Areas of specialization: Families, deviance, social psychology and social problems. 357-6195
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Northwestern State University's Faculty Resource Guide offers
a guide to faculty experts on a variety of general and specialized
topics. Names and phone numbers are listed so can contact these
sources directly. Sources are listed alphabetically by area of
specialty.
If you have any questions, don't find the topic you're looking
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David West
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
Fax: (318) 357-5905
e-mail: west@nsula.edu
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is not a list of available speakers.
NSU campus phone numbers are in area code 318. Numbers on the
main campus in Natchitoches are in the 357 exchange.
Dr. Randall J,. Webb, Ed.D., President, 357-6441
Dr. Thomas Hanson, Ph. D. Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs 357-5361
Dr. Dan Seymour, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Affairs 357-5286
R. Carl Jones, M.B.A. , Vice President for Business Affairs 357-4254
Jerry D. Pierce, B.A. Vice President for External Affairs 357-6588
Dr. Patrice Moulton, Ph.D., Director of University Planning and
Assessment and Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, 357-5875
Terry W. Bechtel, assistant professor of accounting
Area of specialization: general aspects of taxation. 357-4233
Dr. Glen Cooley, associate professor of business
Areas of specialization: individual taxation, ethics for certified
public accountants and financial planning issues. 238-6445.
Dr. Margaret S. Kilcoyne, coordinator of
cooperative education
Area of specialization: cooperative and business education. 357-5708.
Dr. Julie McDonald, assistant professor of business
Area of specialization: office administration. 357-5708.
John G. Williams, associate professor of business
Area of specialization: General legal topics. Williams is an attorney.
357-5722.
Dr. Walter Creighton, professor of computer information
systems
Areas of specialization: computer applications, business education
and vocational education. 357-5704.
Dr. Jack Russell, professor of computer information
systems
Areas of specialization: System analysis and design, model based
development, database design/programming logic, client server
design and development. 357-5751.
Dr. Lissa Pollacia, associate professor of computer
science
Area of specialization: general areas of computer science. 357-5038.
Mary Beth Tarver, instructor of computer information systems
Area of specialization: general topics in beginning computing.
357-5022
Dr. Burt Allen, associate professor of music and director
of choral activities
Area of specialization: choral music and choirs. 357-5755.
Bill Brent, associate professor of music and head of the
Mrs. H.D. Dear Sr. and Alice Estelle Dear of Creative and Performing
Arts
Areas of specialization: music education and conducting. 357-4522
Dr. Dennette Derby McDermott, associate professor of music
Areas of specialization: flute performance, general topics in
music and Czech/Slovak music. 357-5761
Dr. Vicki P. Parrish, assistant professor of theatre
Areas of specialization: General topics in theatre and dance.
357-4522
Dr. Janette Ralston, assistant professor of music
Areas of specialization: music education, measurement and evaluation,
testing 357-6722
Galindo Rodriguez, associate professor of music
Area of specialization: trumpet performance. 357-4522
Tony Smith, associate professor of music
Areas of specialization: General topics in music history and literature
and the fine arts, oboe and woodwind performance. 357-5807
Robert C. Jones III, associate professor of economics
Area of specialization: general areas of economics. 357-4581.
Dr. Paula Christensen, assistant professor of education
Areas of specialization: gifted education, counseling and student
personnel services. 357-5524
Dr. Barbara Duchardt, associate professor of education
Areas of specialization: special education, learning disabilities,
behavioral and emotional disabilities and inclusive learning strategies.
357-5754
Dr. Frank Fuller, assistant professor of education
Areas of specialization: adult learning, continuing education,
technology and learning. 357-5862
Dr. Lorna J. Gifford, professor of education
Area of specialization: instructional methodology. 357-5521
Dr. Bob Gillan, director of educational technology
Areas of specialization: educational computing, multimedia, network
management, software development, instructional design, telecommunications
and technical support. 357-5091
Dr. Karen McFerrin, instructor of education
Area of specialization: computer technology use and evaluation
in educational settings. 357-5083
Bette Howell-Maroney, assistant professor of family and
consumer sciences
Areas of specialization: fashion merchandising, textiles, housing
and interiors.
