STAFF
DIRECTORY
James
Wilkins
Director, Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program
Phone: (225) 578-5936
jwilkins@lsu.edu
Education:
B.S. Biology, Centenary College, 1972; M.S. Biology, Texas A&M
University, 1975; J.D., LSU Law Center, 1987
Experience:
Laboratory instructor, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University,
College Station, Texas, 1976-1978; independent biological consultant,
College Station, Texas, 1975-1978; research associate, Center
for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1979-1981; research associate, Institute for Environmental
Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1981-1983;
coastal resources analyst, Coastal Management Division, Louisiana
Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1983-1984;
research assistant, Sea Grant Legal Program, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1985-1987; research associate (staff attorney)
Sea Grant Legal Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1987-1994; coordinator of legal student research, Sea
Grant Legal Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, 1994-1997; associate professor/director of Sea Grant
Legal Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
1998-present; standing member of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee, 1995-present;
member, Louisiana State Bar Association; Marine Affairs and Policy
Association; affiliate member, Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy
Special Interests:
Environmental law, fisheries and wildlife law, and ocean and coastal
resources law
Melissa
Trosclair Daigle
Research Associate & Resiliency Specialist
Phone: (225) 578-9968
mtrosc2@tigers.lsu.edu
Education: B.A. English,
Nicholls State University, 2003; M.A. English, Louisiana State
University, 2005; J.D., B.C.L., LSU Law Center, 2008
Experience: Graduate teaching assistant, Department of English, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2003-2005; law clerk, Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2006-2008; legal coordinator, Louisiana Sea Grant Law & Policy Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2008-present; member, Louisiana Crab Task Force; member, Louisiana Wild Caught Crawfish Task Force; affiliate member, Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy; member,
Louisiana State Bar Association
Special Interests: Environmental law, coastal restoration, and coral aquaculture
Lauren Land
Research Associate III, Sustainability
Phone: (225) 578-5865
lland1@lsu.edu
Education: B.S. Environmental Science and Policy with a Minor in Geographic Information Systems, University of Maryland – College Park, 2008; M.S. Oceanography and Coastal Sciences with a Minor in Applied Statistics, Louisiana State University, 2010
Experience: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, 2008-2010; Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, LSU, 2010; Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA National Sea Grant Office, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2011; Sustainability Coordinator, Louisiana Sea Grant, LSU, 2012 – present; affiliate member, Center for Natural Resource Economics & Policy
Special Interests: coastal policy; social, economic, and environmental sustainability and resiliency; environmental restoration; smart growth
