Administration
Alisa Plant, Ph.D.
Director
225.578.6144 / alisaplant1@lsu.edu
Melanie Samaha
Assistant to the Director
225.578.0496 / melaniesamaha@lsu.edu
Accounting
Kate Barton
Business Manager
225.578.6415 / kbarto4@lsu.edu
Acquisitions Editors
Rand Dotson, Ph.D.
Editor in Chief
Southern History, Atlantic World History, Louisiana History, Music, Southern Studies
225.578.6412 / pdotso1@lsu.edu
James W. Long, Ph.D.
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Literary studies, media studies, poetry, history and culture of Spain and Latin America
225.578.6433 / jlong12@lsu.edu
Jenny Keegan
Acquisitions Editor
225.578.6453/ jenniferkeegan@lsu.edu
Louisiana studies, general interest, environmental studies, fan studies, foodways, Caribbean history, contemporary social justice/civil rights issues in the South
Victoria Herrmann
Editorial Assistant
225.578.6467 / vherrmann@lsu.edu
Manuscript Editing
Catherine Kadair
Managing Editor and Assistant Director
225.578.3349 / clkadair@lsu.edu
Neal Novak
Senior Editor
225.578.6465 / nnovak1@lsu.edu
Ashley Gilly
Editorial Assistant
225.578.6319 / egilly6@lsu.edu
Design & Production
Barbara N. Bourgoyne
Design and Production Manager
225.578.2488 / bnbourg@lsu.edu
Michelle Neustrom
Senior Designer
225.578.6483 / mgarro1@lsu.edu
Shelby Lewis
Production Assistant
225.578.6537 / slewis12@lsu.edu
Marketing & Sales
James D. Wilson, Jr.
Marketing and Sales Manager
225.578.8282 / jwilson4@lsu.edu
Sunny Rosen
Publicity Coordinator and Copywriter
225.578.8650 / srosen10@lsu.edu
Jordyn Lofton
Marketing Coordinator – Review Copies, Advertising, Exhibits, Prizes
225.578.5104 / jlofto5@lsu.edu
Sam Anselmo
Digital Information and Data Services Coordinator
225.578.6434 / anselmo1@lsu.edu
