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FACULTY MEMBERS

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

MARK A. ALISE
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University;
S.T.B., S.T.L., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

DAVID ARBO
B.S., M.S., Washington University, St. Louis

BRENDA ATKINSON
B.A., Southwestern Louisiana Institute (University of Louisiana at Lafayette);
M.A., Santa Clara University

JOSETTE O. BEAULIEU-GRACE
B.A., Anna Maria College;
M.A., Universite de Montreal, Canada

RICHARD BEBEN
B.A., M.R.E., Loyola University, New Orleans

GARLAND-CLIFTON T. BELSOME (Rev.)
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
M.Div., Notre Dame Seminary

CHARLES J. BENOIT, O.S.B. (Rev.)
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

DANIEL BURNS
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
M.A.Th., Notre Dame Seminary;
Ph.D., Loyola University, Chicago

ROBERT CALMES
B.S. (Education), Louisiana State University;
M.A. (English), North Carolina University

MATTHEW R. CLARK, O.S.B. (Rev.)
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
M.A., Notre Dame Seminary

PAUL D. COUNCE (Rev.)
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
B.A., S.T.B., M.A., Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium;
B.C.L., M.C.L., University of Ottawa, Ontario;
J.C.B., J.C.L., St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario

JAMIN DAVID (Rev.)
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
J.C.L., Catholic University of America

JONATHAN DEFRANGE, O.S.B. (Rev.)
B.A., University of Dallas;
M.T.S., Notre Dame Seminary;
M.A., Louisiana State University;
Ph.D., Catholic University of America

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 (Rev.)
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

CASEY EDLER
B.A., St. Joseph Seminary College;
M.A., Louisiana State University

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. (Rev.)
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

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. (Rev.), 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

COREY HAYES
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
M.A., Notre Dame Seminary

JOHN E. HEBERT
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi

MARTIN A. HERNANDEZ
B.S., Louisiana State University;
M.Div, St. Meinrad School of Theology;
M.C.L., University of Ottawa, Ontario;
J.C.L., St. Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario

JUDE M. ISRAEL, O.S.B. (Rev.)
B.S., Loyola University;
M.Ed., University of New Orleans;
M.A., St John 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 (Rev.)
A.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
S.T.B., M.A., Catholic University of America;
M.B.A., Louisiana State University

FRANCES LEGRAND
B.A., Grinnell College;
M.A., University of Kansas;
M.A., University of Arizona

JUDE LUPINETTI
B.A., M.A., Ed.S., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi;
M.Cert., Univeristy of Florida

COLBY MCCURDY
B.Mus., M.Mus., Southeastern Louisiana University

RICHARD C. MOORE
B.G.E., United States Naval Academy;
M.S., University of Kansas;
M.A., University of Florida

ROBERT C. PENICK
B.S., M.B.A., Loyola University of the South;
M.Ed., Our Lady of Holy Cross College;
M.S., Ph.D., University of New Orleans

THOMAS RANZINO (Rev.)
B.A., Saint Meinrad College;
M.Div., Saint Meinrad School of Theology;
M.A., Notre Dame University

CHRISTOPHER REDDEN
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
M.A., Notre Dame University

JOHN REILLY
B.A., General Studies University of New Orleans;
Certified Trainer with American Council of Exercise (ACE)

FRANCIE RICH
B.F.A., Minneapolis College of Art and Design;
M.F.A., California College of the Arts

JOSHUA J. RODRIGUE (Rev.)
B.A., Saint Joseph Seminary College;
B.S.T., Pontifical Gregorian University;
S.T.L., Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant Anselmo

ANTHONY J. RUSSO
B.A., LaSalle University, Philadelphia;
M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg;
M.Div., Blessed John XXIII National Seminary, Weston

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

ROBERT F. STINE (Rev.)
B.A., Saint Meinrad;
M.Div., Notre Dame Seminary;
M.A., Creighton University

KENNETH THEVENENT
B.A., Louisiana State University;
M.Mus., Notre Dame University

JEREMY THOMPSON
M.A., Baptist Theological Seminary;
Ph.D., University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

FRANCIS W. VANDERWALL
B.A., M.A., Ph.L., St. Louis University;
M.Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley;
Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

BONNIE B. WOOD
B.A., University of Florida;
M.L.S., Louisiana State University


Academic Divisions

LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND FINE ARTS
Chair: Wood
English Language Skills: Beaulieu-Grace, Legrand, Lupinetti
Fine Arts: McCurdy, Rich
Foreign Language: Gutthy, Legrand, Moore
Literature: Calmes, Kernion

PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGICAL STUDIES
Chair: Clark
Philosophy: Edler, Foley, Gwozdz, Hayes
Theological Studies: Burns, Clark, Israel, Rodrigue

SOCIAL, BEHAVORIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES
Chair: Penick
Social Science (History): DeFrange, Dranguet, Simmons
Behavioral Science: Emerson, Hebert
Natural Science: Arbo

RELIGIOUS STUDIES INSTITUTE AND DIACONATE PROGRAMS
Alise, Beben, Belsome, Bourgeois, Counce, David, Ducote, Dufresne, Eldringhoff, Ranzino, Redden, Schneller, Stine, Thevenent, Thompson