Degrees

B.A., Loyola University New Orleans

Short Bio

After more than a decade as a full-time instructor of journalism and adviser to the student press at Loyola, Liz Scott Monaghan retired, but continues to teach at the school part-time. She is a humor columnist and contributing editor for New Orleans Magazine.

She is the author of four books, two locally published; The Reach and Screech Manual (or How to Survive Mardi Gras, Even With Kids )and Getting into New Orleans Seafood (or Now That It’s on Your Plate, What Do You Do With It?) as well as two humor books published by St. Martin’s Press, Never Heave Your Bosom in a Front-Hook Bra, and Never Sleep With a Fat Man in July. She has a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University where she was editor-in-chief of The Maroon. In 2004, she helped edit and fact-check Sister Helen Prejean’s book, “Death of Innocents,” and later worked part-time as a press agent to help publicize the book. She also advised Sister Prejean on “Dead Man Walking,” and is quoted in the book.
 

Courses Taught

• Advanced Reporting