Revised: May 2015 (1990 and later only. Information for years prior to 1990 available on request)

Curriculum Vitae

ELIZABETH ANN MILLER

Department of Anthropology 5151 State University Drive California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 90032 (323) 343-5205 or 2440 e-mail: [email protected]

Education:

Ph.D. Anthropology, Arizona State University, 1995, Dr. C. Merbs, advisor. Dissertation: Refuse to be Ill: European Contact and Aboriginal Health in Northeastern Nebraska.

M.A. Anthropology, Texas A&M University, 1989, Dr. D. Gentry Steele, advisor. Thesis: The Effects of European Contact on the Health of Indigenous Populations in Texas.

B.S. Geology, Texas A&M University, 1985.

Present Position:

Professor, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles, and Consultant to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner/Coroner.

Certifications:

Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (#88).

Major Areas of Interest

Forensic Anthropology, Paleopathology, Bioarchaeology, Contact Population Studies, Human Osteology and Anatomy, Disease Ecology/Epidemiology.

Geographic Area: North America, with emphasis on Great Plains and Northeastern United States.

Teaching Experience:

2011-pres Professor, California State University, LA. 2003-2011 Associate Professor, California State University, LA. For courses taught, see below. New courses: Forensic Osteology, Paleopathology 1997-2003 Assistant Professor, California State University, LA – Courses taught include: Measurement of Human Difference (cross-listed with Philosophy), Disease and Human Evolution, Human Evolution, The Anthropology of Aging: A Bio-Physiological Approach, Human Osteology, Introduction to Physical Anthropology Honors, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Graduate Seminar: Biological Anthropology, the State of the Science, Graduate Seminar: Bioarchaeology, Forensic Anthropology, Advanced Forensic Anthropology. 1997 Faculty Member, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology -- Forensic Anthropology Course. 1994 Instructor, Arizona State University -- Biology of Race (Introduction to Human Biological Variation) 1994 Instructor, Chandler-Gilbert Community College -- Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (½ semester). 1994 Instructor, Mesa Community College -- Exploited Past, Fragile Future (½ semester). 1994 Instructor, Arizona State University -- Disease and Human Evolution. 1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University -- Infectious Disease. 1993 Instructor, Arizona State University -- Human Origins and the Development of Culture. 1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University -- Disease and Human Evolution. 1992 Instructor, Arizona State University -- Human Origins and the Development of Culture. 1992 Instructor, Arizona State University -- Biology of Race (Introduction to Human Biological Variation).

1991 Instructor, Arizona State University -- Human Origins and the Development of Culture. 1990 Laboratory Instructor, Arizona State University -- Human Osteology. 1990 Instructor, Arizona State University -- Human Origins and the Development of Culture.

