• Brenda Frazier
  • Brenda Frazier
  • Lecturer, Anthropology
  • ACADEMIC BIOGRAPHY:

    Penn State University:  PhD Anthropology, 2011. Dissertation title:  The Cranial Morphology of Dwarf Primate Species. Doctoral advisor:  Professor Joan Richtsmeier.

    Penn State University:  MA Biological Anthropology, 2005.

    Wellesley College:  BA French, 1999.

  • CURRENT PROJECTS:

    Audit and inventory of human remains curated by Dept of Anthropology. Supporting members of underrepresented groups in STEM. Advocating for the power of science as a common good in the face of political and cultural attack on the enterprise of science, scientific expertise, and practitioners of science.

  • RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Cranial morphology in fossil and living humans as well as nonhuman primates, especially cranial allometry over evolutionary time. Quantitative morphology. Responsible curation of human remains for pedagogy and research.