In the spring of 2016, I was able to intern for the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State. During this internship, I was able to not only participate in active research at the facility, but also to gain a better understanding of the way skeletal research collections are maintained and organized. One project I was… Continue Reading Amber Frenzel, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
Category: Skeletal Biology
the scientific study of skeletal materials in a biomedical, archaeological, or forensic context
Curry Blaha, Morton Shell Mound – Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum
I worked on two projects during my internship. First was The Morton Shell Mound in Iberia Parish, Louisiana where I organized and repaired storage boxes, and where I sorted, identified and tagged human skeletal remains. The second one was at Mississippi State Asylum Cemetery Project in Jackson, Mississippi where I transcribed patient intake and discharge… Continue Reading Curry Blaha, Morton Shell Mound – Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum
Carissa Spady, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
The main part of my internship at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS), other than processing and labeling remains, has been to document rates of decomposition using two different scoring techniques. The data collection is going to be used to create a paper or poster showing the trends and rates of decomposition in… Continue Reading Carissa Spady, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
Jessica Gutierrez, the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
During the fall of 2013, I participated in an internship with the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State. FACTS is a multidimensional forensic anthropological research, teaching, and outreach center within the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University. FACTS is composed of three components, including two labs and an outdoor decomposition facility. The mission of… Continue Reading Jessica Gutierrez, the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
Amelia Hessey and Rachel Canfield, JPAC
It is important for a student of any field to gain experience in that field before they enter into that profession. That is why, as graduate students of forensic anthropology, we wanted to get an internship at one of the most highly touted forensic anthropology laboratories in the country. That lab is called the Joint… Continue Reading Amelia Hessey and Rachel Canfield, JPAC