Research and Field Experience

1998-Pres Anthropology Consultant to the County of Los Angeles, Office of the Coroner. Medical Examiner/Coroner: Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran. 2014 Instructor, Tenth Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Skeletal Recovery Workshop. Supervisor: Margaret Kaleuati. 2013 Osteologist. NAGPRA grant through UCLA to examine the Glidden remains from the Catalina Island Museum. Supervisor: Wendy Teeter. 2013 Instructor, Ninth Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Skeletal Recovery Workshop. Supervisor: Margaret Kaleuati. 2012 Instructor, Eighth Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held in Lake View Terrace. Supervisor: Margaret Kaleuati. 2011 Instructor, Seventh Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held in Lake Terrace. Supervisor: Jamie Lintemoot. 2010 Supervising osteologist, La Plaza Cemetery excavations. Independent Osteology Consultant. 2010 Instructor, Sixth Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held in Castaic. Supervisor: Jamie Lintemoot. 2008 Instructor, Fifth Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held at the Santa Anita Wash Basin, Los Angeles County. Supervisor: Jamie Lintemoot. 2007 Research on the sacrum and its use in sex determination of skeletal remains, with Dr. David Hunt, Smithsonian Institution. 2007 Instructor, Fourth Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held at the Santa Anita Wash Basin, Los Angeles County. Supervisor: Joyce Kato. 2006 Project Osteologist, CA-ORA-149. Supervisor: Phil De Barros. 2005 Instructor, Third Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held at the Santa Anita Wash Basin, Los Angeles County. Supervisor: Joyce Kato 2004 Instructor, Second Annual Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held at the Descanso Detention Facility, San Diego County. Supervisor: Erik Arbuthnot 2003 Co-Chair and Instructor at the first Los Angeles County Department of Coroner/Special Operations Response Team Buried Body Recovery Workshop, held at the Descanso Detention Facility, San Diego County for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Crime Lab. Supervisor: Erik Arbuthnot 2003 Research on Forensic Anthropology (history) in Los Angeles County. With Judy Suchey. 2002 Visiting Scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 2002 Research on use of femoral length (maximum and bicondylar) to determine sex. With Diana Dupuis. 2001 Research on presence of anencephaly in prehistoric remains. 2000 Research on use of the medial clavicle to determine age-at-death in adults. With Judy Suchey. 2000 Visiting Scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Research on paleopathology of a sample from Karluk Cannery, Kodiak Island, Alaska. 2000 Participant, ELSI Summer Institute on the Human Genome Project, Dartmouth College. 1999 Visiting Scientist, Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio (invited). Research on mission populations. Summer. 1998 Visiting Scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Research on paleopathology of five Maryland ossuaries. Summer. 1997-99 Workshops with Dr. Judy Suchey on Forensic Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton. 1998 Assistant. Ninth Annual Workshop on Paleopathological Terminology, Paleopathology Association. Directors: B.D. Ragsdale and D.J. Ortner 1997 Research Collaborator, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Curator: Doug Ubelaker. 1990-pres. Curator. Southwest Skeletal Disease Research Collection. Director: Dr. B.D. Ragsdale. Ongoing. 1995-1997 Director, Physical Anthropology Laboratory, Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Program Manager: Thomas W. Killion. May 1995-August 1997. 1997 Assistant. Eighth Annual Workshop on Paleopathological Terminology, Paleopathology Association. Director: D.J. Ortner.

1994-1995 Archaeologist. Gutierrez-Palmenberg, Inc. Staff Archaeologist for the Yuma Proving Ground project. Director: Jim Smithwick. 1989-1995 Project Osteologist. Listed as such on all bids placed by Northland Research, Tempe, Az. Director: Johnna Hutira. 1993-1994 Project Osteologist. State Route 87, McDowell to Shea Archaeological Project (multiple sites), Northland Research, Tempe, Az. Director: Johnna Hutira. 1994 Assistant. Sixth Annual Workshop on Paleopathological Terminology, Paleopathology Association. Director: B.D. Ragsdale. 1990-1994 Forensic Osteologist (Assistant). Maricopa County Medical Examiners Office. Director: C.F. Merbs.. 1993 Graduate Research Assistant, Arizona State University. Director: C.F. Merbs. Research into vertebral dysplasias, analysis of skeletal samples for vertebral column abnormalities. May - August. 1993 Laboratory Supervisor. FLEX Payson Archaeological Project, Office of Cultural Resource Management, Arizona State University. Director: Todd Howell. May - November. 1993 Assistant. Fifth Annual Workshop on Paleopathological Terminology, Paleopathology Association. Directors: B.D. Ragsdale and D.J. Ortner. 1992-3 Laboratory Assistant, HLA Laboratory, Blood Systems, Inc. Director: J. McAuley. May 1992 - September 1993. 1992 Project Osteologist. Los Guanacos Archaeological Project (AZ U:9:116), Northland Research, Tempe, Az. Director: Todd Howell. Human skeletal analysis. September - December. 1992 Laboratory Supervisor. FLEX Tonto Basin Archaeological Project, Office of Cultural Resource Management, Arizona State University. Director: Judi Cameron. May - September. 1992 Assistant. Fourth Annual Workshop on Paleopathological Terminology, Paleopathology Association. Directors: B.D. Ragsdale and D.J. Ortner. 1991 Visiting Researcher. Dissertation research, University of Nebraska -- Lincoln. 1991 Project Osteologist. Tonto National Forest Survey (multiple sites), Northland Research, Tempe, Az. Director: Johnna Huitira. May - September. 1991 Graduate Research Assistant, Arizona State University. Director: C.F. Merbs. Analysis of human skeletal remains from the Broadway and McClintock Archaeological Site, Tempe, Az. and data manipulation for Dr. Merbs. May - September. 1991 Assistant. Third Annual Workshop on Paleopathological Terminology, Paleopathology Association. Directors: B.D. Ragsdale and D.J. Ortner. 1990 Project Osteologist. Site AZ:4:6:213, Northland Research, Tempe, Az. Director: Johnna Huitira. November. 1990 Project Osteologist. Site DCA-90-121, Division of Conservation Archaeology, San Juan County Museum Association, Farmington, NM. August. 1990 Project Osteologist. Site AZ:AA:6:25, Northland Research, Tempe, Az. Director: Johnna Huitira. April. 1990 Graduate Research Assistant, Arizona State University. Director: C.F. Merbs. Curation of human skeletal collections, Arizona State University.

