Research Institutes
COLLEGE
OF SCIENCES
Robert
H. Miller, Jr., Dean
P. O. Box 9440
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771-5170
Fax: (225) 771-2013
Email: rhmillerjr@aol.com
The College of Sciences, the largest college at Southern University at Baton Rouge (SUBR), is one of ten degree-granting units at SUBR. The college is comprised of 9 departments consisting of the departments of biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, psychology, social work, sociology, and speech pathology and audiology. Associated with the Department of Sociology is an emerging baccalaureate program in criminal justice, which is administered by a director. Also associated with the Department of Sociology is a Center for Social Research. The newly established Ph.D. Program in Environmental Toxicology is under the umbrella of the College of Sciences.
The college is spread out in six modern buildings. For research purposes, all faculty and students have access to computers housed in the respective departments; and with the exception of the Department of Social work, each department in the college has at least 1 computer laboratory to provide computer assisted instruction (CAI) for its students. The Department of Computer Science, of course, has more computer laboratories than any other department on campus. Recently the Department of Social Work received an educational enhancement grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to set up a computer laboratory for CAI.
Department of Biological Sciences
Dorothy P. Thompson
Post Office Box 9310
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813
Phone:(225) 771-5210
Fax: (225) 771-5386
Email: thompson@stark.phys.subr.eduThe Department of Biological Sciences is housed in James and Fisher Hall. In James Hall, the department occupies space on the first, second, and third floors. In Fisher Hall, the department occupies space on the first and second floors.
The overall facility consists of several lecture rooms (including Room 143 on the first floor of James Hall and Room 106 in Fisher Hall). Instructional laboratories are located on the third floor of James Hall and the second floor of Fisher Hall. Research laboratories in the Health Research Center are in use by faculty members doing research. Major equipment housed in these research laboratories include spectrophotometers, fluorometer, centrifuges, refrigerators, incubators, autoclave, paper and thin-layer chromatographic chambers, phase contrast microscope, drying ovens, and stereoscopic microscope. Located in Fisher Hall is an electron microscope.
Faculty research areas include: (1) Bioaccumulation Potential of Copper and Chromium. (2) Enhancement of Microbiology Instruction and Research, (3) Mechanism and Function of Elevated p53 Levels in Human Cytomegalovirus Infected Cells, (4) Bioinstrumentation and Bioanalysis, (5) Molecular Studies of a Natural Viral Protease Inhibitor, (6) Exposure to 6-Methoxy-2-Benzoxazolinone, (7) Biological Response and Availability of Desorption Resistant, and (8) Fungicidal and Fungistatic Activity of Phenolic Compounds.
For contract work or research assistant in the area of biology, contact the chairperson.
Department of Chemistry
Ella Kelley , Interim Chairman
P. O. Box 12566
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771-3990
Fax: (225) 771-3992
Email: ELKChem@aol.com
The Southern University Department of Chemistry is housed in two adjoining two-story buildings that were renovated in 1984-1986. During the renovation period, new equipment was acquired; and laboratories were modernized. New fume hoods, eye-washes, and safety showers were placed in each laboratory. The department occupies both floors of one building (Lee Hall) and half of the second floor of the adjoining building (Fisher Hall).
The department's overall facility consists of 6 lecture rooms (including an auditorium that seats over 200 persons), 9 instruction laboratories, 4 instrument rooms, 7 research laboratories, and 1 computer laboratory. Additionally, the department has 4 research laboratories in the Southern University Health Research Center, which also adjoins Lee Hall. Major pieces of equipment housed in the department are an HP 5890 gas chromatograph, two HP 5880 gas chromatographs, a Beckman L-5-65 centrifuge, a Perkin-Elmer 3840 Diode Array UV/Vis spectrophotometer, a Perkin-Elmer Lambda 4B UV/Vis spectrophotometer, a Bruker AF/200 FT-NMR spectrometer, an HP 5995 GC/MS spectrometer, a Perkin-Elmer 1430 IR spectrophotometer, a Dionex 4000i liquid chromatograph, a Beckman 342 gradient liquid chromatograph, a Hitachi F-4010 fluorescence spectrophotometer, a Nicolet 510P FT-IR spectrophotometer, a Beckman Microlab 600MX IR spectrophotometer, a Perkin-Elmer 3030 AA spectrophotometer, a Perkin-Elmer 2380 AA spectrophotometer, a Fisher Model 465 titrimeter, and a Perkin Elmer LS50B luminescence spectrometer.
