New Faculty 2021

Please welcome our new LSU 2021 faculty members.


College of Agriculture Department
Jennifer Blanchard Instructor Plant Environmental and Soil Sciences
Li-Hsiang Lin Assistant Professor Experimental Statistics
Robert Graham Arnold Adjunct Instructor Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
College of Art and Design Department
Annicia Streete Assistant Professor  Architecture
Chris Marin Assistant Professor of Practice Art
Fabio Massimo Capra Ribeiro Assistant Professor Architecture
Gregory Hurcomb Assistant Professor  Interior Design
Irene Brisson Assistant Professor  Architecture
Meredith Gaglio Assistant Professor  Architecture
Monique Bassey - Landscape Architecture
Wesley Chavis Assistant Professor  Art
College of Business Department
A.J. Burns Assistant Professor Entrepreneurship and Information Systems
Bailey Bigelow Assistant Professor Management
Doreen Matthes Instructor Management
Jeremy Pearce Cinman Adjunct Instructor  Flores MBA Program
Laura Camille Alford Assistant Professor Accounting
Robin Lemaire Associate Professor Public Administration
Tyge Payne Professor Entrepreneurship and Information Systems
Zhenhua Chen Assistant Professor  Accounting
College of Engineering Department
Aaron Bivins Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andrew Becnel Senior Instructor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Andrew Webb Assistant Professor Computer Science
Carolina Barbosa Resende Assistant Professor  Construction Management
Chunli Dai Assistant Professor  Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hao Wang Assistant Professor  Computer Science
Kim Bates Instructor Academic Affairs
Ope Owoyele Assistant Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Rodney L. Porter Professional in Residence Chemical Engineering
College of Human Sciences and Education Department
Diane Gill Assistant Professor Library and Information Science
Heather Allaway Assistant Professor Kinesiology
Jennifer Thiele Assistant Professor Library and Information Science
Michael Everette Rutledge II Assistant Professor Education
Rebecca Hirschhorn Assistant Professor Kinesiology
Shawndaya Thrasher Assistant Professor Social Work
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Department
Aaron Beek Instructor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Aimee Chalin Instructor Political Science
Alexandre Leupin Instructor French Studies
Ali Webb Instructor English
Anne Spear Instructor English
Ariel Francisco Assistant Professor English
Bastien Craipain Assistant Professor French Studies
Brian Hamel Assistant Professor Political Science
Brittany Cook Assistant Professor Geography and Anthropology
Brittany Helfrich Instructor English
Brittany Rutland Instructor Communication Sciences and Disorders
Carlos Ibarra Instructor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Christie Lauder Instructor English
Cole Connelly Instructor English
Colter Ray Assistant Professor Communication Studies
Conrad Sharpe Instructor Political Science
Danielle Vignes Instructor Communication Studies
Daniene Landry Neal Instructor Psychology
Danny Garrett Instructor English
Emily Rains Assistant Professor Political Science
Eric Wilkey Assistant Professor Psychology
Farida Ngandu Instructor French Studies
Hal Lambert Instructor Communication Studies
Heather Young Thornton Instructor  
Ian Lockaby Instructor English
Jennie Hammatt Instructor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Jonathan Nickens Instructor - Part-Time Political Science 
Joseph Arthur Giavotella Instructor - Part-Time Philosophy and Religious Studies 
Juan Colomina Assistant Professor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Karim Johari Assistant Professor Communication Sciences and Disorders
Katherine Hur Instructor Department of English 
Katie Nelson Instructor Communication Studies
Kristen Marie Despommier Instructor - Part-Time Communication Sciences and Disorders
Laura Carper Instructor Communication Studies
Lee Mantalone Instructor English 
Liliana McGuffin Instructor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Martin Loicano  Instructor - Part-Time  
Matthew Gordillo Instructor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Michael LeVan Instructor - Part-Time Communication Studies
Min Suk Kim Instructor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Neal Hebert Instructor - Part-Time Philosophy and Religious Studies 
Olivia Muenz Instructor English 
Raquel Polanco Instructor Communication Studies
Rebecca Brossoit Assistant Professor Psychology 
Rose Pointer Instructor - Part-Time Communication Sciences and Disorders
Saiward Pharr Hromadka Instructor English 
Sean Weaver Instructor English 
Simone Banks Instructor English 
Sonia Shah Blauvelt Instructor - Part-Time Psychology 
Surani Nakkawita Instructor - Part-Time Communication Sciences and Disorders
Taylor Moran Instructor Communication Studies 
Tim Landry Instructor - Part-Time History
Usha Nathan Assistant Professor Philosophy and Religious Studies 
Vanessa Burke Assistant Professor Psychology 
Vanessa Cardenas Instructor World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
College of Music and Dramatic Arts Department
Cecilia Kang

Associate Professor of Clarinet

Music
Charles Goodman Assistant Professor,
Tuba and Euphonium
Music
Dontay Douglas Director of Bengal Brass,
Assistant Director of Bands
Bands
Kimberly Sparr Associate Professor, Viola Music
Scott Terrell Associate Professor Music
Simon Holoweiko Assistant Professor,
Associate Director of Bands
Bands
William Ludwig Professor - Part-Time Music
College of Science Department
Alex Nguyen Instructor

Chemistry

Arthur Porto Assistant Professor Biological Sciences
Chen Yang Assistant Professor - Research Biological Sciences
Hanyu Wei Assistant Professor Physics and Astronomy
Igor Schneider Assistant Professor Biological Sciences
Juhee Haam Assistant Professor Biological Sciences
Justin Wilson Assistant Professor Physics and Astronomy
Kevin Schreve Assistant Professor Mathematics
Kumar Subasinghege Don Instructor Chemistry
Patricia Schneider Assistant Professor Biological Sciences
Stephanie Erin Welch Instructor - Part-Time Field Camp
Taotao Ling Assistant Professor - Research Chemistry
Tatiana Luzan Instructor Biological Sciences
Vann Smith Instructor - Part-Time Geology and Geophysics
Vinicio Rios Arrieta Instructor Mathematics
Libraries Department
Danielle Stoulig Assistant Librarian - Head of Archival Processing Technical Services 
Kris Kallies Processing Archivist Special Collections
Michael Holt Associate Librarian - Head of Research and Instruction Services Public Services
Paul M. Hebert Law Center Department
Summer Chandler Assistant Professor of Law Student and Academic Affairs
Manship School of Mass Communication
Asha Winfield Assistant Professor
Lisa Frazier Page Professional-in-Residence 
Sherella Cupid Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Veterinary Medicine Department
Adriano F. Vatta (00067370) Associate Professor of Veterinary Parasitology Pathobiological Sciences
Ahmed Abdelmoneim (00068180) Assistant Professor of Toxicology  Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Basel Abuaita (00069850) Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases Pathobiological Sciences
Brent Stanfield (00009446) Assistant Professor - Research  Department of Research and Advanced Studies
Brooke Dubansky (00069849) Associate Professor of Anatomy - Clinical  Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Chuck Walls (00069299) Professor - Clinical Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Jeremy Redmond (00070032) Instructor - Visiting Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of the Coast and Environment Department
Cheryl Harrison   Assistant Professor Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
David Trossman Assistant Professor Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Jon Doering (ENVS)  Assistant Professor Environmental Sciences