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• Ph.D., Bachelor of Law, and Master of Law from University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Durban South Africa Attorney of the High Court
• South Africa Rough Diamond Certification - De Beers Diamond School, South Africa
• Dr. Ndlovu specializes in commercial legal principles of international trade particularly, Maritime Law/Maritime Business (main specialty) which directly includes, International Commerce, International Trade, Environmental Regulation, International Diamond Trade Law and other International Law subjects. Her research has extended to Asia Pacific trade matters, Maritime Pedagogy, the Mining of Sea Areas, employment of vessels for mining and the Law of the Sea. She has coordinated the Maritime Law and Commerce programs in different nations in service to the academic institutions she has been affiliated with during her career.
• As a practicing maritime lawyer, Dr. Ndlovu provides consultancy services to government bodies such as the Ports Regulator in South Africa, legal compliance advice and policy advice and support to various commercial entities and law firms has sat as an arbitrator/assessor in various tribunals bringing specialized academic and practical legal knowledge of maritime business matters.
• She has written various peer reviewed journals and published books with her most recent book 'Diamond Law' receiving a citation for ‘Most Notable Publication Received in the Energy and Natural Resources Law Journal (JERL) Vol. 31 No 3 2013.

Education:

• B.S. Biochemistry, Providence (2000)

• PhD Biochemistry, Brandeis University (2006)

B.A. Suffolk University 
English Literature & Spanish Language

M.Ed University of South Carolina 
Higher Education Administration

Colleen Nolan joined the Buccaneer athletic department staff as the Assistant Athletic Trainer in 2013. She is a 1993 graduate of Northeastern University.

Laurie earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Bowdoin College and her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Upon completion of her studies, she worked as a research scientist for Honeywell’s Consumer Products Group, where she formulated products used in the car care industry.  She is an inventor on four patents related to that work.  She taught at Western Connecticut State University and Bridgewater State University before joining the faculty at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.  In collaboration with a veteran of the fire services, she co-authored Hazardous Materials Chemistry, 3rd Edition, published in 2018.

• Courses Taught: 
  • FM-5100: Operations Management
  • MB-5150: Operations Management in Maritime Business
  • MB-5200: Capstone Advisor
• Education:
  • M.S. Facilities Management, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2010
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Lowell, 1989