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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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

(M.S. 1993)
Tulane ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee

(M.A. 2010)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø Long Beach

Andrew D. Augustine (Ph.D. 2011)
Senior Technical Support Engineer, Altosoft Corporation, Media, PA

(Ph.D. 2011)
Professor of Geography, Georgia Southern ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

Jinwoong Yoo (Ph.D. 2011)
Post-doctoral researcher, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

 (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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

(Ph.D. 2013)
Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Exeter in the United Kingdom

(M.A. 2013)       
Director of Innovation & Performance, Washington State Office of the Governor

(Ph.D. 2014)
Assistant Professor of Geography at Norfolk State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Carolina

(Ph.D. 2015)
Assistant Professor of the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Texas at Tyler      

(Ph.D. 2015)
Associate Professor, Department of Justice Studies, James Madison ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

(Ph.D. 2015)
Director of Human Geography Advanced Placement, The College Board

(M.A. 2015) 
PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Kenya

Gilman Ouellette (Ph.D. 2017)
National Geospatial Itelligence Agency

Dominique Bodoh (M.A. 2017)
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø-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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

(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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Mississippi Medical Center

Rupsa Bhowmick (Ph.D. 2020)
Asst. Prof at ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø Wisconsin - LaCrosse - Geography and Environmental Science

(Ph.D. 2020)
Instructor at Southeastern Louisiana ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

(Ph.D. 2020)
Asst. Prof at ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Iowa

(M.S. 2020)
PhD student at the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø

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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences PhD Program

Liam Johnson (M.A. 2021)
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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)
¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Anthropology PhD Program

Sabrina Williamson (M.A. 2022)
Arizona State ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, Criminology and Criminal Justice MA/PhD Program

Kendall Brome (M.S. 2022)
Geosyntec and now in doctoral program at ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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, ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø 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 ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of South Alabama Department of Earth Sciences

Adam Dohrenwend (Ph.D. 2024)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, James Madison ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø.

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

(Ph.D. 2025)
Postdoctoral Scholar, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, New Mexico Tech