The multimedia laboratory in chemistry is designed to enrich chemistry laboratory instruction through the use of multimedia technology involving computers, interactive video, CD-ROM, and necessary interfaces. At the present time, this laboratory consists of 18 IBM 486DX computers, 1 IBM Model 85 file server, 4 Macintosh Quadra 800 computers, 1 Power Macintosh 8100/80AV computer, 2 Power Macintosh 8100/100AV computers, 1 Macintosh Model 95 file server, 2 Gateway 2000 P5-150 computers, 3 laser printers, 2 color printers, and a color scanner at a total cost of more than $160,000. The IBM 85 file server contains 3 CD-ROM drives, and each of the Macintosh computers has a CD-ROM. The laboratory supplements instruction in both freshman and upper-level chemistry courses.
Faculty research areas include: (1) Role of Second Generation Organometallic Complexes in the Photodynnmic Therapeutic Treatment of Cancer, (2) Chemistry and Biology of Phytoestrogens, (3) Polymeric Cyclic Peptides as Self-Assembling Biopolymers, (4) Hydrophobic Cyclic Peptide Copolymers as Novel Self-Assembling Biopolymers, (5) Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Some Macrocyclic Ligands, (6) Quantitation of Latex Accelerators, (7) Development of Biosensors, (8) Comparative Studies of the Adsorptive Capacities of Various Charcoals, (9) Bioconversion and Natural Products, (10) Capillary Chromatography and Electrophoresis, (11) Studies of the Relationship of Geological Formations to Chemical Characteristics of Produced Waters, (12) Studies of Ceramics, and (13) Chemical Education: Multimedia Instruction in Chemistry.
For contract work or research assistance in these areas, please contact the following researchers:
1. Dr. John W. Owens - Jowens8960@aol.com
2. Mr. Derald Chriss - DChriss1@aol.com
3. Dr. Maria Ngu-Schemlein - Mariamln@aol.com
4. Dr. Mous Diack - Mdiack@aol.com
5. Dr. Jing-Fong Wei - JFWei@bellsouth.net
6. Dr. Wesley G. Gray - Dr1WGGRAY@aol.com
7. Dr. Ahmad A. Suleiman - AASuleiman@aol.com
8. Dr. Richard E. Echols - REEchols@hotmail.com
9. Dr. William E. Moore - BILLSUBR@aol.com
10. Dr. Edwin Walker - ewalker@subr.edu
11. Dr. Robert H. Miller, Jr. - rhmillerjr@aol.com
12. Dr. Talmage P. Bursh - TPBursh@hotmail.comDepartment of Computer Science
Erold Hinds, Chairman
134 T. T. Allain Hall
Southern University
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771-2060
Fax: (225) 771-4223
Email: hindsew@mail.cmps.subr.eduThe Department of Computer Science has laboratories for research and instruction.
Laboratory 114A: Service Courses (Internet Access)
Hardware: 27 Gateway 2000 Pentium microcomputers (120 MHz),1 HP LaserJet Printer.
Network: 2 CABLETRON hubs, I In Focus LitePro 720 Projector, Each PC has an ethernet-work (100 MHz) card, Network Hubs.
Operating Systems: DOS 6.22, WINDOWS 95
Software Applications: Office 95 (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Deskcan II, Course Labs, Norton Anti-Virus, Netscape Navigator Gold
Laboratory 114 West: Teleconferencing
Hardware: 1 Mitsubishi Monitor, 3 Sony Monitors, 1 HP LaserJet 3100 Printer
Laboratory 121: Graduate Students
Hardware: 1 Black and White Sharp Projector Pallet, 2 Overhead Projectors, 2 NEC 486 microcomputers (66 MHz), Ethernet Cards, 1 HP LaserJet HID printer.
Operating Systems: DOS 6.22, WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS NT
Software Applications: Microsoft Office 95
Laboratory 125: Video-Conferencing (Internet Access)
Hardware: 2 Overhead Projectors, I black & white SHARP Projector Pallet, 1 SONY Video Monitor, 1 NEC video monitor, 1 SHARP television set, 2 PANASONIC video cassette recorders, 1 Gateway P5-133 PC, 1 Gateway P5-60 PC, 1 AT&T 386 PC, 1 In-Focus LitePro 720 Projector.
