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
Download Dr. Kellman's CV here.

Ray Lucas, M.A.
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

Matthew J. 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

HLG 539 / 482-5415
chester.rzadkiewicz@louisiana.edu

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

HLG 528
kaitlin.simpson@louisiana.edu

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

skilton@louisiana.edu

Michele Stephens, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor of Latin American History

michele.stephens@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

Download Dr. Conque's CV here.

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

Download Dr. Korcz's CV here.

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.