to rebuild libraries following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Tetlow started her teaching career in 1998 as a part-time adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, where she taught a seminar on constitutional law and race. She rose to full professor at Tulane Law School and focused her scholarship on equal protection and discrimination in juror selection. Her research helped create new anti-discrimination policies at the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2015, Tetlow became Associate Provost for International Affairs at Tulane, a newly created position to coordinate the university's international activities, programs and students. Tetlow was appointed Senior Vice-President and Chief of Staff at Tulane in 2015 and served as the top strategic advisor to the university's president, Michael Fitts. During her time in that role, the university's enrollment, retention and fundraising increased. Loyola presidency On May 2, 2018, Tetlow was elected president of Loyola University New Orleans, following the retirement of Kevin Wildes. She was the first female to become president of the university. She was the first non-Jesuit to hold the position. Tetlow was inaugurated as the 17th president of Loyola on November 16 at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in New Orleans. The inauguration was a two-day celebration that included a missioning mass, an on-campus student event, and the official ceremony. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, President Emeritus of Xavier University of Louisiana, Dr. Norman C. Francis, journalist and friend of Tetlow, Cokie Roberts, and Tulane President, Michael Fitts were among the guests who spoke at the inauguration ceremony. Fordham presidency On February 10, 2022, Tetlow was named president of Fordham University in New York City effective July 1, 2022. She is the first female and first layperson to be named to that position in its 181-year history. Personal life Tetlow married Gordon Stewart, then a business professor at Xavier University in New Orleans, in 2009. Notes References 21st-century American lawyers Presidents of Loyola University New Orleans Tulane University alumni Harvard University alumni Tulane University faculty Tulane University Law School faculty Lawyers from New Orleans Living people Women heads of universities and colleges Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women lawyers American women academics