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.