrong • 318-869-5277
Broyles Inagural Chair; Assistant Professor of Health & Exercise Science
B.S., Centenary College, 2000. M.A.T., Centenary College, 2003. Ph.D., Texas Woman's University, 2007.

Daniel Henderson • 318-869-5080
Assistant Professor of Exercise Science
B.S., Wheaton College, 1980. M.S., Indiana University, 1988. Ph.D., Indiana University, 1995.

Margaret Jordan • 318-869-5277
Lecturer in Health & Exercise Science
B.S., Southern Arkansas, 1974.

Andrew Shaw • 318-227-7575
Lecturer in Exercise Science
B.S.W., Temple University, 1972.

Rodney Grunes • 318-869-5180
Chair of the Departments of History & Political Science; Professor of Political Science
A.B., Drew University, 1963. A.M., Duke University, 1967. Ph.D., Duke University, 1972.

Gloria Walker • 318-869-5186
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., California State University, Sacramento, 1988. M.A., California State University, Sacramento, 1994. Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2006.

Chad Fulwider • 318-869-5185
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Emory University, 2008. B.A., East Tennessee State University, 1998. M.A., Florida International University, 2000.

Sam Shepherd • 318-869-5187
Professor of History
B.A., University of Delaware, 1970. M.A., University of Wisconsin, 1972. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1980.

Katherine Brandl • 318-869-5205
Associate Professor of Mathematics; Chair of the Mathematics Department
B.A., University of California Santa Cruz, 1995. M.S., University of Oregon, 1997. Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2001.

Mark Schlatter • 318-869-5206
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Rice University, 1987. Ph.D., University of California at Berkley, 1995.

Mark Goadrich • 318-869-5194
Broyles Eminent Scholars Chair in Computational Mathmatics
M.S., University of Wisconsin, 2000. B.A., Kenyon College, 1998. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007.

David Thomas • 318-869-5035
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Southeastern Louisiana University, 1969. M.S., Tulane University, 1973. Ph.D., Tulane University, 1974.

Gale Odom • 318-869-5235
Dean of the School of Music; Professor of Music
B.M., North Texas State University, 1975. M.M., Indiana University, 1978. D.M.A., University of North Texas, 1991.

Janice Aiken • 318-869-5235
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Conservatory of Music Cincinnati, 1978. M.Mus., Conservatory of Cincinnati, 2003.

Christopher Allen 
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Webster University, 1984.

Tracy Bedgood • 318-869-5248
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Louisiana Tech University, 2002. M.M., University of Kansas, 2004.

Leon Brown
Lecturer in Music
A.B., Stanford University, 1979. M.A., San Jose State at California, 1992.

Cathy DeRousse • 318-841-7239
Adjunct in Music
B.M., Oklahoma Baptist University, 1975. M.M., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1979.

Horace English • 318-869-5174
Professor of Music
B.M., Shorter College, 1962. M.C.M., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1964. D.M., Florida State University, 1969.

Todd Gabriel • 318-869-5403
Associate Professor of Music
B.M., The Juilliard School, 1980. M.M., Louisiana State University, 1984. D.M.A., University of Arizona, 2003.

Gay Grosz • 318-869-5072
Collaborative Artist in Residence; Instructor of Music
B.M., Centenary College of Louisiana, 1990. M.Mus., Louisiana State University, 2000. D.M.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 2009.

John Harper
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Centenary College of Louisiana. M.F.A., Virginia Tech. M.M., Florida State.

David Hobson • 318-869-5200
A.C. "Cheesy" Voran Choir Director; Lecturer in Music
B.M., Centenary College of LA, 1998. M.S.M., Emory University, 2003.

Samara Humbert • 318-869-5728
Administrator for Suzuki School
D.M.A., University of Oregon, 2007. M.M., University of Oregon, 2004. B.M., Arizona State University, 2001.

Tom Hundemer • 318-869-5247
Lecturer in Music
B.M., University of Southern Mississippi, 1976. M.A., University of Iowa, 1979.

Adrienne Moffett-Smith 
Adjunct in Music
B.M., New England Conservatory, 1979.