Forensic Anthropology Experience

1998 – Pres Anthropology Consultant to the County of Los Angeles, Office of Coroner. Medical Examiner/Coroner: Dr. Fajardo 2015 Cases on file, available on request 2014 Cases on file, available on request 2013 Cases on file, available on request 2012 Cases on file, available on request 2011 Cases on file, available on request 2010 Cases on file, available on request 2009 Cases on file, available on request 2008 Cases on file, available on request 2007 Cases on file, available on request 2006 Cases on file, available on request 2005 Cases on file, available on request 2004 Total 37 cases for Los Angeles County Office of Coroner. Cases on file, available on request. 2003 Total 52 cases for Los Angeles County Office of Coroner. Cases on file, available on request. 2002 Total 43 cases for Los Angeles County Office of Coroner, of these 21 were human, of forensic value. Cases on file, available on request. 2001 Total 56 cases for Los Angeles County Office of Coroner; 33 of these were human, of forensic value. Cases on file, available on request. 2000 Total 52 cases for Los Angeles County Office of Coroner; 29 of these were human, of forensic value. Cases on file, available on request. 1999 Total 7 cases for Los Angeles County Office of Coroner; 5 of these were human, of forensic value. Cases on file, available on request.

Academic Awards

2008 International Association for Identification Robert L. Johnson Foundation grant, $3,203.00. 2005 Nominated for CSULA Outstanding Professor 2005 CSULA IRA funds grant for equipment 2004 Nominated for International Scientist of the Year by the International Biographical Center, Cambridge England. 2004 Selected to appear in the Who’s Who of Professionals and Who’s Who in American Women. 2003 CSULA IRA funds grant for equipment. 2002 Nominated for the Wang Family Excellence Award. 2001 CSULA Lottery Funds Grant ($2000) for equipment. 2001 Selected to appear in the 2001 edition of Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. 2000 Selected to attend the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues of the Human Genome Project Institute at Dartmouth College. Highly competitive application process. 2000 Selected to appear in the “millennial editions” of Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. 1999 Selected to appear in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. 1999 General Education Honors Program Professor of the Year, CSULA 1998 CSULA Lottery Funds Grant ($5,000) for laboratory refurbishing. 1997-98 Smithsonian Institution Research Collaborator (Doug Ubelaker and Doug Owsley) 1997 National Museum of Natural History Exemplary Service Award. 1997 Smithsonian Office of the Associate Director (Science) Competitive Travel Award ($500) 1993 Nominee, Graduate Student Teaching Award, Arizona State University. 1993 College of Liberal Arts Travel Grant, Arizona State University ($202). 1993 Induction into Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Fraternity. 1992 Plains Anthropological Society Student Paper Award ($100). 1992 College of Liberal Arts Travel Grant, Arizona State University ($100). 1991 College of Liberal Arts Travel Grant, Arizona State University ($200). 1991 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research ($500). 1989-95 Regents Graduate Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University (Full tuition/fees).

