Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Administration



Board of Regents


Kim Hunter Reed, Ph.D. Commissioner of Higher Education

Regents

Gary Solomon, Jr., Chair New Orleans
T. Jay Seale, III, Vice Chair Hammond
Darren G. Mire, Secretary New Orleans
David J. Aubrey Baton Rouge
Misti Cordell Monroe
Christian C. Creed Monroe
Blake R. David Lafayette
Stephanie A. Finley Lafayette
Samuel Gil (Student Representative) McNeese State University
Robert W. Levy Dubach
Phillip R. May Jefferson
Wilbert D. Pryor Shreveport
Terrie P. Sterling Zachary
Collis B. Temple, III Baton Rouge
Felix R. Weill Baton Rouge
Judy A. Williams-Brown Athens

 

University of Louisiana System


Rick Gallot, J.D. President

Board of Supervisors

Mark Romero, Chair Lafayette
Brad Stevens, Vice Chair Hammond
Dana Peterson, Parliamentarian New Orleans
Drew Brown (Student Board Member) McNeese State University
Barry Busada Shreveport
Jimmy Clarke, Ph.D. Lafayette
Steve Davison Ruston
Lola Dunahoe Natchitoches
Jo’Quishia Lethermon Baton Rouge
John Noble, Jr., M.D. Lake Charles
Alejandro “Al” Perkins Prairieville
Elizabeth Pierre Monroe
Virgil Robinson, Jr. New Orleans
Kristine Russell Thibodaux
Joe Salter Florien
Julie Stokes Metairie

 

University Administration


Wade Rousse, Ph.D. President
Kedrick Nicholas, Ed.D. Senior Vice President for Student Affairs
Michael Buckles, D.M.A. (Interim) Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
April Broussard, M.B.A. (Interim) Vice President for Business Affairs
Heath Schroyer, M.S. Director of Athletics

Click here to view the University’s organizational chart.

Academic Deans


Thomas Shields, IV, Ph.D. (Interim) College of Agricultural Sciences
Morgan Turpin, M.B.A. (Interim) College of Business
Angelique Ogea, Ed.D. Burton College of Education
Keagan Lejeune, Ph.D. (Interim) College of Liberal Arts
Ann Warner, Ph.D. College of Nursing and Health Professions
Charles Stewart, Jr., Ed.D. College of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics
Eddie Lyons, Ph.D. Executive Director, William J. Doré, Sr. School of Graduate Studies
Walt Fontane, M.A. Director, Lether E. Frazar Memorial Library

 

Academic Department Heads


Kathy Jackson, Ph.D. Department of Biology
Jiun-Shiu “Jim” Chen, Ph.D. Department of Business Disciplines
Vidura Thalangamaarachchige, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Physics
Hannah Harvey, Ed.D. Department of Education Professions
Angela LeBreton, Ed.D.
Srinivasan Ambatipati, Ph.D. Department of Engineering and Computer Science
Rita Costello, Ph.D. (Interim) Department of English and Foreign Languages
Twila Sterling-Guillory, Ph.D. Department of Graduate Nursing
Gregory Bradley, M.Ed. Department of Health Professions
Michael T. Smith, Ph.D. Department of History
Jodi Willis, M.S. Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Tracy Standley, Ph.D. Department of Mass Communication
Lyle Hardee, M.S. Department of Mathematical Sciences
Dena Matzenbacher, Ph.D. Department of Psychology and Counseling
Gregory Clark, Ph.D. Department of Social Sciences
Rhonda Johnson, Ed.D. Department of Undergraduate Nursing
Lynn Reynolds, M.F.A. Department of Visual Arts
Thomas Shields, IV, Ph.D. (Interim) Harold and Pearl Dripps School of Agricultural Sciences
Kevin Hargrave, M.S. H.C. Drew School of Kinesiology
Courtney Hebert, Ed.D.
Lonny Benoit, D.M.A. W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts

Updated 08/06/2024