Education:

• PhD 1990 University of Tennessee (Anthropology)
• MA 1986 University of Sheffield (Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology)
• AB 1983 Bryn Mawr College (Anthropology)

Professional Certification:

• Diplomat (D-ABFA), American Board of Forensic Anthropology
• Chartered Forensic Anthropologist (ChFA), Royal Anthropological Institute

Research Interests:

• The East Marshall Street Well Project (https://emsw.vcu.edu/)
•  Alternate light sources to detect human remains
•  Decomposition and the microbiome of bone to determine the postmortem interval of remains found on land and in water
• Post-conflict forensic analyses
• Trauma analysis

Affiliations:

• Retired Fellow, Anthropology Section, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
•  Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute
• Member, British Association for Forensic Anthropology
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
• National Zoological Collections, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
• National Institute of Forensic Medicine, Abu Kabir, Israel