Blair Schneider is an Associate Researcher and Science Outreach Manager for the Kansas Geological Survey and a co-PI for the ADVANCEGeo Partnership. She is a Past-President of the Association for Women Geoscientists and past chair of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Women's Network Committee. She has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Geophysics from the University of Kansas, and completed a postdoc in STEM Education at the University of Kansas Center for Teaching Excellence. Her work focuses on the application of near-surface geophysical methods to address archaeological and forensics investigations. Dr. Schneider has collected geophysical data at over 15 archaeological sites across the Midwest, and has also assisted local law enforcement for investigations.