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.

KEITH BANCROFT
B.S., University of Nottingham (England). M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia.

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.

BETTY A. BOURGEOIS
B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University. M.R.E., Loyola University, New Orleans.

BASIL DAVID BURNS, O.S.B.
B.S., Louisiana State University. M.S., Political Theory, Louisiana State University. M.A., Theology, Notre Dame Seminary. M.A. Philosophy, University of Dallas. Ph.D. Cand., Philosophy, University of Dallas.

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.

KERI DIEZ
B.A., Louisiana State University. M.Ed., Ph.D., University of New Orleans.

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.

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.

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.

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.

JUDE LUPINETTI
B.A., M.A., Ed.S., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi.

DEBORAH MCINNIS
B.A., M.A., State University College (Buffalo, NY). M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Ph.D. Cornell University. Ph.D., Duke University.

HARRY McMURRAY
B.A., Tulane University. M.Div., University of Toronto. M.Mus., North Texas State University. Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union.

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.

ROBERT C. PENICK
BS and MBA, Loyola University of the South. MEd, Our Lady of Holy Cross College. MS, University of New Orleans. Ph.D., University of New Orleans.

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.

ANN C. SCHNELLER
Master of Religious Education, Loyola University. B.S., Louisiana State University

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: Lupinetti
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
Chair: Rodrigue
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, Schneller, Stine, Thevenent, Wynn