COLLEGE OF APPLIED & NATURAL SCIENCES

Faculty/Staff Directory

Office of the Dean

Ms. Jennifer Hollis

Administrative Assistant

Department: Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: PML 913

Phone: 318.257.4287

Fax: 318.257.5060

Email: jhollis@latech.edu

Dr. Donna Hood

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Professor in Nursing

Departments: Nursing, Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: PML 913

Phone: 318.257.4287

Fax: 318.257.5060

Email: dhood@latech.edu

Penny Humphries

Instructor, ANS Director of Development, Alumni Foundation

Departments: Human Ecology, Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: CTLH 265

Phone: 318.257.5479

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: penny@latech.edu

Dr. Gary A. Kennedy

Dean, College of Applied and Natural Sciences and Professor, Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Departments: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: PML 913

Phone: 318.257.4287

Fax: 318.257.5060

Email: kennedy@latech.edu

Lori McCullough

Administrative Coordinator

Department: Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: PML 913

Phone: 318.257.4287

Email: lorim@latech.edu

Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Dr. Joshua P. Adams

Associate Professor, Academic Program Chair – Forestry

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Lomax 13

Phone: 318.257.4457

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: adamsj@latech.edu

Dr. Heidi L. Adams

Associate Professor of Wildlife Habitat Management, Certified Wildlife Biologist, Frank Merritt Endowed Professor for Forestry

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 201

Phone: 318.257.2947

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: hadams@latech.edu

Brenda Bowman

Administrative Assistant 3

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 111

Phone: 318.257.3275

Email: bbowman@latech.edu

Dr. Michael Crosby

Assistant Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Lomax 14

Phone: 318.257.4724

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: mcrosby@latech.edu

Jennifer Futrell

Accounting Specialist 2

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 111

Phone: 318.257.3275

Email: jenf@latech.edu

Dr. Laura Roland Gentry

Associate Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 105

Phone: 318.257.2462

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: lgentry@latech.edu

Dr. Francine Giotto

Assistant Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 106

Phone: 318.257.2797

Email: fgiotto@latech.edu

Benny Hennen

Livestock Manager

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Tech Farm Office

Phone: 318.257.2773

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: bhennen@latech.edu

Dr. Jason Holderieath

Assistant Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 125

Phone: 318.257.2451

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: jjhold@latech.edu

Dr. A. Gordon Holley

Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 208

Phone: 318.257.4926

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: gholley@latech.edu

Maxwell Hyde

Greenhouse Laboratory Supervisor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Phone: 318.257.2918

Email: mhyde@latech.edu

Dr. D. Paul Jackson

Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 124

Phone: 318.257.2412

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: pjackson@latech.edu

Roxie Jordan

Greenhouse Assistant

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Phone: 318.257.2918

Email: greenhouse@latech.edu

Track Kavanaugh

Instructor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 104

Phone: 318.257.2444

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: track@latech.edu

Dr. Gary A. Kennedy

Dean, College of Applied and Natural Sciences and Professor, Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Departments: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: PML 913

Phone: 318.257.4287

Fax: 318.257.5060

Email: kennedy@latech.edu

Dr. Christopher R. Keyes

Director, School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Professor, Forest Stand Dynamics & Silviculture

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 113

Phone: 318.257.2329

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: ckeyes@latech.edu

Dr. Rebecca S. McConnico

Professor, Veterinarian

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 107

Phone: 318.257.2418

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: rmcconn@latech.edu

Dr. Mark W. Murphey

Academic Program Chair Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor Animal Science, Holder of the Agricultural Sciences Endowed Professorship

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 108

Phone: 318.257.2457

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: murphey@latech.edu

Dr. Nan Nan

Assistant Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 211

Phone: 318.257.2820

Email: nnan@latech.edu

Eddie Joe Nelson

Farm Assistant

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Phone: 318.257.3275

Email: enelson@latech.edu

Carter Parks

Greenhouse Lab Assistant Supervisor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Phone: 318.257.2918

Email: greenhouse@latech.edu

Dr. William B. Patterson

Associate Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Lomax 16

Phone: 318.257.2879

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: wpatter@latech.edu

Gorden E. Reger

Instructor, Meat Lab Supervisor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Meat Laboratory

Phone: 318.257.4220

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: greger@latech.edu

Waggoner W. Russell

Instructor, Farm Manager

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 103

Phone: 318.257.2464

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: wrussell@latech.edu

Dr. Laura Sims

Assistant Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 210

Phone: 318.257.3944

Fax: 318.257.4288

Email: simsla@latech.edu

Dana Williams

Accounting Technician

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 101

Phone: 318.257.4986

Email: dana@latech.edu

Dr. Shaoyang Yang

Assistant Professor

Department: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry

Office: Reese Hall 212

Phone: 318.257.2467

Email: syang@latech.edu

Biological Sciences

Dr. William J. Campbell

Director/Professor

Departments: Biological Sciences, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences

