Graduate Research Lab: the primary function of this lab is individual graduate research. This lab has five Pentium 4 Windows systems with 21 inch monitors and DVD/RW on each system; these systems are available to all graduate students 24/7 for their own research. This lab is a place for graduate students to try out new ideas and garner peer input for mutual benefit. This lab has a dedicated scanning workstation with a multifunction slide scanner and large format scanner. Software within this lab supports geographic information science, remote sensing, cartography, data visualization, programing, spatial analysis and statistics. All systems have access to AFS for data backup.

Advanced Applied Research Lab: the primary function of this lab is advanced instruction and research—individual and/or faculty directed. The lab is comprised of eight AMD 64 dual core Windows systems with PCI Express video, 19 inch LCD displays, DVD/RW and 500Gb RAID 1. This lab is accessible after favorable faculty review of a written research proposal, participation in a directed faculty research project or as the lab complement of advanced geography seminars. Software within this lab supports geographic information science, remote sensing, cartography, data visualization, programing, spatial analysis and statistics. All systems have access to AFS for data backup.

Gas Source Stable Isotope Lab: offering complete gas source (C, H, N, and O) and stable isotopic analyses capabilities. Directed by Professor Valery Terwilliger, this is the only preparation facility for gas extractions for stable isotopic analyses found in a Geography Department in the United States. The lab is part of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Consortium in the Biology Department of Kansas State University, directed by Professor Loretta Johnson and the Paleoenvironmental and Environmental Stable Isotope Laboratory at the University of Kansas, directed by Professor Luis Gonzalez. The Preparation laboratory is a research and training facility. Students and visiting scholars can use the facility to prepare samples for research or learn gas extraction procedures.

Soils and Geomorphology Laboratory: This facility provides the ability to conduct most standard soil and sediment analyses and is fully equipped with ovens; muffle furnaces; electronic balances; sonic and conventional sieve systems; fume hoods; R-O and de-ionized water systems; freezing, refrigerated, and room-temperature sample and core storage; Bartington magnetic susceptibility systems for core, sample, and field measurement; and a Malvern Mastersizer 2000 for high-precision particle size measurement. In addition, the facility has areas for preparation of samples (e.g., soil, bone, plant tissue) for stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating.
Director: William C. Johnson.

Palynology Laboratory: This facility, created in 1981, is equipped to extract and analyze pollen and biogenic opal from an array of sedimentary environments and houses an extensive reference collection. Using these approaches, wide arrays of vegetative histories and paleoenvironments are reconstructed. Another specialty is reconstruction of prehistoric plant subsistence, which has been carried out in localities within the Great Plains, American Southwest, Central America and the Amazon Basin. For example, microfossil research in Mesoamerica focuses on intensive sustainable horticulture of the ancient Maya.
Palynologist and phytolith analyst: Steven Bozarth, Ph.D.