University of Louisiana at Monroe is the alma mater of Beth Whittington. She had a 20-year law enforcement career prior to coming to LSUA in 1994 and continues to teach at several police academies.
Dr. Holly L Wilson is a Professor of Philosophy and Religion. She has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Pennsylvania State University, a Masters in Pastoral Studies from Loyola University, New Orleans, and a B.A. in Philosophical Anthropology from Vanderbilt University. She has studied at German universities and has taught English in Japan. She has dedicated her life-long scholarship to writing on Immanuel Kant, an 18th Century German philosopher. Her book, Kants Pragmatic Anthropology, has been cited 164 times in counting in many different languages. Her ground-breaking research has spurred further research into this area of Kant. Dr. Wilsons article, The Green Kant, has been anthologized in several textbooks and is taught in many different universities in Environmental Ethics courses. Currently, Dr. Wilson is working on a book called: The Happiness Experiment which shows the convergence of seven religions on the question of what happiness is and how to get it. She teaches in the Religious Studies program, and she also teaches philosophy courses like PHIL 4922 Plato. She advises Humanities majors and Religious Studies majors. Her research can be found at , A, , and . She is an Associate Editor of Environmental Ethics at the international Journal of Ethics. She is also on the Editorial Board of the Oak Leaf, the LSUA Journal of Teaching and Research.