Title: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, Vanderbilt University;
M.A., Anthropology, Vanderbilt University Certificate in Latin American Studies;
A.B. Bryn Mawr College, Anthropology, Spanish, Latin American Studies
Office: 102 Sims Science Building
Phone: 803/323-4033
E-mail: kohutl@winthrop.edu
Dr. Kohut is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. As an archaeologist and anthropologist, she is interested in the complex interactions between humans and their environment across deep time scales. Her research investigates how periods characterized by social and ecological crisis–like warfare, climate change, and colonialism–disrupt and transform society. Dr. Kohut studies human-environment interaction using geospatial approaches—including GIS and spatial analysis, remote sensing, and born-digital data collection (UAV mapping, in-field GIS, photogrammetry)—alongside traditional archaeological field techniques. Since 2004, most of her research has taken place in the Peruvian Andes where she has been engaged in long-term field research.
At Winthrop, Dr. Kohut teaches courses in the Environment Science and Environmental Studies Programs and the Geography minor. She also manages the Geospatial Environmental Modeling (GEM) Lab, a high-performance GIS and remote sensing research lab.