Alumni
Sherwood Gagliano (Ph.D. 1967)
Founder of Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge, La
George Robertson (M.S. 1981)
Senior Project Manager, Cardno
Chris Airriess (M.A. 1984)
Professor of Geography at Ball State University
(M.S. 1993)
Tulane University, noted author and prominent voice in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Darrell Kruger (Ph.D. 1994)
Dean of College of Education and Human Development at the University of New Orleans
Scott Hemmerling (Ph.D. 2007)
Associate director of human dimensions at The Water Institute
(M.A. 2007)
Professor of Geography, Houston Community College
Richard W. Hunter (Ph.D. 2009)
Commissioner's Office of the Connecticut State Legislature
(Ph.D. 2010)
Assistant Professor of Environment Studies in the Department of Earth & Science Systems
at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee
(M.A. 2010)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State University Long Beach
Andrew D. Augustine (Ph.D. 2011)
Senior Technical Support Engineer, Altosoft Corporation, Media, PA
(Ph.D. 2011)
Professor of Geography, Georgia Southern University
Jinwoong Yoo (Ph.D. 2011)
Post-doctoral researcher, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Emily Grace (M.A. 2011)
Director of research and strategy, Silicon Valley Bank
(M.A. 2011)
Heritage Program Manager and Tribal Liaison, US Forest Service, Kisatchie National
Forest
(Ph.D. 2012)
Disaster risk management specialist at the World Bank
(Ph.D. 2012)
Chief Executive Officer of the Sanivel-Captiva Conservation Foundation in Florida
Anna M. Trevino (Ph.D. 2012)
Atmospheric Scientist, AIR Worldwide, Inc., Boston, MA
Beverly Clement (M.A. 2012)
Associate archaeologist, US Forest Service, Sisters Ranger District, Oregon
(Ph.D. 2013)
Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies and Human Geography, Middle Tennessee
State University
(Ph.D. 2013)
Research associate in the Department of Renewable Natural Resources at LSU
(Ph.D. 2013)
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences East Tennessee State University
(Ph.D. 2013)
Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Exeter in the
United Kingdom
(M.A. 2013)
Director of Innovation & Performance, Washington State Office of Equity
(Ph.D. 2014)
Assistant Professor of Geography at Norfolk State University
Rebekah Jones (M.S. 2014)
Coastal Resource Scientist, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority;
Baton
Rouge, La.
(B.S. 2014)
Mallory Baldridge (M.A. 2014)
Lucy Hochstein (M.A. 2014)
Nicole Klein (M.A. 2014)
Brian Thibodeaux (M.A. 2014)
(M.A. 2014)
Archaeologist at ERM
Katherine Renken (Ph.D. 2015)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Baruch Institute of the University of South Carolina
(Ph.D. 2015)
Assistant Professor of the University of Texas at Tyler
(Ph.D. 2015)
Associate Professor, Department of Justice Studies, James Madison University
(Ph.D. 2015)
Director of Human Geography Advanced Placement, The College Board
(M.A. 2015)
PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alabama
Chaney (Hiers) Rush (M.A. 2015)
James Steven Treloar (M.A. 2015)
Heritage assistant program manager, US Forest Service, Kisatchie National Forest
(M.A. 2015)
PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky
Sara Wyatt (M.A. 2015)
EBRCO Investigator
Corey David Hotard (Ph.D. 2015)
Geography and Anthropology instructor at South Louisiana Community College in Lafayette,
LA
(Ph.D. 2017)
Professor, Karatina University of Kenya
Gilman Ouellette (Ph.D. 2017)
National Geospatial Itelligence Agency
Dominique Bodoh (M.A. 2017)
University of Alabama Anthropology PhD Program
(M.A. 2017)
Quality/Research Associate at Houston Forensic Science Center, Inc