Software Applications: Windows 95, Windows NT, Office 97
Laboratory 127A: Network Components (Internet Access)
Hardware: 1 Smart-switch 2200, 1 Sun Sparc Station 4, 1 Intel Server, 2 Intel PC*s (mail and web servers), 1 DIGITAL multiplexor, 2 AT&T 33 MHz microcomputer, DEC VAX 4000-200 mini-computer, 1 VT 1200 DEC windows terminal, 1 DECstation 5000 Model 25 workstation, 1 600 MByte tabletop SCSI CDROM, I APC uninterruptable power supply, 1 Apple 233MHz microcomputer, 1 Apple 120 MHz microcomputer.
Laboratory 127B: Internet Access
Hardware: 2 Dell OX PC*s, 2 Sun Sparc 5 workstations, I IBM Power PC (RISC 6000) NEC 486 PC, 1 Xerox Docuprint 4517 Laser printer.
The software available on the VAX computer is supported by DEC*s campus-wide Software License Grant Management Plan (CSLG). This is an agreement which gives any University within the State of Louisiana a software license for any software application supported by DEC. The VAX system acts as a gateway for microcomputer housed in the Computer Science Department to gain access to the Internet.
Operating Systems: VMS, DOS 6.2Z WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS NT
Applications: OFFICE 2000
Laboratory 146: UNIX
Hardware: 27 INTEL 100 MHz microcomputers, I HP LaserJet SM printer, 1 CABLETRON hub, I AT&T 33 MHz microcomputer, 1 AT&T SmartHub.
Operating System: LINUX
Software Applications: PASCAL, C, NETSCAPE, C++, FORTRAN
Faculty research areas include: (1) acquisition of knowledge from heterogeneous sources, and its presentation in web format with search capabilities; (2) algorithms for multi-radar tracking and graphical presentation; (3) migration of code across languages and platforms; (4) use of speech recognition for triggering events by voice command; (5) use of PVM and MPI for creation of powerful multiprocessor from inexpensive workstations; parallelization of code for multiprocessing; (6) software development for on-line administrative database systems; (7) graph theory and VLSI chip layout; (8) data mining, data warehousing and web databases; and (9) artificial intelligence.
For contract work or research assistance in computer science, please contact the chairman.
Department of Mathematics
Preston Dinkins, Chairman
342 T. T. Allain Hall
Southern University
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771-5180
Fax: (225) 771-4762
Email: pdinkins@subr.eduThe Department of Mathematics, with a faculty of forty-two members, has approximately 45 mathematics majors and several undergraduate students pursuing a minor in mathematics. It has approximately 25 students enrolled in its Master’s Program. The Department of Mathematics offers the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics. It is one of five departments that participate in the Ph.D. Program in Science and Mathematics Education.
The Department of Mathematics is awarded monies for grants for sponsored projects for research, laboratory enhancement, in-service teacher training, superior graduate fellowship, and a summer enrichment program for at-risk middle school students. The department sponsors an Annual Mathematics Festival during the Spring Semester, in which approximately 700 students enrolled in grades 6-12 representing 25 schools and ten parishes participate. Among the workshops sponsored in the department are: (1) NASA Sharp Plus Program, in which 20 rising 11th and 12th graders participate in an 8-weeks summer apprenticeship program; (2) the Department of Mathematics Summer Enrichment Institute - Healthy Bodies and Healthy Minds (SEMIT), supporting 46 low to middle achieving middle school students in mathematics; and (3) the LaSIP Project MIME, a summer workshop for more than 29 elementary school teachers.
The department, located in T. T. Allain Hall, has four computer labs, two of which are new. They are the General Math Lab (Room 318), The Statistics Lab (Room 318), The Computational Lab (Room 305), and The Faculty Lab (Room 306). The Statistics Lab and The Computational Lab are new. There are 20 new Compaq Pentium III computers in the Statistics Lab that are Internet connected. The computers are used to improve undergraduate and graduate teaching of statistics and geometry courses. Software packages that include SPSS, MINITAB, and the Geometer’s Sketchpad are used to give students a more active role in the classroom. The Computational Laboratory is primarily focused on course work for multivariable calculus, advanced calculus, and differential equations; it is used to assist in the instruction of 150 upper-level students. The Computational Laboratory helps students to relate general mathematical concepts to symbolic, graphical, and numerical representations – as well as other visual perspectives – which are so critical to achieving the deep level of conceptual understanding desired in students. The lab has 9 Dell computers with17" monitors, 1 Dell Computer with a 33" presentation monitors, 2 printers (1 laserjet and 1 color), and 1 projector. The computers are Internet-connected. Software utilized in the Computational Lab includes Mathematica (a computer algebra system) and Calwiz (calculus software). The purchasing of other software for differential equations is planned.
