Dr. Eric Bartelink graduated from Central Michigan University with a B.S. in Anthropology in 1995, an M.A. in Anthropology from California State University, Chico in 2001, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Texas A&M University in 2005.
He has been a Full Professor and Director of the Human Identification Laboratory at California State University, Chico, for the past eleven years.

Introduction to physical anthropology, human osteology, human growth and development, human origins, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and statistics are among the courses he teaches.

His research interests include Native California bioarchaeology, dietary reconstruction using stable isotope analysis, and forensic anthropology applications.
He has written and co-authored several publications in scholarly journals, including Essentials Of Physical Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods And Practice, And Essentials Of Physical Anthropology: Current Methods And Practice.