(M.A. 2017)
Archaeologist at AECOM
(M.A. 2017)
Environmental Scientist at Louisiana Housing Corporation
(M.A. 2017)
Forensic Anthropologist - Research Associate at FACES Laboratory (LSU)
Emily Wiegers (M.A. 2017)
LSU FACES Lab Manager
(Ph.D. 2018)
Assistant professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice, New
Mexico Highlands University
Ginés A. Sánchez Arias (Ph.D. 2018)
Research Analyst at Alteridad Consulting in Paris
Andrea White (Ph.D. 2018)
City Archaeologist St. Augustine, Florida
Xukai Zhang (Ph.D. 2018)
Assistant research professor, Lincoln University-Missouri
(M.A. 2018)
Archivist - Special Collections, State Library of Louisiana
Marissa Vara (M.S. 2018)
National Science Foundation
(M.S. 2019)
Site direct at Food Rescue US
Brittany Blevins (M.A. 2019)
ER Nurse
(M.A. 2019)
Anthropologist at the Water Institute
(M.A. 2019)
PhD student at Purdue University
(M.A. 2019)
PhD student at SUNY-Albany
Sophia Reck (M.A. 2019)
LSU FTERF Manager
(M.A. 2019)
Archaeological Lab Director at Gulf South Research Corporation
(M.S. 2019)
GIS analyst at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
Rupsa Bhowmick (Ph.D. 2020)
Asst. Prof at University Wisconsin - LaCrosse - Geography and Environmental Science
(Ph.D. 2020)
Instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University
(Ph.D. 2020)
Asst. Prof at University of Southern Mississippi
(M.A. 2020)
Lab technician at Abbott Lab
Krista Bennett (M.A. 2020)
LSU Anthropology PhD Program
(M.A. 2020)
PhD student at the University of Iowa
(M.S. 2020)
PhD student at the University of New Mexico
(M.S. 2020)
GIS analyst at Florida Department of Health
Elizabeth Cruzado Carranza (Ph.D. 2021)
Faculty-led programs abroad coordinator in the Office of Global Education, SUNY Oneonta
(Ph.D. 2021)
Postdoctoral fellow at Rutgers University
Jacob Warner (Ph.D. 2021)
Assistant professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability, SUNY
Oneonta
Alexandra Amaki (M.A. 2021)
Monica Fenton (M.A. 2021)
Archaeological technician, Goodwin
Christopher Goden (M.A. 2021)
The Ohio State University, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Program
Liam Johnson (M.A. 2021)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Anthropology PhD Program
Natalie King (M.A. 2021)
Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency
Kaitlyn Lowrance (M.A. 2021)
Oahu Island assistant manager for Scientific Consultant Services
(M.S. 2021)
AI/ML Intern at Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI)
Sadie (Schoeffler) Friend (M.A. 2022)
LA Division of Archaeology
Abigail Houkes (M.A. 2022)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Anthropology PhD Program
Sabrina Williamson (M.A. 2022)
Arizona State University, Criminology and Criminal Justice MA/PhD Program
Kendall Brome (M.S. 2022)
Geosyntec and now in doctoral program at University of Washington.
Michael Broussard (M.S. 2022)
GIS Data Engineer at 3-GIS in Baton Rouge
Adam Cox (M.S. 2022)
Senior Research Soſtware Engineer, Healthy Regions and Policies Lab, University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kathleen Benedetto (Ph.D. 2023)
Director of Climate Science and Community Collaboration for The Neutral Ground Collective
in New Orleans, LA
Samantha Camarda (M.S. 2023)
Course Instructor at University of South Alabama Department of Earth Sciences
Adam Dohrenwend (Ph.D. 2024)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, James Madison University.
Aja Palermo (M.A. 2024)
Archaeological technician, Goodwin
Itzamara Ixta Pichardo (M.A. 2024)
Project archaeologist, Atlas
Skyler Yakes (M.A. 2024)
LSU Anthropology PhD Program
Reilly Corkran (M.S. 2024)
Currently PhD Geography student