Faculty

Professorship Recipients 2023-2024

 

   
University-Wide Professorships College of Nursing and Health Sciences
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences College of Science and Technology
College of Business Endowed Chair 
College of Education  

 

University-Wide Professorships

Edward G. Schlieder Foundation Professorships of Environmental Studies and Sustainability

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Christopher Murray Biological Sciences
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Jean Fotie Chemistry and Physics
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Roldan Valverde Biological Sciences
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Lilly Brooks Visual Art + Design

 

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Woman’s Hospital Endowed Professorship in the Humanities

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3 Dr. Samantha Cavell History & Political Science

Fay Warren Reimers Endowed Professorship in the Humanities

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Elizabeth Hornsby Communication & Media Studies

Distinguished Teaching Professorship in the Humanities

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Molly McGraw Sociology & Criminal Justice 

Leola R. Purcell Endowed Professorship in English

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3 Dr. David Armand English

Lola Sue Purcell Smith Endowed Professorship in Psychology

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Brandon Baiamonte  Psychology

C. Howard Nichols Endowed Professorship in History and Government 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Keith Finley History & Political Science

Johnny Smith Endowed Professorship in Political Science

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3 Dr. Michael Corbello History & Political Science

National Endowment for the Humanities – Southeastern Development Foundation Endowed
Professorship in Music

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3  Dr. Robert Schwartz Music & Performing Arts

The Irene Pennington Endowed Professorship in the Visual and Performing Arts 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Johnnie Bankens Music & Performing Arts

The Elizabeth Weeks Jones Endowed Professorship in Humanities

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Suzanne Booth-LeDoux Psychology

The Erna Deiglmayr Endowed Professorship in Foreign Language

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Agnieszka Gutthy World Languages & Cultures

The Viola Brown Endowed Professorship in Visual and Performing Arts

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Kathryn Baczeski  Visual Art + Design

 

College of Business

Louis Mayfield Endowed Professorship in Marketing

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. April Kemp Marketing & Supply Chain Management

Charles Wesley Merritt Endowed Professorship in Business

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. David Wyld Management & Business Administration

Charles Blackwell Endowed Professorship in Economics

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Sang Lee Management & Business Administration

Phil K. Livingston Endowed Professorship in Accounting

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Robert Braun Accounting & Finance

C. E. Laborde Endowed Professorship in Business 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Harold E. Davis Accounting & Finance

Robert Maurin Endowed Professorship in Business 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Minh Huynh Marketing & Supply Chain Management

Paul B. Candies Endowed Professorship in Business 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Danielle Lewis Management & Business Administration

The Parish National Bank Endowed Professorship in Business 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Mario Krenn Management & Business Administration

The Rubio Family Endowed Professorship for Latin American Business Development Initiatives 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Russell McKenzie Marketing & Supply Chain Management

The Otto Candies Family Endowed Professorship in Business 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. John Cresson Management & Business Administration

The Benjamin Paul Jones Endowed Professorship in Retailing 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Michael Budden Marketing & Supply Chain Management

The Bruce Dugas Endowed Professorship in Business 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Lara Gardner Management & Business Administration

The Joseph H. Miller Endowed Professorship in Business 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Yun-Chen Morgan Management & Business Administration

The Dorcas and H.N. Capron, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Business I

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Rachelle Cope Marketing & Supply Chain Management

The Dorcas and H.N. Capron, Jr. Endowed Professorship in Business II

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. John Woosley Marketing & Supply Chain Management

The Joyce Junghans Endowed Professorship in Business I

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. David Bowes Management & Business Administration

The Joyce Junghans Endowed Professorship in Business II

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Andre’ Honoree Management & Business Administration

The Joyce Junghans Endowed Professorship in Business III

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Rusty Juban Management & Business Administration

Edgar R. Smith, III, Endowed Professorship in Business

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Timothy Butler  Marketing & Supply Chain Management

 

College of Education

Pennington Endowed Professorship in Special Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. Gerlinde Beckers Teaching & Learning

Merritt Family Endowed Professorship in Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. John Hatcher Educational Leadership & Foundations

Edward Schlieder Endowed Professorship in Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. Cherissa Vitter Teaching & Learning

W. L.Billups Endowed Professorship in Special Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Melanie Lemoine Teaching & Learning

Hibernia National Bank Endowed Professorship in Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. Mindy Crain-Dorough Educational Leadership & Foundations

Joseph and Arlen Meraux Endowed Professorship in Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Evan Mense Educational Leadership & Foundations

C. J. and Regina Hyde Endowed Professorship in Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Adam Elder Educational Leadership & Foundations

Lillie Ables Maurin Endowed Professorship in Secondary Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Susan Zimlich Teaching & Learning

The Marcia K. Galatas Endowed Professorship in the College of Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Thomas Devaney Educational Leadership & Foundations

The James Ernest, May Hemby, and Holman Hemby Morgan Endowed Professorship in the
College of Education

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3 Dr. Margaret Westmoreland Educational Leadership & Foundations

The Doug Douglas Endowed Professorship in Innovative Teaching

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Ashley Wicker Educational Leadership & Foundations

 

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

B. C. Purcell Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology & Health Studies

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Charity Bryan Kinesiology & Health Studies

EPIC Corporation Endowed Teaching Professorship in Nursing

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Kristin Whitty Nursing

Dr. Lucius D. McGehee Endowed Professorship in Nursing

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Danielle Charrier Nursing

Sarah Kay Alford Thornhill Endowed Professorship in Nursing

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. Susan Prude Nursing

Nell Yarborough Sibley Endowed Professorship in Human Sciences

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. Reshelle Marino Health & Human Sciences

Kenelly Family Endowed Professorship in Kinesiology

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Buddy Sirikul Kinesiology & Health Studies

The Knights of Babylon Endowed Professorship in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Rebecca Davis Communication Sciences & Disorders

The John Manzella Endowed Professorship in Nursing

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Lucie Agosta Nursing

 

College of Science and Technology

BellSouth Endowed Teaching Professorship in Industrial Technology

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3  Dr. Mohhamad Saadeh Industrial & Engineering Technology

Kenelly-Voss Endowed Professorship in Mathematics

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Lucy Kabza Mathematics

Louisiana Gas Company Endowed Professorship in Industrial Technology

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3  Dr. Ephraim Massawe  Industrial & Engineering Technology

Louisiana Contractors Educational Trust Fund Endowed Professorship in Industrial Technology

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. Ho-hoon Lee Industrial & Engineering Technology

 J.W. McClimans Endowed Professorship in Computer Sciences and Engineering Technology

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3  Dr. Kuo-pao Yang Computer Science

 J.W. McClimans Endowed Professorship in Mathematics

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 1 of 3 Dr. Alan Cannon Mathematics

Southeastern Alumni Association Endowed Professorship

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 3 of 3 Dr. Thomas Sommerfeld Chemistry & Physics

The Major Kenneth Dyson Endowed Professorship in Biological Sciences

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3

Dr. April Wright

Biological Sciences

The Duane and Catherine Shafer Endowed Professorship in Biological Sciences

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Kyle Piller Biological Sciences

The Ted Joanen Endowed Professorship in Biology

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Chris Beachy Biological Sciences

Robert and Lydia Hardy Endowed Professorship in Mathematics 

Year Term Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 2 of 3 Dr. Edgar Reyes Mathematics

 

Endowed Chair

Ford Family Endowed Chair in Regional Studies

Year Holder Department of Recipient
2023-2024 Dr. Sam Hyde History & Political Science