Kristen Lee, a political science sophomore, was selected and honored as a 2009 Tavis Smiley Youth Leader of the Decade. The Tavis Smiley Foundation provides leadership training to youth across America, helping to promote a better quality of life for themselves and their communities.
Communications senior Lourdes Fulton wins Public Relations Society of America Scholarship.
Dr. Cathy Rogers was awarded the Preeminent Plate Spinner Award by the Public Relations Society of America's New Orleans chapter on Tuesday.
Gary Segura '85 was appointed professor of political science and chair of Chicano/a Studies in the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford University.
Dr. Angel Parham has had an article entitled "Internet, Place, and Public Sphere in Diaspora Communities" published in the journal Diaspora, 14[2/3]: 349-380.
Katherine Karcher received the Domengeaux Scholarship from La Foundation Lousiane and CODOFIL.
Anne Travis Underhill, A ’80, owns Diversified Advertising Services, which is celebrating its 11th year in business. The company, in Winston Salem, N.C., specializes in creating "quick-turn" presentation materials for corporate clients to use with retail buyers.
Vesna Milojevic was chosen to act as an ambassador of German-US relations by the German Academic Exchange Service
Jonathan Tenney, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History, was recently recognized with an Outstanding U.S. Dissertation Prize by The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq for his work, “Life on the Bottom of Babylonian Society.”
Dr. Nystrom's book, New Orleans after the Civil War: Race, Politics, and a New Birth of Freedom will appear at the end of March, 2010 from the Johns Hopkins University Press and will debut at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in early April.