Kristina Killgrove

American bioarchaeologist, science communicator, and author who primarily covers anthropology and archaeology news and engages in research on ancient Roman skeletons. She is a regular contributor to Mental Floss and previously to Science Uncovered. Since March 2015, she has written a regular science column for Forbes. Since 2012, she has been a member of the faculty in anthropology at the University of West Florida and she has maintained an affiliation as a research scholar at the Ronin Institute since 2011. She is a graduate of Albemarle High School and the University of Virginia, earning a BA with a double-major in classical archaeology and Latin. Killgrove attended East Carolina University and earned an MA in anthropology, then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned an M.A. in classical archaeology and a PhD in anthropology. She has taught college courses at the University of West Florida, Vanderbilt University, UNC Chapel Hill, SUNY Cortland, and Durham Technical Community College. Killgrove is married with two children. Link to Wikipedia biography