DeAnn Kalich, Ph.D., F.T. | Department Head of Sociology, Anthropology, & Human Development & Family Science | Professor, Sociology
![DeAnn Kalich](/sites/socianth/files/DeannKalich.png) |
Education:
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Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1995
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M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 1991
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Honor B.A., Sociology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1989
Research Interests:
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Death and Dying
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Gender
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Sex and Sexualities
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Deviance
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Criminology
Contact Information:
Email: deann.kalich@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6043
Office: Mouton 220
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Jacob Stelly | Administrative Assistant for Sociology, Anthropology, and Human Development & Family Science
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Education:
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B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2006
Research Interests:
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Deviance
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Death and Dying
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Interactions within Online Communites
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Family Violence
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton 221
Phone: 337-482-6044
Email: jacob.stelly@louisiana.edu
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Sociology
Emily Blosser, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Sociology
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Education:
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Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2017
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M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2014
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MPAff., LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
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B.A., German, University of Texas at Austin, 2005
Research Interests:
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Gender
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Science and Technology Studies
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Education
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Race & Ethnicity
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Popular Culture
Contact Information:
Email: emily.blosser@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5377
Office: Mouton 214
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JoAnne DeRouen, Ph.D. | Professor, Sociology
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Education:
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Ph.D., Sociology, Colorado State University, 1995
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M.A., Sociology, University of New Orleans, 1989
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B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1984
Research Interests:
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Environmental Sociology
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Disaster Research
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Coastal Community Resilience
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Research Methodologies
Contact Information:
Email: jo.derouen@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-6067
Office: Mouton 217
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Shantija Francis | Visiting Instructor, Sociology
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Education:
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M.A. Sociology, Arizona State University 2021
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B.A. Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018
Research Interests:
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Marriage and Family
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Parental Support in Education
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Children's Emotion Regulation
Contact Information:
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Hua-Lun Huang, Ph.D. | Associate Professor, Sociology
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Education:
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Ph.D., Sociology, University of Kansas, 2000
Research Interests:
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East Asian Organized Crime
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Delinquent Cults
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Maritime Security
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Social Movements (Extreme Right-Wing Movements)
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Marginalized Populations
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Esoteric Societies
Contact Information:
Email: hua-lun.huang@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5370
Office: Mouton 216
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Kristen Kahanek, MSW, MS, CT | Senior Instructor, Sociology | Program Coordinator for Social Work Concentration
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Research Interests:
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Sociology of Substance Abuse
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Sociology of Deviance
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Sociology of Death/Dying
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Sociology of Disenfranchised Grief and Bereavement
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Sociology of Popular Culture
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Sociology of Music
Contact Information:
Email: kristen.kahanek@louisiana.edu
Alt Phone: 337-409-9446
Office: Mouton 206
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Jennifer Loli, LMSW | Instructor, Sociology
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Education:
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M.S.W., Highlands University, Albuquerque, N.M. 2018
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Natural Therapeutics Specialist, NMSNT, Albuquerque, N.M. 2008
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B.S., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2006
Research Interests:
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Refugee Resettlement
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Immigration
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Death & Dying
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Birth & Holistic Healing
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Medical Sociology
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Sociology of Religion
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Visual Ethnography
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Symbolic Interactionism
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Inequality
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Health Disparities
Contact Information:
Email: jennifer.loli1@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5371
Office: 205
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Jessica S. Pearce, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Sociology | Program Coordinator for Sociology
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Education:
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Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2010
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M.A., Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2006
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B.A., Sociology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2005
Research Interests:
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Gender
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Online Communities
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Socialization
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Social Media
Contact Information:
Email: jessica.pearce@louisiana.edu
Phone: 337-482-5198
Office: Mouton 215
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Anthropology
Philip "Donny" Bourgeois, Jr, BA | Project Director, Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab
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Education
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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
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Education:
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Ph.D., Anthropology, The University of Alabama, 2022
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M.A. Anthropology, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2014
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B.S. Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2008
Research Interests:
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Bioarchaeology
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Zooarchaeology
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Forensic Anthropology
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Paleopathology
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Mortuary Studies
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Public Outreach and Education
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Southeastern Pre-Colonial Period
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French Colonial Period
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton Hall 109A
Phone: 337-482-6180
Email: jennifer.funkhouser1@louisiana.edu
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Erlend Johnson, Ph.D. | Visiting Instructor of Anthropology and Project Director, Louisiana Public Archaeology Lab
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Education
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PhD, Anthropology, Tulane University, 2018
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Mphil, Religion and Society: Native American Cultures,
University of Leiden, 2009
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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
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Education:
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Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, New York University, 2004
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M.A., Department of Anthropology, New York University, 1998
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B.A., Department of French, University of California, Berkeley, 1992
Research Interests:
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Language
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Race & Ethnicity
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Gender
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Performance
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Tourism
