Published: 2025-01-03

Introduction

Celebrating Fifty Years of Awareness, Change, and Progress in Forensic Anthropology

Katharine E. Kolpan

215–222

Abstract

This article examines the origins and history of forensic anthropology. It pays particularly close attention to trends and developments in the...

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The Origins of Forensic Anthropology in the United States

Nicholas Vere Passalacqua, Iris Clever

223–236

Abstract

Traditional histories of forensic anthropology focus on key figures, events, and/or publications within a larger narrative of disciplinary...

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Pioneers of Color

A Counternarrative of Foundational Figures in Forensic Anthropology's History

Matthew C. Go, Isis Dwyer, Tisa N. Loewen, Nandar Yukyi, Chaunesey Clemmons, Sydney S. Garcia, Kamar Afra, Fatimah A. Bouderdaben, Alba Craig, Isabel S. Melhado, Tanya Ramos, Ivanna Robledo, Evonne Turner-Byfield, Aaron J. Young, Jessica K. Juarez, Elaine Y. Chu, An-Di Yim, Allison Nesbitt, Jesse R. Goliath

237–248

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Popular renditions on the history of forensic anthropology have traced the discipline’s roots back to early European anatomy and nineteenth to...

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Forensic Anthropology in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)

Demographic, Membership, Matriculation, and Mentorship Trends

Katharine E. Kolpan, John A. Williams

249–266

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This article traces demographic, membership, matriculation, and mentorship trends in forensic anthropology from the American Academy of Forensic...

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From a Small Plot in Knoxville to a Worldwide Footprint

An Overview of Human Decomposition Facilities

Melissa Connor, William Raymond Belcher, Gretchen R. Dabbs, Anthony Falsetti, Shari L. Forbes, Timothy P. Gocha, Jane Harris, Sheree Hughes, Ginesse Listi, Sophia Mavroudas, Austin Polonitza, Sophia I. Reck, Dawnie Steadman, Jodie Ward, Daniel J. Wescott, An-Di Yim, Katie Zedjlik
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The first outdoor human decomposition research facility was established by Dr. William Bass in 1980 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville....

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Daubert and the Effect on Biological Profile Research

Kate M. Lesciotto

290–301

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As a core component of casework, methods for estimating the biological profile must meet current legal standards to be
admissible as part of...

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The Evolving Role of Forensic Anthropologists in Medical Examiner Offices

Julie Fleischman, Jennifer Vollner, Bradley Adams, Christian Matthew Crowder, Deborrah Pinto, Miriam Soto Martinez, Christopher Rainwater, Caitlin Vogelsberg, Jason Wiersema

282–289

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The discipline of forensic anthropology has evolved dramatically during its relatively short history, as has the role of forensic...

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