The General Math Lab is equipped with 1 IBM PS/2 Model 95 XP486 Server, 1 American Power Conversion, 1 Multiple Access Unit (Novell Network), 23 IBM (16 MHz) 386sx with math coprocessor, 14 Pentium I (RMD) (66 MHz), 1 Epson LQ 2550 Printer, 1 printer stand, and 1 Norton Anti-Virus. Software includes Derive, Mathematics 2.0 for Windows, MATHCAD, Mathematics Exploration Toolkit, MINITAB, Windows 95, and a TI-81 simulator. The General Mathematics Lab is used for instruction, tutorial sessions, and test taking. Instruction for remedial math, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, statistics, and geometry is conducted in this lab. The Faculty Math Lab is part of the Faculty Reading Room. The lab has 2 Pentium I (RMD) (66 MHz) computers. The computers are Internet-connected to assist faculty in doing their research.
Faculty research areas include: (1) Mathematics Education, (2) Algebraic Number Theory, (3) Abstract Algebra, (4) History of Mathematics, (5) Complex Analysis, (6) Probability and Statistics, (7) Differential Geometry, (8) Differential Equations, (9) Harmonic Analysis on Lie Group, and (10) Combinatorics.
For contract work or research assistance in these areas, please contact the following researchers:
1. Dr. Preston Dinkins - pdinkins@engr.subr.edu
2. Dr. Stella Ashford - sashford@subr.edu
3. Dr. Juanita Bates - jbates@engr.subr.edu
4. Dr. Lawrence Couvillon - jcou@bellsouth.net
5. Dr. Amadou Guisse - postmaster@calculus-math.com
6. Dr. Jung-Soon Lee - leejsk1@home.com
7. Dr. Curtis Means - cujemeans@worldnet.att.net
8. Dr. Joseph Meyinsse - meyinsse@subrvm.subr.edu
9. Dr. Rogers J. Newman - rnewman@subrvm.subr.edu
10. Mr. Alonzo Peterson - apeter2@tiger.lsu.edu
11. Dr. Phil Quartararo - quartara@engr.subr.edu
12. Mr. George Simpson - gsimpson@subrvm.subr.edu
13. Mr. Horace Simpson - H-smith@msn.com
14. Dr. Donna Stuart - stuart@intersurf.com
15. Dr. Haidong Wu - hwu@engr.subr.edu
16. Dr. Zhondge Yan - zyan@subrvm.subr.edu
Department of Physics
Stephen C. McGuire, Chairman
151 James Hall
Southern University
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771-4130
Fax: (225) 771-2310
Email: mcguire@grant.phys.subr.eduA broad array of major equipment resources and instrumentation located in James Hall supports the various research programs in materials, astronomy/astrophysics and educational reform in the Department of Physics. A partial listing of the professors, their general research areas, and some of the research equipment in the department is given below.
Professors involved in materials science are L.L. Henry (magnetic materials growth and characterization), R. Bobba (fuel cells, sol gel process, electrochemical characterization, high spatial resolution imaging), and J. T. Wang (piezoelectric materials and high temperature superconductors). Instrumentation used in their research consists of a high temperature tubular furnace (< 1700 °C); a SQUID magnetometer (1.9 –> 400 K), (0 –> 5T); a computerized heat capacity measurement system; a four- and two-probe I-V measurement system; a scanning tunneling electron microscope (STM); and an optical absorption UV visible near infrared (NIR) spectrophotometer.
Additional specialized research tools used in materials science research may be grouped into (1) energy conversion and storage devices (electrochemical analyzer, fuel cell test station, differential scanning calorimeter, thermogravimetric analyzer, inert atmosphere glove box, high temperature furnace), (2) devices for processing ceramic and single crystal materials (1700oC furnaces, high-temperature ovens, hydraulic presses, and high efficiency mixers), (3) devices for resistivity, dielectric constant, and piezoelectricity measurements (high-voltage power supplies, high-voltage and digital lock-in amplifiers, LCD meters, dynamic signal analyzers), and (4) devices for thick-film fabrication (spinning coating system, Zygo interferometer).