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Voluntary Associations
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The Caribbean
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La Francophonie
Contact Information
Office: Mouton 109B
Phone: 337-482-1084
Email: kathe.managan1@louisiana.edu
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Erin M. Tooher | Staff Ethnographer, Anthropology Program and Louisiana Public Archeology Lab
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Education
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Ph.D. Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2024 (expected)
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M.S. Geographic Information Science Administration, University of
West Florida, 2023
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M.A. Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY, 2002
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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
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Education:
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Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Oklahoma, 2001
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M.A., Historical Archaeology, University of Massachusetts
at Boston, 1991
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B.A., History, Louisiana State University, 1985
Research Interests:
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Archaeology of eastern North America, especially the Lower
Mississippi Valley
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Historical anthropology and ethnohistory
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Materiality, landscape and memory
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Political culture and identity
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Cultural resource management
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Historic and prehistoric ceramics
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Archaeological method and theory
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton Hall 108
Phone: 337-482-6045
Email: mark.rees@louisiana.edu
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Michael Rodgers, Ph.D | Visiting Assistant Professor, Anthropology
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Education:
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Ph.D., Anthropology, Tulane University, 2020
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M.A., Anthropology, Tulane University, 2011
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B.A., Anthropology, Florida State Univeristy, 2005
Research Interests:
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The Caribbean and Gulf South with a focus on Louisiana
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The Garifuna and Indigenous peoples of North America
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Cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, and applied anthropology
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Religion, magic, witchcraft, and folklore
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Critical Discourse Analysis
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Cultural and linguistic creoles and creolization
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Racial, ethnic, cultural, and national Identity
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Garifuna sacred and secular music
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Powwows
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Reggae, calypso, and hip hop
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton Hall 218
Phone: 337-482-5223
Email: michael.rodgers@louisiana.edu
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A. James Delahoussaye, M.S. | Research Scientist, Anthropology
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Education:
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ABD, Arizona State University, 1972
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M.S., Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1965
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B.S., Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1963
Research Interests:
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton 109
Email: alphe.del@louisiana.edu
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Human Development & Family Science
Lionel K. Asare, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
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Education:
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Ph.D. Educational Psychology (Special Emphasis on Human
Development and Family Studies) University of North Texas, Denton,
Texas, 2018
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B.A., Sociology and Geography, University of Ghana, Accra, 2007
Research Interests:
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Program Evaluation
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Child Development
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Life-Span Development
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Parenting and Parent-Child Development
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Social-Emotional Development
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Family Relations and Dynamics
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton 231
Phone: 337-482-6165
Email: lionel.asare@louisiana.edu
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Frances Attenhofer, M.S. | Director of Early Childhood Development Center | Instructor, Human Development & Family Science
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Education:
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M.A., Teaching, Northwestern State University 2016
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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
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Courtney Behrens, Ph.D., | Adjunct Instructor, Human Development & Family Sciences
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Education:
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Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State
Univeristy, 2009
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M.S., Human Development and Famly Studies, Iowa State
University, 2004
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B.S., Child and Family Services, Iowa State University, 2002
Research Interests:
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Relational aggression among children and adolescents
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Emotion regulation during childhood and adolescence
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Anxiety, stress, and trauma among children and adolescents;
treatment and approaches for coping and healing
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Juvenile offenders and trauma-informed approaches
Contact Information: courtney.behrens@louisiana.edu
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Anne Y. Branscum, Ph.D., CFLE | Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Science
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Education:
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Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies,
Iowa State University, 2010
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M.A., Family Life, Southeast Missouri State
University, 2003
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B.S., Psychology and Family Studies, Southeast Missouri State
University , 2000
Research Interests:
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Family Caregiving of Older Adults
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Family Caregiving Stress and Coping
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Community Resources for Older Adults
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Adult and Older Adult Sibling Relationships
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Intergenerational Relationships
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Online Teaching of Family Studies
Contact Information:
Office: MO 226
Phone: 337-482-6046
Email: anne.branscum@louisiana.edu
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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
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Education:
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Ph.D., Family Studies and Human Development,
University of Arizona, 2007
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M.S., Family Studies and Human Development,
University of Arizona, 2002
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B.S., Child and Family Studies, Yonsei University,
Seoul, South Korea, 1994
Research Interests:
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Adolescent and Young Adults Development
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Parent-Child Relationships
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Cross Cultural Parenting
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Immigrant Families
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton 230
Phone: 337-482-1132
Email: sun-a.lee@louisiana.edu
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Arial Moore, M.Ed. | Adjunct Instructor, Human Development & Family Science
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Education:
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M.Ed., Human Sexuality Education, Widener University, 2016
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M.S., Human Resource Education, Louisiana State University, 2014
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B.S., Child and Family Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2012
Research Interests
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Sexuality Education
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Female Pain During Sexual Intercourse
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Biopsychosocial Development
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Intersectionality
Contact Information:
Email: elizabeth.moore@louisiana.edu
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David N. Yarbrough, Ph.D. | Professor, Human Development & Family Science | Dean of Community Service
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Education:
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Ph.D., Child and Family Studies, University of Tennessee, 1994
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M.S.W.,, Social Work, University of Alabama, 1992
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B.A., Mass Communication, University of Alabama, 1982
Research Interests
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Vicarious Trauma
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Domestic Violence
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Academic Engagement and Community Service
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Poverty
Contact Information:
Office: Mouton 104
Phone: 337-482-1015
Email: david.yarbrough@louisiana.edu
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