Professional

Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Chairman, Department of History & Social Sciences
Leonard and Mary Anne Selber Professor of History

Precision Cartographics
Founder, Owner of Precision Cartographics, mapping , geographic, demographic, historical and archaeological consultation; expert witness

PROFESSIONAL & CIVIC AFFILIATIONS (current and past)

  • Civil War Preservation Trust, National Advisory Board Member
  • Phi Alpha Theta, National History Fraternity, member, former advisor of LSU in Shreveport Chapter
  • U.S. Civil War Center, LSU in Baton Rouge, member, board of directors
  • North Louisiana Civil War Round Table, member, former president, past coordinator of Eddie Vetter Memorial Symposium
  • DeSoto Parish Historical Society, former president
  • Southern Historical Association, member
  • Society of Military History, member
  • American Association of Geographers, member
  • North Louisiana Historical Association, former board of directors, former editor of North Louisiana History
  • McNeill Street Pumping Station Preservation Society, former board of directors
  • Oakland Cemetery Preservation Society, vice-president
  • Friends of the Mansfield Battlefield, president
  • Spring Street Historical Museum Governing Board, president
  • Multicultural Center of the South, past board member
  • Red River Radio, President, Advisory Board 2008-2009, current board member
  • Red River Heritage Association, board member
  • Sesquicentennial of the Civil War in Louisiana Task Force, chairman
  • Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Commission, member
  • Louisiana Historical Association, board member

EXPERT WITNESS/LITIGATION SUPPORT CASES (representative sample)

  • Janet Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board 98-405 and 98-406 1998-1999 1995 U.S. U.S. Supreme Court and District Court for the District of Columbia.
  • State of Louisiana v. Nick Taylor 1985-6 Criminal Suit 125348 First Judicial District.
  • State of Louisiana v. Nathaniel Code Criminal Suit 138860 1990 First Judicial District
  • Hamel’s Farm, L.L.C. v. Ike Muslow, M.D. and Berte A. Muslow No.