- Agricultural Sciences & Forestry
- Biological Sciences
- Health Informatics & Information Management
- Nursing
Mr. Michael Waller
Assistant Professor
Government Documents Librarian/
Applied & Natural Sciences Librarian
Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.4989
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: mwaller@latech.edu
Education
B.A. General Studies, Concentration in English, Sociology, and Psychology, Louisiana
State University
MLIS, Louisiana State University
- School of Accountancy
- Economics and Finance
- Management and Information
- Marketing and Analysis
Mrs. Sue McFadden
Assistant Professor
Business Librarian
Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.2273
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: sumac@latech.edu
Education
B.A. English, Louisiana Tech University
M.S. Library Science, University of Mississippi
Job Responsibilities
- Liaison to the College of Business in the following areas:
- Collection development
- Evaluating Business Web sites
- Arranging trials of electronic databases
- Serve as reference and research consultant at Prescott Library’s information desk
- Human Ecology
- Kinesiology
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences
- Teacher & Leadership Education
Dr. Kelly Kingrey-Edwards
Assistant Professor
Education & Human Sciences Librarian
Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.2361
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: kingrey-edwards@latech.edu
Education
B.A. Liberal Arts, Concentration in Humanities and Social Thought, Louisiana Scholars
College at Northwestern State University
MLIS, University of Texas
Ph.D. Library Science, Texas Woman's University
- Applied Physics
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computational Analysis & Modeling
- Computer Science
- Construction Engineering Technology
- Cyber Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering
- Engineering & Technology Management
- Industrial Engineering
- Instrumentation and Control Systems Engineering Technology
- Mathematics & Statistics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Molecular Science & Nanotechnology
- Physics
Dr. Lindsay Zack
Assistant Professor
Engineering & Science Librarian
Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.2269
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: lzack@latech.edu
Education
B.S. Chemistry, with ACS Certification, Northern Arizona University
M.S. Library Science, Texas Woman’s University
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Arizona
Areas of Interest and Research
- Astrochemistry
- Molecular Spectroscopy
- Radio Astronomy
- School of Aviation
- School of Design
- School of Human Inquiry
- School of Literature and Language
- School of Music
- School of Theatre
Mr. Boris Teske
Assistant Professor
Liberal Arts Librarian
Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.2992
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: teskeb@latech.edu
Education
B.A. English; History, with Honors in English, Whitman College
M.A. History, University of North Carolina
M.S. Library Science, University of North Carolina
Job Responsibilities
- Develop, assess and manage research collections for Liberal Arts
- Provide research consultation and support research education
- Provide information and library instruction services
Areas of Interest and Research
- “Organzine Unrealized: The Red Mulberry, Colonial Louisiana’s Silk Hopes and French
Sericulture,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Lafayette LA,
March 2019
- “The Royal Physician Botanists, Medicinal Plants, and Pharmacy in French Colonial
Louisiana,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Shreveport LA,
March 2017
- “Live Oaking in French Colonial Louisiana: Naval Timber for 74-Cannon Ships of the
Line,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Baton Rouge LA, March
2016
- “Judge Henry Bry, Promoter of Sericulture in Antebellum Louisiana,” paper presented
to the Louisiana Historical Association, Hammond LA, March 2014; published in North Louisiana History 54 nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2023) 37-60
- “Libraries and Student Persistence at Southern Colleges and Universities,” co-authored with Dexter Cahoy and Michael DiCarlo, Reference Services Review 41 no. 2 (Spring 2013): 266-279
- “The ‘Colonial Machine’: The Royal Physician Botanist Louis Prat’s Experiments in
Ginning Louisiana Cotton,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association,
Alexandria LA, March 2013
- “Enlightenment Science in French Colonial Louisiana: The Royal Physician Botanist
Jean Prat and the Wax Myrtle,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association,
Lafayette LA, March 2011; and invited presentation to the 18th Annual Williams Research
Center Symposium, “Seeking the Unknown: Perspectives on Louisiana’s Natural History.”
The Historical New Orleans Collection, New Orleans LA, February 2013
- “Information and Communication Technology Literacy among First-Year Honors and Non-Honors
Students: An Assessment,” co-authored with Brian Etheridge, Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council 11 no. 1 (Spring 2010): 83-109
