Elizabeth Weiss

Elizabeth Weiss is Professor of Anthropology at San José State University. Her books include "Repatriation and Erasing the Past" (2020) and "Reading the Bones: Activity, Biology, and Culture" (2017).

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A Report From the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference

The urgency of our mission was reflected in the list of attendees—many of whom had been laid off, mobbed, or ostracized because of their research.

Elizabeth Weiss

11 Jan 2023 · 14 min read

Indigenous Activists Are Targeting My Research. My Own University Is Helping Them

Academics who study ancient Paleoindian populations are increasingly being denied access to skeletons, artifacts, and even old x-rays and research reports. We need to start fighting back

Elizabeth Weiss

18 Aug 2022 · 10 min read

Jennifer Raff’s ‘Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas’—A Review

Jennifer Raff’s Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas was published with much fanfare in February, garnering a rave New York Times review. And as of this writing, it is listed as one of the top 10 books about genetics on Amazon. The success reflects the fact that the

Elizabeth Weiss

3 Apr 2022 · 13 min read

The Problem of Sex Discrimination in Indigenous Archaeology

In January, as reporters were celebrating the first woman—and also the first transgender person—to win more than a million dollars on Jeopardy!, I was reading up on the discrimination still faced by biological women who toil away in my own fields of endeavor: anthropology and archaeology. This discrimination

Elizabeth Weiss

16 Feb 2022 · 8 min read