The Machines are Winning Essays in Honor of Stephen D. Ousley (1961–2022)

Abstract

Stephen D. Ousley left us too damn early. We were not expecting it, so the hole he left is felt, in one way or another, nearly every day. The many words you are about to read cover only a hair’s breadth of his contributions and only scratch the surface of his enormous influence on a wide variety of topics in the field and the many research methods used by forensic and biological anthropologists today. To honor Steve Ousley, his friends and colleagues, former students, and family members produced this collection of papers. This Festschrift should have been while he was alive—to thank him, honor him, and recognize his many and varied contributions. But that was not the case, so here we present a posthumous honor to our friend.