Faculty
The LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology has consistently been ranked as a top doctoral geography program in the country and our faculty have made distinguished contributions at all levels of academic life. Eleven faculty members have held titled professorships including four Boyd Professors – LSU’s most prestigious designation – and two Alumni Professors. Five distinguished professorships are currently occupied by faculty members and several department faculty have served in numerous positions of leadership within the disciplines of geography and anthropology.
Chair & James J. Parsons Endowed Professor
Joyce Marie Jackson
Chair & James J. Parsons Endowed Professor
jjackso@lsu.edu
Current Faculty
John M. Anderson
Associate Librarian
janders@lsu.edu
Juliet K. Brophy
Associate Professor (Undergraduate Advisor - Anthropology)
jbrophy@lsu.edu
Vincent Brown
Assistant Professor - Research
vbrow31@lsu.edu
David Chicoine
Professor
dchico@lsu.edu
Brittany Cook
Assistant Professor
brittanycook@lsu.edu
Kristine L. DeLong
Associate Professor
kdelong@lsu.edu
Sarah Franzen
Assistant Professor
sfranzen@lsu.edu
Huanping Huang
Assistant Professor
hhuang@lsu.edu
Joyce Marie Jackson
James J. Parsons Endowed Professor
jjackso@lsu.edu
Barry D. Keim
Richard J. Russell Professor and Louisiana State Climatologist (DSM Advisor)
keim@lsu.edu
Kory Konsoer
Associate Professor
kkonsoer@lsu.edu
Michael Leitner
Carl O. Sauer Professor
mleitne@lsu.edu
Heather McKillop
Thomas and Lillian Landrum Alumni Professor
hmckill@lsu.edu
Shelley Xuelian Meng
Associate Professor
smeng@lsu.edu
Steven Namikas
Associate Professor (Undergraduate Advisor - Geography)
snamik1@lsu.edu
Rebecca Saunders
WG Haag Professor of Archaeology (Undergraduate Advisor - Anthropology)
rsaunde@lsu.edu
Andrew Sluyter
Professor
asluyter@lsu.edu
Kenneth Sutherland
Instructor
ksutherland@lsu.edu
Jill Trepanier
Associate Professor
(Graduate Advisor)
jtrepa3@lsu.edu
Lei Wang
Professor (GIS Advisor)
leiwang@lsu.edu
Teresa V. Wilson
Assistant Professor - Research
tvwilson@lsu.edu
Faculty Emeriti
Jay D. Edwards
Professor Emeritus
gaedwa@lsu.edu
Patrick Hesp
Professor Emeritus
Patrick.hesp@flinders.edu.au
Richard H. Kesel
Professor Emeritus
gakesel@lsu.edu
Anthony J. Lewis
Professor Emeritus
galewi@lsu.edu
Associated and Adjunct Faculty
DeWitt Braud Jr.
Director, Academic Area, Coastal Studies Institute
spatial analysis and GIS modeling, environmental remote sensing and image processing
Lynne M. Carter
Adjunct Professor
Kerry Chance
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Diana Greenlee
Adjunct Professor
Matthew Helmer
Adjunct Professor
Scott A. Hemmerling
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Joon Heo
Adjunct Professor
Charles R. “Chip” McGimsey
State Archaeologist Division of Archaeology
Adjunct
Micha Rahder
Adjunct Professor
Mark Rees
Adjunct Professor
E. Barrett Ristroph
Adjunct Professor