Faculty Advising

Locate your major in the first column to find your advisor. You can make an appointment with your faculty advisor via Navigate, or by emailing them directly.

 

Faculty advising will be offered both virtually and in-person for the spring 2024 semester.
Students can schedule an advising appointment by emailing agbuadvising@lsu.edu, or using
Navigate following the steps below:

  1. Select “Academic Advising”
  2. Select “College of Agriculture”
  3. Select “Faculty Advising – Agricultural Business”
  4. Select the date and time for an appointment with any advisor. 
Student Population: Contact:
All with a focus on transfer students (both from
outside LSU, outside the College of Agriculture, and from other majors within the College of Agriculture); continuing students interested in graduate or professional school 
Dr. Trina Biswas
224 Woodin Hall
tbiswa1@lsu.edu
225-578-2759
Only the continuing students interested in accelerated Agricultural Business Master's program. Dr. Matt Fannin
130 Woodin Hall
mfannin@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-0346
Continuing students Don Ator
125 Woodin Hall
dator@lsu.edu
225-578-2716

Faculty advising will be offered both virtually and in-person for the spring 2024 semester. 
Students can schedule an advising appointment using Navigate following the steps below:

  1. Select “Academic Advising”
  2. Select “College of Agriculture”
  3. Select “Faculty Advising – Ag & Extension Education”
  4. Select the date and time for an appointment with the appropriate advisor
Student Population: Contact:
Agricultural Education/Agricultural Leadership  Kristin Stair
135 JC Miller
KStair@lsu.edu
225-578-6194
225-578-0777
Agricultural Leadership/Extension Lisa Arcemont 
131 JC Miller
LArcemont@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-6194

 

Faculty advising will be offered both virtually and in-person for the spring 2024 semester. 
Students can schedule an advising appointment using Navigate following the steps below: 

  1. Select “Academic Advising”
  2. Select “College of Agriculture”
  3. Select “Faculty Advising – Animal Sciences”
  4. Select the date and time for an appointment with the appropriate advisor 
Student Population: Contact:
P-S 
And, Seniors, transfer students, students with problems such as CATS holds or other holds
Dr. Cathleen Williams 
229L AFSL Building
CWilliams@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-4574
A-Ch Mr. Tyler Braud
229E AFSL Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
TBraud@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-5426
Ci-F Dr. Ashleigh Muth-Spurlock
201E AFSL Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
amuthspurlock@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-5085
G-K  Dr. Vinicius Moreira
229K AFSL Building
VMoreira@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-0880
L-O Dr. Jennifer Ritchie
229M AFSL Bldg
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
JRitchie@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-4386
P-S Dr. Cathleen Williams
229L AFSL Building
CWilliams@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-4574
T-Z Mr. Mark Williams 
204 J B Francioni Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
MAWilliams@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-0886

Faculty advising will be offered both virtually and in person for the spring 2024 semester. Students can schedule an  advising appointment using Navigate following the steps below: 

  1. Select “Academic Advising”
  2. Select “College of Agriculture”
  3. Select “Faculty Advising – Environmental Management Systems”
  4. Select the date and time for an appointment with the appropriate advisor
Student Population: Contact:
All Environmental Management Systems students Dr. Maud Walsh
110 Sturgis Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
evwals@lsu.edu
225-578-1211

Faculty advising will be offered both virtually and in-person for the spring 2024 semester. 
Students can schedule an advising appointment using Navigate following the steps below:

  1. Select “Academic Advising”
  2. Select “College of Agriculture”
  3. Select “Faculty Advising – Nutrition & Food Sciences”
  4. Select the date and time for an appointment with the appropriate advisor
Student Population (Last Name): Contact:
A-B Dietetics students
A-K Nutritional Sciences students
Brandi Milioto*
257 Knapp Hall 
bmilioto@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1537
C-I Dietetics students Erin McKinley 
285 Knapp Hall
emckinley@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1631
J-L Dietetics students Lindsay Barleycorn*
lbarleycorn@agcenter.lsu.edu 
271 Knapp
M-Q Dietetics students Shellie Doré
205 Knapp Hall
sdore@agcenter.lsu.edu 
225-578-3661
R-Z Dietetics students Mike Keenan*
209 Knapp Hall
mkeenan@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1708
L-Z Nutritional Sciences students James Wise*
Jwise@agcenter.lsu.edu
269 Knapp
All Food Science and Technology students Joan King*
201J Animal and Food Sciences Lab
jking@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-5157
All Nutrition, Health and Society students Judy Myhand
219 Human Ecology
jmyhand@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1718

*Please schedule an appointment with these advisors via email; they are not available on Navigate.

