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environmental interactions, as well as culture and society and physical<br />

and environmental studies independently. Students take foundational<br />

and technique courses, and then custom select their degree program<br />

electives to suit their interests and future goals. The Department offers<br />

a 5-year Joint UG and Graduate program (JUMP) for highly qualified<br />

and motivated students.<br />

GRADUATE: The M.S. Degree in Geoscience prepares students for<br />

myriad careers and to become candidates for the Ph.D. It requires a<br />

minimum of thirty semester hours of coursework, a thesis (or<br />

publishable research paper), and a demonstrated proficiency in a<br />

research technique. Program graduates serve in a variety of disciplinerelated<br />

positions around the country. Faculty members participate in<br />

research addressing water problems, climate and weather analysis,<br />

cave development, resource use, global development, environmental<br />

management, environmental education, and urban planning. In<br />

addition, field research by faculty and students is conducted<br />

continually in the local area, in several other states, and in China,<br />

Latin America, and Europe.<br />

ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND<br />

FINANCIAL AID: Admission Requirements: An undergraduate<br />

degree with G.P.A. of 3.2 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), and an<br />

appropriate GRE score (at least 3.5 writing and analytical assessment).<br />

A GAP score (GRE times GPA) of at least 150 is required for<br />

admission to the Geoscience program. Semester system. Financial<br />

Aid: A number of teaching and research assistantships are available<br />

with tuition plus stipend ranging between $15,000 and $20,000 for the<br />

academic year. Out-of-state tuition scholarships and partial tuition<br />

waivers are available for qualified students.<br />

FACULTY:<br />

Katie Algeo, Ph.D. LSU, 1998, Professor — Appalachia, GIS,<br />

research methods, agricultural geography, historical geography<br />

John D. All, J.D., Ph.D., Arizona, 2002, Associate Professor —<br />

Environment, biogeography, law and ethics, policy<br />

William Blackburn, M.S., Western Kentucky, 2003, Instructor II —<br />

Environment, Kentucky<br />

Jill Brown, M.S, Western Kentucky, 2002, Assistant Professor —<br />

Cultural and Physical Geography, Planning<br />

Kevin Cary, M.S., GISP, Western Kentucky, 2000, Instructor II, GIS<br />

Center Director — GIS, spatial techniques<br />

Margaret Crowder, Ed.D. WKU, 2012, Instructor II — General<br />

geology, geohazards, education<br />

Scott Dobler, M.A. GISP, Bowling Green State, 1990, Instructor II —<br />

GIS, teacher education, climatology<br />

Joshua Durkee, Ph.D., Georgia, 2008, Associate Professor —<br />

Meteorology, Climatology, Severe storm events<br />

Xingang Fan, Ph.D., Lanzhou, China, 1996, Associate Professor —<br />

Atmospheric modeling, Meteorology.<br />

Stuart A. Foster, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1988, Professor. State<br />

Climatologist, Mesonet Director — location analysis, GIS,<br />

quantitative methods.<br />

Nahid Gani, Ph.D. Texas at Dallas, 2006, Assistant Professor —<br />

Tectonics, Thermochronology, Structural Geology, Remote<br />

Sensing<br />

Royhan Gani, Ph.D. Texas at Dallas, 2005, Associate Professor –<br />

Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Earth Science, Petroleum Geology<br />

Gregory Goodrich, Ph.D., Arizona State, 2005, Associate Professor —<br />

Synoptic climatology, remote sensing<br />

Margaret Gripshover, Ph.D., Tennessee, Knoxville, 1995, Associate<br />

Professor — Cultural Geography, US South, Equine Geography<br />

Christopher Groves, Ph.D., Virginia, 1992, Distinguished Professor<br />

of Hydrogeology — Geomorphology, hydrology, caves and karst<br />

Pat Kambesis, Ph.D., Mississippi State, 2014, Instructor — Cave and<br />

karst, GIS,<br />

David J. Keeling, Ph.D., Oregon, 1992, Distinguished Professor of<br />

Geography, Graduate Coordinator, Department Head — Latin<br />

America, World Cities, transportation, Writing<br />

Rezaul Mahmood, Ph.D., Oklahoma, 1999, Professor — Climatology,<br />

GIS, hydrology<br />

Michael T. May, Ph.D., Indiana, 1992, Professor — Environmental<br />

geology, aqueous geochemistry<br />

Amy T. Nemon, M.S., Western Kentucky, 2007. Instructor — Regional,<br />

Cultural, Sustainability<br />

Leslie North, Ph.D., South Florida, 2011. Assistant Professor —<br />

Environmental education, water resources, sustainability, cave<br />

and karst, eye-tracking<br />

Jason Polk, Ph.D., South Florida, 2009. Associate Professor —<br />

Paleoclimate, water resources, geomorphology, cave and karst,<br />

isotope geochemistry.<br />

Fredrick D. Siewers, Ph.D., Illinois, 1995, Associate Professor —<br />

Sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology<br />

Andrew Wulff, Ph.D., Massachusetts, 1999, Associate Professor —<br />

Structural geology, mineralogy, geochemistry<br />

Jun Yan, Ph.D., Buffalo, 2004, Associate Professor — GIS,<br />

transportation, planning, modeling<br />

ACTIVE FACULTY EMERITUS:<br />

Doral Glen Conner, M.A., Western Kentucky, 1976<br />

Nicholas Crawford, Ph.D. Clark, 1977<br />

L. Michael Trapasso, Ph.D. Indiana State, 1980<br />

LOUISIANA<br />

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY<br />

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND<br />

ANTHROPOLOGY<br />

DATE FOUNDED: 1928<br />

GRADUATE PROGRAM FOUNDED: 1933<br />

DEGREES OFFERED: BA, BS, MS, M.N.S., BA and MA<br />

in Anthropology, and PhD Geography and Anthropology<br />

with a concentration in Geography or Anthropology<br />

GRANTED 7/1/014 – 6/30/15: 12 Bachelors, 2 Masters, 10<br />

PhD (Geography and Anthropology)<br />

STUDENTS IN RESIDENCE: 26 Majors, 14 Masters, 47<br />

PhD (Geography and Anthropology)<br />

CHAIR: Fahui Wang<br />

ASSISTANT TO THE CHAIR: Linda Strain<br />

FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE TO:<br />

Graduate Director (E-mail: gradsec@lsu.edu), Department of<br />

Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, Baton<br />

Rouge, Louisiana 70803.<br />

Telephone (225) 578-5942. Fax (225) 578-4420.<br />

E-mail: gachair@lsu.edu. Internet: www.ga.lsu.edu.<br />

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: Geography at LSU<br />

explores the environmental and spatial relations of nature and culture<br />

through field, archival, qualitative, and quantitative research. As a<br />

bidisciplinary department of geography and anthropology, the<br />

Department offers six degree programs. Bachelor's programs provide<br />

the full range of geographical instruction appropriate to a liberal<br />

education; Master's programs accent breadth of professional<br />

geographical and anthropological training; the doctoral program has a<br />

concentration in Geography (specialized research and scholarship in<br />

physical geography, human geography, mapping sciences) and a<br />

concentration in Anthropology (archaeology, biological, cultural and<br />

linguistics).<br />

Inquiry focuses on: Physical Geography - synoptic climatology,<br />

hydroclimatology, paleoclimatology, hydrology, and fluvial and<br />

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