Rate My Professor Courtney Hofman

Courtney A. Hofman is the President’s Associates Presidential Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. She is Co-Director of the Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and Microbiome Research and Research Affiliate in the Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Hofman identifies as a molecular anthropologist whose research examines human-microbe and human-wildlife interactions on temporal scales spanning millennia. Her work addresses the evolution of mammalian microbiomes, from pathogens to commensals, and explores human impacts on wildlife and environments to inform conservation. Employing genomics, proteomics, stable isotopes, archaeology, ecology, and evolution, her interdisciplinary and collaborative approach partners with biologists, managers, health professionals, anthropologists, and stakeholders. This applied research tackles present-day challenges including ecosystem restoration, wildlife conservation, disease ecology, and the ethics of biomolecular studies. Her interests include ancient DNA, microbiomes, historical ecology, coastal archaeology, translocations, zooarchaeology, conservation genetics, high-throughput DNA sequencing, bioinformatics, human-environment interactions, archaeogenomics, domestication, and science education.