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Brief Biographical Sketch

Educational Summary

BA, with honors in Anthropology, Kansas University, Lawrence 1970
MA, Pennsylvania State University, State College 1973
PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1982

Areas of Specialty

Physical anthropology with primary research interests in human skeletal remains and historical medical anthropology.

Publications
Author and co-author of more than 80 articles, chapters, monographs and books.

Recent publications include:

2009	Willey, P. Stature Estimation. In Soren Blau and Douglas H. Ubelaker (eds.) World Archaeological Congress Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology, Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, CA. Pages 236-245.
2009	Willey, P., and Paulette Leach The Skull on the Lawn: Trophies, Taphonomy, and Forensic Anthropology. To be republished in Dawnie Wolfe Steadman (editor) Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology. Second edition. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. Printing anticipated 2009.
2009	Willey, P., Patty Jo Watson, George Crothers, and Judy Stolen Holocene Human Footprints in North America. Ichnos: An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces 16(1-2):70-75.
2007	Crothers, George, P. Willey and Patty Jo Watson Cave Archaeology and the NSS: 1941-2006. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 69(1):27-34.
1998	Scott, Douglas D., P. Willey, and Melissa A. Connor They Died with Custer: Soldiers’ Bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. 432 pages. Red River Books edition published fall 2002.

Recent Professional Activities and Awards:

Inducted into Connective Tissue Hall of Fame. Twelfth inductee. 2006.

Schaller Endowment for South American Anthropology: Bioarchaeological Survey of Cueva Atumpampa, Peru. Summer 2007.

Leave for Academic Year 2008-09.

Nominee for International Biographical Centre’s Foremost Scientists of the World. Letter dated September 26, 2008.

George Armstrong Custer Award. University of South Dakota, Vermillion. Received February 13, 2009. Second recipient .

Recent Appearances:

“Digging for the Truth” Hour-long feature including cave archaeology in northern Peru, produced and televised by the History Channel. Cameo appearance. Premiered September 3, 2007.

 

Professional Activities:

Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Anthropology. Certificate 43. 1989-present.
           
Consultant, U.S. Armed Forces Identification Review Board and the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command-Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii. 1997-present.                       

Morgue Supervisor and Senior Anthropologist, Mass Graves Team, Régime Crimes Liaison Office, U.S. Embassy, Iraq. Fall 2004.

Charter Member, Governing Board, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Defense’s Scientific Working Group for Forensic Anthropology. Co-chair committees on stature estimation and sex assessment. 2007-present.