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Xavier University of Louisiana Library

Meet Our Team of Faculty and Staff

LIBRARY LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TEAM

     
Tamera Hanen   Nancy Hampton
Tamera Hanken
Library Director
Academic Support Area: Academic Affairs
thanken@xula.edu, 504.520.5083
  
Nancy Hampton
Head of Collection Resources
Discipline Areas: Fine Arts, Music, 
Speech Language Pathology
nhampton@xula.edu, 504.520.7534
     
Kayla Siddell
Kayla Siddell
Scholarly Communications & Instruction Librarian
Discipline Areas: Psychology, Sociology, Education

Academic Support Areas: Institutional Research, Xavier Exponential, Ronald E. McNair Program

ksiddell@xula.edu, 504.520.5160
     

LIBRARY OFFICE

 
Barbara Sanders
Barbara Sanders
Office Manager
Administrative Support Areas: Fiscal Services, Financial Aid 
bsanders@xula.edu, 504.520.7304 
 

INSTRUCTION/LIAISON LIBRARIANS AND ARCHIVISTS

     
Vincent Barraza   Mary George
Vincent Barraza
Archivist & Digital Preservation Librarian
Discipline Area: Digital Archives, Art History, Museum Studies
vbarraza@xula.edu, 504.520.7213
  
Mary George
Instruction & Liaison Librarian
Discipline Areas: Chemistry, Physics, Engineering 
mgeorge@xula.edu, 504-520-5294
     
Sarah Hernandez, First-Year Experience Librarian   Irwin Lachoff
Sarah Hernandez
First-Year Experience Librarian

Discipline Areas: Communications
Academic Support Areas: Student Affairs, SASO
Administrative Support Areas: Campus Ministry, Career Services, First- and Second-Year Students
shernan1@xula.edu, 504.520.5463

  
Irwin Lachoff
Associate Archivist
Discipline Areas: Archives, Political Science, History, Philosophy
ilachoff@xula.edu, 504-520-7655
     
 
Alex Saltzman
Data Visualization Specialist & Lab Manager

Discipline Areas: Business, Data Science

asaltzma@xula.edu, 504.520.7663

  
Paula Singleton
Instruction & Liaison Librarian
Discipline Areas: Biology, Public Health

Administrative Support Area: Facilities

psinglet@xula.edu, 504.520.7309
     
 
Melinda Williams
Digital Specialist
Discipline Area: Film

Administrative Support Area: Communications and Marketing

mwilii77@xula.edu, 504.520.6785
  
Jianshan Yang
System & Technology Librarian

Discipline Areas: Computer Science, Mathematics
Administrative Support Areas: ITC, Center for International and Intercultural Programs, Confucius Institute

jyang@xula.edu, 504.520.7428
     
Melinda A. Williams
 
Vacant
Science Librarian
  
 
Vacant
Collection Resources Librarian
     
 
 

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL AND SUPPORT STAFF

     
Leslie Sam   Ashaki Haroon
Leslie Sam
Acquisitions & Collections Manager

Discipline Areas: Theology, Counseling

lsam2@xula.edu, 504.520.5388
  
Ashaki Haroon

User Services Manager

aharoon@xula.edu, 504.520.7311
     
Edwin Buggage   Jane Fiegel
Edwin Buggage

User Services Assistant

ebuggage@xula.edu. 504.520.7305

 

  

Jane Fiegel

Digital & Technology Assistant

Digital Projects, Metadata

jfiegel@xula.edu, 504.520.5056
     
Sandra Hawkins   Esperanda Johnson
Sandra Hawkins

User Services

shawkin@xula.edu, 504.520.7305

  

Esperanda Johnson

User Services

ejohns10@xula.edu, 504.520.7305
     
Eric Joseph  
Eric Joseph

User Services 

ecjoseph@xula.edu, 504.520.7655

  
Vacant
User Services