Craig E. Colten
Professor Emeritus, Retired, 2021.
Education
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 1984
M.A. Louisiana State University, 1978
B.A. Louisiana State University, 1974
Research
Dr. Colten is working on a range of topics including community resilience, adaptation to changing environments, water and hazards.
Selected Publications
Craig E. Colten. State of Disaster: A Historical Geography of Louisiana’s Land Loss Crisis. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2021.
Craig E. Colten and Geoffrey Buckley, (co-eds.). Historical Geographies for the 21st Century, Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014.
Craig E. Colten. Southern Waters: The Limits to Abundance. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2014.
Craig E. Colten. Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Craig E. Colten. Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2005.
Courses Taught
Historical Geography
North America
Louisiana
Seminars on urban environments, historical geography, environmental migration, the
human coast