Faculty of the Department of History & Social Sciences

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Antizzo, Glenn, Associate Professor of Government
Ph.D. Louisiana State University

Internship supervisor for Louisiana Center for Women & Government; College Republicans Faculty Advisor.

Areas of Interest: International Relations, Low-Intensity Warfare, Civilian-Military Relations, US Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Comparative Politics, Third World Politics, Eastern European Studies (Balkans).

Office: 245-H Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4624

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Barnidge, James, Associate Professor 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 Behgavior, Demography, Sociological Theory, Methodology, Sport Sociology, Famil, Education, and Social Organizations.

Office: 236-E Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4618

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Dennis, John, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. University of Georgia

Areas of Interest: Modern British History, Ancient Near East History, Greco-Roman History, British History (Tudor-Stuart), Russian History, American Constitutional History, American Military History.

Office: 245-F Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4469

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

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Gary, Don, Associate Professor of Geography (On Leave)
Ph.D. Oregon State University

Areas of Interest: Physical and Cultural Geography, Physical/Atmospheric Science,Meteorology.

Office: 231 Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4255

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Lafont, Henry, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice & Legal Assistant Studies
J.D. Louisiana State University

Law Club Faculty Advisor.

Areas of Interest: Louisiana Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Assistant Studies.

Office: 236-C Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4612

Leslie, Paul, Professor 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 Civilzations,American Intellectual History, Special Problems in History.

Office: 245-I Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4885

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Michot, Steve, Associate Professor  of History and Department Head
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

Minor, Margaret, Associate Professor of History 
Ph.D. Kent State University

Phi Alpha Theta Faculty Advisor

Areas of Interest: British History (Tudor/Stuart), Medieval History, Modern Germany, Russian History, 19th Century American History.

Office: 245-H Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4624

Mortillaro, Thomas, Professor of Government
Ph.D. University of Rochester

Areas of Interest: Political Theory, Methodology, Comparative Politics.

Office: 245-E Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4491

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Oriol, Dale,  Associate Professor of Criminal Justice & Legal Assistant Studies
J.D. Southern University

Areas of Interest: Louisiana Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Assistant Studies.

Office: 236-A Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4622

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Phipps, Scott, Instructor
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

Price, Russell, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. Mississippi State University

CLIO-History Club Faculty Advisor.

Areas of Interest: American History, Civil War & Reconstruction, Modern European History, History of Western Civilizations.

Office: 245-A Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4884

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Simpson, Martin, Professor 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, Associate 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 Civiliaztions.

Office: 245-B Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4599

Stockley, Joshua, Assistant Professor of Government
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
Vita

Government Internship Supervisor; Pi Sigma Alpha Faculty Advisor, Young Democrats Faculty Co-Advisor.

Areas of Interest: American Politics & Institutions (Congress, Presidency, Supreme Court), Political Parties, Southern Politics, Anerican Political Behavior (Voting, Public Opinion, Polling), Campaigns & Elections, Public Policy, Methodology, Program Evaluation, Public Administration.

Office: 245-M Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4930

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Thysell, Rusty, Associate 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

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Wallis, Garyland,  Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Legal Assistant Studies
J.D. Southern University

Criminal Justice Internship Faculty Advisor.

Areas of Interest: Louisiana Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Assistant Studies

Office: 236-B Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4619

Wilson, Paul, Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. Mississippi State University

Areas of Interest: Modern European History (Hitler & Nazi Germany), African American History, Modern American History, 19th Century American History, History of Western Civilizations

Office: 245-J Peltier Hall
Phone: 985-448-4463

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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