Dr. David Orenstein
Dr. David Orenstein (Board Member since 2025) is Department Chairperson and a tenured full professor of anthropology at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York. He has been affiliated with the AHA for more than a decade. Dr. Orenstein has taught human evolution, primatology, science history and science advocacy for two decades. He is the author of three books, two published by AHA’s Freethought Press. In addition, Dr. Orenstein served at the AHA representative to the United Nation, for five years, and is an ordained Humanist Clergy. He is a happy freethinker who believes life is best lived with reason and joy for the human condition.