Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Geography
University of Texas at Austin, 2018
Master's Degree
MS in Geographic Information Science
Florida State University, 2009
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Anthropology and Geology
University of Mary Washington, 2007
Featured grants
- Krause, Samantha Marie (Principal), Radoman-Shaw, Brandon Gregory (Co-Principal), Smith, Heather Lynn (Co-Principal), Wernette, Shelly Jean (Co-Principal), Kilby, James David (Co-Principal). EMBRACE-EAR-Growth: From Places to Peoples: A survey of geological materials and human-environment interaction on the Edwards Plateau that prioritizes student learning., National Science Foundation, Federal, $400000. (Submitted: May 15, 2024, Funded: July 2025 - Present). Grant.
- Krause, Samantha Marie. Environmental changes in an ancient agroecosystem: a geoarchaeological approach to understanding wetlands in coastal Belize., Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2023, Funded: January 2024 - Present). Grant.
- Meitzen, Kimberly Michelle (Principal), Krause, Samantha Marie (Co-Principal). Geomorphic and Sediment Analysis of the Upper Brazos River in Response to Saltcedar Control, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $80102. (Submitted: 2022, Funded: 2023 - 2024). Grant.
- Li, Yanan (Principal), Krause, Samantha Marie. Environmental history in the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, TXST Division of Research, College of Liberal Arts, and Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University, $3000. (Funded: March 9, 2023 - July 31, 2024). Grant.
- Meitzen, Kimberly Michelle (Principal), Krause, Samantha Marie (Co-Principal). Geomorphic Characteristics of the Upper Brazos River in Response to Invasive Saltcedar Management, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $38160. (Submitted: 2021, Funded: 2022). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Harrison-Buck, E., Krause, S. M., Brouwer Burg, M., Willis, M., Perrotti, A., & Bailey, K. (2024). Large-Scale Pre-Columbian Fisheries in the Wetlands of the Eastern Maya Lowlands. Science Advances.
- Brouwer Burg, M., Harrison-Buck, E., & Krause, S. M. (2023). Raising the “BAAR” through improved method and theory: Reinvigorating regional research on Archaic occupation in Northern. Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology, 18.
- Garrison, T., Thompson, A., Krause, S. M., Eshleman, S., Fernandez-Diaz, J. C., Baldwin, D., & Cambranes, R. (2022). Assessing the lidar revolution in the Maya lowlands: A geographic approach to understanding feature classification accuracy. Progress Is Physical Geography, (Special Issue on Maya Region).
- Bhattacharya, T., Krause, S. M., Penny, D., & Wahl, D. (2022). Progress Report: Drought and Water Management in Maya Society. Progress in Physical Geography.
- Damick, A., Krause, S. M., & Rosen, A. (2022). Building resilient landscapes in a semi-arid watershed: Anthropogenic and natural burning histories in Late Holocene Tesuque Creek, northern New Mexico. Holocene.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Research Associate of the Year, Jornada Research Institute. September 2025
- Award / Honor Nominee: Nominee for the Presidential Awards for Excellence: Teaching Award at the Assistant Professor level, Texas State University. February 2023 - July 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: INQUA 2023 Congress Early Career Researcher Travel Award, International Union For Quaternary Research. February 1, 2023 - July 31, 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: 2021 Paper of the Year Award (Ellen Mosley Thompson Award), American Association of Geographers, Paleoenvironmental Change Specialty Group. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor for Spring 2020, Texas State University Alumni Association. 2020
Featured service activities
- Officer
Geoarchaeology Division of the Geological Society of America
- Other
Faculty Senate
- Board Member
Jornada Research Institute
- Undergraduate Advisor
GTU (Gamma Theta Upsilon) Geography Honor Society Faculty Advisor
- Reviewer / Referee
Holocene
- Reviewer / Referee
Quaternary Science Reviews