Sociology major, Salem Seymour, recently published an article that traces the origins of Jim Crow laws in the US South in the journal Spectre. The article, co-authored by sociology professor, Dr. Cody Melcher, shows, through a critical reinterpretation of late-19 th century southern history, that Jim Crow laws were passed in an attempt to repress and co-opt a radical interracial working-class movement centered around white and Black sharecroppers.
You can find the article here.
Two Loyola Undergrads Present Research at National Meeting
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Join the New Orleans Sierra Club and the Students for Environmental Action (SEA) for a special educational event on Sunday, November 10, in Room 402 of the Communication and Music Building on Loyola’s Main Campus, 6301 St. Charles Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and light refreshments will be available., Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Marshall will speak at 7:00 p.m., followed by a Q&A session. Parking will be available in the West Road parking garage and the Horseshoe to the right of the Holy Name of Jesus Church.
Congratulations to Dr. Madison Silverstein for presenting her research at the 33rd Great New York Conference on Behavioral Research. Her research explored the perceptions of AI in psychotherapy across race/ethnicity and income.
HOWL! Katie Buc, ENVB'26, was named an Everyday Hero by Keep Louisiana Beautiful by winning the Collegiate Environmental Steward Award for her endless fight against litter. Katie is an Environmental Justice Scholar and champions litter reduction through her recycling efforts on campus. Her passion and enthusiasm to reduce waste have made Loyola a better place in the two years she has been on campus. We look forward to seeing the impact she makes next!
Dr. Heinecke was selected to give a research talk to a national audience at the ACS meeting in New Orleans this March. She spoke on the "Role of alkali metal counterions on size of para-mercaptobenzoic acid capped gold clusters." Co-authors include Loyola students Elysse June, Elisse Ward-Dones, Noor F. Cheema, and Sarah G. McMahon. Congratulations, Dr. Heinecke!
The Environment Program would like to congratulate Dr. Aimee Thomas for the publication of her article, "Naturalists' Technology Use Supports Nature Education". The article was recently published in the Journal of Interpretation Research, a journal for novel research in informal science education.
During this semester's Late Nights at Loyola, 34 Loyola student volunteers from SEA, HPO, WiSTEM, and Bioinquiry hosted students from Anna's Place NOLA. Volunteers helped promote knowledge and further interests in science!
Dr. Joel MacClellan, Philosophy, was appointed by Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng to the Ethics and Compliance Commission. Dr. MacClellan was selected from a pool of candidates supplied by President Xavier Cole.