Professors conducting astronomy/astrophysics research are A. Fazely (neutrino physics, high-energy neutrino ray detector calibration instrumentation), J. Matthews (highest energy charged-particle cosmic-ray measurements, calibration instrumentation for the auger cosmic ray collaboration), and J. G. Stacy (gamma-ray burst observations using high altitude and earth orbit detectors).
The department’s High Performance Computing Laboratory is equipped with Silicon Graphics machines and Gateway 2000 computers. Specifically the department has (a) 1 Origin 2000 server, (b) 7 O2 workstations, and (c) 9 Gateway 2000 PCs. All of the computers are networked and connected to the World Wide Web. Recently acquired items include a parallel PC cluster consisting of 32 Linux nodex and 8 workstations; 8
Kayak workstations, Pentium II 333 MHz; and several HP printers, including 1 color Laserjet HP 8500 TN, 2 HP 2100, and 2 HP 2000 printers.
Virtually all of the research instrumentation in the department was obtained via sponsored research funding. In addition to using research equipment in the department, several members of the physics faculty take advantage of the facilities of the state-supported Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) located in Baton Rouge.
For contract work or research assistance in physics, please contact the chairman of physics.
Department of Psychology
Murelle G. Harrison, Interim Chair
317 Blanks Hall
Southern University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813
Phone: (225) 771-2990
Fax: (225) 771-2082
E-mail: mgharripsy@aol.comThe Southern University Department of Psychology is housed in the newly constructed $3.5 million, state-of-the-art, three-story, fully accessible Blanks Hall. The department has clinical interview/observation rooms, a human subjects laboratory, a vocational evaluation and work adjustment laboratory, a biofeedback laboratory, a resources library, an auditorium, 10 classrooms with capacities of 30-75 students, seminar rooms, and offices for faculty and graduate assistants.
The multimedia computer laboratory in the Department of Psychology is equipped with 32 Pentium III 500Mhz computers, each of which has 128-512MB of RAM and10/100 base ethernet connections with CAT 5 cable throughout. The network is connected directly to the University’s Internet Backbone connection. The computers all run Windows NT 4.0 and are configured in a client/server domain that is completely administered within the department. Both color and black and white laser printers are networked to faculty and student laboratory computers.
The department has a dedicated laboratory area for future animal testing. The lab space is approximately 3000 square feet, and is divided into separate sections, each with separate ventilation/air exchange systems and negative pressure doors. The lab has ample space for dry, refrigerated, or frozen storage. The lab also features a LAN connection and is equipped with two personal Pentium III 500Mhz computers.
The department is equipped with the following: 8 video cameras; 1 TV/VCR combination; 3 TV sets, 3 VCRs, 3 Overhead Projectors; 2 scanners with automatic document feeders; 2 plain paper fax machines, 3 LCD projectors, and a desk top computer for each faculty. The latest versions of the following software packages are available to students: WordPerfect Office 2000, Microsoft Office 2000, Harvard Graphics 4.0, Netscape Communicator, Statistca, and SPSS 8.0.
The VEWA lab consists of hardware and software VALPAR work samples that allow assessment of functional abilities of individuals. The computerized databases (VALSEARCH, RAVE, AND OASYS) store 12,873 major job titles and corresponding WQPs. These job titles, representing about 25,000 jobs in the U.S. labor market, are matched to the functional abilities of the clients.
Faculty research areas include: (1) Substance Abuse Prevention Among Adolescents With Special Attention on Rural African American Youths; (2) Diabetes Among African Americans; (3) Reducing HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors Among African Americans; (4) Professional Preparation and Participation of Minorities in State-Federal Rehabilitation Agencies; (5) Black Personality and Development, Black Mental Health, Minority Rehabilitation, and Disability Issues; and (6) Future Time Perspectives Among Rural and Urban Adolescents.
