Background: |
| The focus of the forensic anthropology program at CSU, Chico has been to apply skeletal and biological principles and techniques to the identification of skeletal and/or badly decomposed remains. By assisting agencies and individuals throughout the country the program additionally fosters a learning environment in which faculty, staff, and students cooperate in learning and teaching. This Forensic Anthropology Conference is the sixth such conference organized through the efforts of the graduate students of CSUC since 1998. The students invited each of the participants, and importantly, acquired the necessary grants from the University and others to organize the conference. |
Past Programs
2007: |
John E. Byrd, Ph.D., DABFA-No. 70 |
| Todd Fenton, Ph.D. Ph.D. - University of Arizona Professor and Forensic Anthropologist Michigan State University East Lansing, MI. Topic: Visual Imaging |
| Alison Galloway, Ph.D., DABFA-No.
45 Ph.D. - University of Arizona Anthropology Board and Assistant Provost University of California Santa Cruz, CA Topic: Taphonomy |
| Turhon A. Murad, Ph.D., DABFA
No.42 Ph.D. - Indiana University Anthropology Department California State University Chico, CA Topic: History of the Conference |
| Steven Ousley, Ph.D. Ph.D. - University of Tennessee Anthropology Department Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute Mercyhurst College Erie, PA Topic: FORDISC III |
| Steven A. Symes, Ph.D., DABFA-No.
57 Ph.D. - University of Tennessee Anthropology Department Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute Mercyhurst College Erie, PA Topic: Trauma |
| Organizers: Carrie Brown, Kyle McCormick, and all members of AGSA |
2003: |
| Dennis Dirkmaat Forensic Anthropologist Mercyhurst College Eric, PA |
| Hugh Berryman Forensic Anthropologist Regional Medical Examiner Center Memphis, TN |
| Sharon Pagaling-Hagan Criminal Profiler California DOJ Sacramento, CA |
| Marcella H. Sorg Forensic Anthropologist University of Maine Orono, ME |
Dr. Norman Sperber |
| Organizers: Ben Figura, Renee Kosalka, Mitchell Keur, Carolyn Orbann, and Tamara Leher |
2001: |
| Clark Davenport Geo-Physicist Necro Search Denver, CO |
| Ian Hanson Forensic Archaeologist UNICTY |
| Jerry Melbye Forensic Anthropologist University of Toronto, Canada |
| Norman Sauer Forensic Anthropologist Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan |
| Steven A. Symes Forensic Anthropologist Regional Medical Examiner Center Memphis TN |
Roland Wessling |
| Organizers: Ben Figura, Renee Kosalka, Mitchell Keur, Carolyn Orbann, and Tamara Leher |
2000: |
| David M. Glassman Anthropology Texas State University San Marcos, TX |
| Lee Goff Entomology University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI |
| Robert Mann JPAC, Central Identification Laboratory Hickam AFB, HI |
| Tal Simmons Anthropology Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI |
| Steven A. Symes Forensic Anthropologist Regional MEO Memphis TN |
| Organizers: Eric Bartelink, Gina Hart, Tamara Leher, James Mangold, Rebecca O'Flaherty, Carolyn Orbann, and Jason Wiersema |
1999: |
| Thomas D. Holland JPAC, CIL Hickam AFB, HI |
| Paul Sledzick AFIP Walter Reed Army Hospital Washington, D.C. |
| Steven A. Symes Forensic Anthropologist Regional Medical Examiner Center Memphis, TN |
| Douglas H. Ubelaker Anthropology Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. |
| Organizers: Amy Zelson-Mundorff and Laura Morris |