LSU G&A Awards

Spring 2008 Student Awards Announced

Undergraduate Scholarships
Professor Carville Earle Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
	Andrew Joyner (Shaun Williams, honorable mention)
Professor Phil Larimore Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship
	Suzette Savoie
Anthropology Undergraduate Scholarship
	Katie Fuller-King (Amy Triche, honorable mention)

West-Russell Awards
	Jim Chaney
	Russell Fielding
	Jorn Seeman
	Jessica Matthews
	Ian Debnam

Haag Student Presentation Awards
	Masters Level Carey Schwartz and Elizabeth Crocker (Branches of Truth: Contrasting Voices of a Shared Past, SAS conference)
	PhD. Level: (Tie) Rick Hunter (Untangling and Reweaving Narratives of Degradation, AAG annual meeting) Brandon Edwards (Investigation of the Potential Influence of Surface Moisture on Aeolian Transport, AAG annual meeting)

LSU Geographers Receive Burrill Award for Post-Katrina Research

The LSU GIS Clearinghouse Cooperative was awarded the 2007 Meredith F. Burrill Award by the Association of American Geographers. This group from Geography and Anthropology (Andrew Curtis, Jackie Mills, Michael Leitner, John Pine, and Barrett Kennedy) received the honor for their contributions in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The prestigious Burrill Award was established to honor individuals or groups that have completed work of exceptional merit and quality that lies at or near the intersection of basic research in geography on the one hand, and practical applications or policy implications on the other.

More information in the 2007 Latitudes.

G&A Professor and Students Contribute to Award-Winning Urban Design Book

Anthropology Professor Jay Edwards, his Anthropology 4440 students, and Geography Ph.D. candidate John Welch participated in the development of the Louisiana Speaks: Pattern Book that was awarded the prestigious Charter Award 2007 by the Congress for New Urbanism. Honorees set the gold standard for urban design and development and serve as powerful examples for future development.

More information in the 2007 Latitudes.

Other Faculty Awards

2008

Geography Professor and Department Chair Patrick Hesp is the 2008 recipient of the LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award.

2007

Anthropology Professors Mary Manhein and Robert Tague received The Center for Freshman Year Teaching Awards, sponsored by the Tiger Athletic Foundation. This award is presented annually to four faculty members who teach first and second year students. The faculty are nominated by their students.

Anthropology Professor Jill Brody was honored with the 2007 Individual Achievement in the Humanities Award by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities for the impact she has had on public awareness and appreciation of the humanities in Louisiana.