Council on Research
Research Development Groups
Research Development Groups (RDG) are an outreach of the Council on Research.
RDG's are groups of distinguished research faculty who advise the Council
on matters related to their respective areas of scholarship or research.
They also provide support for the development of interdisciplinary organized
research and public service units, and serve as conduits of information
from faculty researchers. For more information or to join a RDG, contact
the Chair or a member listed below.
Arts and Humanities
Behavior Sciences
Engineering
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
Arts and Humanities
Bill Boelhower (Chair)*, English wboelh1@lsu.edu
David Bertolini, Architecture dbertoli@lsu.edu
Jane Cassidy, Music jcassid@lsu.edu
Maribel Dietz, History maribel@lsu.edu
Matthew Dunn, Interior Design mdunn1@lsu.edu
Femi Euba*, Theatre theuba@lsu.edu
Lake Douglas, Landscape Architecture ldouglas@lsu.edu
Stuart Irvine, Philosophy and Religious Studies sirvine@lsu.edu
Jenna Kuttruff, Human Ecology jkutt1@lsu.edu
Tom Livesay, Museum of Art tlivesay@lsu.edu
Kevin Mulcahy, Political Science kmulcah@lsu.edu
Faye Phillips, LSU Libraries fphilli@lsu.edu
John Pizer, Foreign Languages and Literatures pizerj@lsu.edu
John Protevi, French Studies protevi@lsu.edu
Greg Stone, French Studies/Comparative Literature stone@lsu.edu
Justin Walsh, Art jwalsh@lsu.edu
Behavior Sciences
Pam Monroe (Chair)*, Social Work pmonroe@lsu.edu
Mark Weaver,
Management* mweaver@lsu.edu
Reid Bates, Human Resource Education & Workforce Development rabates@lsu.edu
Judith Ann Garretson Folse, Marketing folse@lsu.edu
Jim Garand, Political Science pogara@lsu.edu
Carole Jurkiewicz, Public Administration Institute cljstudy@lsu.edu
Fran Lawrence, Human Ecology flawrence@lsu.edu
Michelle Livermore, Social Work mliver@lsu.edu
Doug McMillin, Economics eodoug@lsu.edu
Jacquelyn Sue Moffitt, Accounting jsmoff22@lsu.edu
Suzanne Pawlowski, Information Systems and Decision Sciences spawlowski@lsu.edu
Carlos Slawson, Finance, cslawson@lsu.edu
Engineering
Sumanta Acharya (Chair)*, Mechanical Engineering acharya@lsu.edu
Pratul Ajmera, Electrical and Computer Engineering ajmera@lsu.edu
Michael Murphy, Mechanical Engineering murphy@lsu.edu
John Pardue, Civil & Environmental Engineering jpardue@lsu.edu
Ram Ramanujam, Electrical and Computer Engineering jxr@ece.lsu.edu
Bhaba Sarker, Industrial Engineering bsarker@lsu.edu
James Spivey, Chemical Engineering jjspivey@lsu.edu
Chris White, Petroleum Engineering cdwhite@lsu.edu
Clinton Willson, Civil & Environmental Engineering cwillson@lsu.edu
Life Sciences
Mark Batzer, Biological Sciences mbatzer@lsu.edu
John Battista, (Co-Chair) Biological Sciences jbattis@lsu.edu
Mark Benfield, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences mbenfie@lsu.edu
Robb Brumfield, Museum of Natural Science brumfld@lsu.edu
Philip Elzer, Veterinary Science pelzer@agcenter.lsu.edu
Chris Carlton, Entomology ccarlt@lsu.edu
Frederick Gaschen, Veterinary Clinical Sciences fgaschen@lsu.edu
Beilei Ge, Food Science bge@agcenter.lsu.edu
Jeff Gillespie, Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness jmgille@lsu.edu
Bob Godke, (Co-Chair)* Animal Science rgodke@agctr.lsu.edu
Bill Kelso, Renewable Natural Resources wkelso@lsu.edu
Shulin Li, Comparative Biomedical Sciences sli@vetmed.lsu.edu
Todd Monroe, Biological & Agricultural Engineering wmonroe@agcenter.lsu.edu
Norimato Murai, Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology nmurai@agcenter.lsu.edu
Ed Overton, Environmental Studies ebovert@lsu.edu
Carol O’Neil, Human Ecology coneil1@lsu.edu
Terrence Tiersch, Wildlife & Fisheries ttiersch@agctr.lsu.edu
Maud Walsh, Plant, Environmental & Soil Sciences evwals@lsu.edu
Physical Sciences
Gestur Olafsson (Chair) , Mathematics olafsson@math.lsu.edu
Julia Chan, Chemistry jchan@lsu.edu
Jianhua Chen, Computer Science jianhua@csc.lsu.edu
John Ditusa, Physics and Astronomy jditus1@lsu.edu
Barb Dutrow, Geology & Geophysics dutrow@geol.lsu.edu
Brooks Ellwood, Geology & Geophysics ellwood@lsu.edu
Robert Lax, Mathematics lax@math.lsu.edu
Brian Marx, Experimental Statistics bmarx@lsu.edu
Erwin Poliakoff, Chemistry epoliak@lsu.edu
Brygg Ullmer, Computer Science ullmer@lsu.edu
Social Sciences
Janet McDonald (Chair)*, Psychology psmcdo@lsu.edu
Kirby Goidel, Mass Communication/Political Science kgoidel@lsu.edu
Cecile Guin, Social Work cguin@lsu.edu
Ed Holton, Human Resource Education & Workforce Development eholton2@lsu.edu
Matt Lee, Sociology mlee@lsu.edu
Yiping Lou, Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice ylou@lsu.edu
Heather McKillop, Geography & Anthropology hmckill@lsu.edu
Janet Norris, Communication Sciences & Disorders jnorris@lsu.edu
Loretta Pecchioni, Communication Studies lpecch1@lsu.edu
Michael A. Welsch, Kinesiology mwelsch@lsu.edu
*Council on Research member
