Student

Erin Voisin

DDes Student

evoisi2@lsu.edu

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Erin Voisin is a DDES student in the LSU College of Art & Design’s Cultural Preservation Program. She is also enrolled in the dual degree Graduate Certificate Program in GIS through the Department of Geography & Anthropology. Voisin’s research focus is Museum and Archival Studies, with interests in emergency readiness and risk management, strengthening cultural infrastructure in the face of environmental threats, spatial understanding of issues impacting cultural resources, and policy development for the benefit of cultural organizations and communities of practice. She is currently a graduate assistant for the LSU and ASU-led project “PROTECT-GLAM: Providing risk of the environment’s changing climate threats for galleries, libraries, archives & museums.”

Voisin’s professional experience spans the fields of historical archaeology, museology, archives, data administration, and cultural heritage resource management. She also has over a decade of experience in grant writing and management, most recently serving as Director of Grants for the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH).

Background Statement

Erin Voisin is from Theriot, Louisiana, and currently resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She received a B.A. in History and Classical Studies (2004) from Loyola University in New Orleans, an M.A. in Anthropology (2008) and an M.L.I.S. in Cultural Heritage Resource Management with Graduate Certificate in Archival Studies (2019) from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Research Interest

Her doctoral thesis focuses on hazardous materials handling protocols, policies, and resources for small and rural museums. She is actively working with LSU’s Rural Life Museum on conservation case studies related to this topic.

Notable Achievements, Awards, Exhibitions, Publications, Professional Experience

• 2026 Exhibition – DDES Material Culture course (DART 7004) final project “Making Groceries: Community Life in South Louisiana, c. 1920-1930,” on temporary display at the Rural Life Museum.
• 2026 Presentation – “Multifactor risk projections for US Gulf South Region’s cultural infrastructure planning,” in collaboration with R. Corkran, E. Benoit, III, J. Trepanier, and J. Vanos at the South Central Climate Resilience Forum in San Antonio, TX.
• 2025 Panel – “A Conversation on Culturally Focused Resilience Initiatives” presented with L.A. Chaisson and E. Benoit, III at the State of the Coast Conference in New Orleans, LA.
• 2023 Presentation – “Where do we go from here? Humanities Councils’ Evolving Role in Emergency Preparedness and Response,” with M. Buentello (TX) and J. Murphy (NY) at the National Humanities Conference in Indianapolis, IN.
• 2019 Award – Society of American Archivists’ F. Gerald Ham and Elsie Ham Scholarship.
• 2013 Published Study Co-Author – “Archaeological analysis of submerged sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf,” published through U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management under principal investigator A.M. Evans.
• 2011 Award – U.S. Department of the Interior Partners in Conservation Award for “Archaeological Analysis of Submerged Sites on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.”
• 2008 Achievement – master’s thesis Saint Maló Remembered.