• Ph.D., Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee, 1994
• M.S.W.,, Social Work, University of Alabama, 1992
• B.A., Mass Communication, University of Alabama, 1982

• Vicarious Trauma
• Domestic Violence
• Academic Engagement and Community Service
• Poverty

Office: Mouton Hall 220
Phone: 337-482-1015
Email: david.yarbrough@louisiana.edu

• B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2006

• Deviance
• Death and Dying
• Interactions within Online Communites
• Family Violence

Office: Mouton Hall 221
Phone: 337-482-6044
Email:  jacob.stelly@louisiana.edu

• Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2017
• M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2014
• MPAff., LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
• B.A., German, University of Texas at Austin, 2005

• Gender
• Science and Technology Studies
• Education
• Race & Ethnicity
• Popular Culture

Email: emily.blosser@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5377
Office: Mouton Hall 214

• Ph.D., Sociology, Colorado State University, 1995
• M.A., Sociology, University of New Orleans, 1989
• B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1984

• Environmental Sociology
• Disaster Research
• Coastal Community Resilience
• Research Methodologies

Email: jo.derouen@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6067
Office: Mouton Hall 217

• M.A. Sociology, Arizona State University 2021
• B.A. Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018

• Marriage and Family
• Parental Support in Education
• Children's Emotion Regulation

• Emai: shantija.francis@louisiana.edu
• Office: Mouton Hall 204

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of California at Irvine, 2020
• M.A., Sociology, University of California at Irvine, 2017
• M.S., Quality Management, Birla Institute of Technology & Science,
  Pilani, 2009
• B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Gujarat University, 2004

• Cultural Competence
• Global & Transnational Sociology
• Organizations
• Sexualites
• Social Movements

• Email: apoorva.ghosh@louisiana.edu
• Office: Mouton Hall 219

• Ph.D., Sociology, University of Kansas, 2000

• East Asian Organized Crime
• Delinquent Cults
• Maritime Security
• Social Movements (Extreme Right-Wing Movements)
• Marginalized Populations
• Esoteric Societies

Email: hua-lun.huang@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5370
Office: Mouton Hall 216

• Sociology of Substance Abuse
• Sociology of Deviance
• Sociology of Death/Dying
• Sociology of Disenfranchised Grief and Bereavement
• Sociology of Popular Culture
• Sociology of Music

Email: kristen.kahanek@louisiana.edu
Alt Phone: 337-409-9446
Office: Mouton Hall 206

• Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1995
• M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1991
• Honor B.A., Sociology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1989

• Death and Dying
• Gender
• Sex and Sexualities
• Deviance
• Criminology

Email: deann.kalich@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6043
Office: Mouton Hall 213

• M.S.W., Highlands University, Albuquerque, N.M. 2018
• Natural Therapeutics Specialist, NMSNT, Albuquerque, N.M. 2008
• B.S., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2006

• Refugee Resettlement
• Immigration
• Death & Dying
• Birth & Holistic Healing
• Medical Sociology
• Sociology of Religion
• Visual Ethnography
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Inequality
• Health Disparities

Email: jennifer.loli1@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5371
Office: Mouton Hall 205

• Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2010
• M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2006
• B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2005

• Gender
• Online Communities
• Socialization
• Social Media

Email: jessica.pearce@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5198
Office: Mouton Hall 215

• B.A., Anthropology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1996

• Ph.D., Anthropology, The University of Alabama, 2022
• M.A. Anthropology, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2014
• B.S. Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2008

• Bioarchaeology
• Zooarchaeology
• Forensic Anthropology
• Paleopathology
• Mortuary Studies
• Public Outreach and Education
• Southeastern Pre-Colonial Period
• French Colonial Period

Office: Mouton Hall 109A
Phone: 337-482-6180
Email: jennifer.funkhouser1@louisiana.edu

• PhD, Anthropology, Tulane University, 2018
• Mphil, Religion and Society: Native American Cultures,
  University of Leiden, 2009
• BA, Anthropology, Kenyon College, 2007

• Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, New York University, 2004
• M.A., Department of Anthropology, New York University, 1998
• B.A., Department of French, University of California, Berkeley, 1992

• Language
• Race & Ethnicity
• Gender
• Performance
• Tourism
• Voluntary Associations
• The Caribbean
• La Francophonie

