Carolyn Kocken

Carolyn Kocken
  • Education Program Coordinator

Contact Info

785-864-5655
Dyche Hall
Lawrence
1345 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography —

Carolyn Kocken is the Museum Education Coordinator for the Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum.

Education —

M.S. in Paleontology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 2022
B.S. in Earth Science — Paleontology; Minor in Geographic Information Systems, Montana State University, 2019

Selected Publications —

Kocken, C.  (2022). Geographic and Temporal Variation in the Morphology of Diagnostic Tooth Characteristics in Mesohippus and Miohippus. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (Thesis). ISBN 9798819380345

Kocken, C. (2022). Diagnostic Tooth Morphology of Mesohippus and Miohippus: A Case for Synonomization. Poster at National GSA (Geological Society of America) conference, Denver CO, October. DOI 10.1130/abs/2022AM-378189

Kocken, C., Howard, M. (2020) Badlands National Park Visitor Site Report Program: A Unique Learning and Resource Management Opportunity Between Visitors and Park Paleontologists. Poster at National GSA (Geological Society of America) conference, Virtual, October. DOI 10.1130/abs/2020AM-359736

Kocken, C. (2019). Aquatic Snake Vertebral Modifications Compared to Terrestrial Snakes. Presentation at Montana State University Earth Science Colloquium, Bozeman, MT. April.

Kocken, C. (2019). The Influence of Climate Change on Prime Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Habitats in North America.  Poster at Montana State University Earth Science Colloquium, Bozeman, MT. April.