Valerie Andrews
Valerie Andrews is a member of the extraordinary faculty in the School of Mass Communication, where she teaches public relations. She has worked extensively in public relations and advertising for industries ranging from RVs and food service to printing and educational materials. Most notably: She is the great-granddaughter of the founder of her hometown, Gonzales, La., the Jambalaya Capital of the World.
Larry Lorenz
Dr. Lorenz has taught at Loyola since 1981. He was chair of the former Department of Communications and founding dean of the College of Social Sciences.
His teaching specialties are reporting and writing, communication ethics and history of American journalism.
Dr. Lorenz has a bachelor’s in English from Marquette University and a master’s and Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. He was a broadcast news writer and editor with United Press International and a reporter and newscaster for WISN radio, Milwaukee.
Dr. Lorenz is the author of the textbook News: Reporting and Writing (with John Vivian) and Hugh Gaine: A Colonial Printer-Editor’s Odyssey to Loyalism. He has written many articles for both academic and popular publications. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Press Club of New Orleans in 2001.
Since 1987 Dr. Lorenz has been host of the weekly news-in-review program “Informed Sources,” broadcast on WYES-TV, New Orleans.
David Myers
David Myers is a professor in the School of Mass Communication at Loyola University New Orleans. His teaching and research focus on digital media play—most particularly bad play.
Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas is interim director of the School of Mass Communication and director of the Center for Environmental Communication. He was the founding director of the Louisiana Nature Center. Dr. Thomas is president of the board of directors for the Louisiana Children’s Museum and has received numerous awards for conservation, museum education and communication. Twice now he has been named one of New Orleans Magazine’s “People to Watch” for elevating the status of environmental issues in public discourse. So keep an eye on him.
David Zemmels
David Zemmels is an assistant professor of digital communication and director of digital technology. Prof. Zemmels has been teaching digital design and technology for more than 10 years. He previously worked at the University of Utah where he was the assistant dean for technology in the College of Fine Arts.
