Jennifer Raff

Jennifer Raff
Jennifer Raff at Down House, 2015
Born	(1979-08-29) August 29, 1979 (age 45) Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Indiana University (BA)
Known for	Ancient DNA in the Americas Scientific literacy education
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics Ancient DNA Biological Anthropology American Prehistory
Institutions	University of Kansas University of Texas
Thesis	An ancient DNA perspective on the prehistory of the Lower Illinois Valley (2008)
Doctoral advisor	Frederika Kaestle
Other academic advisors	Dennis O'Rourke M. Geoffrey Hayes Deborah Bolnick
Website	www.violentmetaphors.com

Jennifer Anne Raff (born 1979, née Kedzie) is an American geneticist and an associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas. She specializes in anthropological genetics relating to the initial peopling of the Americas and subsequent prehistory of Indigenous populations throughout North America. She is the President of the American Association of Anthropological Genetics. Alongside her research, Raff is a science communicator who writes and gives public talks about topics in science literacy.