Forensic Anthropology

Brief History of Forensic Anthropology; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Shirley Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command/Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC/CIL) History; Thomas D. Holland and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Forensic Anthropology Today; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Shirley Human Osteology; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, and Natalie R. Shirley Human Odontology and the Dentition in Forensic Anthropology; Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley Crime Scene Methodology; Denise To Processing and Inventory of Remains; Lee Meadows Jantz Determining the Sex of Unknown Human Skeletal Remains; Gregory E. Berg Age Estimation Methods; Natalie R. Shirley, Alice E. Fazlollah, and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Age Estimation in Modern Forensic Anthropology; Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt Why Do Forensic Anthropologists Estimate Ancestry; and Why Is It So Controversial? M. Katherine Spradley and Katherine Weisensee Stature Estimation; Natalie R. Shirley Introduction to Fordisc 3; Richard L. Jantz and Stephen D. Ousley Low-Velocity Trauma; Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. Lanfear Basic Gunshot Trauma Interpretation in Forensic Anthropology; Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. Lanfear Taphonomy of Fire; Joanne Bennett Devlin and Nicholas P. Herrmann Taphonomic Processes: Animal Scavenging; James T. Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Time since Death Estimation and Bone Weathering: The Postmortem Interval; Rebecca J. Wilson-Taylor Taphonomic Processes: Analysis of Fragmentary Remains; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Methods of Personal Identification; Angi M. Christensen and Bruce E. Anderson Forensic Anthropology: A Human Rights Approach; Erin H. Kimmerle Forensic Anthropology in Mass Disasters; Paul S. Sledzik Index

MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, Ph.D., is a forensic anthropologist at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory and is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She received her bachelor's degrees in microbiology and anthropology from Michigan State University in 2000 as a student of Dr. Norman J. Sauer, Ph.D., D-ABFA. She received her M.A. (2002) and Ph.D. (2005) in physical anthropology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville as a student of Dr. Murray Marks, Ph.D., D-ABFA. Dr. Tersigni-Tarrant was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship in 2005 at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory. During this fellowship, she was instrumental in establishing standard operating procedures for the histological analysis of human remains for the purpose of identifying missing armed service members. Until June 2012, Dr. Tersigni-Tarrant was the consulting forensic anthropologist for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Her research interests include bone biology, human and nonhuman histology, child abuse-specifically patterned fractures and timing of healing-human decomposition research, bone pathology, and developmental anatomy. Natalie R. Shirley, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of anatomy at LMU DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Tennessee Anthropology Department. She received her B.A. (1998) and M.A. (2001) in anthropology from Louisiana State University and her Ph.D. (2009) from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville as a student of Dr. Richard Jantz, Director Emeritus of the Forensic Anthropology Center. Her postdoctoral research (Improving Sex Estimation from Crania Using 3-Dimensional CT Scans) was sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. Dr. Shirley's research interests include skeletal maturation in modern populations, age and sex estimation, secular change, and skeletal trauma. She is a member of the American Academy of