assisting in research that will enhance forensic anthropological methods for determining post-mortum interval, ancestry, and individual identity using human remains.
Using Human Mummified Tissue to Determine Postmortem Interval I conducted an internship with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (F.A.C.T.S) during the Spring 2015 semester. I worked closely with the director of F.A.C.T.S., Dr. Daniel Wescott, to conduct a study to determine if human mummified tissue can be used to estimate the postmortem interval… Continue Reading Simone Longe, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
As an intern at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) during the spring 2015 semester, I was responsible for photographing and documenting cases of evidence and trauma in the Texas State Donated Skeletal Collection. Trauma and pathology analysis is a unique way to understand how human ancestors interacted and how they lived. Accordingly,… Continue Reading Justin Demere, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
Not a Pretty Picture: An Internship Experience with Human Decomposition In the Spring of 2015, I helped complete weather data spreadsheets with FACTS, or Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State, director Dr. Daniel Wescott. He had been working on a side project that was focused on what variables affect the rate of decomposition based on… Continue Reading Laura Torres, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
During the Fall 2014 semester, I completed an internship with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS). This internship included human rights work with Operation Identification (Operation ID) and work with a newly installed 3D Printer. Although these two aspects of my internship differed, both projects were sometimes used together. For example, CT scans… Continue Reading Megan Veltri, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
During the fall of 2014, I participated in an internship at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State. FACTS is a multidimensional forensic anthropological research, outreach, and teaching facility within the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. FACTS comprises of three components, an outdoor decomposition facility and two labs. The original lab is the… Continue Reading Samantha Fleetwood, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State