
Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
Christopher Torres, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice

Whitney Walkowski, Professor of Practice in Biological Sciences
The effects of social environment on the brain during mate choice: a study funding undergraduate research of the túngara frog at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama

Congratulations to the Environment Program Faculty on Their Outstanding Achievements!
2025 Marquette Fellowship Recipients
Whitney Walkowski, Professor of Practice in Biological Sciences
The effects of social environment on the brain during mate choice: a study funding undergraduate research of the túngara frog at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama
Joel MacClellan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Joel MacClellan Assistant Professor of Philosophy
The euthanasia euphemism: On the deceptive use of 'euthanasia' in medical research

Faculty Excellence in Service
Craig Hood, Professor of Biological Sciences

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.

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.

Congratulations to Dr. Bucolo on his recognition by Loyola University for his research project "Photosynthetic Contributions of Specific Algal Blooms throughout Lake Pontchartrain".

Dr. Joel MacClellan, the director of the Environment Program and an assistant professor of philosophy, was recently a guest on the podcast Sentientism. In this episode, Professor MacClellan talks about his latest publications, which focus on the intersection of ethics, animals, and the environment.

Congratulations to Dr. Bob Thomas for discussing the environmental effects of Mylar Balloons with 4WWL News. To read more on the published article, click here!