Kristin Sobolik

{{Short description|Eighth chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis}}

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| name = Kristin Sobolik

| office = 8th Chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis

| term_start = September, 2019

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| predecessor = Thomas F. George

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| education = {{ plainlist |

• University of Iowa (BS)
• Texas A&M University (MA, PhD)

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| thesis_title = Paleonutrition of the Lower Pecos Region of the Chihuahuan Desert

| thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/303979385/

| thesis_year = 1991

| doctoral_advisors = Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr.
D. Gentry Steele

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| discipline = Anthropology

| sub_discipline = archaeobiology
paleonutrition

| workplaces = {{plainlist|

• Wright State University
• University of Maine
• University of Missouri–St. Louis

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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{{Cite web |title=Announcement of UMSL Chancellor Kristin Sobolik {{!}} University of Missouri System |url=https://www.umsystem.edu/president-blog/announcement-umsl-chancellor-kristin-sobolik |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=www.umsystem.edu}} and has published more than 100 papers, books, and presentations focused on archaeobiology and paleonutrition.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-13 |title=Kristin Sobolik appointed 8th chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis - Climate Change Institute - University of Maine |url=https://climatechange.umaine.edu/2020/04/13/kristin-sobolik-appointed-8th-chancellor-of-the-university-of-missouri-st-louis/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Climate Change Institute |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Student Outreach and Support {{!}} UMSL |url=https://www.umsl.edu/outreach-and-support/ |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=www.umsl.edu}}