Office: CTLH213B

Phone: 318.257.4573

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: campbell@latech.edu

Dr. Natalie Clay

Associate Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH129

Phone: 318.257.3197

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: nclay@latech.edu

Mrs. Candace W. Cooper

Administrative Coordinator 3

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH213A

Phone: 318.257.4573

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: cwcooper@latech.edu

Dr. Julia E. Earl

Assistant Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH 123

Phone: 318.257.2667

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: jearl@latech.edu

Dr. Rebecca Giorno-McConnell

Associate Professor

Departments: Biological Sciences, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences

Office: CTLH219

Phone: 318.257.3665

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: rgiorno@latech.edu

Jonathan Goertz

Instructor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTH 201

Email: jgo011@latech.edu

Dr. Jennifer Hill

Associate Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH119

Phone: 318.257.2359

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: jmhill@latech.edu

Rebecca Hodnett

Laboratory Manager

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH 132

Phone: 318.257.2084

Email: rmhod@latech.edu

Ms. Vanessa Johnson

Associate Professor/Coordinator of Medical Laboratory Science

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH109

Phone: 318.257.2821

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: vjohnson@latech.edu

Dr. Kyle Kemege

Senior Lecturer

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH211

Phone: 318.257.2664

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: kkemege@latech.edu

Ms. Juliana Kemege

Instructor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH 229B

Phone: 318.257.2635

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: jkemege@latech.edu

Dr. Terri Maness

Associate Professor, Environmental Science Program Coordinator

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH203

Phone: 318.257.2724

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: tmaness@latech.edu

Dr. Shelcie S. Menard-Harvey

Lecturer

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH 209

Phone: 318.257.3193

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: smenard@latech.edu

Dr. David Mills

Professor

Departments: Biological Sciences, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences

Office: BME 242

Phone: 318.257.2640

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: dkmills@latech.edu

Dr. Gergana Nestorova

Associate Professor/MSNT Program Chair

Departments: Biological Sciences, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Sciences

Office: CTLH111/BMEB232

Phone: 318.257.5230

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: ggnestor@latech.edu

Dr. Jamie Newman

Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Applied and Natural Sciences

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH242

Phone: 318.257.2622

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: jjnewman@latech.edu

Katie Patrick

Assistant Professor – Medical Laboratory Science Clinical Coordinator

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH 127

Phone: 318.257.2058

Email: mpatrick@latech.edu

Halie Ray

Administrative Assistant 3

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH 215

Phone: 318.257.4573

Email: hray@latech.edu

Ms. D’eane Sheehan

Instructor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH207

Phone: 318.257.2668

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: dsheehan@latech.edu

Dr. Don Shepard

Associate Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH125

Phone: 318.257.2749

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: dshepard@latech.edu

Dr. Jeff Shultz

Associate Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH120

Phone: 318.257.2753

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: jlshultz@latech.edu

Dr. Joshua Phillip Vandenbrink

Assistant Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CLT 130

Phone: 318.257.2605

Email: jpvdb@latech.edu

Dr. Yuri Voziyanov

Professor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH121

Phone: 318.257.2694

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: voziyan@latech.edu

Mr. James “Jay” White

Instructor/Lab Supervisor

Department: Biological Sciences

Office: CTLH141

Phone: 318.257.2738

Fax: 318.257.4574

Email: jwhite@latech.edu

Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC)

Charlott G. Caraway

Administrative Coordinator lll

Departments: Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), Human Ecology

Office: Early Childhood Education Center

Phone: 318.257.4614

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: ccaraway@latech.edu

Laurie Kaffka

Instructor, Lead Teacher

Departments: Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), Human Ecology

Office: ECEC

Phone: 318.257.2607

Email: lkaffka@latech.edu

Kelsey Moeller

Director, ECEC

Departments: Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), Human Ecology

Office: ECEC

Phone: 318.257.2607

Email: kmoeller@latech.edu

Education and Research in Children's Health Center (ENRICH Center)

Sarah Hassen

Administrative Assistant 3

Department: Education and Research in Children's Health Center (ENRICH Center)

Office: CTH 251

Phone: 318.257.3044

Email: shassen@latech.edu

Dr. Julie Rutledge

Professor, ENRICH Director

Departments: Education and Research in Children's Health Center (ENRICH Center), Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 350

Phone: 318.257.4456

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: rutledge@latech.edu

Health Informatics and Information Management

Lauren Deal Colvin

Adjunct Instructor

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: Wyly Tower 1122

Phone: 318.257.3205

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: lcolvin@latech.edu

Dr. Prerna Dua

Professor, Program Director for Masters in Health Informatics

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: WYLT 1127

Phone: 318.257.2862

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: prerna@latech.edu

Amanda Lewis

Administrative Coordinator III

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: Wyly Tower 1112

Phone: 318.257.2340

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: alewis@latech.edu

Meredith Magee

Assistant Professor

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: WYLT 1124

Phone: 318.257.3030

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: magee@latech.edu

Michelle Martin

Interim Department Head, Associate Professor

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: WYLT 1120

Phone: 318.257.2837

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: Mmartin@latech.edu

Harmony Patel

Assistant Professor, MHI

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: WYLT 1125

Phone: 318.257.2839

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: hpatel@latech.edu

Tonya Roberts

Administrative Assistant III

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: WYLT 1113

Phone: 318.257.2341

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: trae@latech.edu

Joanna Ward MA, RHIA

Assistant Professor

Department: Health Informatics and Information Management

Office: Wyly Tower 1118

Phone: 318.257.2339

Fax: 318.257.4896

Email: jward@latech.edu

Human Ecology

Amanda Auttonberry

Instructor

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTH 259

Phone: 318.257.4517

Email: amandaa@latech.edu

Dr. Simone Camel

Assistant Professor

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 149D

Phone: 318.257.3952

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: camels@latech.edu

Charlott G. Caraway

Administrative Coordinator lll

Departments: Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), Human Ecology

