Leila Joyce Seals, Ph.D. Candidate
Ph.D. Student
lmjoyceseals@ku.edu
Primary office:
Kansas Geological Survey, Parker Hall Room 105
University of Kansas
1930 Constant Ave.
Advisor:
Dr. Rolfe Mandel
Dissertation Topic:
Late Quaternary landscape evolution and geoarchaeology of the Big Blue River valley, northeastern Kansas
Education
Master of Science, Geology, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Research
Other interests: women and other underrepresented minorities in STEM, public archaeology, ethnogeology, geoscience outreach and informal education as a means of increasing access to, and participation in, the geosciences
Research Interests
- Geoarchaeology
- Sedimentology
- Stratigraphy
- Paleoenvironmental reconstruction
- Coastal and alluvial geology
- Late Quaternary landscape evolution
- Peopling of the Americas
- Geoarchaeology of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Selected Awards & Honors
Self Graduate Fellow, 2015-2019
