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COEHD Professorships

The College of Education and Human Development awards numerous chairs and professorships to faculty members who personify excellence in scholarship, research, and teaching. These honors recognize current faculty and serve to recruit future faculty.

The College of Education and Human Development has Endowed Chairs; each of these is valued at $1,000,000. Base funding for each Chair was provided by the combined efforts of private donors and the State of Louisiana. For every $600,000 in private donations, the Board of Regents Support Fund (BORSF) matched $400,000. In addition to the BORSF Chairs, the University also has two Endowed Chairs funded entirely through private sources. The most recent addition to the University's funded chairs is an Endowed Super Chair in Telecommunications valued at $2,000,000.

The College of Education and Human Development has received funding for BORSF Endowed Professorships valued at $100,000 each. Funding these professorships was also a joint endeavor by private donors and the State of Louisiana. Donors provided 80% of the funds and BORSF provided 20%.

COEHD Current Professorship Holders

George & Adelaide Trahan Abraham/BORSF Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Christopher Giroir

Joan D. and Alexander S. Haig/LEQSF Regents Professorship in Education I

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Doug Williams

Joan D. and Alexander S. Haig/BORSF Professorship in Education II

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Dianne Olivier

Joan D. and Alexander S. Haig/BORSF Professorship in Education III

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Natalie Keefer

Florence Mauboules/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Frank DelFavero

Kathy Authement Prouet/BORSF Memorial Endowed Professorship in Special Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Christine Briggs

Kathy Authement Prouet/BORSF Memorial Endowed Professorship in Education I

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Nancy Autin

Kathy Authement Prouet/BORSF Memorial Endowed Professorship in Education II

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Michelle Kreamer

Leonder & Louizette Labbe-Sy & Laura Arceneaux/BOR Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Leigh Tolley

Red Lerille's Health and Racquet Club/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Health and Physical Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Scott Fuller

Vesta R. Bourgeois Endowed Professorship in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Aimee Gros

Paul Burdin/BORSF Endowed Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Robert Slater

Mr. and Mrs. E.P. “Pat” Nalley/LEQSF Regents Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Heather Stone

Patrick R. Rutherford Endowed Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Tori Flint

Patrick Rutherford/BORSF Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Sebnem Cilesiz

SLEMCO/BORSF Professorship in Education II

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Amanda Mayeaux

Doris B. and Mike Aderman/BORSF Regents Professorship in the Hawthorne Center

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Toby Daspit

Joan D. and Alexander S. Haig/BORSF Professorship in Education IV

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Jeremy Foreman

Joan D. and Alexander S. Haig/BORSF Professorship in Education V

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Shuichi Sato

SLEMCO/LEQSF Regents Professorship in Education

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Peter Sheppard

Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco/BORSF Professorship in Liberal Arts I

  •     Current Holder: Dr. Aimee Barber