MICHAEL H. CRAWFORD, Director
Laboratory of Biological Anthropology

Dept. of Anthropology
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-4170
FAX: 785-864-5224
e-mail: Dr. Crawford


DEGREES HELD:
B.A. University of Washington-Seattle 1960 Anthropology
M.A. University of Washington-Seattle 1965 Biological Anthro.
Ph.D. University of Washington-Seattle 1967 Biological Anthro. & Genetics

POSITIONS HELD:

1965-67

Research Staff (Primate Geneticist), Regional Primate Research Center,
U. of Washington.
 

1967 (Summer)

Predoctoral Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle.
 

1967-71

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and the Human Genetics Program, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA
 

1971-76

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Genetics Program, Human Biology Program, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, Ks.
 

1975-

Director, Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
 

1976-81

PHS (NIDR) Research Career Development Award
 

1976-

Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Genetics Program, Russian and East European Studies, and Latin American Studies.
 

1982

Fellow, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
 

1987-

Director, Midwest Twin Register
 

1989

Distinguished Visiting Fellow at LaTrobe University Melbourne, Australia
 

1989-90

Fulbright Fellow (CIES) to the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta; Andhra Pradesh University
 

1988-1999

Editor-in-Chief Human Biology: International Journal of Population Biology and Genetics.
 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND HONORS

Elected President, Human Biology Association, 1997-2001 (President elect, 1997-8; President, 1998-2000; Past President, 2000-1)

Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996. Awarded a rosette and plaque for contributions to science by AAAS president, Jane Lubchenko, February, 1997.

President of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics, 1994-6.

Scientific Review/Editorial Boards: Rivista di Antropologia (Italian journal), 1991-; Homo, German Anthropological journal, 1994-

Honorary Board of Advisors to the Indian Journal of Human Genetics, official journal of the Indian Society of Human Genetics, 1994-.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS AND PUBLISHED SYMPOSIA

Several of these titles can be purchased from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or Cambridge Univ. Press.		  
 

Hanson, C and MH Crawford 2006 Circumpolar Populations: Genetics, Osteology and Disease. University of Alaska Press, Anchorage (In Preparation).

Crawford, MH, D West and DH O'Rourke 2006 Biocultural Adaptation to the Aleutian Archipelago. University of Utah Press, Arctic Series (In preparation).

Crawford, MH and RJ Mitchell 2006 Human Biodiversity and Evolution. Wadsworth Press (In preparation).

Crawford, M.H. (ed.) 2006 Anthropological Genetics: Theory, Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press. (In press).

Crawford, M.H. 2001 Origins of Native Americans: Anthropological Genetics Perspective. Cambridge University Press, revised paperback edition.

Leonard, W.H. and M.H. Crawford (eds.) 2002 Human Biology of Pastoral Populations. University of Cambridge Press.

Crawford, M.H. (ed.) 2000 Special Issue on Anthropological Genetics in the 21st Century. Human Biology 72 (1): 1-267.

Crawford, M.H. (ed.) 1998 Biological Aging of Mennonites of the Midwest. Anthropology Series, University of Kansas, (to go to press, Spring, 1998).

Crawford, M.H. 1998 Origins of Native Americans. Anthropological Genetic Perspective. Cambridge University Press.

Crawford, MH 1998 Antropologia Biologia de los Indios Americanos. Reprinted on CD-ROM 1998 In: Colecciones MAPFRE 1492. Fundacion Mapfre America.

Crawford, M.H. and R.J. Mitchell (eds.) 1997 Human Variation at the Genetic, Morphologic, and Physiological Levels: Papers in Honor of D.F. Roberts. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 104 (2): 155-211.

Crawford, M.H. (ed.) 1996 Intra- and Inter-population Variation in DNA Markers. Symposium in the American Journal of Human Biology. 5: 555-615.

Crawford, M.H. (ed.) 1992 Biological Anthropology of New World Populations. Special Issue of Human Biology commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus' contact with the New World. 64 (3) pp. 271- 461.

Crawford, M.H. 1992 Antropologia Biologia de los Indios Americanos. Colecciones MAPFRE, 1492. Madrid, Spain. This volume was commissioned in commemoration of the quincentennial of Columbus' journey to the New World. IN SPANISH, 314 pp.

