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Elizabeth Weiss

Assistant Professor
PhD - University of Arkansas, 2001

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Elizabeth Weiss is an assistant professor in the Anthropology Department who will be teaching 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.

She 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.


Office: CL-404R

Phone: (408) 924-5546

Email: eweiss@email.sjsu.edu

Web Sites:

http://www.anthrosciences.com

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Elizabeth has won two student competitions (Southwestern Anthropological Association, 1998; American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2002), has presented at many annual meetings (American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology, Paleopathology Association, Southwestern Anthropological Association), has published several articles in professional journals (Quaternary Research; American Journal of Physical Anthropology), and is a co-author (with J.F. Powell and J. C. Rose) on a chapter concerning Kennewick Man's skeletal biology that will be out soon.

For a list of publications, conference presentations, and her curriculum vitae, please visit Elizabeth Weiss's personal home page: http://www.anthrosciences.com.