For contract work or research assistance in these areas, please contact the following researchers:
1. Dr. Murelle G. Harrison - mgharripsy@aol.com
2. Dr. Cecil Duncan - cduncan29@home.com
3. Dr. Madan Kundu - Kundusubr@aol.com
4. Dr. Reginald Rackley -rrackley@subr.edu
5. Dr. Doreen Miller - Millerdiag@aol.com
6. Dr. Jocelyn Freeman - jfreeman@subrvm.subr.edu
7. Dr. Detris Honora - dhonora@aol.comDepartment of Social Work
Demetria H. McJulien, Chair
Southern Branch Post Office
Southern University
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Telephone: (225) 771-5450
Fax: (225) 771-4234
E-mail: dhmcj@aol.comThe Southern University Department of Social Work is housed on the third floor of Rodney G. Higgins Hall. The department assumed occupancy of the third floor when Higgins Hall was completed in 1994. The third floor was designed for the department based on the programmatic needs for an accredited professional program. The department is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. The department’s objectives are to prepare students at the baccalaureate professional level. The department also prepares students to enter graduate schools of social work and to pursue related human services professions.
The department’s overall facilities consist of six (6) lecture classrooms, one (1) practice laboratory suite (consisting of three rooms with two-way observation mirrors using the Office of Family Services as its field of practice setting in conjunction with a Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Grant); one (1) classroom that allows for several configurations of tables and chairs that enhance a specific teaching objective, e.g., small groups, seminars, etc. Additionally, the department has a Learning Resource Center which has four (4) small group study rooms surrounding the main study area, one (1) practice laboratory suite with three rooms with two way observation areas, one (1) room that houses a computer that is available for student use, one (1) media room, and one (1) large practice laboratory that is used for multi-purpose experiential learning and project development. The department has the space for one computer laboratory with eight (8) stations. Major pieces of equipment (purchased mainly from a Title IV-E grant) housed in the department are a digital camera, an Infocus projector, three (3) camcorders, two (2) overhead projectors, two (2) laptop computers, one TV/VCR combination and 2 TV and 2 VCRS. This equipment is used mainly for teaching and learning.
The department has seven full-time faculty members, three of whom have Ph.D.’s; one has a juris doctorate degree, and one began pursuit of the Ph.D during the summer of 2000. The Learning Resource Center is staffed by a full-time librarian. Social work faculty have been involved in research support by the National Institutes of Health Minority Biomedical Research Support Program. Other research projects have been associated with teenage pregnancy and rural internship programs. The department also has received funding for students in the areas of public welfare and child welfare through the Louisiana state social service area. Over two and one half million dollars have been granted to the department for research and grants. The department recently received a Board of Regent grant for technology (Interactive Multimedia Video/Teleconference Laboratory) and one for electronic and computer technology (Office of Technology and Research Services).
Faculty research interest areas include: (1) child welfare, especially child abuse and neglect; (2) HIV/AIDS; (3) non-traditional student support programs, including mentoring; (4) integration of technology in the social work teaching/learning process; (5) case management; (6) family and children’s services; (7) social and psychological determinants of career aspirations among African American youths, (8) the impact of social and behavior factors associated with health and mental health (general and specific interests for African Americans may include cancer, HIV/AIDS, and LUPUS prevention and treatment, entitlement, and access to services); (9) prevention and intervention related to teen pregnancy; (10) substance abuse and mental/emotional stress; (11) the impact of standardized testing and mandated performance on the emotional, mental, and personality development of children and youth; (12) use of social and behavioral scientists in primary and secondary education; (13) child welfare system and public assistance programs; (14) teaching/enhancing cognitive thinking skills with undergraduate students; (15) spirituality; (16) substance abuse; and (17) family violence.
For contract work or programmatic assistance in these areas, please contact the following faculty:
1. Dr. Demetria H. McJulien - dhmcj@aol.com
2. Dr. Lacey M. Tillotson - lacey @su.jags.subr.edu
3. Dr. Betty J. Briggs - briggs@su.jags.subr.edu
4. Dr. Erma J. Borskey - borskey@su.jags.subr.edu
5. Ms. Roslyn C. Richardson - RoslynRi@mail.subr.edu
6. Mr. Harold V. Butler - hbutler@su.jags.subr.edu
7. Ms. Margery MoncrieffeDepartment of Sociology/Criminal Justice
Christopher N. Hunte, Interim Chair
210 Higgins Hall
Southern University
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771_5095
Fax: (225) 771_5675
E_Mail: DrHunte@aol.comThe Department of Sociology, besides its basic instructional units, consists of three subunits: A program in Criminal justice, a Family Life Center and a Research Center. Its major objectives are (1) to prepare students for graduate study leading to the terminal degree; (2) to prepare students for employment in research and/or policy analysis positions in government, social service organizations, business and industry, (3) to offer courses servicing students in other instructional areas of the University and (4) to offer courses and programs of service to for the larger community.
