September 6, 2002

Faculty/Staff Footnotes

S.L. Alexander, assistant professor of communications, contributed the article "Sunshine Laws" to the recently published Oxford Companion to American Law.

Ramona Almonte and William Quigley of the Loyola Law Clinic, assisted by third-year law student Karen O'Keefe, were counsels for most of the 43 people facing federal charges of criminal trespass in the U.S. District Court in Columbus, Georgia, in July. The defendants were arrested in a November 2001 disobedience action protesting the School of the Americas (renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute of Security Cooperation) at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

Edward B. "Ted" Arroyo, S.J., editor of Blueprint for Social Justice at Loyola's Twomey Center for Peace Through Justice, was recently interviewed for the Voice of America broadcast on "Dateline." Arroyo discussed the research project on Ethics in Public Policy in Washington, D.C., a cooperative project between Loyola's Twomey Center and Georgetown University's Wood-stock Theological Center. This on-going research will result in the publication of the book The Ethics of Lobbying: Organized Interests, Political Power and the Common Good by the Georgetown University Press this fall.

University Photographer Harold Baquet's photographs were exhibited this summer at the Barrister's Gallery in New Orleans. The exhibit was titled "Displaced," and offered poignant portraits of families forced to leave their homes due to destruction of the St. Thomas Housing Development.

Cecelia M. Bennett, associate director in the Loyola Institute for Ministry, was elected to a three-year term on the board of director of the National Association for Lay Ministry. NALM is a professional organization that supports, educates, and advocates for lay ministers and promotes the development of lay ministry in the Catholic Church.

John Cornwell is the new assistant provost for institutional effectiveness and assessment. He will be responsible for conducting a thorough analysis of the research/evaluation functions across the institution and for building an infrastructure to support institutional effectiveness and the continuous process of improvement in preparation for the SACS reaccreditation review.

Nan Davis, recreational sports director, received the 2002 Honor Award at the Spring Meeting of the Louisiana Collegiate Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (LCIRSA), held at Southeastern Louisiana University in April. Davis received the award in recognition of over 15 years of dedicated service to the organization. Davis has served in several capacities with LCIRSA, including her current term as chair of the executive board of directors.

David Estes is the new assistant provost for teaching, learning, and faculty development, will assist the colleges in their efforts to enhance faculty development and adopt new pedagogy. Specifically, Estes will be responsible for fostering a learner-centered environment and for promoting the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Thomas Finicle, Jr., was hired as a media services assistant in the University Library.

Jessica Howard joined the School of Law as an administrative assistant.

Bret Jacobs was selected executive director of information technology. The executive director will be responsible for strategic planning, assessment, and resource allocation pertaining to instructional innovation and administrative technology, and for providing coherent direction for the technological development of the university.

Claire Kuehn joined the Division of Institutional Advancement this summer. Kuehn, who has a bachelor's of science degree from the University of Texas, is the assistant director of stewardship.

Associate Professor of Sociology Anthony Ladd's article, "The U.S. Fiddles while the CO2 Burns," was published in the recent issue of Humanity and Society.

Isabel Medina, professor of law, discussed the academic freedom to the New Orleans Secular Humanism Society in May. She also presented a one-day seminar designed for attorneys, paralegals, and other staff on accessing public records on the Internet in Louisiana. Lorman Education Services organized the seminar.

Associate Professor of Sociology Ed McCaughan's article, "Gender, Sexuality, and Nation in Mexican Social Movement Art," was published in Duke University's cultural studies journal, Nepantla: Views from South, Volume 3, Issue 1. McCaughan also participated in a roundtable discussion of new directions in sociology at the American Sociological Association annual meeting in Chicago in August with a presentation on "Feminist Art and Activism in Mexico."

Julia McSherry was promoted to assistant vice president for marketing and communications in the Division of Institu tional Advancement. She joined the division as director of publications in 1990. Working with members of the Loyola community, McSherry has spearheaded campus-wide projects that reflect the quality and character of the university, including Loyola's integrated marketing communications plan and redesign of the university's graphic identity and creation of a unified image for all publications and the web. McSherry also serves as co-chair of the Women's Studies Committee. She was a 1999 participant in the Harvard Graduate School of Education Management Development Program.

A humor essay by Maroon adviser Liz Scott Mona-ghan, writing under the pseudonym Modine Gunch, is included in the just-released anthology The Best of the Best of American Humor published through Three Rivers Press in New York. The pieces are titled "Have Maytag, Will Travel" and first appeared in New Orleans Magazine.

Gregg Mucerino was hired as Head Baseball Coach. Mucerino, 34, served as the College of Charleston hitting instructor for the 2002 season.

The San Diego Padres drafted Mucerino in the 1991 Amateur Draft out of Florida International University. He played in the Padres organization for four years. Mucerino helped the FIU Golden Panthers to their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1991, while being named All-TAAC first team. Originally from South Florida, Mucerino graduated from the University of Miami in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He and his wife, Yvette, have a daughter, Gabriella.

Byrne Sherwood was hired in Physical Plant as a carpenter.

Germayne L. Turner, recreational sports associate director, participated in a presentation at the 2002 National Intramural Recreational Sports Association Conference. The presentation, "When Disaster Strikes: The Role and Response of Recreational Sports" related the presenters' experiences dealing with disasters such as tornadoes, fires, floods, and hurricanes on their campuses. Turner's segment of the presentation focused on developing and implementing emergency plans that contribute to the institution's effectiveness in managing disaster and its aftermath.

William Quigley, professor of law, argued in the Louisiana Supreme Court for raising the minimum wage in New Orleans by $1 an hour. Quigley is also co-counsel for a coalition of Louisiana civil rights organizations with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. in federal court in Washington, D.C., in the case deciding whether the 2001 reapportion ment of the Louisiana House of Representatives conforms with the Voting Rights Act. Additionally, Quigley has written several articles including "The Earliest Years of Federal Social Welfare Legislation: Federal Poor Relief Prior to the Civil War," 79 Uni versity of Detroit Mercy Law Review 157 (2002); "Full-time Workers Should Not Be Poor: The Living Wage Movement," 36 University of Mississippi Law Journal 889 (2001); and "Due Process Rights for Grade School Students Facing High-stakes Testing."