Assistant Professor of Geography
Phone: 903.566.7442
Email: esills@uttyler.edu
Building: BUS 235
Department: Social Sciences
Elizabeth Sills
Degrees
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, PhD. Geography (Anthropology Concentration),
May 2013
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, M.A. Anthropology 2007
University of Texas at Austin, B.A in Anthropology, 1999
Biography
Dr. E. Cory Sills is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences where
she teaches courses in geography and GIS (geographic information systems). She is
an undergraduate advisor for the Social Science major and the faculty advisor for
the Social Science Club. Dr. Sills carries out research in Maya archaeology as a collaborator
on the Underwater Maya project in southern Belize. Her research interests are 3D digital
imaging, underwater archaeology, sea-level changes, ancient economies including salt
production, and ancient Maya wooden architecture. She has published articles on her
research in Anthropology News, The SAA Archaeological Record, Journal for Archaeological Sciences: Reports, Mexicon, Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, and ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings.