Kent Smith, Ph.D.

Kent Smith, Ph.D.

Kent is the Associate Dean of the Office for the Advancement of American Indians in Medicine and Science, Professor of Anatomy at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, and an Affiliated Research Associate at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

Kent attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University to pursue his interests in science, but he completed his bachelor’s degree at Cameron University, where he majored in biology and biochemistry. He continued his studies at Midwestern State University, where he earned his master’s degree in biology. At the University of Oklahoma, he earned a Ph.D. in Zoology.

Kent’s research interests include the paleobiology, biogeography, and systematics of late Neogene mammals of the Great Basin, Great Plains regions, and Colorado Plateau of North America. He uses a number of techniques and approaches, including multivariate statistical analyses, computer-assisted phylogenetic analysis, field collections, and surveys.

His teaching duties include an array of graduate courses in gross anatomy, comparative vertebrate anatomy, field techniques in vertebrate paleontology, paleomammalogy as well as clinical courses in human anatomy and sports medicine.