Kristin Sobolik
Kristin Sobolik | |
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| 8th Chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| Assumed office September, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas F. George |
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| Education | |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Paleonutrition of the Lower Pecos Region of the Chihuahuan Desert (1991) |
| Doctoral advisors | Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. D. Gentry Steele |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| Sub-discipline | archaeobiology paleonutrition |
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Kristin Sobolik is an American anthropologist who is the eighth chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Solobik earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Iowa and a master's and doctorate in anthropology from Texas A&M University and has published more than 100 papers, books, and presentations focused on archaeobiology and paleonutrition. During her tenure as chancellor, Solobik helped create the Student Academic Support Services, a student outreach and support unit with a mission to support students overcoming challenges in their academic studies.