Please monitor your LSU email for important information regarding faculty advising, particularly 
for the Group Advising sessions that will be held specific to your major and concentration. 

Student Population: Contact:
Current student course advising (>80 credit hours) AOC; New to LSU students and current students transferring from another LSU program; ARC students; study abroad and internship questions; and inquires and advising at times other than course scheduling Mike Kaller
105 Renewable Natural Resources Building
mkalle1@lsu.edu
225-578-0012
Course advising for current students attending LSU (1-80 credit hours earned) AOC; Conservation Biology and Ecological Restoration AOCs; Wildlife Ecology AOC Sabrina Taylor
School of Renewable Natural Resources
331 Renewable Natural Resources Building
staylor@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-4137
Course advising for current students attending LSU (1 - 80 credit hours earned) AOC; Forest Enterprise, Forest Resource Management, and Wildlife Habitat Conservation and Management AOCs Thomas Dean 
210 Renewable Natural Resources Building
fwdean@lsu.edu
225-578-4216
Course advising for current students attending LSU (1-80 credit hours earned) AOC; Pre-Veterinary Medicine - Wildlife and Fisheries AOC Bill Kelso
118 Renewable Natural Resources Building
wkelso@lsu.edu
225-578-4176
Course advising for current students attending LSU (1-80 credit hours earned) AOC; Wetland Science AOC; Wildlife Ecology AOC Andy Nyman
327 Renewable Natural Resources Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
jnyman@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-4220
Course advising for current students attending LSU (1-80 credit hours earned) AOC; Fisheries and Aquaculture and Watershed Science AOCs Dr. Garrett Hopper
119 Renewable Natural Resources Building 
Ghopper@agcenter.lsu.edu

Faculty advising will be offered virtually for the spring 2024 semester. Students can schedule an 
advising appointment by emailing their advisor directly or by using Navigate following the steps 
below: 

  1. Select “Academic Advising”
  2. Select “College of Agriculture”
  3. Select “Faculty Advising – Plant & Soil Systems”
  4. Select the date and time for an appointment with the appropriate advisor
Student Population: Contact:
Plant and Soil Systems students in the Crop Science, Soil Science, and Sustainable Production Systems concentrations Dr. Maud Walsh
110 Sturgis Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
evwals@lsu.edu
225-578-1211
Plant and Soil Systems students in the Turfgrass and Landscape Management concentration Dr. Eric DeBoer
EDeboer@agcenter.lsu.edu
Plant and Soil Systems students in the Horticultural Sciences concentration - Current student course advising (>80 credit hours)
Dr. Don Labonte
104 Sturgis Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
DLabonte@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1203
Plant and Soil Systems students in the Horticultural Sciences concentration - Current studnet course advising (<80 credit hours)
Kaylee M. Deynzer
253 Julian C. Miller 
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Plant and Soil Systems students in the Agricultural Pest Management and Urban Entomology concentrations Dr. Jeff Davis 
A512 Life Sciences Building - LSU
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
JeffDavis@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-5618
Plant and Soil Systems students in the Medicinal Plant Sciences concentration
Jennifer Blanchard
237 Julian C. Miller
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

 

Faculty advising will be offered both virtually and in-person for the spring 2024 semester. 
Students can schedule an advising appointment using Navigate following the steps below: 

  1. Select “Academic Advising”
  2. Select “College of Agriculture”
  3. Select “Faculty Advising – Textiles, Apparel & Merchandising”
  4. Select the date and time for an appointment with the appropriate advisor
Student Population (Last Name): Contact:
A, S-Z Donna Sapp 
133 Human Ecology
donnasapp1@lsu.edu
225-578-1728
B Casey Stannard 
147 Human Ecology
stannard@lsu.edu
225-578-2404
C Sibei Xia 
135 Human Ecology
sibeixia@lsu.edu
225-578-1724
D Chunmin Lang
143 Human Ecology
cmlang@lsu.edu
225-578-7757
E-K Bruce Cameron
129 Human Ecology
bcameron1@lsu.edu
225-578-2282
L-M Debbie Welker 
223 Human Ecology
dwelker@lsu.edu
225-578-2406
N-Q Mary Elliott
235 Human Ecology
maryelliott@lsu.edu
225-578-1005
R Michael Mamp
141 Human Ecology
mmamp@lsu.edu 
225-578-1087