Andrew Sluyter

My research concerns understanding racialized places and landscapes in order to contribute to decolonization, a more equitable and inclusive society, and more sustainable relationships with nature. Two decades ago, I authored Colonialism and Landscape, the seminal monograph on settler colonialism in my field. Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500–1900 followed a decade later to reveal the long-silenced voices of people of African origin regarding the establishment of cattle ranching throughout the Americas. My most recent book, the prize-winning Hispanic and Latino New Orleans: Immigration and Identity since the Eighteenth Century, addresses how immigrants from Spain and Latin America have long played central roles in creating New Orleans and its remarkable sense of place. I have served as the Executive Director of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Editor in Chief for the Americas of the Journal of Historical Geography, and on various committees  of the American Association of Geographers. Major honors include the J.B. Jackson Book Prize from the American Association of Geographers, the Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, and fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Carnegie Foundation. My PhD graduates have gone on to tenured positions at other research universities such as Georgia Southern and James Madison.
Phone: tel 1.225.578.4261
Address: Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
227 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
USA