Publications

Miller E (2011) African Eve. In Dictionary of African Biography to be published by Oxford University Press. http://sites.google.com/a/oup.com/reference/Home/African%20Biography Miller E (2010) Book Review: Paleopathology by Tony Waldron. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 142(4):674-675. Miller E, Machian D and Winter E (2009) Interagency cooperation, recovery, and identification of remains: The Interstate 5 Newhall Truck Bypass Crash. Journal of Forensic Identification 59(6): 637-653. Miller E (2006) Human remains in ritual context: Santeria or a less benign religion? No. FP 06-10 (FP-321). Forensic Pathology 48(10):127-142. Miller E (2006) Book Review: Diseases and Human Evolution by Ethne Barnes. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 132(2):320-321. Miller E (2005) Book Review of Health and Disease in Britain: from prehistory to the present day by Charlotte Roberts and Margaret Cox. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 15(5): 386-388. Andrews J, Gutstadt JP, Itabashi I, Dowell SJ, Schuchardt MS and Miller EA (2003) Central Nervous System Consequences of an Unusual Body Disposal Strategy: Case Report and Brief Experimental Investigation. Journal of Forensic Science 48(5): Miller E (2003) Scalp Avulsion and Cranial Surgery: A Prehistoric Case from North America. 2003. Paleopathology Newsletter 124:8-14.. Miller E and Simon SK (2001) Anencephaly: Something missing from the archaeological record? Paleopathology Newsletter 115:9- 11. Miller E (2000) Teaching Forensic Anthropology: A Comparison of Pedagogy. Southwestern Anthropological Association Newsletter 41(3):Lead article. Miller E (1999) Contributions in Learn by Doing: A Hands-On Workbook for Physical Anthropology by L Arenson. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. Miller E (1999) Whose ancestor is he? The case of Kennewick Man and the science of repatriation. Reprinted in Learn by Doing: A Hands-On Workbook for Physical Anthropology by L Arenson. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. Miller E (1998) Book Review: Bioarchaeology. Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton by C.S. Larsen. In Society Archaeological Science Bulletin 21(3):10-12.

Miller E (1998) Whose ancestor is he? The case of Kennewick Man and the science of repatriation. Southwestern Anthropological Association. Miller E (1996) The effect of European contact on the health of indigenous populations in Texas. In B. Baker and L. Kealhofer (eds.): Bioarchaeology of Native American Adaptation in the Spanish Borderlands. University of Florida Press, pp. 126-147. Miller E, Ragsdale BD, and Ortner DJ (1996) Accuracy in dry bone diagnosis: A comment on palaeopathological methods. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 6:221-229. Miller E (1995) Refuse to be Ill: European Contact and Aboriginal Health in Northeastern Nebraska. Ph.D. Dissertation on file, Arizona State University. Miller E (1994) Evidence for scalping in prehistoric Nebraska. Plains Anthropologist 39:211-219. Reinhard KJ, Tieszen L, Sandness KL, Beiningen LM, Miller E, Ghazi AM, Miewald CE, and Barnum SV (1993) Trade, contact, and female health in northeastern Nebraska. In CS Larsen and GR Milner (eds.): In the Wake of Contact: Biological Responses to Conquest. New York:Wiley-Liss, Inc., pp. 63-74. Miller E (1989) The Effect of European Contact on the Health of Indigenous Populations in Texas. Masters Thesis, on file at Texas A&M University.