357-5079
Connie Jones, instructor of family and consumer sciences
Areas of specialization: food service management and nutrition.
357-5072
Dr. Patricia N. Pierson, assistant professor and
head of the department of family and consumer sciences
Areas of specialization: general topics in nutrition and administration.
357-5587.
Lynn L. Woods, assistant professor of hospitality, management
and tourism
Areas of specialization: cuisine and travel. 357-5085
Dr. Bill Dickens, professor of health, physical education
and recreation and head of the Department of Health and Human
Performance
Areas of specialization: physical fitness, wellness, legal liability
in sports and physical education and athletic fitness assessment.
357-5132
Dr. Susan Molstad, professor of health, physical education
and recreation
Areas of specialization: motor performance and sports psychology.
357-5103.
Dr. Marietta LeBreton, professor of history
Areas of specialization: Louisiana history, the Acadians, early
America and Western history. LeBreton is the author of a book
on the history of Northwestern State University. 357-5503.
Dr. Thomas M. Hall, Jr., associate professor of industrial
technology and head of the Department of Industrial and Engineering
Technology
Area of specialization: general topics in electronics engineering.
357-4359
Mary Brocato, assistant professor of journalism
Area of specialization: television news and broadcast media. 357-4433.
Neil Ralston, assistant professor of journalism
Areas of specialization: print journalism and free speech. 357-4439
Dr. Lisa Abney, associate professor of English and acting
head of the Department of Language and Communication
Abney's areas of specialization are linguistics and folklore.
She has research interests in the areas of discourse analysis,
gender and communications and social linguistics.357-6166
Catherine Bonner, instructor of English
Area of specialization: African-American literature. 357-5574.
Dr. Joseph Colavito, associate professor of English
Area of specialization: rhetoric and composition as well as writing.
357-5586
Dr. Suzanne D. Green, associate professor of English
Areas of specialization: Southern literature and culture, women's
writing, Louisiana literature (including Kate Chopin), and American
literature. 357-5585
Dr. Don Hatley, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and
professor of English
Areas of specialization: American literature and folklore as well
as Southern literature.. 357-4330.
Julie Kane, associate professor of English
Area of specialization: creative writing Cynthia Kaufman, instructor
of English
Areas of specialization: Writing and the Spanish language. 357-5506
Dr. Paralee Norman, professor of English
Areas of specialization: 19th century novels, British and American
literature, writing and grammar. 238-6445.
Dr. Helaine Razovsky, associate professor of English
Areas of specialization: English Renaissance literature and detective
novels. 357-6473
Helen Sugarman, instructor of English Area of specialization:
American literature, Irish literature and poetry. 357-5017
Dr. Jean D'Amato, professor of classics
Areas of specialization: Latin literature and art history, classical
traditions in art and architecture. 357-4539
Dr. Richard B. Jensen, associate professor of history
Areas of specialization: European history particularly the history
of Italy, Russia and the former Yugoslavia. 357-4599
Dr. James Means, associate professor of English and acting
head of the Louisiana Scholars' College
Areas of specialization: 18th and 19th century British literature.
357-6862
Dr. Curt Phifer, associate professor of biology
Areas of specialization: ingestion and other motivated behaviors,
invertebrate zoology, marine biology, functional morphology and
the history of biology. 357-4588
Dr. James W. Picht, visiting professor of economics
Area of specialization: general topics in economics. Picht spent
five years as an advisor to Kyrgyz, Bosnian, Ukranian and Russian
governments. He specializes in fiscal analysis in new market economies.
357-4569.
Dr. Frank Schicketanz, associate professor of German
Areas of specialization: the German language, literature and culture.
357-4566
Dr. Lisa Wolffe, associate professor of romance languages
Areas of specialization: Renaissance drama, the sport of rowing.
357-4597.
Subhash Durlabhji, professor of management
Areas of specialization: organizational behavior and management.
