Media Guide to the Experts

Expanded List of Experts

• Academic Assessment to Loyola
• Management to Writing

Academic Assessment

George E. Capowich, Ph.D.
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

George E. Capowich
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

• Learning Assessment

Accounting

Patrick M. Lynch, CPA, CFE, DABFA, CrFA, CPCU, CLU, ChFC, MS TAXATION
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Accounting Program

• Financial Accounting
• Forensic accounting

Jean A. Meyer
Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting, College of Business

• Healthcare

Adrienne Norfleet, CPA
Budget Manager, Academic Affairs

Lee J. YAO
Fr. Joseph A. Butt, S.J. Distinguished Professor, College of Business

• Forensic
• Information Systems

Admissions

Georgia Braun McBride
Music and Fine Arts Admissions Counselor, Admissions and Enrollment Management

• Music, Theatre, Visual Arts Admission Processes
• Undergraduate Admission Process
  Undergraduate admission process in general for all applicants to Loyola.

Lori Zawistowski
Interim Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Management, Admissions and Enrollment Management

• Enrollment management
• Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Loyola enrollment
• Marketing in
• Role of middle managers
• Role of new admission counselors
• Technology use in

Adult and Nontraditional Students

Angie Brocato Hoffer
Assistant Dean; Director of the Office for Nontraditional Students, College of Social Sciences

Edward R. McClellan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Music Education, College of Music & Fine Arts

Jenn Schlotbom
Marketing & Recruiting Coordinator, Admissions and Enrollment Management

Adult Education

Catherine P. Zeph, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Loyola Institute for Ministry

Alumni Relations

Victoria A. Frank
Vice President Institutional Advancement, Division of Institutional Advancement

Renny Simno
Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, Alumni and Parent Relations

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Art

Nancy Sharon Collins
Visiting Professor of Graphic Design, Department of Visual Arts

• Disaster Response Management in the Arts

Edward J. Kvet, D.M.E.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Affairs

• Education
• Funding

Dr. Jean Montès
Associate Professor of Music, Director of Orchestral Studies and Coordinator of Strings, College of Music & Fine Arts

• Community Arts Development

W. Steve Rucker, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts

• Ceramic
• Installations

Karoline Schleh, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts

• Drawing

Sean Snyder
Marketing and Public Relations Manager, College of Music and Fine Arts, Public Affairs

• Nonprofit, Administration

Art Galleries

Karoline Schleh, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts

• Curatorial

Asia, China

Wing Fok, Ph.D.
Professor, Management Program

Artemis S. Preeshl
Assitant Professor, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

Gerard Rault, J.D.
Professor, College of Law

• Relations with China

Asia, Japan

William J. Farge, S.J., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Japan
  Language and history

Athletics, Intercollegiate

Les East, B.A.
Instructor, School of Mass Communication

• Sports journalism

Brett Simpson
Associate Athletic Director, Athletics & Wellness

Biological Sciences

Patricia C. Dorn, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

• Appropriate technology transfer
• Parasitology
  Chagas disease in Latin America and the United States

Don Hauber, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

• Chromosome genetics
• Common Reed
• Invasive plants and wetland exotic plants in the Southeastern U.S.
• Plant genetics and population genetics
  Study of genetic variation among plant populations
• Propagation of invasive plants

Robert A. (Bob) Thomas, Ph.D.
Interim Director School of Mass Communication, Center for Environmental Communications

• Reptiles and amphibians, spiders, insects, marine animals, birds

William F. Walkenhorst
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

• Biochemistry

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Business

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

• Banking
• Ethics

Nicholas Capaldi, Ph.D.
Clarence and Mildred Legendre-Soule Distinguished Scholar Chair, Business Ethics, Management Program

• Ethics

Nikhil Celly
Assistant Professor of International Business, College of Business

• International
• Management

Jerry W. Dauterive, Ph.D.
Interium Associate Dean, College of Business Administration; Director of M.B.A. Program, Associate Professor, Economics Program

