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.

Department Chair

Jill Trepanier

Jill Trepanier
Chair & Professor
Extreme Weather Climatology,
Statistical Methods, Geographic
Information Science

jtrepa3@lsu.edu

 
 
 
 

Current Faculty

John Anderson

John M. Anderson
Associate Librarian
Historical Maps and
Aerial Photographs
janders@lsu.edu

Juliet Brophy

Juliet K. Brophy
Associate Professor
Paleoanthropology, Zooarchaeology, Taphonomy, Morphometrics
jbrophy@lsu.edu

Vincent Brown

Vincent Brown
Assistant Professor - Research
vbrow31@lsu.edu

David Chicoine

David Chicoine
W. G. Haag Professor
of Archaeology
Archaeology, Material Culture,
South America

dchico@lsu.edu

 

Dr. Kristine DeLong's Photo

Kristine L. DeLong
Professor
Paleoclimate, Corals,
Coastal Climate Change

kdelong@lsu.edu

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Helena Fietz
Assistant Professor
Medical Anthropology, Disability,
Latin America

helenafietz@lsu.edu

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Cheryl Foster
Instructor
cfost34@lsu.edu

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Sarah Franzen
Assistant Professor
sfranzen@lsu.edu

 

Huanping Huang Photo

Huanping Huang
Assistant Professor
Climatology, Weather Extremes,
Climate Modeling
hhuang@lsu.edu

Joyce Jackson Photo

Joyce Marie Jackson
James J. Parsons Endowed Professor
Cultural Ethnography
Ethnomusicology
African & Diasporic Rituals
jjackso@lsu.edu

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Kory Konsoer
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies 
River and Coastal Geomorphology, Hydrodynamics, Sediment Transport
kkonsoer@lsu.edu

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Michael Leitner
Carl O. Sauer Professor
Geographic Information Science, Geographies of Crime and Health, Geospatial Technology
mleitne@lsu.edu

 

Ginesse Listi Photo

Ginesse A. Listi
Associate Research Professor 
Director, FACES Lab 
Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, and Biocultural Skeletal Analysis
glisti1@lsu.edu

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Heather McKillop
Thomas and Lillian Landrum 
Alumni Professor
hmckill@lsu.edu

Shelley Meng Photo

Shelley Xuelian Meng
Associate Professor
Remote Sensing, Drone
Studies, Plant Dynamics
smeng@lsu.edu

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Sophie Moore
Assistant Professor
Environmental Justice, Political
Ecology, Agrarian Geographies
smoore2@lsu.edu

 

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Steven Namikas
Associate Professor 
Coastal & Aeolian Geomorphology
snamik1@lsu.edu

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Helen A. Regis
Richard J. Russell Louisiana Studies Professor
Coastal Cities, Critical Heritage Studies, Collaborative Ethnography
hregis1@lsu.edu

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Andrew Sluyter
Doris Z. Stone Latin American Studies Distinguished Professor 
Place, Race, Environment
asluyter@lsu.edu

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Robert Tague
Earleene Nolan Sanders 
Alumni Professor
Anatomy, Osteology,
Reproductive Biology
rtague@lsu.edu

 

Jill Trepanier Photo

Jill Trepanier
Professor 
Extreme Weather Climatology,
Statistical Methods, Geographic
Information Science
jtrepa3@lsu.edu

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Fahui Wang
Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor 
Spatially-integrated Social Science, Health GIS, Geospatial Analytics
fwang@lsu.edu

Lei Wang Photo

Lei Wang
Fred B. Kniffen Professor
leiwang@lsu.edu

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Teresa V. Wilson
Assistant Professor - Research
Forensic Anthropology, Bioarchaeology,
Dental Anthropology
tvwilson@lsu.edu

 

 
 
 
 

Faculty Emeriti

Jay Edwards

Jay D. Edwards
Professor Emeritus
gaedwa@lsu.edu

Anthony J. Lewis

Anthony J. Lewis
Professor Emeritus
galewi@lsu.edu

 
 
 
 
 

Mary Jill Brody

Mary Jill Brody
Professor Emerita
Language, Mayan, Discourse
gajill@lsu.edu

 
 
 
 

Associated and Adjunct Faculty

Dr. DeWitt Braud Jr.

DeWitt Braud Jr.
Director, Academic Area, Coastal Studies Institute
spatial analysis and GIS modeling, environmental remote sensing and image processing

Lynee Carter

Lynne M. Carter
Adjunct Professor

Kerry Chance

Kerry Chance
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Buren Defee Photo

Buren B. Defee II
Adjunct 

 

Diana Greenlee

Diana Greenlee
Adjunct Professor

Helmer

Matthew Helmer
Adjunct Professor

 

Hemmerling

Scott A. Hemmerling
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Joon

Joon Heo
Adjunct Professor

 

McGimpsey

Charles R. "Chip" McGimsey
State Archaeologist Division of Archaeology 
Adjunct

Rahder

Micha Rahder
Adjunct Professor

Mark Rees

Mark Rees
Adjunct Professor

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E Barrett Ristroph
Adjunct Professor