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Faculty & Staff

 


DeAnn Kalich, Ph.D., F.T. | Department Head of Sociology, Anthropology, & Human Development & Family Science | Professor, Sociology


DeAnn Kalich Education:
  • Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1995
  • M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1991
  • Honor B.A., Sociology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1989
Research Interests:
  • Death and Dying
  • Gender
  • Sex and Sexualities
  • Deviance
  • Criminology
Contact Information:

Email: deann.kalich@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6043
Office: Mouton 220


Jacob Stelly | Administrative Assistant for Sociology, Anthropology, and Human Development & Family Science


Education:
  • B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2006
Research Interests:
  • Deviance
  • Death and Dying
  • Interactions within Online Communites
  • Family Violence
Contact Information:

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

 

Sociology


Emily Blosser, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Sociology


 

Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • Gender
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Education
  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Popular Culture
Contact Information:

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


JoAnne DeRouen, Ph.D. | Professor, Sociology


 

 

Education:
  • Ph.D., Sociology, Colorado State University, 1995
  • M.A., Sociology, University of New Orleans, 1989
  • B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1984
Research Interests:
  • Environmental Sociology
  • Disaster Research
  • Coastal Community Resilience
  • Research Methodologies
Contact Information:

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


Shantija Francis | Visiting Instructor, Sociology


Education:
  • M.A. Sociology, Arizona State University 2021
  • B.A. Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018
Research Interests:
  • Marriage and Family
  • Parental Support in Education
  • Children's Emotion Regulation
Contact Information:

Hua-Lun Huang, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Sociology


Education:
  • Ph.D., Sociology, University of Kansas, 2000
Research Interests:
  • East Asian Organized Crime
  • Delinquent Cults
  • Maritime Security
  • Social Movements (Extreme Right-Wing Movements)
  • Marginalized Populations
  • Esoteric Societies
Contact Information:

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


Kristen Kahanek, MSW, MS, CT | Senior Instructor, Sociology | Program Coordinator for Social Work Concentration



Research Interests:
  • Sociology of Substance Abuse
  • Sociology of Deviance
  • Sociology of Death/Dying
  • Sociology of Disenfranchised Grief and Bereavement
  • Sociology of Popular Culture
  • Sociology of Music
Contact Information:

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


Jennifer Loli, LMSW | Instructor, Sociology


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • Refugee Resettlement
  • Immigration
  • Death & Dying
  • Birth & Holistic Healing
  • Medical Sociology
  • Sociology of Religion
  • Visual Ethnography
  • Symbolic Interactionism
  • Inequality
  • Health Disparities
Contact Information:

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


Jessica S. Pearce, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Sociology | Program Coordinator for Sociology


Education:
  • Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2010
  • M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2006
  • B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2005
Research Interests:
  • Gender
  • Online Communities
  • Socialization
  • Social Media
Contact Information:

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


 

Anthropology


Philip "Donny" Bourgeois, Jr, BA | Project Director, Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab


Education
  • B.A., Anthropology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1996
Contact Information
Office: Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab, 2204 Johnston Street
Email: philip.bourgeois@louisiana.edu

J. Lynn Funkhouser, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Anthropology


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • Bioarchaeology
  • Zooarchaeology
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Paleopathology
  • Mortuary Studies
  • Public Outreach and Education
  • Southeastern Pre-Colonial Period
  • French Colonial Period
Contact Information:

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


Erlend Johnson, Ph.D. | Visiting Instructor of Anthropology and Project Director, Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab


Education
  • PhD, Anthropology, Tulane University, 2018
  • Mphil, Religion and Society: Native American Cultures,
    University of Leiden, 2009
  • BA, Anthropology, Kenyon College, 2007
Contact Information
Office: Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab, 2204 Johnston Street
Email: erlend.johnson@louisiana.edu

Kathe Managan, Ph.D | Assistant Professor, Anthropology


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • Language
  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Performance
  • Tourism
  • Voluntary Associations
  • The Caribbean
  • La Francophonie
Contact Information

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


Erin M. Tooher | Staff Ethnographer, Anthropology Program and Louisiana Public Archeology Lab


Education
  • 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
Contact Information
Office: MO 105
Email: erin.tooher-thompson@louisiana.edu

Mark A. Rees, Ph.D., RPA | Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Pat Nalley Board of Regents Support Fund Professor in Social Sciences | Professor, Anthropology | Program Coordinator for Anthropology


Mark Rees Education:
  • Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 2001
  • M.A., Historical Archaeology, University of Massachusetts
    at Boston, 1991
  • B.A., History, Louisiana State University, 1985
Research Interests:
  • 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
Contact Information:

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


Michael Rodgers, Ph.D | Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology


Education:
  • Ph.D., Anthropology, Tulane University, 2020
  • M.A., Anthropology, Tulane University, 2011
  • B.A., Anthropology, Florida State Univeristy, 2005
Research Interests:
  • 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
Contact Information:

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


A. James Delahoussaye, M.S. | Research Scientist, Anthropology


Jim Delahoussaye Education:
  • ABD, Arizona State University, 1972
  • M.S., Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1965
  • B.S., Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1963
Research Interests:
  • Zooarchaeology
Contact Information:

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


 

Human Development & Family Science


Lionel K. Asare, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • Program Evaluation
  • Child Development
  • Life-Span Development
  • Parenting and Parent-Child Development
  • Social-Emotional Development
  • Family Relations and Dynamics
Contact Information:

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


Frances Attenhofer, M.S. | Director of Early Childhood Development Center | Instructor, Human Development & Family Science


Education:
  • M.A., Teaching, Northwestern State University 2016
  • B.A., Mass Communication, Louisiana State University 2001
Contact Information:

Office: Early Childhood Lab School / Mouton 119
Phone: 337-482-5369
Email: frances.attenhofer@louisiana.edu


Courtney Behrens, Ph.D., | Adjunct Instructor, Human Development & Family Sciences


 

 

Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • 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


Anne Y. Branscum, Ph.D., CFLE | Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • 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
Contact Information:

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


Sun-A Lee, Ph.D., CFLE | Associate Professor | | Program Coordinator for Human Develoopment and Family Science | Frem Boustany Sr. Endowed Professor in Human Development & Family Science


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests:
  • Adolescent and Young Adults Development
  • Parent-Child Relationships
  • Cross Cultural Parenting
  • Immigrant Families
Contact Information:

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


Arial Moore, M.Ed. | Adjunct Instructor, Human Development & Family Science


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests
  • Sexuality Education
  • Female Pain During Sexual Intercourse
  • Biopsychosocial Development
  • Intersectionality

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

 

David N. Yarbrough, Ph.D. | Professor, Human Development & Family Science | Dean of Community Service


Education:
  • 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
Research Interests
  • Vicarious Trauma
  • Domestic Violence
  • Academic Engagement and Community Service
  • Poverty
Contact Information:

Office: Mouton 104
Phone: 337-482-1015
Email: david.yarbrough@louisiana.edu