Dr. Cris Erin Hughes
Professor
Anthropology
The Institute for Genomic Biology
United States of America
Biography
I am a forensic anthropologist interested in perceptions of race, and the use of ancestry in both forensic investigations and the practice of forensic anthropology. I use genetic and skeletal data to study estimates of ancestry in present day Latin American populations. I'm particularly interested in how ancestry as a piece of information drawn from the body, can impact the identification process of that person. Recently, my work with ancestry is centered around the deaths of migrants along the US-Mexico border.
Research Interest
Anthropology
Publications
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Owings AO, CE Hughes, MP Rogers, JS Cybulski, RS Malhi. Maternal and Paternal population history of Indigenous individuals in British Columbia. 2015 American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Conference.
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Hughes CE, Dudzik B, Algee-Hewitt BFB. 2017. Understanding (Mis)classification Trends of Hispanics in Fordisc 3.1: Incorporating Cranial Morphology, Microgeographic Origin, and Admixture Proportions For Interpretation. American Association of Physical Anthropologists Annual Conference.
