Faculty & Staff
The American Society for Nutrition and the ASN Foundation have honored Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Leanne Redman with the 2025 E.V. McCollum Award – given to a clinical investigator who is perceived as a major creative force, actively generating new concepts in nutrition.
LSU custodian and Army veteran Brenda Finklstein is a finalist for Cintas’ National Custodian of the Year. Her dedication to LSU’s preschool and its children makes her a true community hero.
Maurice Carlos Ruffin was encouraged by educators in his life to pursue his dreams, support that ultimately led to writing success and his national bestseller, “The American Daughters.” Now he strives to do the same for his creative writing students at LSU.
Coordinator for Residential Accountability Xavi Boes was recently named the recipient of the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) James C. Grimm Outstanding New Professional Award.
Six LSU faculty members have been selected as Rainmakers by the LSU Council on Research based on their outstanding scholarship and creative activity within their respective ranks and disciplines.
The LSU School of Music is proud to announce that Dr. Olivia Lucas has received the 2024 Emerging Scholar Award (Article) from the Society of Music Theory (SMT) for her article “Performing Analysis, Performing Metal,” that was published in one of the Society’s flagship journals, Music Theory Online.
LSU Professor John R. White Earns 2022 National Wetlands Award
LSU Professor John R. White will be awarded the 2022 National Wetlands Award in the scientific research category at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. on May 19. White, who serves as associate dean of research for the LSU College of the Coast & Environment, is the fifth member of the college to receive this award
Two LSU Faculty Awarded Carnegie Fellowships
LSU Manship School of Mass Communication Associate Professor Joshua P. Darr and LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology Professor Andrew Sluyter are the first Carnegie Fellows at LSU.
Ram Devireddy Receives Worley Professor of Excellence Award
Ram Devireddy, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the LSU College of Engineering, has been named a recipient of the 2022 Worley Professor of Excellence Award.
Education Faculty, Yu April Chen, Receives NSF Career Award Examining Post-transfer Success for Minority STEM Students
School of Education Assistant Professor Yu April Chen, PhD, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Career Award for her project titled Leveling the Playing Field in STEM: Post-transfer Success for Underrepresented Racial Minority Community College Transfers.
LSU Boyd Professor Suzanne Marchand Awarded a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship
LSU Boyd Professor of History Suzanne Marchand has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for intellectual and cultural history.