Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Arkansas, 2001

Office Hours:

TR 10:20am-11:50am, 1:30pm-2:30pm; or Wednesday by appointment

Clark Hall 404R
408-924-5546
Elizabeth.Weiss@sjsu.edu

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Dr. Weiss completed her B.A. in anthropology from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1996 and finished her M.A. in anthropology from California State University, Sacramento in 1998. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in Environmental Dynamics (an interdisciplinary program involving anthropology and the geosciences), which she completed in 2001. From 2002 to 2004, she was a post-doctoral research associate at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Interests:
Elizabeth Weiss teaches physical anthropology courses, such as osteology, introduction to human evolution, and forensics. Her primary research expertise is in post-cranial studies using CT scans, X-rays, and metrics on past populations to reconstruct lifestyles and better understand bone biology.

For more about Dr. Weiss please visit her faculty webpage.