Louisiana State University's Department of Geography and Anthropology: A Selective History

Authors

  • Kent Mathewson Louisiana State University
  • Vincent J. Shoemaker Louisiana State University

Abstract

This inaugural issue of the Southwestern Geographer establishes a new tradition. Each issue of the journal will feature the history of a geography program at a university within the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers. These histories will provide "institutional memory" of the regional development of our discipline. The importance of detailing the transformation of geography departments will grow stronger as the discipline of geography matures and changes -- and as specializations wax and wane -- fundamentally affecting geography nationally, regionally, and locally. We begin the series with the first department in the region to offer the doctoral degree: Louisiana State University, founded in 1931.

Author Biographies

  • Kent Mathewson, Louisiana State University

    Department of Geography and Anthropology

    Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, LA

  • Vincent J. Shoemaker, Louisiana State University

    Department of Geography and Anthropology

    Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, LA

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