• Economics

Wing Fok, Ph.D.
Professor, Management Program

• International
• Quality Management
• Supply Chain Management

Jerry R. Goolsby, Ph.D.
Hilton/Baldridge Distinguished Chair in Music Industry Studies, Music Industry Studies

• Marketing

Patrick M. Lynch, CPA, CFE, DABFA, CrFA, CPCU, CLU, ChFC, MS TAXATION
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Accounting Program

• Captive Insurance Companies
• Ethics, Fraud
• Insurance

Stephanie Mansfield
MBA Marketing and Communications Coordinator, College of Business

• MBA Admissions

Jan Moppert
Associate Director, Career Development Center

• Business Communications
• Business Etiquette

Michael M. Pearson, Ph.D.
Chase/Francis C. Doyle Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Marketing Program

• Retailing, Marketing

Michael Pennison
Training Coordinator - Small Business Development Center, College of Business

• Business Planning
• Disaster Recovery

Carmen Sunda
Director, Louisiana Small Business Development Center Greater New Orleans Region, College of Business

• Customer satisfaction surveys and research
• Finance
  Financing and sources of funds, including available loan programs, loan packages, credit issues
• Marketing
  Marketing research, study and survey design and implementation, feasibility studies
• Marketing, Business Planning
• Small Business Management

Capital Campaigns

Victoria A. Frank
Vice President Institutional Advancement, Division of Institutional Advancement

Career Development

Roberta Kaskel
Director of Career Development, Career Development Center

Jan Moppert
Associate Director, Career Development Center

• Career Coaching
• Internships, Networking
• Resumes, Interviewing, Job Strategies

Emily B. Russell
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Chemistry

Kurt R. Birdwhistell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry

• Catalysis
• Green chemistry
  Use of nonorganic solvents, water as a solvent
  New ways for chemistry that is environmentally benign
• Inorganic

Joelle S. Underwood
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry

William F. Walkenhorst
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

• Drug specificity
• Protein Chemistry
• Protein folding and disease

Christianity

Edward B. Arroyo, SJ
Executive Director of Jesuit Social Reserach Institute and Senior Research Fellow, College of Social Sciences

• Catholic Social Thought
• Faithful Citizenship
  Faithful Citizenship, the US Catholic Bishops’ document on policy issues in the upcoming presidential elections.

Cecelia M. Bennett
Associate Director, Loyola Institute for Ministry, Loyola Institute for Ministry

• Canon Law for Laity, Roman Catholic Church
• Canon Law for Parish Ministry, Roman Catholic Church
• Lay Ministry,

Kurt Bindewald
Dean of University Ministry, University Ministry

• Adult Faith Formation
• Art and Liturgy
• Christian Life Communities
• Ignatian Spirituality
• Resident Chaplaincy
• Sacramental preparation

Jessica Mueller
Director of Christian Life Communities (CLC) Resident Chaplain in Carrollton Hall, University Ministry

• Faith Formation
• Ignatian Spirituality
  Small group faith sharing

Jessica Murphy
Assistant Director for Co-Curricular Programs, Student Affairs Office

Thomas Ryan
Director of the Loyola Institute for Ministry, Professor of Theology and Ministry, Loyola Institute for Ministry

• Biblical Interpretation
• Catholic Church
• Church history
• Spirituality

City Government

Robert Verchick, J.D.
Gauthier-St. Martin Endowed Chair in Environmental Law, College of Law

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Civil Liberties

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Philip A. Dynia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Prof. Vik Kanwar
Westerfield Fellow, College of Law

• Human Rights Litigation against Transnational Corporations

William P. Quigley, J.D.
Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor; Director, Gillis Long Poverty Law Center

Civil Rights

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Kenneth Keulman, Ph. D.
Professor, Department of Religious Studies

• Church-state issues
• Human rights

M. Isabel Medina, J.D.
Ferris Family Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Civil law

William P. Quigley, J.D.
Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor; Director, Gillis Long Poverty Law Center

Classical Studies

Lori Frey Ribeiro, M.Phil.
Instructor, Department of History

• Early Christianity in Greece
• Late antique art and architecture

Connie Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Ancient mystery cults
• Classical mythology
• Women in antiquity

