Dr. John Hawks is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he has taught courses ranging from biological anthropology to brain evolution since 2002. He earned his B.S. in Anthropology from Kansas State University and M.S. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Michigan.
A series of 24 lectures titled "The Rise of Humans: Great Scientific Debates" by John Hawks has been published by The Teaching Company, The Great Courses.