Crawford, M.H. and Gabriel W. Lasker (eds.) 1989 Foundations of Anthropological Genetics. Special Issue of Human Biology 61 (5-6): 615-958.

Crawford, M.H.(ed.) 1984 Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics Vol. III. Black Caribs: A Case Study of Biocultural Adaptation. Plenum Press: New York, 395 pps.

Crawford, M.H. and J.H. Mielke (eds.) 1982 Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics. Vol.II. Ecology and Population Structure. Plenum Press: New York, 525 pps.

Mielke, J.H. and M.H. Crawford (eds.) 1980 Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics Vol.1 Theory and Methods Plenum Press: New York.

Crawford, M.H. (ed.) 1976 The Tlaxcaltecans: Prehistory, Demography, Morphology and Genetics. University of Kansas Anthropology Series, #7, Lawrence, 208 pps.

Crawford, M.H. (ed.) 1974 Symposium of Recent Developments in Hominoid Evolution. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology pp. 65-209.

Crawford, M.H. and P.L. Workman (eds.) 1973 Methods and Theories in Anthropological Genetics. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 509 pages.

GENERAL CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES

Crawford, MH, R Rubicz and M Zlojutro 2006 Genetic Diversity in the Aleutian Islands. In: Biocultural Adaptation in the Aleutian Archipelago (eds. MH Crawford, D West, and DH O'Rourke), University of Utah Press, Circumpolar Series). In Preparation.

Rubicz, R, P Melton, and MH Crawford 2005 Molecular Markers in Anthropological Genetic Studies. Chapter 6. In: Anthropological Genetics, Cambridge University Press.

Crawford, MH 2006 Foundations of Anthropological Genetics. Chapter 1. In: Anthropological Genetics, Cambridge University Press.

Crawford, MH 2006 The Importance of Field Research in Anthropological Genetics: Methods, Experiences and Results. Chapter 4. In Anthropological Genetics, Cambridge University Press.

Uttley, M. and M.H. Crawford 2005 Biological Indicators of Functional Age: A Case Study. In: Human Clocks: The Bio-Cultural Meanings of Age. Population, Family, and Society. (eds. C. Sauvain-Dugerdil and N Mascie-Taylor), Peter Lang, Publishers, Bern, pp. 85-123.

Crawford, M.H., J. McComb, and R.J. Mitchell 2002 Genetic structure of pastoral populations of Siberia: The Evenki of Central Siberia and the Kizhi of Gorno Altai. In: Human Biology of the Pastoral Populations. Cambridge University Press, Chapter 2, pp. 10-49.

Crawford, M.H. and W.R. Leonard 2002 The biological diversity of herding populations: An introduction. In: Human Biology of the Pastoral Populations. Cambridge University Press, Chapter 1 pp. 1-9.

Crawford, M.H. 2000 Anthropological genetics in the 21st Century: Introduction. Human Biology 72 (1): 3-13.

Duggirala, R. and M.H. Crawford 1994 Human Population Structure: Use of quantitative characters. In: Human Genetics, New Perspectives (ed. P.K. Seth and S. Seth), New Delhi: Omega Scientific Publishers, pp. 35 - 63.

Crawford, M.H. 1993 Individual, intra- and inter-population variability in DNA. Evolutionary Anthropology 2: 4-5.

Crawford, M.H. and G.W. Lasker 1989 Introduction to the Special Issue on Foundations of Anthropological Genetics. Human Biology 61 (5-6): v-vi.

Crawford, M.H. and R.A. Halberstein 1974 Biological anthropology in Latin America. Handbook of Latin American Studies. (ed. D.E. Steward) vol. 35, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., pp. 139-152.

Crawford, M.H. 1973 The use of genetic markers of the blood in anthropological investigations. In: Methods and Theories in Anthropological Genetics. (eds. M.H. Crawford and P. Workman), pp.19-39.

Crawford, M.H. 1973 Our troubled environment. In: To See Ourselves: Anthropology and Modern Social Issues. (ed. T. Weaver) Scott Foresman Press, pp. 383-389.

Crawford, M.H. 1973 Some environmental problems for physical anthropologists. In: To See Ourselves: Anthropology and Modern Social Issues. (ed. T. Weaver) Scott Foresman Press, pp. 429-432.

Crawford, M.H. 1970 Trends in genetics and biological anthropology. Biennial Review of Anthropology (ed. B. Seigel) Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, pp. 191-251.

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