William J. Broussard, Ph.D. is currently the Associate Director of Athletics and Assistant Professor of Language and Communication at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Prior to working at Northwestern, William, worked for the University of Arizona in the Athletics, Dean of Students and English Departments. William holds a Bachelor of English degree from Louisiana Scholars College, and a Masters and Ph.D. in rhetoric, composition, and the teaching of English from the University of Arizona. Louisiana Progress benefits from his expertise in higher education policy, and the impact of media coverage on local and state politics. William is a registered Independent, news junkie, and has been married to his lovely wife Kendra for 10 years.
Meghan Harwell is a law clerk for Judge Paul Bonin on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Prior to working for Judge Paul Bonin, Meghan was a researcher for the Legal Resources Centre, a prestigious human rights law firm, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Meghan brings to Louisiana Progress an expertise in criminal and social justice, juvenile justice, sentencing and prison reform, reducing poverty, and international human rights. In her free time, you can find Meghan working toward a 350-hour Yoga Teacher certification with Swan River Yoga in New Orleans, and volunteering with New Orleans’ chapter of the Fourth World Movement.
Ryan Mick is a Teach For America Corps Member and special education reading teacher with the Jefferson Parish Public School System. Prior to teaching, Ryan worked in education policy, holding positions with The Education Trust, The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, as well as the Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development. Ryan holds a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School as well as a Master’s in Educational Research from Ohio University. Ryan bring to Louisiana Progress an expertise in k-12 education reform, the charter school movement, redistricting reform, rights for disabled individuals and constitutional issues.
Joshua Stockley, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Joshua has been an Assistant Professor at ULM since August of 2008 and also serves as a Research Fellow for the ULM Social Science Research Laboratory. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nicholls State University from 2003-2008 after attending graduate school at the University of Oklahoma. Louisiana Progress benefits from Joshua’s expertise in American government, state and local politics, campaigns and elections, redistricting, political parties, Southern politics, Congress, Presidency, culture and politics, public policy, and public administration.
Christopher J. Tyson is a native of Baton Rouge and an Associate Professor of Law at the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. Christopher holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Howard University; a Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center. Christopher was formerly employed in the Washington, DC office of Senator Mary Landrieu and worked for two years as a prison educator in Boston, MA. Christopher brings to Louisiana Progress an expertise in race and public policy and has been published in the Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law, the Howard University Law Review and as a chapter in the edited volume Authentic Leadership Theory and Practice: Origins, Effects and Development. He was recently named one of the Baton Rouge Business Report’s “Top 40 Under 40” for 2010. He resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and is married to Dr. Gia L. Tyson.
