Starting Anew
Biding their time in out-of-state teaching positions, New Orleans faculty members are optimistic about a post-Katrina return to the ‘Big Easy’
By Lydia Lum
Not a day goes by that Dr. Jeanine R. Burse doesn’t wonder what she would be doing if she hadn’t been laid off from her job at Xavier University of New Orleans. It was more than a job, and more than a return to her alma mater.
The former assistant professor of biology says the Xavier community was like family to her.
“Xavier was my life,” she says.