Columbia, South America

Maurice P. Brungardt
Professor, Department of History

• History of Colombia
  Guerrilla movements in Colombia, drugs in Colombia

Communications

Michael Giusti
Student Media Adviser, Mass Communication

Lisa C. Martin, M.A.
Instructor, School of Mass Communication

• Media and Stereotypes

David R. Zemmels
Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology, School of Mass Communication

Commuter Services

Thomas W. Kupferer, Jr.
Assistant Director for Co-Curricular Programs & University Judicial Officer, Office of Co-Curricular Programs

• Commuter Services
  I promote commuter student life on campus. I develop and distribute monthly online newsletters to all off-campus students--around 3000 students receive this each month.

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Computer Applications

Gerald L. Cannon, M.F.A.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Visual Arts

• Computer-based imaging

John A. Crutti, Jr.
Coordinator of Technology, College of Music & Fine Arts

• Productivity using software and web sites

Lisa Gregoire
Programmer/Analyst, Academic Affairs

• Information Technology
  Programing

Jim Hobbs
Online Services Coordinator, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library

• Computerized/Electronic Information Services

Stephen Murrish
Media Services Technician II, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library

• Administration
• OS X support and troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting
• Windows PC Workstation support

David P. Swanzy, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean Emeritus, Music

• Music computer applications

David R. Zemmels
Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology, School of Mass Communication

Copyright

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Mark J. Davis
Instructor, Music Industry Studies

Copyright Fair Use

Mark J. Davis
Instructor, Music Industry Studies

Corporate Governance

Lee J. YAO
Fr. Joseph A. Butt, S.J. Distinguished Professor, College of Business

Costume Design

Elizabeth S. Parent, M.F.A.
Extraordinary Faculty, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

Counseling

Alicia A. Bourque, Ph.D.
Director, University Counseling Center, Office of Co-Curricular Programs

• Students

M.L. "Cissy" Petty, Ph.D
Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Provost, Student Affairs Office

Emily B. Russell
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Arlene Wiltz
Chaplain, Loyola College of Law, College of Law

• Stress
  Stress in Law School and Ways to Help Manage It
• Stress
  Stress on Couples When One or More Partners Are Law Students

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Creation

James C. Carter, S.J.
President Emeritus, Associate Professor of Physics, College of Humanities & Natural Sciences

Crime/Criminology

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Maurice P. Brungardt
Professor, Department of History

• Illegal drugs from Latin America

George E. Capowich, Ph.D.
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

• Causes of crime and violence
• Criminal justice reform
• Juvenile justice reform

George E. Capowich
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

• Causes of Violence

Dee Wood Harper, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology

• Death Sentence/Penalty
• Domestic Violence
• Murder
• Robbery
• Tourist Crime Victimization
• Violent Crime

Marcus Kondkar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology

• Domestic violence
• Murder
• Violence

Michael Perlstein
Mass communication visiting professor, School of Mass Communication

William E. Thornton, Ph.D.
Professor, Sociology; Chair, Criminal Justice, Department of Criminal Justice

• Business security and crime prevention
• Juvenile delinquency
• Premises liability

Lydia Voigt
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Reverend Joseph H. Fichter, S. J., Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology

• Causal Theories of Criminal Behavior
• Crime Patterns and Trends (U.S. and Global)
• History of Homicide in New Orleans
• Homicide followed by Suicide
• Security Assessments and Predictions of Dangerousness
• Third Party Criminal Liability Suits

Cultural Studies

Josefa Salmon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Andean culture
• Bolivian Indigenous culture

Lydia Voigt
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Reverend Joseph H. Fichter, S. J., Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology

• Culture and Society: Comparison of Chinese and U.S. Society
• Culture and Sociey: Comparison of Russian and U.S. Society
• Global Law and Social Control
• Global Social Problems
• International Crime Patterns and Trends

David R. Zemmels
Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology, School of Mass Communication

Database

Martha K. Bodker
Director, Advancement Records, Division of Institutional Advancement