Recently, the Louisiana Board of Regents provided funds to expand the Criminal Justice Program with three degrees (A.S., B.S., and M.S.) in criminal justice Currently, the Department offers the B.S. in Sociology, the A.A. in Law Enforcement, and (jointly with the departments of history and political science) the M.S. in Social Science. Besides the basic sociology curriculum, the following areas are emphasized: social psychology, deviance, demography and human ecology, intergroup relations, research methodology, and social institutions. Students pursuing the M.S. degree are required to conduct comprehensive research projects guided by a senior professor. Most of the research projects so far completed are applied; that is, students throughout their research apply and advance sociological theories geared toward solving community problems. Students completing the A.A. degree must enroll in Internship 200. Under the supervision of a coordinator, students complete more than two hundred hours of volunteer work with law enforcement agencies within the metropolitan Baton Rouge area. More than 200 students are currently majoring in sociology and law enforcement. Between 1989 and 1995, 252 students graduated from the program. Of this total, 169 received the Associate of Arts Degree in law enforcement; 72 students, the B.S. Degree in sociology; and 11, the M.S. Degree in social science. About 80 percent of the students graduating with the A.A. degree in law enforcement go on to receive the B.S. degree in sociology; while approximately 40 percent of those students receiving the B.S. in sociology go on to earn graduate degrees. The Department of Sociology has nine full_time faculty members. Sixty_six (66) students have earned the terminal degree sociology. The department has six part_time faculty members, four of whom have juris doctorate degrees.
For assistance with sociologically related research, please contact the chaiperson of sociology.
Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
Barbara L. Guillory, Chairperson
P.O. Box 9500
Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771-3950
Fax: (225) 771-4143
E-mail: bguill5804@aol.comThe Speech Pathology and Audiology Department offers a pre-professional degree in Speech-Language Pathology. This program is housed in Augustus C. Blanks Hall, which has state-of-the-art equipment. The Blanks building is a three story ultra modern facility that includes, in addition to classrooms and faculty offices, group and individual therapy rooms; a large indoor therapy room leading to an outdoor activity area; a client/parent waiting room; an audiological laboratory; a speech science laboratory; and a library. The configuration of the therapy rooms includes observation from a central video monitoring area (the control room). Remoter monitoring by clinical supervisors from their offices is also available. Several individual computer work carrels are available for student use.
The undergraduate program has four full-time faculty members and five part-time supervisors/instructors. Faculty grants over the last two years have been in excess of one million dollars. These grants have allowed the department to purchase computers for student use as well as to begin to equip the voice science laboratory. Faculty research has spanned the areas of neurogenic disorders, child speech and language disorders (re-norming and developing new norms for children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds), and research in addressing the impact of language on academic success.
The Speech Pathology and Audiology Clinic is an integral part of the degree program and is under the auspices of the College of Sciences. The clinic provides direct services to clients with a wide range of speech-language and hearing disorders. It is established as a resource to university students and their families as well as to persons from the greater Baton Rouge and surrounding communities. The Speech Pathology and Audiology Clinic is open between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters as well as during the summer session. Approximately 60-70 clients and families are served in the clinic during any given school year. The clients are served by undergraduate and graduate students majoring in speech-language pathology. All clinic activities are supervised by nationally ASHA certified clinical supervisors.
The Speech Pathology and Audiology Clinic has dual national accreditation by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) – accredited in speech-language pathology and in audiology. This clinic is operated under the direction of Dr. Marilyn A. Seibert, who serves as Director of Clinical Services.
For additional information about the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, please contact any of the following persons:
1. Dr. Barbara L. Guillory – bguill5804@aol.com
2. Mr. S. P. Geralds
3. Dr. S. A. Seddoh – seddoh@cluster.engr.subr.edu
4. Mrs. Patricia M. Brazier-Carter – pbc1234@hotmail.com
For more information, contact:
Dr.
Michael Stubblefield, Vice Chancellor for
Office of Research and Strategic Initiatives
Physical Address: 730 Harding Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Mailling Address: P.O. Box 9272, Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Phone: (225) 771-3890
Fax: (225) 771-5231
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
