Meet Our Faculty

What Makes Our Business Faculty So Special?

At UHC you’ll be surrounded by full-time faculty and adjunct instructors who are experts in their chosen fields. They bring real-world experience and creativity to the classroom to create a dynamic learning environment. Our professors are committed to students and encourage and inspire them to think globally and critically.

 

Armine Shahoyan, MSM, Ph.D

Professor and Chair
Graduate and Accelerated Undergraduate Programs Coordinator
Email: ashahoyan@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 677-6570
Teaching areas: Economics, Business Statistics, Management Theory

 

Nicole Ortloff, MBA, DBA

Professor of Business Administration;
Business Department Internship Program Coordinator;
Marketing Program Coordinator;
Quality Matters Coordinator
Email: nortloff@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2132
Teaching areas: Business, Marketing, Economics, Management.

 

Lawrence Audler, MBA, DBA

Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Email: laudler@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2304
Teaching areas: Business, Management.

 

Philippe Lannelongue, MBA, MSc HCM

Assistant Professor of Management;
Healthcare Management Program Coordinator
Email: plannelongue@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2332 
Teaching areas: Management, Healthcare Management, International Management, Marketing.

 

Lillian Grose, MBA, CPA, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Accounting
Accounting Program Coordinator
Email: lgrose@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2230
Teaching Areas: Principles of Accounting, Intermediate and Advance Accounting, Taxes.

 

Michelle Sens, Ed.D., CPA

Adjunct Professor of Accounting
Email: michelle_sens@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 376-3187
Full-time job outside of UHC: Manager, Corporate FBP at Entergy
Teaching areas: Foundations of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting

 

Erica Smith, MS, CPA, CFF, CFE, CIGA

Adjunct Instructor of Accounting
Email: esmith@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (352) 514-8704
Full-time job outside of UHC: Deputy Inspector General for the Jefferson Parish Office of Inspector General 
Teaching areas: Advanced Accounting, Audit.

 

Christine Duncan Watts, MBA, SHRM –CP, Ph.D. candidate

Adjunct Instructor of Management
Email: cwatts@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 460-0922
Full-time job outside of UHC: Senior Human Resources Generalist, M S Benbow and Associates Professional Engineering Corporation
Teaching area: Human Resource Management.

 

James Zeller, MBA

Adjunct Instructor of Management
Email: jzeller@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 421-4545
Full-time job outside of UHC: St. Tammany Parish Government, Cybersecurity and Governance Lead
Teaching areas: Operations Management, Management Information Systems

 

Nene Glenn Gianfala, MBA, CPA/ABV, CEIV, ASA-BV/IA

Adjunct Instructor of Finance
Email: ngianfala@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (281) 748-9977
Full-time job outside of UHC: Vice President in Valuation Group at Chaffe & Associates, Inc.
Teaching area: Finance

 

Jose F. Rubio, MSc, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Finance
Email: jrubio@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 377-1533
Full-time job outside of UHC: Developer at StoneX
Teaching areas: Finance, Economics

 

Mark Kuss, Ph.D., J.D.

Adjunct Professor of Business Law 
Email: mkuss@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2333
Full-time job inside of UHC: Professor, Department of Humanities.
Job outside of UHC: Partner, Law Office of Gonzales & Kuss
Teaching areas: Business Law.

 

Edward Johnson, B.A, Ph.D

Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics
Email: ejohnson@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 394-7744
Full-time job outside of UHC: Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of New Orleans
Teaching areas: Business Ethics.

 

Malanna Verdi

Administrative Assistant for the College of Counseling, Education and Business
Email: mverdi@uhcno.edu
Phone number: (504) 398-2237