The Dirt Podcast

Race and Biological Anthropology with Dr. Rachel Watkins - Ep 131

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Recently, Anna and Amber sat down with Rachel Watkins, a biological anthropologist and scholar-activist whose research centers on social and biological histories of Black Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Learn about the social history of biological anthropology, the exemplary case studies with which Dr. Watkins has worked, why you shouldn't discount the creepy things small children sometimes do, and so much more!

Links

  • Rachel Watkins Faculty Profile (American University)
  • Rachel J. Watkins on ResearchGate
  • The Mismeasure of Man (WW Norton)
  • The Cobb Collection (W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory)
  • Watch Now! African Diasporic Activist Scholarship: Beyond the Enlightenment, Toward the Democratization of Science (Wenner-Gren Blog)
  • Science and Freedom (Washington History)

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