An experienced researcher and teacher, Danielle Kurin, PhD, served at the University of California, Santa Barbara, as assistant professor --and later tenured associate professor - of bioarchaeology and a member of the department of anthropology. Danielle Kurin, PhD, focuses her field investigations in the Andes on the impact of natural disasters on populations and human bodies over the years. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate classes on campus, Dr. Kurin guides international field research programs that focuses on Andahuaylas, a south-central highland region of Peru. Her recently published articles center on health, migration, inequality, and violence, as well as underlying ethnic issues underlying pre-Columbian Andean history. Dr. Kurin has consulted on a variety of contemporary forensic cases spanning North and South America. She is an expert consultant with both the Government of the Republic of Peru and the U.S. Embassy in Lima, and serves as physical anthropologist with entities such as the California Department of Justice and the Santa Barbara Police Department. Also served on the executive board of the Institute for Field Research, Danielle Kurin is a longtime member of several professional organizations