• Managment

Democratization

Roger White, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Associate Professor, Academic Affairs

Development

Karen Anklam
Major Gifts Office, College of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Division of Institutional Advancement

Robert S. Gross, J.D.
Director, Planned Giving, Division of Institutional Advancement

Traci Hamann
Major Gifts Officer, College of Business, Division of Institutional Advancement

Stephanie Hotard
Assistant Director Stewardship and Donor Relations, Division of Institutional Advancement

Richard McCarthy, IV
Director, marketumbrella.org, Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice

Alison Mehr
Director of Annual Fund, Division of Institutional Advancement

Reagan Sidney
Assistant Director for Residential Life, Residential Life

• Student

Suzanne Valtierra
Major Gift Officer College of Music and Fine Arts, Division of Institutional Advancement

Chris Wiseman, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Major Gifts, Division of Institutional Advancement

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Drama and Theatre, Performing Arts

Eileen J. Doll
Associate Professor, Department of Languages and Cultures

• 20th-century Spanish theater

Georgia C. Gresham, M.F.A.
Professor and Chair, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

• Production management
• Scenic, costume, lighting design

Elizabeth S. Parent, M.F.A.
Extraordinary Faculty, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

• Musical theatre

David R. Zemmels
Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology, School of Mass Communication

Ecology and Environmental Sciences

John P. Clark, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Philosophy

• Bioregionalism
• Ecophilosophy
• Environmental Ethics
• Environmental Philosophy,
• Social ecology

Craig S. Hood, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

• Biology of bats
  All aspects of the biology of bats worldwide, as well as in Louisiana
• Biology of bats
  All aspects of the biology of bats worldwide, as well as in Louisiana
• Conservation biology
  Impacts of invasive species
• Conservation biology
  Wetland and Biodiversity Loss.
• Ecology, natural history of mammals
  Discussion of ecology, conservation biology of mammals worldwide, as well as in Louisiana

Anthony Ladd, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

• Environmental justice issues
• Environmental politics
  Controversies
• Global ecological problems
• The environmental movement

Richard McCarthy, IV
Director, marketumbrella.org, Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice

• Environmentally sound economic developement in the agricultural sector

Robert A. (Bob) Thomas, Ph.D.
Interim Director School of Mass Communication, Center for Environmental Communications

• Concensus Building
• International Ecology and Enviromental Sciences
• Policy Development
• Stakeholder Communication
• Wetlands issues, environmental issues, environmental communication, environmental politics, environmental policy, tropical ecology, urban issues

David A. White, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

• Ecology of native and introduced plants
• General global, regional, and local issues
• Wetland loss and wetland plants
  Natural history of the Mississippi River delta

Economics

William Barnett, Ph.D., J.D.
Bank One Distinguished Professor of International Business and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

• Austrian economics
  (School of thought)
• International
  exchange rates; balance of payments/current
  account balance/trade deficit
• Macroeconomics
  financial markets; interest rates; inflation; recessions/depressions; monetary policy/the Federal Reserve System; federal debt/deficit

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

John Levendis
Assistant Professor, College of Business

Education

Cecelia M. Bennett
Associate Director, Loyola Institute for Ministry, Loyola Institute for Ministry

• Graduate Ministry Education

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Dr. Boyd Blundell
Assistant Professor, Ethics, Department of Religious Studies

• Role of Media, Social Networking (eg, Facebook) or 3D virtual platforms (eg, Second Life) in creating identity/community

Angie Brocato Hoffer
Assistant Dean; Director of the Office for Nontraditional Students, College of Social Sciences

• Distance Learning, Online Education

Barbara C. Ewell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of English

• Educational Technology
  Teaching courses online

Edward R. McClellan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Music Education, College of Music & Fine Arts

• Childhood and Adolescent Development
• Distance Learning
• Music Education
  Music in the Schools
• Professional Development
• Psychology of Teaching

Alison Mehr
Director of Annual Fund, Division of Institutional Advancement

• Public Education

Jean A. Meyer
Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting, College of Business

• Continuing Professional Education

Petrice Sams-Abiodun, Ph.D.
Executive Director Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy, Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy

• Adult and literacy

Catherine P. Zeph, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Loyola Institute for Ministry

• Continuing Education

Educational Technology

Kurt R. Birdwhistell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemistry

• Class participation software
• Online web based homework

John A. Crutti, Jr.
Coordinator of Technology, College of Music & Fine Arts

• Student expectations and requirements

Alicia Hansen, M.M.E., M.L.I.S.
Associate Professor, Music & Instruction Coordinator, Reference Library

David R. Zemmels
Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology, School of Mass Communication

Emergency

Richard W. Bell
Director, Risk Management

• Disaster Recovery
• Management and Planning

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Entrepreneurship

John A. Crutti, Jr.
Coordinator of Technology, College of Music & Fine Arts

• Opportunities for entry into industry marketplace and career development

Terrell F. Fisher
Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Division of Institutional Advancement

Richard McCarthy, IV
Director, marketumbrella.org, Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice

• Farmers markets as stimuli for economic development

Environment

Kathy Anzelmo
Biology Instructor, Department of Biological Sciences

• Recycling

John P. Clark, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Philosophy

• Enviromental Philosophy

Anthony Ladd, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

• Environmental controversies and disasters

Robert Verchick, J.D.
Gauthier-St. Martin Endowed Chair in Environmental Law, College of Law

• Environmental Justice and Discrimination

Environmental Law, Justice and Discrimination

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

John P. Clark, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Philosophy

Estate Planning

Robert S. Gross, J.D.
Director, Planned Giving, Division of Institutional Advancement

Ethics

S.L. Alexander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Mass Communication

• Journalism ethics

Edward B. Arroyo, SJ
Executive Director of Jesuit Social Reserach Institute and Senior Research Fellow, College of Social Sciences

• Ethics of Lobbying

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

• Medical

Nicholas Capaldi, Ph.D.
Clarence and Mildred Legendre-Soule Distinguished Scholar Chair, Business Ethics, Management Program

Dane S. Ciolino, J.D.
Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Legal and judicial ethics

John P. Clark, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Philosophy

• Environmental Ethics
• Global Justice

Kenneth Keulman, Ph. D.
Professor, Department of Religious Studies

• Ethics and international relations

Alfred Lawrence Lorenz, Ph.D.
A. Louis Read Distinguished Professor, Mass Communication/Interim Dean, College of Social Sciences, School of Mass Communication

• Mass communication ethics

Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J.
University President, Office of the President

• Medical

Dr. Elizabeth Willems, S.S.N.D.
Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies

• Moral Theology
  Foundations of Moral Theology
• Sexual Ethics
• Social Ethics

Evolution

James C. Carter, S.J.
President Emeritus, Associate Professor of Physics, College of Humanities & Natural Sciences

Craig S. Hood, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

• Evolutionary theory
  Evolution today,
  Science as a way of knowing,
  Intelligent Design,
  Science/Religion debates

Robert A. (Bob) Thomas, Ph.D.
Interim Director School of Mass Communication, Center for Environmental Communications

• For the lay person

David A. White, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

• Basic evolution
  General principles of evolution, why the subject is the central paradigm to the biological sciences

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Fair Trade

Rick Yelton
Advisor to LUCAP; Associate, University Ministry

Film

Andrew Macdonald
Professor, English, Department of English

• International Film

Finance

Adrienne Norfleet, CPA
Budget Manager, Academic Affairs

• Budgets

Financial Planning

Lynn Hoffman
Director, Internal Audit, Financial Affairs

• Operational and financial controls

Fund-raising

Martha K. Bodker
Director, Advancement Records, Division of Institutional Advancement

• Gift Administration

Victoria A. Frank
Vice President Institutional Advancement, Division of Institutional Advancement

Robert S. Gross, J.D.
Director, Planned Giving, Division of Institutional Advancement

Traci Hamann
Major Gifts Officer, College of Business, Division of Institutional Advancement

Edward J. Kvet, D.M.E.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Academic Affairs

Suzanne Valtierra
Major Gift Officer College of Music and Fine Arts, Division of Institutional Advancement

