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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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