Alpha La
Lambda Alpha's LSU Chapter
Meet The Team
President
Hannah J. Johnson
Hannah is a 2nd year PhD student of Anthropology with a concentration in paleoanthropology. Her research interests include hominid evolutionary anatomy and hominid functional morphology. Her current research takes an evolutionary perspective on the clinical dilemma of ACL injury in extant humans under the advisory of Dr. Juliet Brophy. She received her B.A. in anthropology from the University of Iowa with an emphasis on skeletal collection preservation and geometric morphometrics. She has conducted research and fieldwork in Olduvai Gorge and the Gulf South.​​
Vice President
Julia Johnston
Julia is a 2nd year PhD student of anthropology with a concentration in bioarchaeology. Her research interests include Andean bioarchaeology with a focus on the repatriation and ethical treatment of ancient human remains, advised by Dr. David Chicoine. Her current research focuses on these issues in both Peru and the United States, comparing legal, local, and archaeological perspectives on the excavation and storage of human remains in both countries. She received her B.A. in anthropology from the University of Notre Dame and is currently conducting ongoing fieldwork on the northern coast of Peru.
Faculty Advisor
David Chicoine, PhD
David joined the LSU faculty in 2008. Prior to joining LSU, he studied at the Université de Montréal (Canada) and the University of East Anglia (UK) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University (Canada). His research focuses on the ancient societies that developed in the Andean region of South America, especially coastal Peru where he has been conducting fieldwork since the late 1990s.