Annie McNeill Gibson

Adjunct Lecturer in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

Director of Study Abroad, Administrative Associate Professor in Center for Global Education

Annie Gibson is the Director of Study Abroad and Administrative Associate Professor at the Center for Global Education. She leads efforts to promote intercultural learning campus-wide, including oversight of the IDI Qualified Administrator’s Group. She manages all undergraduate study abroad and works with faculty to develop their international programs. She has traveled with students and taught in many countries (Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Senegal, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Sweden). She is the faculty director for a summer program highlighting the diasporic connections between Louisiana and the Black Atlantic World and teaches a wide range of courses in Latin American Studies, Spanish, Portuguese, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Intercultural Learning, including an intercultural development pre, during, and post study abroad course. Her areas of
research and publication include Cuban and Brazilian performance cultures, immigration, travel and tourism studies, and intercultural learning. She has published widely, including two books: Post-Katrina Brazucas: Brazilians in New Orleans (UNO Press: 2012) and Hispanic and Latino New Orleans: Immigration and Identity Since the 18 th Century (co-authored, LSU Press: 2015). The latter won the 2015 J.B Jackson book prize for contribution of the year to the historical and ethnic geography of the United States (Association of American Geographers).