Office: Early Childhood Education Center

Phone: 318.257.4614

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: ccaraway@latech.edu

Angela DeCoux

Administrative Assistant 3

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 251

Phone: 318.257.3728

Email: adecoux@latech.edu

Dawn Erickson

DPD Director

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 149C

Phone: 318.257.3043

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: erickson@latech.edu

Dr. Mary Catherine Fontenot

Associate Professor

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 145

Phone: 318.257.2881

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: maryf@latech.edu

Dr. Kathleen Heiden

Associate Professor

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 247

Phone: 318.257.3009

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: heidenk@latech.edu

Penny Humphries

Instructor, ANS Director of Development, Alumni Foundation

Departments: Human Ecology, Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: CTLH 265

Phone: 318.257.5479

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: penny@latech.edu

Laurie Kaffka

Instructor, Lead Teacher

Departments: Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), Human Ecology

Office: ECEC

Phone: 318.257.2607

Email: lkaffka@latech.edu

Heather McKenzie

Assistant Professor / Dietetic Intern Director

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 149E

Phone: 318.257.2370

Email: mckenzie@latech.edu

Kelsey Moeller

Director, ECEC

Departments: Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), Human Ecology

Office: ECEC

Phone: 318.257.2607

Email: kmoeller@latech.edu

Dr. Pam Rollins

Associate Professor

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTH 261

Phone: 318.257.3034

Email: prollins@latech.edu

Dr. Julie Rutledge

Professor, ENRICH Director

Departments: Education and Research in Children's Health Center (ENRICH Center), Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 350

Phone: 318.257.4456

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: rutledge@latech.edu

ShaTerrika Thompson

Administrative Coordinator 3

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTLH 251

Phone: 318.257.2332

Email: sthompsn@latech.edu

Dr. Tonya Vandenbrink

Assistant Professor

Department: Human Ecology

Office: Carson Taylor Hall 263

Phone: 318.257.2713

Email: Vandenb@latech.edu

Dr. Amy Yates

Interim Director, Professor, Sue Huckaby Endowed Professorship

Department: Human Ecology

Office: CTH 251A

Phone: 318.257.4412

Fax: 318.257.4014

Email: yates@latech.edu

Nursing

Dewanna Blake

Associate Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 368

Phone: 318.257.3002

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: dblake@latech.edu

Rebecca Clark

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 310

Phone: 318.257.2200

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: rclark@latech.edu

Brittney Helton

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 318

Phone: 318.257.2333

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: bhelt@latech.edu

Dr. Donna Hood

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Professor in Nursing

Departments: Nursing, Office of the Dean - ANS

Office: PML 913

Phone: 318.257.4287

Fax: 318.257.5060

Email: dhood@latech.edu

Yolanda Hoof

Associate Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 314

Phone: 318.257.2052

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: yhoof@latech.edu

Norlyn Branham Hyde

Skills Lab Instructor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 376

Phone: 318.257.5252

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: nhyde@latech.edu

Brittany Killins

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 308

Phone: 318.257.2766

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: bkillins@latech.edu

Dr. Melissa Madden

Assistant Professor, RN-BSN Program Chair

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 326

Phone: 318.257.2174

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: melisama@latech.edu

Dr. Patti McFadden

Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 148

Phone: 318.257.3109

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: pattim@latech.edu

Dr. Sarah McVay

Associate Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 366

Phone: 318.257.4189

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: smcvay@latech.edu

Carol Owens

Associate Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 150

Phone: 318.257.3105

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: cowens@latech.edu

Dr. Sherry Peveto

Director, Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 139

Phone: 318.257.3101

Email: speveto@latech.edu

Denise Pyles

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 370

Phone: 318.257.3033

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: lpyles@latech.edu

Dr. Sherrie Roberson

Associate Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 316

Phone: 318.257.3076

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: sherrie@latech.edu

Shawna C. Sampson

Administrative Coordinator

Department: Nursing

Phone: 318.257.3101

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: ssampson@latech.edu

Dr. Tanya Sims

Professor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 142

Phone: 318.257.2737

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: tsims@latech.edu

Donna Snow

Administrative Assistant

Department: Nursing

Phone: 318.257.3101

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: dlsnow@latech.edu

Mary Wilson

Instructor

Department: Nursing

Office: GTM 346

Phone: 318.257.2892

Fax: 318.257.4569

Email: mwilson@latech.edu