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Dr. Khey

David Khey
Department Head
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Center for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

Office: Rougeou 338
Phone: 337.482.1249
E-mail: dkhey@louisiana.edu

Dr. Khey's work focuses on drug policy, effective policing strategies, campus crime and safety, drug testing technology, medicolegal research and jury decision making. He is an alumnus of the University of Florida. He teaches courses on research methods, cybercrime, restorative justice, forensic toxicology and drugs and crime.

 

Rhonda Richard
Administrative Assistant
Office: Rougeou 348
Phone: 337.482.6540
E-mail: rrichard@louisiana.edu
 

Paula Broussard

Paula Broussard
Master Instructor
Office: Rougeou 342
Phone: 337.482.5690
E-mail: pmbroussard@louisiana.edu

Ms. Broussard is a native of Lafayette, Louisiana and a graduate of UL Lafayette, but it was the University of Southwestern Louisiana back then. In addition, she attended Louisiana State University and the University of South Florida, her degrees include Masters in Criminal Justice and Business Administration plus an additional 30 hours of graduate work. Her criminal justice career began in retail security then for the next ten years she focused on private investigation and polygraph work. After closing the private investigation office she began working on her MBA. It was then that she was offered a chance to teach a night course in criminal justice at USL, she agreed and has been teaching ever since. Her research interests include terrorism, ethics, handgun issues and serial crimes.


 

Michelle Jeanis
Assistant Professor 
Office: Rougeou 341
Phone: 337.482.1964
E-mail: mjeanis@louisiana.edu

Dr. Jeanis received her master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Doctorate in Criminology from the University of South Florida.  Dr. Jeanis’ research focuses on missing persons, youth runaways, and the relationship between news/entertainment media and crime, offenders, and victims. She works with both law enforcement agencies and non-profit organizations in the study of missing persons cases.View CV.

Meng Ru (Lily) Shih
Assistant  Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Office: Rougeou 340
Phone: 337.482.6540
E-mail: mengru.shih1@louisiana.edu

Dr. Shih recently graduated with her doctorate in criminology from the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency, life-course criminology, quantitative research methods, substance abuse and rehabilitation, corrections and reentry, restorative justice, and immigration policy. View CV .

 

 

Dwazendra Smith
Visiting Instructor
Office: Rougeou 339
E-mail: dwazendra.smith@louisiana.edu