Red River Regional Studies Center

Founded: 1985
Full Time: 1
Part Time: 4-5 (Student interns and gradauate assistants)
Budget:

Director: Gary D. Joiner
LSU-S, One University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115

Telephone: 318/798-4176FAX: 318/222-0662 E-Mail: gjoiner@pilot.lsus.edu

Research Areas:

Regional studies; cultural GIS research; historic preservation; environmental GIS; U.S. civil war and battlefield parks (scholarship and technological)

Areas of Expertise:

Geographic Information Systems, interdisciplinary Studies, History, Public History, Geography, Heritage Tourism development; Social Science Research, Historic Resource Management.

Special Capabilities and Facilities:

GIS laboratory, licensed as Regional Training Center for Environmental Systems Research (ESRI), CAD Masters, Earth Resource Mapping

Research Equipment:

10-seat lab Gateway hardware. Software includes ESRI ArcView, EPA landview; Earth Resource Mapping, Omega Group (CrimeView). Trimble and Magellan Global Positioning Systems. Chase and Sanborn Maps. State-of-art mappers and plotters.

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