Erin Franks, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. Dr. Franks will be teaching developmental biology in the M1 curriculum as well as assisting in the Modern Anatomical Sciences graduate program.

Dr. Franks has been a post-doctoral researcher in Anatomy and Neurobiology since 2017. Her research interests include craniofacial morphology and form-function relations. She taught in the former Human Development and Structure course.

Dr. Franks earned her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame and has an M.S. in Forensic and Biological Anthropology from Mercyhurst University.