Has also written extensively on Japanese business and has developed
a World Wide Web page on Indian business and economy. 357-5708
Marcelline R. Fusilier, professor of management
Area of specialization: organizational behavior. 357-5264.
Dr. Scott S. Roach, assistant professor of marketing
Areas of specialization: general areas of marketing, services
marketing and consumer behavior. 357-5723
Dr. Austin L. Temple, Jr., dean of the College of Science
and Technology and professor of mathematics
Areas of specialization: mathematics, NSU's Joint Research Project
with NASA. 357-5131
Dr. Lisa R. Galminas, associate professor of mathematics
Area of specialization: mathematical logic. 357-5031
Dr. Ben Rushing, associate professor of mathematics
Area of specialization: general topics in mathematics and mathematics
education. 357-5054
Dr. Frank Serio, associate professor of mathematics and coordinator
of the Department of Mathematics
Areas of specialization: abstract algebra, commutative rings.
357-5049
Nancy Beard, assistant professor of nursing
Areas of specialization: mental health nursing, addictionology
and trauma counseling. 677-3119.
Billie E. Bitowski, associate professor of nursing
Area of specialization: family nurse practitioners. 677-3134
Shirley Cashio, associate professor of nursing.
Areas of specialization: fundamentals of nursing and obstetrics
nursing. 677-3078
Dr. Sally E. Cook, professor of nursing
Area of specialization: women's health nursing. 677-3072
Karen A. Landry, assistant professor of nursing
Areas of specialization: Critical care nursing and the emergency
room. 677-3109
Dr. Norann Planchock, dean of the College of Nursing and
professor of nursing
Areas of specialization: advanced nursing practice, critical care
nursing, adult nursing and professional role development in research,
client advocacy, leadership and nursing theory. 677-3100
Dr. Sandra Sayles, professor of nursing
Area of specialization: community health. 677-3105
Debra Shelton, assistant professor of nursing
Areas of specialization: adult health, oncology, holistic nursing
and healing touch. 677-3100
Diane Graham-Webb, director of non-traditional studies
in nursing
Areas of specialization: continuing education in nursing and distance
learning. 677-3100
Vicki Wissing, assistant professor of nursing
Area of specialization: Adult nursing. 677-3094
Dr. Alex Aichinger, professor of political science
Areas of specialization: American government and constitutional
law. 357-5490
Dr. Gregory P. Granger, assistant professor of political science
and acting head of the School of Social Sciences
Area of specialization: International relations and U.S. foreign
policy. 357-6849
Dr. Susan Barnett, assistant professor of psychology
Areas of specialization: general areas of psychology and developmental
psychology . 357-5254
Terry R. Isbell, assistant professor of psychology
Areas of specialization: clinical psychology and behavioral medicine.
238-6420
Dr. Maureen A. McHale, professor of psychology
Area of specialization: animal learning, behavior and motivation.
357-6595
George Avery, temporary assistant professor of archaeology
Area of specialization: Spanish colonial archaeology. 357-4341
Jeffrey S. Girard, adjunct professor of archaeology and regional
archaeologist with the Louisiana Division of Archaeology
Area of specialization: Louisiana archaeology. 357-5471
Dr. Hiram F. Gregory, professor of anthropology
Areas of specialization: ethnography and folklore. Has worked
as a consultant to the U.S. Congressional American Indian Policy
Review Board. 357-4364
Dr. Tommy Ike Hailey, assistant professor of archaeology archaeological
conservator
Areas of specialization: archaeological conservation, underwater
archaeology and historical archaeology. 357-4453
Tina Feldt, instructor of social work
Areas of specialization: family violence, psychiatric disorders
and treatment and trauma. 227-2221
Claudia Triche, associate professor of social work and head
of the Department of Social Work
Areas of specialization: clinical social work and child welfare.
357-6593
Dr. John D. Hillebrand, assistant professor of sociology
Areas of specialization: Families, deviance, social psychology
and social problems. 357-6195
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