CHSE Faculty
Faculty at the Forefront
The College of Human Sciences & Education faculty are at the forefront — making the world a better place to live.
CHSE faculty cultivate future leaders who are innovative problem-solvers that seek to have a positive impact on society. We develop cutting-edge, high-quality research and leverage human capital to address the most pressing societal challenges facing the state, nation, and world.
We are committed to pursuing the highest and best version of ourselves, knowing that our excellence can empower transformation in the world.
70
Tenure or Tenure-track Faculty
2022-2023
149
Articles Published
2022-2023
$8.1M
Total Research Expenditures
2022-2023
Meet the CHSE Faculty
CHSE Faculty reside in the College's five academic units that are devoted to developing leaders and scholars of the future and creating and disseminating knowledge through transformational research.
Faculty News
Bullseye for Schools, typically used in K-12 school districts, allows for capturing, uploading and storing video observations and instantly communicating feedback. LSU is the first university in the nation to partner with the platform for preservice teacher observations.
Allie Boquet, PhD, an assistant professor of professional practice in special education in the LSU Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education, has been awarded the Empowering Future Educators Through Simulation grant from SchoolSims, making LSU the first university in Louisiana to receive this award.
April Chen, PhD, associate professor in the LSU Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education, is making sure transfer students are set up for success on LSU's campus with GEAUX Transfer, a one-semester peer-mentoring program that pairs new transfer students with senior transfer student mentors, fostering a sense of community and belonging among students who may share similar experiences.
Through a partnership with LSU's T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, Jennifer Baumgartner, PhD, launched the Louisiana Early Childhood Teacher Oral History Project, where education undergraduate students collect stories and oral histories from Louisiana's early childhood teachers. To date, more than 100 interviews with early childhood teachers who work with children from birth to third grade have been conducted, creating an incredible repository of knowledge for current and future teachers, policy makers and early childhood researchers.
Ayala, a second-year doctoral student in the Lutrill and Pearl Payne School of Education, has been named Associate Editor of the National Association of Special Education Teachers' Special Educator e-Journal.
Ellis, associate professor of science/STEM education and associate director of secondary education initiatives in the LSU Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education, received the 2025 UTeach STEM Educators Association's Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for his work with LSU's GeauxTeach STEM teacher preparation program.
LSU Kinesiology Professor Senlin Chen, PhD, and his team are developing a novel obesity prevention program to use in Louisiana schools, combining such tactics as virtual pets and coaches with the best science to encourage healthy behaviors.