Professor Ryan Stoa will join the LSU Law faculty at the start of the Fall 2024 semester.
Environmental, natural resources, and cannabis law scholar Ryan Stoa will join the LSU Law faculty at the start of the Fall 2024 semester.
Stoa has been a faculty member of the Southern University Law Center since 2020 and he previously taught at Concordia University School of Law and Florida International University College of Law. His research and scholarship focus on environmental, energy, and natural resources law and policy, as well as cannabis regulation, coastal law, and sustainable development.
“I am delighted to be joining the esteemed faculty of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. I am a dual citizen of the United States and France, so LSU Law’s bijural program of legal education and connections with the French legal system are a perfect fit,” said Stoa, who earned his undergraduate degree at McGill University in Quebec, Canada, and his J.D. from Duke Law School. “I am passionate about my research in agricultural, environmental, and natural resources law, and LSU Law’s strong reputation in these fields, and enthusiasm for my contributions to them, are meaningful. I look forward to actively participating in the vibrant academic community at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. Geaux Tigers!”
Stoa launched his academic career in 2011 at Florida International University College of Arts and Sciences, where he served as co-director of the International Working Group for the Institute for Water and the Environment, and deputy director for the USAID Global Water for Sustainability Program. At Florida International University College of Law, he served as Fellow in Water Law and Policy from 2011 to 2014, and Senior Scholar from 2015 to 2016.
“We are thrilled to welcome Professor Stoa to our faculty,” said LSU Law Dean Alena Allen. “Ryan’s expertise in the areas of environmental and natural resources law and policy will further enhance our already-strong energy law curriculum, and we are also excited to bring his extensive scholarship in the evolving cannabis regulation field to our students and faculty.”
Later this year, a revised paperback edition of Stoa’s 2018 book, Craft Weed: Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry, will be released. His article, “From Marijuana to Mushrooms: How can the Psychedelics Legalization Movement Avoid the Mistakes of the Cannabis Industry?” will also be published in a forthcoming edition of Tulsa Law Review later this year.
Stoa’s law review articles have been published in the Utah Law Review, Boston University Law Review, Rutgers University Law Review, Florida Law Review, and Harvard Law and Policy Review, among others. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Salon, The Daily Beast, and The Conversation, and his research has been featured in Rolling Stone, Wired, and Gizmodo, among others.
