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Student Spotlight: Elena Watson
This week, we are excited to feature our current fifth-year PhD student, Elena Watson! Elena is a jack-of-all-trades who has previously been the MSUFAL Lab Manager, a Research Assistant, a Teaching Assistant in human osteology, and the department Graduate Assistant. Currently, Elena is loving her job as a Teaching Assistant in the Division of Human…
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New School Year, New Forensic Lab
New School Year, New Forensic Lab! Welcome back to our MSUFAL blog post series after our summer hiatus! This summer truly sped by and the new school year has already brought a number of changes. Firstly, while it’s been a long time coming, we can announce that we have officially moved to our new space in Giltner Hall! The move went without a…
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Spring 2021 Semester Recap
Happy summer from the Michigan State University Forensic Anthropology Laboratory! As we come to the end of another strange semester, we’re feeling overwhelmingly hopeful for the first time in a long time! Our gears are already turning as we think about the casework, coursework, and research that will hopefully be able to resume in the…
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Dr. Mary Megyesi
For this week’s alumni interview, we are excited to feature Dr. Mary Megyesi, PhD, D-ABFA! Dr. Megyesi is a board-certified forensic anthropologist currently working for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), formerly Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, in Honolulu, Hawaii. In this position, she actively works to identify remains of missing military service members from past…
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Student Spotlight: Savannah Holcombe and Carolynn Sauter
MSUFAL is fortunate to have so many engaged and interactive undergraduates in our forensic program. This week, we shine the spotlight on two of our exceptional undergraduates: Savannah Holcombe and Carolynn Sauter! MSU hosts an annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) where undergraduates have an opportunity to showcase their research. The Anthropology Department…
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Interview with Dr. Norman Sauer
Welcome back to the MSUFAL Blog Series! This week, two of our lab members, Amber Plemons and Rhian Dunn, sat down with Dr. Norm Sauer, a Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and the 2007 recipient of the T. Dale Stewart Award for Lifetime Achievement in Forensic Anthropology. In addition to his position as a faculty member,…
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Dr. Jane Harris
Welcome back to the MSUFAL blog where we would like to highlight another one of our alumni from our lab: Dr. Jane (Wankmiller) Harris! Dr. Harris is a forensic anthropologist employed at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, where she works as Director of the Forensic Research Outdoor Station (FROST) – the first cold weather…
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Student Spotlight: Amber Plemons
The MSUFAL is very pleased to feature PhD Candidate, Amber Plemons, for this edition of our student spotlight. Amber is currently working on her dissertation project, “The Interaction Between Genetics and Climate on Craniofacial Variation: Examining the Causative Forces of Macromorphoscopic Trait Expression”, which aims to understand the evolutionary and ecogeographical factors of human variation.…
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336 Days In
Welcome back to another blog update from the MSUFAL! Can you believe that we have already spent approximately one year in quarantine? If we choose to acknowledge that quarantine started on March 13, 2020 (which was the most googled date), then we are 336 days in to isolation. Days have blended into weeks that have…
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Student Spotlight: Micayla Spiros
As we say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021, we would like to highlight one of our lab members here at the MSUFAL: Micayla Spiros! Micayla is currently a third year doctoral student and is also our current MSUFAL Laboratory Manager. She has been instrumental to transitioning our casework to an online platform during…