Ariel Gruenthal-Rankin is a biocultural osteologist who explores how research in forensics and bioarchaeology accounts for people of marginalized identities. I am particularly passionate about the integration of critical social theory and community-facing work in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology. ​My current forensic anthropological research focuses on how our analytical methods speak to (or fail to speak to) diverse lived experiences. My current research evaluates how we can account for social vulnerability of individuals associated with forensic casework from an intersectional and interdisciplinary perspective. The goal of this research to to provide forensic anthropologists with a better understanding how structural violence affects our work and provide pathways for community-level advocacy. Additionally, I am interested in evaluating how adverse childhood experiences affect methodological rigor in forensic anthropology. My applied experience in forensics includes serving as a death investigator, autopsy technician, and forensic anthropologist in Northern California, New York, and Hawaiʻi.