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Dr. Jennifer Innerarity, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, became a CJUS faculty member at LSUA in the Fall of 2011.  Her research interests range from law enforcement to forensic science to law and procedure.  She has been P.O.S.T. certified in Louisiana since 1998 and still works part-time as a patrol officer with a local law enforcement agency.  Dr. Inneraritycompleted her Ph.D. in Administration of Justice at USM in 2014.  She is a native of Cottonport, La. in Avoyelles Parish.  

Dr. Guoyi Ke joined LSUA in Fall 2018. He obtained his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Kansas, M.S. in Mathematics from Texas Tech University, and B.S. in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from Hohai University. His research areas include Computational mathematics, Computational fluid dynamics, Big data, Machine learning, Numerical analysis, Multigrid method, Finite element method, Finite difference method, Numerical algorithms for partial differential equations, Preconditioning, High order methods, Numerical linear algebra.  He has taught various courses that include College Algebra, Business Calculus, Calculus I, II, Elementary Statistics, Linear Algebra, Elementary Differential Equation, Numerical Analysis."

A nationally accredited public relations practitioner, Melissa C LaBorde, APR, is an associate professor of communication studies and has been part of the LSUA family since 1992. She completed her academic work at the University of Louisiana in Monroe and then directed LSUA's public relations, marketing, and fundraising efforts as director of Institutional Advancement and executive director of the LSUA Foundation. Among the highlights of her administrative career are managing the LSUA Children's Center project, planning the LSUA 40th and 50th anniversary celebrations, coordinating the communication efforts supporting the LSUA transition to 4-year status, and building the university's endowment fund including numerous scholarships and professorships. After 15 years as an administrator, LaBorde transitioned to a full-time faculty position where she teaches public relations and mass communication courses and oversees the department's internship placements. She proudly holds the Carolyn Cole Saunders Endowed Professorship, her fourth professorship award. She is a past member of the Universal Accreditation Board for public relations practitioners and serves as a mentor to public relations students and young professionals throughout Cenla.  She is an award-winning PR practitioner and was recently inducted into the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame.