Faculty & Staff

Administrative Personnel

Department Head: Dr. Michael S. Martin
Phone: 337-482-6900
Address: 555 Griffin Hall
Email: michael.martin@louisiana.edu

Undergraduate Coordinator: Dr. Rob Hermann
Phone: 482-6900
Address: 532 Griffin Hall
Email: robin.hermann@louisiana.edu

Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Jordan Kellman
Phone: 337-482-6900
Address: 554 Griffin Hall
Email: jordan.kellman@louisiana.edu

Director of Public History: Dr. Ian Beamish
Phone: 482-6900
Address: 538 Griffin Hall
Email: ian.beamish@louisiana.edu

Director of the Guilbeau Center for Public History: Dr. Marissa Petrou
Phone: 482-6900
Address: 527 Griffin Hall
Email: marissa.petrou@louisiana.edu

Administrative Assistant III: Roslyn Green
Phone: 482-6900
Address: 554 Griffin Hall
Email: roslyn.green@louisiana.edu

History Faculty

Ian Beamish, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Nineteenth-Century U.S., Slavery, and Public History
Director of Public History

HLG 538 / 337-482-5409
ian.beamish@louisiana.edu

Jordan Begnaud, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of World and U.S. History

jordan.begnaud@louisiana.edu

Samantha Billing, Ph.D. (On Research-Intensive Semester, Fall 2025)
Assistant Professor of Latin American History

HLG 536
samantha.billing@louisiana.edu

Abbass Braham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of African, Islamic, and Intellectual History

HLG 540 / 337-482-6900
Abbass.Braham@louisiana.edu

Clifton Carmon, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of Black and African American History

clifton.carmon@louisiana.edu

Robert Carriker, Ph.D.
Professor of Public, Twentieth-Century U.S., and Western History

HLG 519
robert.carriker@louisiana.edu
Personal website: www.robertcarriker.com

Deborah J. Clifton, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor of Public History and Museum Studies

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Science Museum
deborah.clifton@louisiana.edu

Andrew de la Garza, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor of Asian, Military, and Islamic History

HLG 532 / 337-482-6900
adelagarza@louisiana.edu

Chad Duffaut, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor of World and U.S. History

chad.duffaut@louisiana.edu

Women's History, Constitutional and Legal, Nineteenth-Century U.S.

Theodore R. Foster III, Ph.D. (On Sabbatical, 2025-2026)
Assistant Professor of African American History and Black Studies

HLG 569
theodore.foster@louisiana.edu

Richard Frankel, Ph.D.
Professor of German and Holocaust History

HLG 542 / 337-482-5419
frankel@louisiana.edu
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Jacob Gautreaux, Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor of Louisiana and Environmental History

jacob.gautreaux@louisiana.edu

Candice Harrison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of African American and Colonial and Nineteenth-Century North American History

HLG 570
candice.harrison@louisiana.edu

Robin Hermann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of British and Atlantic History
Undergraduate Coordinator

HLG 532 / 337-482-5420
robin.hermann@louisiana.edu

Jordan Kellman, Ph.D.
Professor of French History and the History of Science
Director of Graduate Studies

HLG 572
jordan.kellman@louisiana.edu
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Ray Lucas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor of U.S. and Louisiana History

ray.lucas@louisiana.edu

Michael S. Martin, Ph.D.
Professor of Louisiana, Sourthern, and Local History
Department Head

michael.martin@louisiana.edu
Download Dr. Martin's CV here.

Alex McManus, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor of Louisiana and U.S. History

alex.mcmanus@louisiana.edu

Chad H. Parker, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of the HIstory of the U.S. in the World
Assistant Vice President for Faculty Development and Academic Outreach

chad.parker@louisiana.edu

Marissa Petrou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public and German History
Director of the Guilbeau Center for Public History

marissa.petrou@louisiana.edu

James M. Reonas, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor of Louisiana and U.S. History

matthew.reonas@louisiana.edu

Carl J. Richard, Ph.D.
Professor of U.S. Intellectual History

HLG 534 / 337-482-5410
carl.richard@louisiana.edu
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Chester M. Rzadkiewicz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian and Cold War History

Dr. Rzadkiewicz retired in December 2025.

Kaitlin Simpson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Transnational, Gender, and Environmental History

HLG 528
kaitlin.simpson@louisiana.edu

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Liz Skilton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental, and Gender History
Associate Director of Research, Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center

skilton@louisiana.edu

Shawn Thibodeaux, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor of World and U.S. History

shawn.thibodeaux@louisiana.edu

Alex Whitley, Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor of European History

HLG 541 / 337-482-9067
alexandra.whitley@louisiana.edu

History Staff

Sarah I. Rodriguez, M.A.
Associate Director of Public History and the Guilbeau Center

Public History

Guilbeau Center for Public History (HLG 518)
sarah.rodriguez@louisiana.edu

Geography Faculty

Jonathan Cole, M.A., M.Ed.
Adjunct Instructor of Geography

jonathan.cole@louisiana.edu

Kathleen Schott Espinoza, M.A.
Master Instructor of Geography
Latin America, Political Geography, Geographic Education

HLG 567
kathleen.espinoza@louisiana.edu

Philosophy Faculty

Download Dr. Berkeley's CV here.

Andrea D. Conque, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Political Philosophy, Ethics, Biomedical Ethics, Continental Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Ontology

HLG 559 / 337 482-1060
andrea.conque@louisiana.edu

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Micah Dugas, Ph.D.
Instructor of Philosophy
Meta-Epistemology, Epistemology

HLG 562 / 337 482-1771
micah.dugas@louisiana.edu

Joseph A. Giavotella, M.A.
Visiting Instructor of Philosophy

joseph.giavotella@louisiana.edu

Keith Korcz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Epistemology, Metaphysics, History of Modern Philosophy, Applied Ethics

HLG 563 / 337 482-6806
keith.korcz@louisiana.edu

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Jesse Saloom, M.Sc.
Visiting Instructor of Philosophy
Reasoning and Decision-Making, Ethics

HLG 561 / 337 482-5400
jesse.saloom@louisiana.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Vaughan Baker, Ph.D.

Carl Brasseaux, Ph.D.