Category: Forensic Anthropology

assisting in research that will enhance forensic anthropological methods for determining post-mortum interval, ancestry, and individual identity using human remains.

Michele O’Neill, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) – Central Identification Laboratory (CIL)JPAC-CIL

There are a few reasons why the internship at Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command- Central Identification Laboratory interested me. To begin, JPAC-CIL is one of the leading employers of forensic anthropologists in the nation. At any given time there are over thirty forensic anthropologists on staff. Their goal is to attempt to fully account for every… Continue Reading Michele O’Neill, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) – Central Identification Laboratory (CIL)JPAC-CIL

Jamie White, Austin Police Department – Forensic Science Unit

The Forensics unit within the Austin Police Department is a diverse organization with many labs working together to achieve a common goal.  I have had the privilege of being able to shadow or work with someone in every lab, while most of my internship took place in the ballistics lab. Each unit plays a specific… Continue Reading Jamie White, Austin Police Department – Forensic Science Unit

Christine Puebla, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State

You Get Used to It: Internship at a Forensic Anthropology Research Facility During the spring semester of 2017, I participated in an internship with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS), where I collected preliminary data to be later used in research concerning identification of human remains through aerial photography or concerning remote sensing… Continue Reading Christine Puebla, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State