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

Juliet Brophy

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

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David Chicoine
W. G. Haag Professor
of Archaeology
Archaeology, Material Culture,
South America
dchico@lsu.edu

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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

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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
Associate Director for the LSU Center for River
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

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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

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Shelley Xuelian Meng
Associate Professor
Remote Sensing, Drone
Studies, Plant Dynamics
smeng@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
Professor
Extreme Weather Climatology,
Statistical Methods, Geographic
Information Science
jtrepa3@lsu.edu

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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

Patrick Hesp

Patrick Hesp
Professor Emeritus
Patrick.hesp@flinders.edu.au

Richard H. Kesel

Richard H. Kesel
Professor Emeritus
gakesel@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