Dr. Robert A. Thomas is the director of the Center for Environmental Communication at Loyola. He served three years as the interim director of the School of Mass Communication. Thomas was the founding director of the Louisiana Nature Center, where he served as the liaison for the community in information pertaining to science education, environmental issues, and natural history.
Thomas is the past president of the Association of Nature Center Administrators and has served on the Accreditation Commission of the American Association of Museums and as chair of the Environmental Advisory Committee for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Thomas received his doctorate in vertebrate zoology from Texas A&M University, did a postdoc at LSU Medical Center and has held adjunct professorships at the University of New Orleans, Tulane and LSU.
Degrees
Ph.D., Texas A&M University; M.S., Texas A&M University; B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana
Classes Taught
- Covering the Environmental Beat
- Environmental Communication
- Tropical Ecology
- Herpetology
- Spinning the Planet
- Environmental Audit of Loyola University
Areas of Expertise
Environmental Communication and Journalism, Science education, environmental issues, and natural history.