Dr. Jordyn Truax joined the Psychology Department at LSUA in 2024. She attended Saginaw Valley State University for her BA in psychology, and then completed her MA and PhD, both in psychology, at Oakland University. She specializes in non-human animal research, focusing on social cognition and animal welfare. Within social cognition, she has researched both cooperation and altruism. Animal welfare is her more recent focus and is usually targeted on visitor influences on captive animals.
University of Louisiana at Monroe is the alma mater of Beth Whittington. She had a 20-year law enforcement career prior to coming to LSUA in 1994 and continues to teach at several police academies.