Dr. Katherine Ford Russell is Associate Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology at University of Maryland. She is a graduate Harvard University where she studied biological anthropology and first participated in anthropology research and fieldwork. She earned a Master's degree in Anthropology from Northern Illinois University and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Kent State University. Her research focuses on age-related changes in human bones and teeth and their forensic and demographic applications.

Dr. Russell and her family support an endowed fund to help Maryland students from Prince George's County.

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • - Hominoid evolutionary anatomy, bioarchaeology, skeletal biology- Higher education leadership
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Degrees

  • Degree Type
    BA
    Degree Details
    Harvard College
  • Degree Type
    Ph.D
    Degree Details
    Kent State University
Photo of Katherine Ford Russell in front of Tydings Hall
2141 Tydings Hall
Department of Anthropology
Email
krussell [at] umd.edu