Office: Mouton Hall 109B
Phone: 337-482-1084
Email: kathe.managan1@louisiana.edu

• Ph.D. Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2024 (expected)
• M.S. Geographic Information Science Administration, University of
  West Florida, 2023
• M.A. Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, 2002
• B.A. Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, 2000

• Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 2001
• M.A., Historical Archaeology, University of Massachusetts
  at Boston, 1991
• B.A., History, Louisiana State University, 1985

• Archaeology of eastern North America, especially the Lower
  Mississippi Valley
• Historical anthropology and ethnohistory
• Materiality, landscape and memory
• Political culture and identity
• Cultural resource management
• Historic and prehistoric ceramics
• Archaeological method and theory

Office: Mouton Hall 108
Phone: 337-482-6045
Email: mark.rees@louisiana.edu
 

• Ph.D., Anthropology, Tulane University, 2020
• M.A., Anthropology, Tulane University, 2011
• B.A., Anthropology, Florida State Univeristy, 2005

• The Caribbean and Gulf South with a focus on Louisiana
• The Garifuna and Indigenous peoples of North America
• Cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, and applied anthropology
• Religion, magic, witchcraft, and folklore
• Critical Discourse Analysis
• Cultural and linguistic creoles and creolization
• Racial, ethnic, cultural, and national Identity
• Garifuna sacred and secular music
• Powwows
• Reggae, calypso, and hip hop

Office: Mouton Hall 218
Phone: 337-482-5223
Email: michael.rodgers@louisiana.edu

• ABD, Arizona State University, 1972
• M.S., Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1965
• B.S., Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1963

• Zooarchaeology

Office: Mouton Hall 109
Email: alphe.del@louisiana.edu

• Ph.D. Educational Psychology (Special Emphasis on Human
  Development and Family Studies) University of North Texas, Denton,
  Texas, 2018
• B.A., Sociology and Geography, University of Ghana, Accra, 2007

• Program Evaluation
• Child Development
• Life-Span Development
• Parenting and Parent-Child Development
• Social-Emotional Development
• Family Relations and Dynamics

Office: Mouton Hall 231
Phone: 337-482-6165
Email: lionel.asare@louisiana.edu

• M.A., Teaching, Northwestern State University 2016
• B.A., Mass Communication, Louisiana State University 2001

Office: Early Childhood Lab School
Phone: 337-482-5369
Email: frances.attenhofer@louisiana.edu

• Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State
  Univeristy, 2009
• M.S., Human Development and Famly Studies, Iowa State
  University, 2004
• B.S., Child and Family Services, Iowa State University, 2002

• Relational aggression among children and adolescents
• Emotion regulation during childhood and adolescence
• Anxiety, stress, and trauma among children and adolescents;
  treatment and approaches for coping and healing
• Juvenile offenders and trauma-informed approaches

Contact Information:
courtney.behrens@louisiana.edu

• Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies,
  Iowa State University, 2010
• M.A., Family Life, Southeast Missouri State
  University, 2003
• B.S., Psychology and Family Studies, Southeast Missouri State
  University , 2000

• Family Caregiving of Older Adults
• Family Caregiving Stress and Coping
• Community Resources for Older Adults
• Adult and Older Adult Sibling Relationships
• Intergenerational Relationships
• Online Teaching of Family Studies

Office: Mouton Hall 226
Phone: 337-482-6046
Email: anne.branscum@louisiana.edu

• Ph.D., Family Studies and Human Development,
  University of Arizona, 2007
• M.S., Family Studies and Human Development,
  University of Arizona, 2002
• B.S., Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University,
  Seoul, South Korea, 1994

• Adolescent and Young Adults Development
• Parent-Child Relationships
• Cross Cultural Parenting
• Immigrant Families

Office: Mouton Hall 230
Phone: 337-482-1132
Email: sun-a.lee@louisiana.edu

• M.Ed., Human Sexuality Education, Widener University, 2016
• M.S., Human Resource Education, Louisiana State University, 2014
• B.S., Child and Family Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2012

• Sexuality Education
• Female Pain During Sexual Intercourse
• Biopsychosocial Development
• Intersectionality

Contact Information:
Email: elizabeth.moore@louisiana.edu