Previous Student Thesis Titles

Sacral Preauricular Notches, Extensions, and Dorsal Pubic Pitting as Indicators of Parity”

Gull (Laridae) Scavenging and Dispersal of Pig (Sus scrofa) Remains on Appledore Island, Maine” (Coastal NE environment)

Underwater Scavenging in a New England Freshwater Environment”. 

The Effects of Thermal Alteration on Fractography”

Rib Fracture Patterns Associated with Three Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Techniques”

The Effects of Common Fire Accelerants on Burnt Bone and Their Influence on the Development of White Heat Lines”

Effects of Marine Abrasion on Sawing Trauma Characteristics.

Assessing Oral Health in a New Mexican Sample of Opioid and Non-Opioid Users from the New Mexico Decedent Image Database”.

Bone Dispersal by Canids in a New England Environment

Skeletal age estimation between social race groups and an analysis of the weathering hypothesis.

Metastatic skeletal lesions from prostate cancer and their role in positive identification

The pathological and taphonomic analysis of skeletal human remains obtained from a non-criminal context.

Analyzed a collection of heavily commingled and fragmentary human remains found in Massachusetts and conducted a biological profile. (The Overall Biological Profile of Anatomized Remains from the Winchester MA Site). 

The representation and identification of transgender, gender-diverse, and intersex individuals in the New Mexico Decedent Image Database.

Stable Isotope Analysis of oxygen, carbon and strontium in moder tooth enamel. 

The application of the Weathering Hypothesis to the dentition and subsequently how it affects positive identification efforts.

Estimation of population affinity in groups underrepresented by the current forensic anthropology framework, as well as decomposition

The analysis of the largest and most biodiverse Palo Mayombe ritual assemblage found in the US, involving both zoo-archaeological and osteological remain.

The Need for Standardization of Forensic Anthropological Case Reporting Practices in the United States (Published)

A Histological and Chemical Analysis of Four Taphonomic Processes That Bleach Bones