NEWCOMB-TULANE COLLEGE - Key Persons

Aaron Maus

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Adam McKeown

Job Titles:

Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

The NTC Curriculum Committee deals with all matters relating to the undergraduate core curriculum. Course proposal will now flow through the CIM system. Submissions should be made by logging in and using one of the admin links below. If you have questions or issues, please contact the Registrar using their Registrar Support form for access. https://registrar.tulane.edu/. If you would like to submit other agenda items to this committee, please contact Monique Hodges at mhodges3@tulane.edu.

Alex Gunderson

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Alireza Shirvani

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Amy Pfimmer

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Annie Gibson

Job Titles:

Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee

Ashley Nelson

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Casey Love

Job Titles:

Assistant Dean, Global Education
Associate Dean & Director, Center for Global Education
Director of the NTC Center for Global Education
Founder and Board Member of a 501c3

Casey is Associate Dean and Director of the NTC Center for Global Education at Tulane University. She also serves as Co-Director of the Altman Program in International Studies and Business at Tulane and is a Senior Professor of Practice in the Department of Political Science. She teaches courses on US immigration policy, Mexican politics, U.S.-Latin American relations, comparative politics, and globalization. She is a proud alumnae and holder of three degrees from Tulane: a doctorate in political science (2005), a master's degree in Latin American studies (2000), and a bachelor's degree in political science and Latin American studies (1997). Her commitment teaching and service have been recognized through multiple awards including the Mortar Board Excellence in Teaching Award (2018), School of Liberal Arts Outstanding Service Award (2016), the Center for Public Service's Barbara E. Moely Service-Learning Teaching Award (2013), and the Stone Center's Simon Rodriguez Award for Best Undergraduate Teacher (2012). In addition to her academic pursuits, Casey is a founder and board member of a 501c3-designated all female-identified Mardi Gras performance troupe.

Cathy Marques

Job Titles:

Director
Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee
Director of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb - Tulane College
Director of College of Curriculum and Academic Policy, Newcomb - Tulane College

Christie Kahil

Job Titles:

Director
Director, Academic Learning & Tutoring Center

Cristina Lawson

Job Titles:

Assistant Dean

Daniela Rivero Bryant

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

David Corey

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Dean Demosthenidy

Job Titles:

Director of the NTC Center for Global Education

Dolores Hemphill

Job Titles:

Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee

E. Leung

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Edward Cruz

Job Titles:

Assistant Dean
Executive Director

Edward Cruz is the Assistant Dean & Executive Director of Tulane University's NTC Career Services. He leads the NTC Career Services team, in collaboration with campus partners, to offer tailored career services that meet the needs of all Tulane students. As a first-generation college student and student mentor, he is passionate about serving the needs of this community specifically. Eddy believes representation matters, and his team shares in this value. He also empowers them to utilize their unique experiences and strives to create an environment where they feel safe sharing their whole selves at work. Eddy earned his M.A. in Student Affairs in Higher Education from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Speech Communication from Kutztown University. He began his career at the University of Georgia in Residence Life. Outside the office, he spends time coaching his son's sports teams, capturing moments through photography, serving at his local church, and raising his son, Benjamin, with his life partner Juliana

Elisabeth McMahon

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Emilia Oddo - Chairman

Job Titles:

Chairman
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Eva Silvestre

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Evelyn Howard

Evelyn Howard is a junior majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Public Health and Philosophy on the pre-med track. With a passion for science and medicine, Evelyn is a Research Assistant in Dr. Jack's primate research lab where she studies white-faced capuchin monkeys. She also contributes to Chagas disease research with Dr. Claudia Herrera in downtown New Orleans at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. On campus, Evelyn is a member of the Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity and for the past two years, has been a dancer and choreographer on Jazbaa, Tulane's Bollywood fusion dance team. Additionally, she volunteers at the Children's Hospital New Orleans in the Emergency Department and each semester at Tulane's GiST and BATS programs. Evelyn was initially attracted to the Dean's Ambassador Program because she believes this organization inspires a passion for Tulane and aids in creating meaningful involvement for all students on campus. It is her goal as a Dean's Ambassador to give back to her community by creating a welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds. She hopes that in her role, she can offer students an opportunity to celebrate their differences and represent Tulane in a way that is wholly characteristic of its spirit. Evelyn also aims to be an honest voice for the NTC student body, as she feels it is critical for students to not only be heard but understood. To Evelyn, leadership is collaboration and providing others a safe space to freely voice their perspectives and opinions. In her role as a Dean's Ambassador, Evelyn wants to create this atmosphere for her peers and work closely with her cohort to embrace this method of leadership.

