Kenneth E. Seligson

Kenneth E. Seligson is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He directs research on Classic Maya civilization, emphasizing socio-ecological adaptability to climate change. His 2022 Oxford University Press book reframes the Maya 'collapse' narrative by analyzing 700+ years of resilience strategies.

Research interests focus on:

• Human-environment dynamics in pre-Colonial Mesoamerica
• Resource conservation practices
• Archaeological analysis of climate adaptation
• Lidar-based landscape archaeology

He co-founded the CSUDH-LACMA Visiting Scholars Program, training students in artifact curation and digital collections management. Student projects are published on LACMA's Unframed blog.