Carol R. Ember (born July 7, 1943) is an American cultural anthropologist, cross-cultural researcher and a writer of books on anthropology.
Her most recent interdisciplinary research, supported by the National Science Foundation, has been on the effect of natural hazards on culture.
From 1996 to 2009 she worked as executive director of the Human Relations Area Files, Inc., (HRAF) a nonprofit research agency of Yale University.
She has also co-edited Archaeology: Original Readings in Method and Practice (Peter N. Peregrine is the first editor; also with Melvin Ember).
[2] Another edited reader is Physical Anthropology: Original Readings in Method and Practice (Peter N. Peregrine is the first editor; also with Melvin Ember).