(PhD from the University of New Orleans in Political Science), Professor of Political Science with post-doctoral studies in Disaster Science and Emergency Management at LSU, and twenty-one years of practical experience in Disaster Relief and Emergency Services with a nonprofit organization.

(PhD, Tennessee) is Professor of History and serves as department chair. Rogers has 4 decades of classroom experience in helping students learn. Rogers' research focus is globalization and industrialization. Feel free to email him if you have questions about our department or our programs.

(PhD, University of Mississippi) is a Professor of History and specializes in southern history, cultural history, slavery in the Atlantic World, the Antebellum South and the Civil War.  Stacey’s research interests include the history of professional wrestling and 1980s cultural history.