Chris Wiseman, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Major Gifts, Division of Institutional Advancement

Gender

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Marcus Kondkar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology

• Gender and law
  Crime
• Gender inequality

M. Isabel Medina, J.D.
Ferris Family Distinguished Professor, College of Law

Emily B. Russell
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology

Catherine Wessinger
Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Professor of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religious Studies

• Women in religions, Women's religious leadership

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Global Affairs

Prof. Vik Kanwar
Westerfield Fellow, College of Law

• Foreign States of Emergency and Disaster Management
  (not much Katrina-related)

Roger White, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Associate Professor, Academic Affairs

Graphic Arts

Daniela Marx, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts

• Motion Graphics
• Screen Priniting
• Typography

Greek Life

Christopher W. Cameron, M.Ed.
Director of Co-curricular Programs, Office of Co-Curricular Programs

Thomas W. Kupferer, Jr.
Assistant Director for Co-Curricular Programs & University Judicial Officer, Office of Co-Curricular Programs

• Greek Life
  I advise fraternities on campus and the InterFraternity Council.

M.L. "Cissy" Petty, Ph.D
Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Provost, Student Affairs Office

Haiti

Dr. Jean Montès
Associate Professor of Music, Director of Orchestral Studies and Coordinator of Strings, College of Music & Fine Arts

• Haitian Music

Angel Adam Parham
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology

Health

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Alicia A. Bourque, Ph.D.
Director, University Counseling Center, Office of Co-Curricular Programs

• Mental Health
  General mental health concerns regarding the college-aged population

Tammy K. Jackson
Asst. to Vice President for Student Affairs & Assoc. Provost, Student Affairs Office

• Process for medical withdrawals

Tyler Smith
Instructor of Voice, College of Music & Fine Arts

• Vocal Health

Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J.
University President, Office of the President

• Patient Care

Higher Education

Richard W. Bell
Director, Risk Management

• Risk Management

George E. Capowich, Ph.D.
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

Jim Hobbs
Online Services Coordinator, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library

• Academic Libraries

Stephanie Mansfield
MBA Marketing and Communications Coordinator, College of Business

• MBA Admissions

Georgia Braun McBride
Music and Fine Arts Admissions Counselor, Admissions and Enrollment Management

• College of Music and Fine Arts Undergraduate Programs
  All CMFA undergraduate programs including the Music Industry Studies program

Reagan Sidney
Assistant Director for Residential Life, Residential Life

Lydia Voigt
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Reverend Joseph H. Fichter, S. J., Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology

• Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness
• Crisis Management
• Strategic Planning
• Student Learning Outcomes
• The H. E. Quality Enhancement Model
• University Accreditation Issues

Lori Zawistowski
Interim Dean of Admissions and Enrollment Management, Admissions and Enrollment Management

• College selection process
  Targeted, students and families preparing for college

David R. Zemmels
Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology, School of Mass Communication

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Higher Educational Assessment

George E. Capowich
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

• Effectiveness

M.L. "Cissy" Petty, Ph.D
Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Provost, Student Affairs Office

Historic Preservation

Connie Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Languages and Cultures

• New Orleans

History

Maurice P. Brungardt
Professor, Department of History

• Latin American history

Bernard A. Cook, Ph.D.
Provost Distinguished Professor II, Department of History

• Belgium
• Cold War
• European history
• Germany
• Holocaust
• Women and war
• World War I and II

Leo A. Nicoll, S.J.
Associate Professor, Department of History

• Austro-Hungarian history

Elizabeth S. Parent, M.F.A.
Extraordinary Faculty, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

• Arts and Dance History

Leslie G. Parr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Mass Communication

• History of photography
• Women's History

Lori Frey Ribeiro, M.Phil.
Instructor, Department of History

• Byzantine, particularly Greco-Latin clerical relations
• Modern Greek history

Connie Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Ancient Greece and Rome

David P. Swanzy, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean Emeritus, Music

