Laura Murphy
- Contact
- Henderson Learning and Resources CenterRoom 214B1700 SW College AveTopeka, KS 66621-1117785.670.2105
- Degrees & Certifications
- Ohio State University, Bachelor of Arts
- The University of Kansas, Master of Arts
- The University of Kansas, Doctor of Philosophy
- Academic History
- Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Washburn University, 2016-Present
Geoarchaeologist, Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Davis, California, 2015-2016
Project Archaeologist, R. Christopher Goodwin & Associates, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, 2014-2015
- Scholarly Interests/Activities
- Great Plains archaeology, Kansas archaeology, geoarchaeology, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, Quaternary paleoecology, phytolith and stable isotope analyses
- Service Interests/Activities
- Kansas State Historic Sites Board of Review, Professional Archaeologists of Kansas, Geoarchaeology Division of the Geological Society of America, Kansas Anthropological Association, Center for Kansas Studies, YWCA Girls on the Run, Women in Science Day
- Career Accomplishments
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2016-2017
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2017-2018
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2018-2019
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2019-2020
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2020-2021
Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2020-2021
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2021-2022
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2022-2023
Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2022-2023
Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2023-2024
Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2023-2024
Murphy, L.R., Hurst, S., Holliday, V.T., and E. Johnson, 2014. Late Quaternary landscape evolution, soil stratigraphy, and geoarchaeology of the Caprock Canyonlands, Northwest Texas, USA. Quaternary International 342: 57-72.
Mandel, R.D., Murphy, L.R., and M.D. Mitchell. 2014. Geoarchaeology and paleoenvironmental context of the Beacon Island site, a Paleoindian (Agate Basin) bison kill in northwestern North Dakota. Quaternary International 342: 91-113.
Murphy, L.R. and R.D. Mandel, 2012. Geoarchaeology and paleoenvironmental context of the Burntwood Creek Rockshelter, Northwest Kansas, U.S.A. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal 27: 344-362.
