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
Chair & Professor
Extreme Weather Climatology,
Statistical Methods, Geographic
Information Science
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Current Faculty
Juliet K. Brophy
Associate Professor
Paleoanthropology, Zooarchaeology, Taphonomy, Morphometrics
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W. G. Haag Professor
of Archaeology
Archaeology, Material Culture,
South America
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James J. Parsons Endowed Professor
Cultural Ethnography
Ethnomusicology
African & Diasporic Rituals
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Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Director for the LSU Center for River Studies
River and Coastal Geomorphology, Hydrodynamics, Sediment Transport
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Carl O. Sauer Professor
Geographic Information Science, Geographies of Crime and Health, Geospatial Technology
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Associate Research Professor
Director, FACES Lab
Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, and Biocultural Skeletal Analysis
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Associate Professor
Remote Sensing, Drone
Studies, Plant Dynamics
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Assistant Professor
Environmental Justice, Political
Ecology, Agrarian Geographies
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Richard J. Russell Louisiana Studies Professor
Coastal Cities, Critical Heritage Studies, Collaborative Ethnography
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Doris Z. Stone Latin American Studies Distinguished Professor
Place, Race, Environment
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Earleene Nolan Sanders
Alumni Professor
Anatomy, Osteology,
Reproductive Biology
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Professor
Extreme Weather Climatology,
Statistical Methods, Geographic
Information Science
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Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professor
Spatially-integrated Social Science, Health GIS, Geospatial Analytics
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Assistant Professor - Research
Forensic Anthropology, Bioarchaeology,
Dental Anthropology
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Faculty Emeriti
Jay D. Edwards
Professor Emeritus
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Patrick Hesp
Professor Emeritus
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Richard H. Kesel
Professor Emeritus
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Anthony J. Lewis
Professor Emeritus
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Mary Jill Brody
Professor Emerita
Language, Mayan, Discourse
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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
Buren B. Defee II
Adjunct
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