Technical Reports

Miller E (1998-Pres) Forensic Anthropology Reports on file, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Miller E (2006) CA-ORA-149: Osteological Analysis. Miller E (1997) Physical Documentation of Human Remains from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1997) Physical Documentation of Human Remains for the Ponca Case. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1996) Physical Documentation of Human Remains from the Nordvold 2/3 Sites (39CO32/33), Corson County, Nebraska. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1996) Physical Documentation of Human Remains in the Ethnology Collections for the Nunivak Island Case. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1996) Physical Documentation of a Single Catalog Number for the Assiniboine Case. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Makseyn-Kelly S and Miller E (1996) Addendum to “With a Lock of Hair for Remembrance.” Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1996) Physical Documentation of Crow Ethnographic Object/Nez Perce Scalp (E00053) for the National Museum of Natural History. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1996) Physical Documentation of Human Remains from the Koyuk Site, North East Norton Sound, Alaska. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1996) Physical Documentation of Human Remains for the NANA Case (Alaska). Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1995) Physical Documentation of Human Remains from 39BF270, Buffalo County, South Dakota. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1995) Physical Documentation of Human Remains from the Nordvold 1 Site, 39CO31, Corson County, South Dakota. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1995) Physical Documentation of Human Remains from Northeastern Wisconsin in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1995) Physical Documentation of Human Remains from the Ziltner Site (39SL10), South Dakota. Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Miller E (1995) Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from the MTS Project (Appendix B). In MR Hackbarth, DB Craig and TK Henderson (eds.): Archaeology at the Head of the Scottsdale Canal System Volume 1: Project Background and Site Descriptions. Flagstaff:Northland Research, Inc., pp. 191-202. Miller E (1995) Cultural Resource Management Plan for Yuma Proving Ground. Produced for Gutierrez-Palmenberg, Inc., under contract with the Department of Defense, Yuma Proving Ground. Miller E (1993) Human skeletal remains recovered from Los Guanacos (Appendix A). In TL Howell (ed.): Archaeological Investigations at Los Guanacos: Exploring Cultural Changes in Late Hohokam Society. Flagstaff:Northland Research, Inc., pp. 185-194. Miller E (1992) Appendix C: Analysis of human skeletal remains from La Escuela Cuba. In MR Hackbarth (ed.): Prehistoric and Historic Occupation of the Lower Verde River Valley: The State Route 87 Verde Bridge Project. Arizona Department of Transportation Contract No. 89-28. Tempe:Northland Research, Inc., pp. 591-594. Shaffer BS and Miller E (1992) Analysis of the vertebrate fauna recovered from the NAN-15 ruin, a late Classic Mimbres pueblo site. In Harry J Shafer (ed.): The NAN-15 site, a Late Classic Mimbres Pueblo in Grant County, New Mexico. College Station:Department of Anthropology.

Publications in Press

Miller E, Stout K and Turner, CG II (n.d.) Antemortem tooth loss and dental chipping among prehistoric Aleuts and Kodiak Islanders, Alaska. In Richard Knecht (ed.): Festschrift für William S. Laughlin. Accepted for publication in 1990. May never be published.

Publications in Preparation

Miller E and Ousley, S (n.d.) The use (and abuse) of the sacrum in sex determination. Presented at the 2010 American Academy of Forensic Sciences meetings and then submitted to the Journal of Forensic Sciences. Miller E (n.d.) A Possible Case of Prehistoric Down’s Syndrome with Cleft Palate. To be submitted to the American Journal of Physical Anthropology Miller E and Ragsdale B (n.d.) Paleopathological Interpretation. To be submitted to the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology Co-author has draft. Miller E and Jones EB (n.d.) The Chinese Cemetery at Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska: A Biological Interpretation of Immigrant Life at the Karluk Cannery. Manuscript in preparation. To be submitted as a monograph to Smithsonian Contributions in Anthropology, Smithsonian Press.

