Rachel Comeaux was awarded the Dux Sociologicus Award, Dan Parker was awarded the Jerrol M. Seaman "Spirit of Gemeinschaft" Award, and Ashlyn Haycook was awarded the Social Justice Scholarship Award for Outstanding Community Activism. All awards were presented at the College of Social Sciences Honors Convocation on May 20, 2016
Take a look at Brooke Bullock’s ‘15 undergraduate research experience from Loyola video made by one of our Environment Program students Adrienne Ingram ‘18.
Philosophy major Thanh Mai completed an internship this summer (2016) with the New Orleans Citizens Diplomacy Council (NOCDC). The NOCDC collaborates with organizations such as the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to help promote mutual understanding between the United States and other countries.
Emeritus philosophy professor John Clark's new book The Tragedy of Common Sense has just been published by Changing Suns Press.
Dr. Young Soo Kim published article entitled, “Domestic Contexts for Response to HIV/AIDS in France: Perception, Media Role and Civil Society,” International Politics, 53(3) (2016): 343~360
Sonya F. Duhé, Ph.D., director of the prize-winning School of Mass Communication at Loyola University New Orleans, is serving as the 2017-18 President of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, ASJMC.
ASJMC is a non-profit, educational organization, composed of some 190 journalism and mass communication programs from colleges mostly in the United States and Canada.
This year (2015-16) Robert Verchick a faculty member in the Environment Program has written and published a variety of works on Environmental Law. Robert has also spoke on many important environmental topics here in the US and internationally. See more detailed information here.
David Zelaya, 2012 Loyola Psychology alumnus and current counseling psychology doctoral student at Georgia State University, has been selected to receive the prestigious American Psychological Association's Minority Fellowship. Only 5-7% of the 200 applicants who apply for the fellowship are accepted. To read more visit, http://cps.education.gsu.edu/2016/05/12/counseling-psychology-doctoral-student-david-zelaya-selected-as-apa-minority-fellow/
Professor Anthony Ladd in the Environment Program has recently (2015-16) written many books and articles on the very important topic of Fracking. He has also presented, facilitated, and organized a variety of conferences sharing his findings on Fracking. Find out more here.
Tropical Ecology Program
Loyola’s Tropical Ecology study abroad program combines lectures and discussions on campus with field trips to Central America.
Take a look at the video of what our Tropical Ecology class did this May ’16.