Faculty & Staff

Barnidge, James, Adjunct Instructor of History
M.A. Louisiana State University
Areas of Interest: American History and Louisiana History.
Office: 241 Beauregard Hall
Phone: 985-448-4460
Butler, James, Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D. Louisiana State University
Areas of Interest: Race and Ethnic Relations, Deviant Behavior, Demography, Sociological Theory, Methodology, Sport Sociology, Family, Education, and Social Organizations.
Office: 236-E Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4618
Dugas, Kathy, Instructor
M.A. University of New Orleans
Areas of Interest: Southern History, Immigration Studies, History of Western Civilizations.
Office: 202 Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4392
Leslie, Paul, Adjunct Instructor of History
Ph.D. University of Missouri
Laurel Valley Internship Supervisor
Areas of Interest: American History in Film, Louisiana History, American Constitutional History, Civil War & Reconstruction, African American History, Southern History, History of Western Civilizations,American Intellectual History, Special Problems in History.
Office: 245-I Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4885
Michot, Steve, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. Mississippi State University
Areas of Interest: Southern History, Civil War History, American Military History, Louisiana History, World History, American Colonial History.
Office: 207 Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4656
Mortillaro, Thomas, Adjunct Instructor of Government
Ph.D. University of Rochester
Areas of Interest: Political Theory, Methodology, Comparative Politics.
Office: 245-E Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4491
Phipps, Scott, Instructor of History
M.A. University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Areas of Interest: World History, Intellectual History, History of Western Civilizations.
Office: 245-L Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4936
Simpson, Martin, Adjunct Instructor of Sociology
Ph.D. Tulane University
Sociology Club Faculty Advisor.
Areas of Interest: Deviant Behavior, Criminology, Substance Abuse, Program Evaluation, Applied Sociology, Demography, Social Change, Social Theory.
Office: 241 Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4628
Stiegler, Kurt, Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D. Texas A&M University
Areas of Interest: Modern American History, Modern East Asian History, Japanese History, Modern European History, History of Western Civilizations.
Office: 245-B Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4599
Thysell, Rusty, Professor of Government
Ph.D. Northern Arizona University
Young Democrats Faculty Co-Advisor.
Areas of Interest: American Institutions (Supreme Court, Congress, Presidency), Constitutional Law
Office: 245-K Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4756
Wilson, Paul, Associate Professor of History and Interim Department Head
Ph.D. Mississippi State University
Areas of Interest: Modern European History (Hitler & Nazi Germany), Modern American History, History of Western Civilizations
Office: 245-J Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4463
Yodis, Elaine, Assistant Professor of Geography
Ph.D. Louisiana State University
Areas of Interest: Physical and Cultural Geography, Louisiana Geography, Geomorphology, Morphology of the Mississppi River
Office: 232 Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4253