Symposia and Sessions Chaired

2004 Paleopathology and Forensic Anthropology poster session, 2004 annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2004 Bring Your Own Slides: Interesting Cases in Paleopathological Research. Session presented at the 2004 International Paleopathology Association meetings in Tampa, FL. 2003 Afternoon Session, Physical Anthropology, annual meetings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Chicago IL. 1999 Contact Dynamics in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast: A Bioarchaeological Perspective. Symposium presented at the 1999 American Association of Physical Anthropologists meetings, Columbus, Ohio, April 28-May 1, 1999. Co-chairs: Celeste Gagnon and Brenda Baker. 1996 The Interpretation of Behavior from the Human Skeleton. Symposium presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the International Paleopathology Association. Co-chair: Bernardo Arriaza. 1996 Skeletal Disease Workshop VII: Several of the Seven Basic Categories of Disease. Workshop presented at the 1996 annual meeting of the International Paleopathology Association. Co-presenter: Bruce Ragsdale. 1994 Culture, Change and Health in Northeastern Nebraska. Symposium presented at the 1994 annual meeting of the Paleopathology Association. Co-chair: Karl Reinhard.

Workshops Chaired

2006 Forensic Anthropology. Workshop given at the Summer Justice Institute sponsored by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Northwest, In Anchorage, AK. July. 2005 Forensic Anthropology. Workshop given at the Summer Justice Institute sponsored by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Northwest, in Anchorage, AK. July. 2004 Forensic Anthropology. Workshop given at the Summer Justice Institute sponsored by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Northwest, in Anchorage, AK. July. 2003 Pathological Presentations Part II. 2003 Paleopathology Association meetings in Tempe, AZ. Co-chair Brenda Baker. 2002 Pathological Presentations. Workshop presented at the 2002 Paleopathology Association meetings in Buffalo, NY. Co- chair: Brenda Baker. 2000 Forensic Anthropology. Workshop presented at the 2000 California Association of Criminalists meetings, Glendale, CA. Co-chair: Judy M. Suchey.

Presentations and Published Abstracts

2015 “Decomposition in Concrete: Los Angeles Style”. Presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Orlando, FL.

