• The LSU College of Art + Design
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • ART HISTORY
  • GRAPHIC DESIGN
  • INTERIOR DESIGN
  • ART
  • Faculty

    Buck Abbey, ASLA

    Associate Professor
  • (225) 578-1475
  • lsugreenlaws@aol.com
  • Education: MLA Harvard, BSLA Michigan State University
  • Research Interests: municipal landscape law, professional practice
  • Austin Allen

    Associate Professor
  • (225) 578-1479
  • austina@lsu.edu
  • Education: Ph.D. and MA Mass Communication, Ohio University, BLA University of California at Berkeley
  • Research Interests: Resilience, Recovery and Regeneration of Landscapes; Urbanism; Film and Public Media
  • Bradley E. Cantrell

    Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
    • Education: MLA Harvard, BSLA University of Kentucky
    • Research Interests: digital representation, interactive/reactive landscapes

    Jeff Carney

    Research Professor
  • (225) 578-4990
  • jcarney@lsu.edu
  • Education: MArch University of California at Berkeley, MCP University of California at Berkeley, BA Washington University, St. Louis
  • Research Interests: urban design, regional planning, construction and materials
  • Max Conrad

    Professor
  • (225) 578-1414

  • mconrad@lsu.edu
  • Education: MLA Harvard, BSLA LSU
  • Research Interests: urban design, regional planning, planting design, travel
  • Van L. Cox, FASLA

    Interim Director and Professor
  • (225) 578-1478
  • vcox1@lsu.edu
  • Education: MFA LSU, BLA LSU
  • Research Interests: site design, graphics, professional practice and legal aspects
  • Lake Douglas

    Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
  • (225) 578-1471
  • wdougl1@lsu.edu
  • Education: Ph. D. University of New Orleans, MLA Harvard, BLA LSU
  • Research Interests: Garden History; Arts Administration and Public Art Planning; Nonprofit Management and Public Administration; Freelance Writing
  • Kristi Dykema

    Assistant Professor
  • (225) 578-1472
  • kdykema@lsu.edu
  • Education: MARCH University of California at Berkeley, BARCH University of Virginia
  • Research Interests: visual communication, landscape growth theory
  • Charles Fryling, Jr.

    Associate Professor
  • (225) 578-1473
  • lafry@lsu.edu
  • Education: Prix de Rome, MLA Harvard, BS State University of New York
  • Research Interests: environmental planning, ecology
  • Cat S. Marshall

    Associate Professor and Lectures and Exhibitions Chair
  • (225) 578-0112
  • cmarshall@lsu.edu
  • Education: MLA Harvard, BA Ithaca College
  • Research Interests: visual communication, design, mapping landscape transformation, cultural landscapes
  • Wes Michaels

    Associate Professor
  • Phone: (225) 578-1474
  • michaels@lsu.edu
  • Education: MLA Harvard, BLA University of Georgia
  • Research Interests: dynamic landscape modeling, landscape urbanism, digital media
  • Elizabeth Mossop

    Professor
  • (225) 578-1493
  • emossop@lsu.edu
  • Education: MUP Macquarie University Sydney, BLA University of NSW
  • Research Interests:
  • Kevin Risk

    Associate Professor
  • (225) 578-1471
  • jrisk1@lsu.edu
  • Education: MLA University of Georgia
  • Research Interests: cultural Landscapes, history and site design
  • Bruce G. Sharky, FASLA

    Professor
  • (225) 578-1471
  • bshark2@lsu.edu
  • Education: MLA and BLA University of California at Berkeley
  • Research Interests: professional practice, site grading and design, Latin American design studies