Scholarly Activities
Books and Chapters of Books
- S.L. Alexander, Media and American Courts: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary Issues Series). Denver: ABC-CLIO, 2004.
- S.L. Alexander. Covering the Courts: A Handbook for Journalists, 2nd ed. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.
- David Myers. The Nature of Computer Games: Play As Semiosis. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2003.
- Leslie Parr, Photographer. Girls’ Night Out: Celebrating Women’s Groups Across America by Tamara Kreinin and Barbara Camens. New York: Crown Publishers, 2002.
- Leslie Parr, Photographer. A Will of Her Own: Sarah Towles Reed and the Pursuit of Democracy in Southern Public Education. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1998.
- Alfred L. Lorenz with John Vivian. News, Reporting and Writing. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.
- Leslie Parr, Photographer. Ozark Elders. Little Rock: Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, 1981.
- Leslie Parr, Photographer. Visits with Ozark Country Women. Little Rock: August House, 1979.
Grants Received
- Leslie Parr, Director. Teacher Institute for Advanced Study. "Urban Explorers: Photographers in the American City," Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, July 2004. $30,618
- Leslie Parr. Loyola University New Orleans Research Grant, Part 1: The Politics of Pictures: The Role of Photography in the Civil Right Movement and Part II: The Village of San Miguel, September 2003. $893.
- Cathy Rogers. Loyola University New Orleans Research Grant Public Relations Measurement & Evaluation: Survey of PRSSA Bateman Advisers, September 2003. $1,215.
- Robert A. Thomas, with Jan Voordouw (Co-PI), Terry Ally (former Co- PI). Caribbean Environmental Communications Initiative, US Agency for International Development, through the University of New Orleans Foundation., May 22, 2002 – December 31, 2003. $500,000.
- S.L. Alexander. Knight-Ridder NFOIC Grant to develop statewide non-profit organization, Louisiana Coalition on Open Government (LaCOG), 2002. $10,000.
- Robert A Thomas. (PI). Operational support, Shell Foundation, January 2002. $10,000.
- Leslie Parr, Co-Director with David Estes. National Endowment for the Humanities, Grant for Faculty Focus Group, "Picturing America: Photography and the Study of American Culture," 1998-1999. $25,000.
- Leslie Parr. Institute, "Picturing the South: Southern Photography, History and Culture," 1998. $24,979.
- Leslie Parr, Director. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Grant for Summer Teacher Institute, "Photography and American History," 1995. $23,860.