FACULTY
The faculty at Saint Joseph Seminary College is diverse and talented. Professors are members of the monastic community at Saint Joseph Abbey, priests, other religious, and laypersons.
All faculty members are dedicated to the mission of the Seminary College and to helping students achieve their academic and spiritual potentials.
A list of faculty teaching in regular and distance learning programs and of emeritus faculty is below. Please also look through our web pages on Faculty Activities, Endowments, and Faculty Profiles to learn more about the faculty and its commitment to excellence.
Faculty
BRENDA ATKINSON
B.A., Southwestern Louisiana Institute (University of Louisiana at Lafayette). M.A., Santa Clara University.
JEFFREY A. BELL
A.B., Occidental College. Ph.D,Tulane University.
GARLAND-CLIFTON T. BELSOME
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.Div., Notre Dame Seminary.
JOSETTE O. BEAULIEU-GRACE
B.A., Anna Maria College. M.A., Universite de Montreal, Canada.
CHARLES J. BENOIT, O.S.B.
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A.Th., Notre Dame Seminary.
SUSAN BLALOCK
B.A., Louisiana State University. M.A., New York University. Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.
BETTY A. BOURGEOIS
B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University. M.R.E., Loyola University, New Orleans.
DANIEL BURNS
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A.Th., Notre Dame Seminary.
MATTHEW R. CLARK, O.S.B.
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A.Th., Notre Dame Seminary.
JOSEE D. DAVIS
B.A., Ecole Normale Catholique duBrabant-Nivelles Institut de L'Enfant Jesus.
CHARLES A. DRANGUET, JR.
B.A., M.A., Louisiana State University.
DARRYL P. DUCOTE
A.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. B.A., M.Div., M.A.Th., Notre Dame Seminary.
VINCENT J. DUFRESNE
B.A., University of Saint Thomas, Houston. S.T.B., Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Rome. S.T.L., Academia Alfonsiana of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
SEÁN B. DUGGAN, O.S.B.
B.Mus., Loyola University, NewOrleans. M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon.
THOMAS W. ELDRINGHOFF
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A., Tulane University.
PETER M. EMERSON
B.A., Brigham Young University. M.Coun., Ed.D., Idaho State University.
AUGUSTINE E. FOLEY, O.S.B.
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.T.S., Notre Dame Seminary. M.A., Catholic University of America. S.T.B., M.A.Th., Katholieke Universite it Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
F. GARY FOURNET, Professor Emeritus
B.S., Northwestern State College. M.S., Ed.D., Louisiana State University.
MICHAEL C. GREENE
B.S., M.S., Southeastern Louisiana University.
AGNIESZKA M. GUTTHY
M.A., Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lubin, Poland. M.A., Warsaw University, Poland. Ph.D., Temple University.
THOMAS L. GWOZDZ, S.D.B., Malachy Burns Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Don Bosco College. M.A.Th., Pontifical College Josephinum. M.A. (Philosophy), M.A. (Spirituality), Ph.D., Fordham University.
JOHN E. HEBERT
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi.
DAWN HOPKINS
B.A., Mary Washington College. M.A., Emerson College.
JUDE M. ISRAEL, O.S.B.
B.S. Loyola University. M.Ed., University of New Orleans.
CHARLES P. JUMONVILLE
B.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana. M.A., University of Notre Dame. M.R.E., Loyola University, New Orleans.
ROMAN S. KELLER, O.S.B.
B.A. Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A. Southeastern Louisiana University.
JEANNE d'ARC KERNION, O.S.B.
B.A., Mount St. Scholastica College, Atchison, KS. M.A., University of Notre Dame.
JOHN J. LABAUVE
A.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. S.T.B., M.A., Catholic University of America. M.B.A., Louisiana State University.
ANGELO LUPINETTI, O.S.B.
Ph.B., Katholieke Universite it Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A.Th., Notre Dame Seminary.
HARRY McMURRAY
B.A., Tulane University. M.Div., University of Toronto. M.Mus., North Texas State University. Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union.
RICHARD C. MOORE
B.G.E., United States Naval Academy. M.S., University of Kansas.
ANN KEITH NAUMAN
B.A., M.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University.
ERNEST N. OURSO
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A.Th. Notre Dame Seminary.
KAREN PERRY
B.A., M.A., University of Northern Iowa.
RUSS POTTLE, Abbot David Melancon Professor
B.A., M.A., Southeastern Louisiana University. Ph.D., Louisiana State University.
THOMAS RANZINO
B.A., Saint Meinrad College. M.Div., Saint Meinrad School of Theology. M.A. Notre Dame University.
FRANCIE RICH
B.F.A., Minneapolis College of Artand Design. M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts.
JOSHUA J. RODRIGUE
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. B.S.T., Pontifical Gregorian University. S.T.L., Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant Anselmo.
ELIZABETH P. SIMMONS
B.A., Saint Andrews Presbyterian College. M.A. University of North Florida.
KENNETH THEVENENT
B.A., Louisiana State University. M.Mus., Notre Dame University.
BONNIE B. WOOD
B.A., University of Florida. M.L.S., Louisiana State University.
CHRISTOPHER WYNN
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College. M.A., Notre Dame Seminary.
Academic Divisions
LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND FINE ARTS
Chair: Kernion
English Language Skills: Beaulieu-Grace, Blalock, Keller, Hopkins, Wood
Fine Arts: Duggan, McMurray, Rich
Foreign Language: Davis, Duggan, Gutthy
Literature: Keller, Kernion, Pottle
PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
Philosophy: Bell, Foley, Gwozdz
Theological Studies: Benoit, Burns, Clark, Israel, Lupinetti, Rodrigue
SOCIAL, BEHAVORIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES
Chair: Nauman
History: Dranguet, Nauman, Simmons
Social Science: Nauman
Behavioral Science: Emerson, Hebert
Natural Science: Greene
RELIGIOUS STUDIES INSTITUTE AND DIACONATE PROGRAMS
Belsome, Bourgeois, Counce, Ducote, Dufresne, Eldringhoff, Jumonville, LaBauve, Ourso, Ranzino, Stine, Thevenent, Wynn