Staff
Doctorate in Education Leadership:
Master of Arts in Teaching:
Master of Educational Leadership:
Master of Arts in Counseling:
Staff for Department of Education and Counseling:
Master of Public Health in Health Equity:
L. Faye Grimsley, PhD, CIH, MSPH
Associate Professor and Head, Public Health Sciences Associate Chair, Division of Biological and Applied Health Sciences Director, MPH -Health Equity Program
- (504) 520-7460
- fgrimsle@xula.edu
Regina Benjamin, MD MBA
Endowed Chair in Public Health Sciences and 18th United States Surgeon General, Department of Public Sciences
- 504-520-6707
- rbenjamin@xula.edu
Tyra Gross, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Sciences
- (504) 520-6707
- tgross@ xula.edu
Megan Knapp, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
- 504-520-6707
- mknapp@xula.edu
Marian Okon, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Program Director, Health Informatics M.S, Department of Public Health Sciences
- 504-520-6707
- mokon@xula.edu
Dr. Amy Thierry
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences
- 504-520-7572
- athierry@xula.edu
Staff for MPH:
Speech Language Pathology:
Terrilynn Jenkins, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Department Chair and Graduate Program Director
- 504-520-5087
- tjenkin9@xula.edu
Melissa Handy, MS, CCC-SLP
Director of Clinical Education, Speech Pathology
- 504-520-5748
- mhandy2@xula.edu
Institute for Black Catholic Studies Staff:
Dr. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow
Director, Institute for Black Catholic Studies
- 504-520-5138
- kdbellow@xula.edu
Dana Lockett
Administrative Specialist, Institute for Black Catholic Studies
- 504-520-5353
- dlocket1@xula.edu
Sister Dr. Eva Marie Lumas, S.S.S., D.Min.
Associate Director for Continuing Education and Enrichment Programs
- (504) 520-5353