Faculty Profile
Karen Weinstein
Professor of Anthropology (2001)
Contact Information
717-245-1281
Bio
Karen Weinstein is a biological anthropologist with interests in human variation and adaptations to environmental stress, human osteology, human evolution, nutritional anthropology, and comparative primate skeletal biology. She has done anthropological fieldwork and museum data collection throughout the United States, Peru, Chile, Japan, the Cook Islands, the United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, and Tanzania.
Education
- B.A., Washington University, 1991
- M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994
- Ph.D., University of Florida, 2001
2025-2026 Academic Year
Fall 2025
ANTH 100 Intro to Biological Anthro
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of biological anthropology. We will examine the development of evolutionary theory. We will then apply evolutionary theory to understand principles of inheritance, familial and population genetics in humans, human biological diversity and adaptations to different environments, behavioral and ecological diversity in nonhuman primates, and the analysis of the human skeleton and fossil record to understand the origin and evolution of the human family.
Three hours classroom and three hours laboratory a week. Offered three semesters over a two-year period.
ANTH 400 Senior Colloquium
Offered every fall semester, senior anthropology majors will meet to learn about professional career opportunities in anthropology as well as a write a research paper that incorporates primary sources in anthropological writing and/or original anthropological scholarship involving fieldwork or laboratory research.Prerequisite: Research in Anthropology course.