Katelyn Bolhofner

Katelyn Bolhofner is an Assistant Professor of Forensic Anthropology in the School of Interdisciplinary Forensics (SIF) and Director of the Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Laboratory (FAABL), ASU. Dr. Bolhofner is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. Her research in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology links skeletal biology to issues of social identity, health, and human interactions in historical and archaeological contexts, as well as in contemporary society. Currently, she is the PI of an NIJ-funded multi-year, multi-agency interdisciplinary project seeking to employ skeletal trauma analysis to improve diagnostic criteria that will address and curb the rising trend of physical elder abuse. Dr. Bolhofner’s research in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology has been published in leading journals, presented nationally and internationally at major conferences, and is funded by multiple grants from the National Institute of Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.