F. Thomas Luongo - Chairman

Job Titles:

Chairman
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Ganapathi Narayanamoorthy

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Harish Sujan

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Hunter Jones

Job Titles:

Director
Director, Marketing & Communications

Jill Stoll - Chairman

Job Titles:

Chairman
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Juan Medina Revilla

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Kaleb LeMoine

Kaleb LeMoine is a rising senior studying Political Science with a minor in Strategy, Leadership, and Analytics. He is a first-generation college student from Elton, LA. Kaleb served on the executive board of the Black Student Union and in the Tulane Undergraduate Assembly. He is a Resident Advisor, Community Service Fellow, and an active member of Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity. A native of rural Louisiana and a first-generation college student, Kaleb understands the unique challenges that underrepresented students face on college campuses. He hopes to use his role as a Dean's Ambassador to create more welcoming spaces at Tulane so that all students can thrive. He was inspired to join the Dean's Ambassadors program because he recognizes that all students, staff members, and stakeholders have the potential to make Tulane a stronger, more inclusive community. Kaleb wants to lead others by inspiring them to harness their full potential. Kaleb LeMoine is proud to serve as a 2024-2025 Dean's Ambassador.

Katherine Raymond

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Kathleen Mcbride

Job Titles:

Director
Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee

Katie Black

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Kelly A. Grant

Job Titles:

Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee
Senior Associate Dean of Newcomb - Tulane
Vice Dean

Kenneth Schwartz - Chairman

Job Titles:

Chairman
Member of the Executive Committee

Kim Sherman

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Kyle Esteves

Job Titles:

Assistant Dean, Finance and Operations

Lauren Briggs

Job Titles:

Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee

Logan Chapman

Job Titles:

Director
Director, Student Success

Lorelei Cropley

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Mark Diana

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Maxwell Dulaney

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Meena Vijayaraghavan

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Michael Brumbaugh

Job Titles:

Associate Dean
Ex Officio Member
Member of the Executive Committee
Associate Dean for College Curriculum and Policy
Associate Dean of College Curriculum and Policy, Newcomb - Tulane College
Associate Professor in Classical Studies

Biography Michael Brumbaugh is an Associate Professor in Classical Studies and a member of the Core Faculty in the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. He currently serves as Chair of the Professor of Practice Review Committee in the School of Liberal Arts, Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Classical Studies, and a long-time member of the Curriculum Committee at the Center for Public Service. In addition to language courses in ancient Greek and Latin, he has taught TIDES and COLQ courses on restorative justice practices in ancient Athens and modern New Orleans as well as a service-learning course on ancient Greek drama as a form of storytelling, communal therapy, and reintegration for combat veterans. His research examines political thought in ancient Graeco-Roman literature and the ways in which such literature featured in subsequent political discourses from the Hellenistic era to the early modern period. He is especially interested in examining these dynamics in contexts where diverse wisdom traditions and sources of authority collide. In addition to a variety of articles, he is the author of two books: The New Politics of Olympos (Oxford, 2019) and Josep Manuel Peramàs: A Treatise on the Guaraní System of Government in Comparison with Plato's Republic (Harvard, 2024). The latter is the inaugural volume in the new series Texts from the Early Americas, which aims to establish an accessible cannon of primary sources related to the Indigenous Americas for scholars and general readers alike. He is currently at work on a third book project, Plato in Paraguay, that interrogates the early modern fascination with Mediterranean antiquity in the context of political and social reform movements during the so-called Age of Revolutions (1775-1848). He has won numerous grants and fellowships from the Loeb Classical Library Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fondation Hardt, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as well as the School of Liberal Arts Research Award, the Stone Center Summer Research Award, Lavin Bernick Grants, and Lurcy Grants. Michael grew up in Oregon and was among the first in his extended family to earn a bachelor's degree. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Classics from the University of California, Los Angeles (2011 and 2007) and his A.B. in Greek and Latin from Colgate University (2004). Before coming to Tulane in 2013, he taught at Princeton University, Reed College, and UCLA.

Michelle Sanchez

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Mike Hogg

Job Titles:

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Voting

Mollye Demosthenidy

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Dean, Newcomb - Tulane

Monique M. Hodges

Job Titles:

Assistant Dean
Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion / Department
Assistant Dean, Special Projects and EDI

Monique M. Hodges is the Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, (NTC), where she provides overarching support to the college in the areas of finance, budget management and operations. She also serves as the dean's liaison on NTC faculty committees and supports the university-wide Academic Integrity function. She earned her Bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University and a Masters in Liberal Arts from Tulane University, with a curriculum focused on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Monique is connected to faculty, staff, and students daily to provide advanced support, touching on multiple facets of the Dean's office and to the university. She was elected to Tulane's Staff Advisory Council (SAC), is a founding member of NTC's Racial Equity Racial Equity and Cultural Competence Committee, a College Track mentor, TIDES Instructor and a cohort member of Tulane's Emerging Leadership Institute. Monique has presented at national educational conferences and has planned and hosted several local conferences and workshops. She believes that, "Leading with a lens that is focused on equity, diversity and inclusion strengthens our community for empowerment and improves our social systems and community." Monique is married and has two little boys, loves traveling, writing and is passionate about EDI initiatives. She has been a staff member for Tulane University since 2009.