CHSE Faculty

Sulentic Dowell was part of a research group who presented an auto ethnographic case study at the October 2026 Conference of the International Association of Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement.

Meet the new faculty and staff members joining LSU's College of Human Sciences & Education for the 2026-27 academic year.

Qian leads the graduate programs in Educational Technology in LSU's Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education. Her scholarship spans emerging technologies and pedagogy, instructional design, and technology leadership. Her recent research focuses on AI models, prompt engineering, human-robot collaboration, and AI policy, literacy, and pedagogy.

Geist will address critical issues in STEM education for young children at the 11th International Academic Conference on Education. The conference brings together an international audience of academics, nongovernmental organizations and policy professionals.

Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education faculty, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD, Cecil "Pete" Taylor Endowed Professor and director of the LSU Writing Project, was selected as a Writer-in-Residence for the Earnest Oberholtzer Foundation.

Boquet was appointed to the Emergency Preparedness Subcommittee for the Governor's Advisory Council on Disability Affairs. The appointment recognizes Boquet's expertise in disability, transition and emergency preparedness, including her current grant-funded work developing emergency preparedness curriculum for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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.