Robin Nelson: The Fascinating World of Biological Anthropology

Robin Nelson is an assistant professor of biological anthropology at Santa Clara. Her work focuses on using evolutionary theory to learn about human social and health outcomes. She has done research in Jamaica on the role that adult figures play in child development. A few of her course titles include: “Anthropology of Love, Sex, and War,” “Modern Family: Science and Social Experiences of Human Familial Bonds” and “Kinship and Health.”

In this conversation, we start with Dr. Nelson’s story of finding biological anthropology and what surprising ideas she’s learned from her research. In the second half, we dive into some hot topics around the intersection of gene editing, biology, oppression and systems of power. 

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