• Europe: French Resistance fighters in WWII

Human Resources

Ross Matthews
Director of Human Resources, Human Resources

Gordon B. Natal Jr.
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing

• Empowering Work Environments
• Toxic Management

Kendra Reed, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and MBA Director, College of Business

• Benefits
• Human resources management
• Human Resources Management

Donna Rochon
Manager-Payroll & Benefits, Human Resources

Immigration

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

M. Isabel Medina, J.D.
Ferris Family Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Immigration law

Institutional Effectiveness

George E. Capowich, Ph.D.
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

George E. Capowich
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs

• Effectiveness

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Intellectual Property

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

International Education

Debra Danna
Director, Center for International Education

• International education and students

International Exchange Programs

James M. Klebba, J.D.
Victor H. Schiro Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Student services
  International exchange programs

International Logistics

Wing Fok, Ph.D.
Professor, Management Program

Internet

David R. Zemmels
Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Technology, School of Mass Communication

Italy

Bernard A. Cook, Ph.D.
Provost Distinguished Professor II, Department of History

• Current developments in Italy
• European politics, integration, and foreign policy

Elizabeth S. Parent, M.F.A.
Extraordinary Faculty, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

• Italian Textiles
  Silk industry and the silk route and effect on commerce and arts
• Sicily
  Link of Louisiana residents to the island of Sicily

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Job Market

Ross Matthews
Director of Human Resources, Human Resources

Journalism

Les East, B.A.
Instructor, School of Mass Communication

• Intercollegiate athletics

Michael Giusti
Student Media Adviser, Mass Communication

Alfred Lawrence Lorenz, Ph.D.
A. Louis Read Distinguished Professor, Mass Communication/Interim Dean, College of Social Sciences, School of Mass Communication

• History of journalism

Michael Perlstein
Mass communication visiting professor, School of Mass Communication

Judicial Affairs

Thomas W. Kupferer, Jr.
Assistant Director for Co-Curricular Programs & University Judicial Officer, Office of Co-Curricular Programs

• Judicial Affairs
  As the University Judicial Officer, I oversee the university student conduct and judicial system.

Labor

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Language/Linguistics

Eileen J. Doll
Associate Professor, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Spanish language and culture

William J. Farge, S.J., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Japanese language and history

Andrew Macdonald
Professor, English, Department of English

• Local and Louisiana Language and Dialect

Peter S. Rogers, S.J.
Associate Professor of French, Department of Languages and Cultures

• French literature
• French Literature
  Translations dealing with literary subjects.

Josefa Salmon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Latin American literature and culture

Law

S.L. Alexander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Mass Communication

• Communication law
• Free press/fair trial concerns

Mary Garvey Algero, J.D.
Professor, College of Law

• Ethics
• Federal civil procedure
• Legal research, analysis
• Legal writing
• Louisiana
  Use of precedent in the Louisiana system and sources of Louisiana law

Walter E. Block, Ph.D.
Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Economics Program

Cheryl P. Buchert
Associate Clinical Professor of Law, College of Law

• Family Law
  Post-Katrina custody relocation issues

Dane S. Ciolino, J.D.
Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Criminal law
• Legal and judicial ethics

Dominique Custos, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Law

• Comparative Law
  Comparative Law
• European law
• French law

Caroline Fayard
Professor of Law/Westerfield Fellow, College of Law

Davida Finger
Staff Attorney, College of Law

• Post-Katrina Civil Legal Issues, Including Housing

Robert A. Garda, Jr., J.D.
Assistant Professor, College of Law

• Contracts Law
• Education Law
• Ethics

Alan Gerson, M.F.A., J.D.
Instructor, Department of Visual Arts

• Copyright law

Bobby M. Harges, J.D.
Adams and Reese Distinguished Professorship II, College of Law

• Criminal law
• Evidence law
• Mediation and arbitration
• Torts law

Dee Wood Harper, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology

• Criminal justice policy

Prof. Vik Kanwar
Westerfield Fellow, College of Law

• Human Rights Litigation against Transnational Corporations
• Law of War
• Public International Law

James M. Klebba, J.D.
Victor H. Schiro Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Civil procedure
• Evidence
• Federal courts
• Water