Thomas Phillips
Adjunct in Music
B.M., University of Missouri, 1972. M.A., University of Iowa, 1975. M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1983.

Joy Ratcliff
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Centenary College, 1977. M.A., San Jose State University, 1981.

Dan Santelices
Lecturer in Music

Ross Smith • 318-869-5071
Associate Professor Of Music
B.M., Brigham Young University, 1992. M.M., University of Michigan, 1994. D.M.A., University of Michigan, 1997.

Thomas Stone • 318-869-5238
Professor of Music
B.M., Lawrence University, 1979. M.M.E., DePaul University, 1983. D.M.A., University of Cincinatti College--Conservatory of Music, 1996.

Chandler Teague
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Centenary College, 1974.

Julia Thorn • 318-869-5175
Professor of Music
B.M., Loyola University, 1980. M.M., Loyola University, 1981. D.M.A., University of Alabama, 1997.

Kristina Vaska-Haas
Adjunct in Music
B.M., SUNY Postdam, 1982. M.M., Northern Illinois University, 1984.

Chris Ciocchetti • 318-869-5246
Associate Professor of Philosophy; Chair of the Philosophy Department
B.Phil., Cornell College, 1995. M.A., University of Kentucky, 1997. Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2000.

Ken Aizawa • 318-869-5698
Charles T. Beaird Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Chicago, 1983. M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1988. Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1989.

Juan Rodriguez • 318-869-5218
Chair of Physics Department; Keen Chair of Engineering
B.S., Centenary College, 1980. Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1987.

Jerry Lisantti • 318-869-5219
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., University of Idaho, 1978. M.S., University of Oregon, 1979. Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1985.

Troy Messina • 318-869-5217
Assistant Professor of Physics; Broyles Inaugural Chair
B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1996. M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1999. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2002.

Matt Weeks • 318-841-7268
Chair of the Department; Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1996. M.S., The University of Memphis, 1998. Ph.D., The University of Memphis, 2001.

Amy Hammond • 318-841-7267
Assistant Professor in Psychology
B.A., University of California at Irvine, 1991. M.A., University of Chicago, 1996. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2003.

David Stafford • 318-841-7269
Bill and Sarah James Eminent Scholars Chair of Psychology
B.A., West Virginia University, 1991. M.S., University of Florida, 1994. Ph.D., University of Florida, 1996.

Charles Wilcox 
Lecturer
B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1983. M.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1984. Ph.D., Pacific Western University, 1995.

David Otto • 318-869-5051
Chair of the Religious Studies Department; Webb Chair of International Studies
B.A., Centenary College, 1983. M.A., Scarritt Graduate School, 1985. Ed.D., Vanderbilt University, 1990.

Susan Brayford • 318-869-5050
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Thiel College, 1968. M.A.R., Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver, 1994. Ph.D., Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver, 1998.

Peter Huff • 318-869-5049
T.L. James Eminent Scholars Chair of Religion
B.A., Mercer University, 1980. M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984. Ph.D., Saint Louis University, 1994.

Loren Demerath • 318-869-5161
Chair of Sociology Department; Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Massachusetts--Amherst, 1986. M.A., Indiana University, 1992. Ph.D., Indiana University, 1995.

Michelle Wolkomir • 318-869-5054
Associate Professor of Sociology; Crawford Chair of Liberal Arts
B.A., Dickinson College, 1988. M.A., North Carolina State University, 1991. Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1999.

Don Hooper • 318-869-5076
Chair of Theatre and Dance Department; Professor Theatre and Dance
B.A., East Texas State University, 1980. M.F.A., Southern Illinois University, 1982.

Lisa Renee Smith Cheveallier • 318-869-5077
Lecturer In Dance
B.A., Centenary College, 1992. M.F.A., Louisiana Tech University, 2009.

Emily Heugatter • 318-869-5720
Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.F.A., University of Utah, 2003. M.F.A., DePaul University, 2006.

Chelsey Powell-Davenport 
Lecturer in Dance
B.A., Oklahoma City University, 1997.

Keeley Pratt • 318-869-5137
Adjunct Lecturer in Dance
B.S. 

Andrew Shaw • 318-227-7575
Lecturer in Theatre
B.S.W., Temple University, 1972.