On the Move

Keith Credo and Maris Collins

by Leslie Turk

B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration at UL Lafayette adds assistant professor of management, engagement/outreach officer.

Dr. Keith Credo has joined the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration at UL Lafayette as an assistant professor of management.

Credo's teaching interests include organizational behavior, entrepreneurship and management, and he also focuses on bringing social entrepreneurship service learning opportunities to students. His research interests include organizational ethics, corporate whistleblowing and organizational change.

One of Credo's most recent publications in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies highlights the impact of employee perceptions of organizational ethics on workplace safety.

Credo is an adviser to several entrepreneurial startups, and is also a member of the board of directors for the SWLA Angels. Keith completed his doctoral work at Auburn University, his MS and MBA studies at Florida Institute of Technology and his undergraduate work at Tulane University.

Also at UL's B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration, Marisa Collins was named engagement and outreach officer, a newly created position. Collins brings several years of experience with marketing, advertising, public relations, fundraising, and video and film production to her new role.

Originally from southern New Jersey, Collins has lived in New Orleans, New York City and Italy, in addition to her years as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Rio de Janeiro and Rotary Youth Exchange Student to Peru. She earned two undergraduate degrees from Oklahoma State University in 2004, and her multilingual skills include Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.

Collins is a member of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana and the705 and is a volunteer for Lafayette Central Park. She also serves as a board member for the Acadiana Press Club.