Previous Philosophy Students

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)*

Nicholas Zaunbrecher - Nicholas Zaunbrecher graduated with a BA in Philosophy and English from ULL in 2003.  He is currently on a Fellowship Ph.D. track with the Speech Communication department at Southern Illinois University--Carbondale, developing a research base for aesthetics of improvisational performance and the theory and philsophy of spontaneity.

Matt Fontenot - graduated with B.A. in Philosophy and a second degree in Political Science in the Fall of 2001. Accepted and planning to attend Law School at LSU.
 

Jason Manuel - graduated with a B. A. in Philosophy from UL Lafayette in the Spring of 2000. Graduated from the Law School at William & Mary.
 

Ronald Oran, Jr. - previously received B. A. in Psychology, attended UL Lafayette as a philosophy major for one year to prepare for Law School. Attending the Tulane University School of Law and Ph.D. in Philosophy expected in 2004.
 

Anne Laughlin, public relations practitioner and former UL Lafayette student, writes:

Philosophy is important.  It has been important throughout history and is still important today.  In my life, it is important to my job.

I am in advertising-advertising, public relations and marketing to be more precise.   And one of philosophy's bedrock principles-logic-must be present in every ad I write, press release I send out and marketing plan I develop.

Thankfully, I studied philosophy.

Even though philosophy was not my major, I went out of my way to take philosophy classes because I was passionate about the subject.  As it turns out, that passion helped to equip me for my career.
 
 

* Photo courtesy of The Bertrand Russell Archives at McMaster University.

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