Graduate School Staff

Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School
West David Boyd Hall
graddeanoffice@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-2311
Fax: 225-578-2112

Administration

Name Contact Information
Keena Arbuthnot, Ph.D.
Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School
arbuthnot@lsu.edu

Guoqiang Li, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost, Academic Strategy
Strategic Initiatives of the Graduate School
lguoqi1@lsu.edu
3250-B Patrick Taylor Hall
Clovier I. Torry
Assistant Dean - Academic Services
citorry@lsu.edu
114-B West David Boyd Hall 
Sandy Bacchus
Executive Assistant to the Dean
sbacchus@lsu.edu
119 West David Boyd Hall

Staff

Academic Services

Name    Contact Information
Cassaundra Klinko
Academic Services Officer                                    
gradofficer2@lsu.edu
114-D West David Boyd Hall
Linda Levy
Thesis Editor
llevy@lsu.edu
GradETD@lsu.edu 
Sean Lynam
Graduation Coordinator
slynam@lsu.edu
114-C West David Boyd Hall
Alexis Malbroux
Academic Services Officer
gradofficer1@lsu.edu
114-A West David Boyd Hall 
Alicia Paxton
Dissertation Editor 
apaxto5@lsu.edu
GradETD@lsu.edu
Sharonda Richards
Academic Services Officer
gradofficer5@lsu.edu
106 West David Boyd Hall
 

Admissions

Name   Contact Information
Zykeria Martin
Admissions Officer 
gradofficer8@lsu.edu
118-D West David Boyd Hall
Katelyn Rains
Special Programs Admissions Officer
gradofficer4@lsu.edu
118-B West David Boyd Hall
Shannon Slaughter
Special Programs Admissions Officer                
118-A West David Boyd Hall
 

Documents & Records

Name  Contact Information
Monica Aguilera
Documents & Records Coordinator                        
104-A West David Boyd Hall 
Gretchen Cade
Documents & Records Manager
118-C West David Boyd Hall
 

Finance & Administration

Name     Contact Information
Frank Amankwah
Awards & Assistantships Coordinator                   
gradawardcoor2@lsu.edu  
203-B West David Boyd Hall
Kevin Breaux
Awards & Assistantships Coordinator
gradawardcoor@lsu.edu  
203-C West David Boyd Hall
Christine Timpa
Administrative Program Specialist A
ctimpa@lsu.edu  
203-B West David Boyd Hall
 
Communications Coordinator 
203 West David Boyd Hall
 

Strategic Initiatives of the Graduate School (SIGS)

213 Hatcher Hall
osi@lsu.edu
Phone: 225-578-7230
Fax: 225-578-7231

Name   Contact Information
Tyrslai Menyaee’ Williams-Carter, Ph.D.
Professor of Research
twil161@lsu.edu
210 Hatcher Hall
Kristen Williams, Ph.D.
Program Manager -
Academic Careers &
LS-PAC MODELS Center
kwilliams9@lsu.edu
215-A Hatcher Hall

Student Success

Name Contact Information
Bruce Tate
Program Manager of
Future Scholars
brucet@lsu.edu
118-A West David Boyd Hall
Tyler Flynn                                                                     
Program Manager of Graduate
Student Success
118-D West David Boyd Hall