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 Acremont 
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:


Seniors, transfer students, students with problems such as 
CATS holds or other holds, and alphabet P-S 

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:

Contact:


Last name A-B Dietetics & A-K Nutritional Sciences students

Brandi Milioto*
257 Knapp Hall 
bmilioto@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1537


Last name C-I Dietetics students

Erin McKinley 
285 Knapp Hall
emckinley@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1631


Last name J-L Dietetics students

Lindsay Barleycorn*
lbarleycorn@agcenter.lsu.edu 
271 Knapp


Last name M-Q Dietetics students 

Shellie Doré
205 Knapp Hall
sdore@agcenter.lsu.edu 
225-578-3661



Last name R-Z Dietetics students

Mike Keenan*
209 Knapp Hall
mkeenan@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1708


Last name 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 RNR 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 

Sabrina Taylor
School of Renewable Natural Resources
RNR Bldg. (Office 331)
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 
Room 210, RNR 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, Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Watershed Science

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 

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; Wildlife Ecology AOC 

Ashley Long
227 School of Renewable Natural Resources Bldg
Baton Rouge, La 70803
AMLong@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-4940


Course advising for current students attending LSU (1-80 credit hours earned) AOC, Wildlife Ecology AOC 

Kevin Ringelman 
310 School of Renewable Natural Resources Bldg.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
KRingelman@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-4212

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

Dr. Don Labonte
104 Sturgis Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
DLabonte@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-1203


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

Dr. Heather Kirk-Ballard
104 Sturgis Hall
HKirkBallard@agcenter.lsu.edu
225-578-2110

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

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


S-Z

Donna Sapp 
133 Human Ecology
donnasapp1@lsu.edu
225-578-1728