Mica Glantz
She, Her, Hers
Dr. Mica Glantz (she/her) received her B.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a paleoanthropologist who specializes in Neandertal paleobiology and paleogeography. Broadly, her research focuses on hominin dental and craniofacial morphology as well as Paleolithic archaeology in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in order to better understand Neandertal/modern human/Denisovan interactions during the late Pleistocene of Central Asia. She was a Fulbright Scholar from 2007-08 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Currently, she is collaborating on a multi-disciplinary project on Central Asian Paleolithic sites. Dr. Glantz identifies as a secular Jewish person. She grew up going to Jewish summer camp and eating bagels and lox Sunday morning with her family. She worked for six summers at the Neandertal cave site of Hayonim, located in the Upper Galilee in Israel and collected her dissertation data from Tel Aviv University. She is committed to creating a more inclusive environment for Jewish students and culture on CSU’s campus. Dr. Mica Glantz can be reached at Mica.Glantz@colostate.edu. Learn about her scholarly work here.