Karen Helen Brodkin ya iku ahli antropologi wanita saka New York City, Amérikah Sarékat, kalairan taun 1941. Karen Brodkin kuliah sarjana (BA) ing Brandei University taun 1963. Sabanjuré pasca sarjana (MA) ing Harvard University taun 1964 lan doktor ing University of Michigan taun 1971. Karen naté nglakoni panlitian lapangan antropologis ing Carolina lor (1980an) lan Los Angeles (1990). Dhéwéké wis nulis karya-karya antropologis kaya déné ‘Engels revisited: women, the organization of production, and private property’ ing jurnal "Women, Culture, and Society", "Sisters and Wives: The Past and Future of Sexual Equality" (1979), "Caring by the Hour" (1988), lan "How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says about Race in America" (1998). Karen kawentar amarga fokus panlitiané ing bab antropologi fèminis, khususé jénder, krabatan, ètnologis lan téori fèminis, rasialisasi, lan budaya kapitalis kontemporér ing Amérika Lor. Karen gabung ing "Society for the Anthropology of North America" (SANA)