Kathryn V. Lorio, J.D.
Leon C. Sarpy Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• New reproductive technologies

Mary H. Maiden
Assistant to the Director of the Law Library, College of Law

• Law Library Administration

M. Isabel Medina, J.D.
Ferris Family Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Immigration

Pamela Meyers
Director, Law Records, College of Law

• Law Records

Lawrence W. Moore, S.J., J.D., LL.M.
Professor and Associate Dean, College of Law

• Civil procedure
• Courts
  Federal

William A. Neilson, J.D.
Associate Professor, College of Law

• Corporations
• Taxation
• Wills, Trusts, Sccessions, Donations

Denise M. Pilie
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Law

• Mediation; Arbitration

William P. Quigley, J.D.
Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor; Director, Gillis Long Poverty Law Center

• Civil disobedience
  Represented more than 100 people in civil disobedience cases
• Death penalty
  Represented several death penalty inmates, work on moratorium against death penalty
• General including civil rights, civil liberties
  Was General Counsel for ACLU of Louisiana for 15 years
• Rights of employees, Living wage
  Authored book, articles and represented groups on living wage issues

Gerard Rault, J.D.
Professor, College of Law

• Constitutional law
• Criminal law
• Judicial branch

John Snyder, J.D.
Conrad N. Hilton Eminent Scholar in Music Industry Studies, Music

• Music Law

Dian M. Tooley-Knoblett, J.D.
Jones Walker Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Conflict of laws
• Louisiana property and sales law
• Property, Community Property

Robert Verchick, J.D.
Gauthier-St. Martin Endowed Chair in Environmental Law, College of Law

• International Environmental
• Climate Change and Law
• Disaster and Law
• Enviromental, Land Use & Zoning
• Sex Discrimination

Monica Hof Wallace
Associate Professor of Law, College of Law

• Donations
• Famil Law
• Successions

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Leadership

Christopher W. Cameron, M.Ed.
Director of Co-curricular Programs, Office of Co-Curricular Programs

• Student life-current affairs
• Student retreats
• Student self-governance

Jessica Murphy
Assistant Director for Co-Curricular Programs, Student Affairs Office

• Training
  NGOs in developing countries

M.L. "Cissy" Petty, Ph.D
Vice President for Student Affairs and Associate Provost, Student Affairs Office

Mike Wilson
Professor of Managment, College of Business

• Organizational Leadership, Team building

Library Services

Alicia Hansen, M.M.E., M.L.I.S.
Associate Professor, Music & Instruction Coordinator, Reference Library

Jim Hobbs
Online Services Coordinator, J. Edgar & Louise S. Monroe Library

Literacy

Michael Cowan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy

• Community literacy

Literature

John J. Biguenet, M.F.A.
Robert Hunter Distinguished Professor, Department of English

• Literary Translation

Barbara C. Ewell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of English

• Southern literature
  Kate Chopin

William J. Farge, S.J., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Japanese, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Japanese literature

Andrew Macdonald
Professor, English, Department of English

• Film Adaptation
  Shakespeare, Jane Austin

Elizabeth S. Parent, M.F.A.
Extraordinary Faculty, Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

Josefa Salmon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spanish, Department of Languages and Cultures

• Bolivian Indigenous literature

Louisiana

S.L. Alexander, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Mass Communication

• New Orleans courtrooms
  Especially U.S. v. Edwin W. Edwards

Mary Garvey Algero, J.D.
Professor, College of Law

• Law
  Use of precedent in the Louisiana system and sources of Louisiana law

Barbara C. Ewell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of English

• Louisiana literature, writers
  Kate Chopin

Angel Adam Parham
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology

• Connections between Haiti and Louisiana

Dian M. Tooley-Knoblett, J.D.
Jones Walker Distinguished Professor, College of Law

• Louisiana property and sales law

Loyola

Kurt Bindewald
Dean of University Ministry, University Ministry

• Loyola Jesuit Mission and Identity

Charisse M. Celino
Administrative Assistant, Department of Visual Arts

Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J.
University President, Office of the President

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• Management to Writing