Sarah Franzen

Sarah Franzen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Anthropology at Louisiana State University (LSU), housed within the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. She holds a PhD from Emory University, an MA from the University of Manchester, and a BA from Colorado State University. Her research integrates cultural and visual anthropology to examine agricultural systems, rural development, and community organizing, with a focus on African American cooperatives in the U.S. South.

Her work bridges theoretical and applied domains, addressing topics such as cooperative wealth generation, digital ethnographic methods, and visual representations of ecological systems. Recent publications explore themes like multimodal platforms for anthropological data and participatory research methodologies.

Dr. Franzen teaches courses including ANTH 1003: Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology and ANTH/GEOG 4074: Place and Culture. She is affiliated with LSU's research initiatives in critical ecologies, disaster science, and geospatial analysis, though specific lab affiliations are not explicitly stated in the provided text.