2013 “Taphonomy and Postmortem Interval, or How Long Has He Been Dead, and Is That a Gunshot Wound?.” Presented at the 2013 Annual Training for Coroner Investigators, San Diego, CA. 2013 “Santa Muerte, Narco Cults, and the Ritual Use of Human Remains: Case Studies from Los Angeles County.” Presented at the Rose Tyson 20th Annual Seminar in the Forensic Sciences at the San Diego Museum of Man. San Diego, CA. Co- authors Suzy Cruz and Margaret Kaleuati 2013 “Forensic Anthropology.” Presented at the 2013 meetings of the California Association of Criminalists, Pasadena, CA. Co- presenter Margaret Kaleuati. 2010 “Multiple Myeloma past and present.” Presented at the 2010 meetings of the Paleopathology Association, Albuquerque, NM. April. 2010 “The use (and abuse) of the sacrum in sex determination.” Presented at the 2010 meetings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February. 2010 “Human vs. Nonhuman Bones: A Practical Guide.” Presented at the 2010 Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction 19th Annual Training Conference, San Diego CA. February. 2009 “The Boy in the Chimney: A Case Study in Decomposition.” Presented at the 2009 Rose Tyson 18th Seminar in the Forensic Sciences, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, CA. September. 2009 “Interstate 5 Big Rig Truck Tunnel Crash.” Presented at the 2009 meetings of the International Association for Identification, Tampa, FL. July. 2008 “Interstate 5 Big Rig Truck Tunnel Crash.” Presented at the 2008 West Coast Seminar, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, Los Angeles, CA. November. With Ed Winter. 2008 “The I5 Tunnel Crash: Recovery and Identification.” Presented at the 2008 International Association for Identification meetings, Louisville, KY. August. With Daniel Machian. 2008 “The Ritual Use of Human Remains.” Presented at the 2008 California State Division of the International Association for Identification 2008 Annual Seminar, Ontario CA. May. 2007 “Saints and Sinners: Human Remains in Ritual Context.” Presented at the 2007 West Coast Seminar, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, Los Angeles, CA. November. 2007 “Blessed Bones: Human Remains in Ritual Context.” Presented at the 2007 Forensic Science Seminar, San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, CA. October 2007 “Forensic Anthropology in Los Angeles.” Presented at the 2007 International Association for Identification meetings, San Diego, CA. July 2007 “The Boy in the Chimney: A Case Study in Decomposition”. Presented at the 2007 American Academy of Forensic Sciences meetings, San Antonio, TX. February. 2006 “Santeria, or What Makes Forensic Anthropology Anthropology”. Presented at the 2006 American Association of Physical Anthropologists meetings, Anchorage, AK. March. 2006 “Interpreting Human Skeletal Remains”. Presented at the 2006 West Coast Seminar, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner. 2005 “Forensic Anthropology: A Los Angeles County Perspective”. Presented at the 2005 San Diego Museum of Man Forensic Seminar, San Diego CA 2005 “The Way of the Saints: Santeria in Los Angeles”. Presented at the 2005 San Diego Museum of Man Forensic Seminar, San Diego CA 2005 “Santeria: Three Cases from Los Angeles”. Presented at the 2005 National Association of Medical Examiners meeting, Los Angeles CA. 2004 The Evolution of Forensic Anthropology in Los Angeles County, California: A 23 year perspective. Presented at the 2004 meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Tampa, FL. 2003 “The Los Angeles County Coroner Special Operations Response Team: Case Studies of the Utility of Such Teams in large Jurisdictions.” Elizabeth Miller, Erik Arbuthnot, Kevin Buffington, Benjamin Maruffo, Kristina Fritz, Michelle Sandberg and Luis Pena. Paper presented at the 2003 meetings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Chicago, IL. 2002 “The Special Operations Response Team, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.” Elizabeth Miller and Erik Arbuthnot. Paper presented at the 2002 California Association of Criminalists meetings in Huntington Beach, CA. 2002 “There’s Something Fishy Going on Here: Violence at Karluk Canner, Alaska” Elizabeth Miller and Sara Simon. Paper presented at the 2002 Paleopathology Association meetings, Buffalo, NY. 2001 “Anenecephaly: Something Missing from the Archaeological Record?” Elizabeth Miller and Sara Simon. Paper presented at the 2001 Paleopathology Association meetings, Kansas City, MO. 2000 “Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Determination of Sex” Elizabeth Miller. Paper presented at the 2000 California Association of Criminalists meetings in Glendale, CA (Invited). 2000 “Mission San Juan de Capistrano, then and now: A re-evaluation of the impact of European Contact on Native American health in Texas” Elizabeth Miller. Paper presented at the 2000 American Association of Physical Anthropologists meetings in San Antonio, TX, May 2000. 2000 Panelist in workshop “Preparing for that First Position” organized by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Career Development Committee. May 2000.

1999 Panelist in workshop “Professional Career Strategies and Opportunities” organized by the American Association of Physical Anthropologists Career Development Committee. May 1999. 1999 “Teaching forensic anthropology: A comparison of pedagogy” Elizabeth Miller. Paper presented at the 1999 International Association of Forensic Sciences meetings in Los Angeles, CA, August 22-28, 1999. 1999 “Temporal trends in morbidity in the Chesapeake Bay Area: Part 1. Samples, methodology, and context” Franklin Damann, Douglas Ubelaker, Erica Jones, and Elizabeth Miller. Paper presented at the 1999 American Association of Physical Anthropologists meetings in Columbus, OH, April 28-May 1, 1999. 1999 “Temporal trends in morbidity in the Chesapeake Bay Area: Part 2. Data and conclusions” Elizabeth Miller, Douglas Ubelaker, Franklin Damann and Erica Jones. Paper presented at the 1999 American Association of Physical Anthropologists meetings in Columbus, OH, April 28-May 1, 1999. 1999 “A possible neoplastic condition in a Woodland period cranium from Nebraska” Elizabeth Miller and Tara Guidry. Paper presented at the 1999 International Paleopathology Association meetings in Columbus, OH April 27-28. 1998 “Lumbar pathology and the Interpretation of Arikara Lifestyle,” Paleopathology Association, April 1998 (co-authored with JC Brundige). 1998 “Strategies for Teaching Under Less-Than-Optimal Conditions,” Symposium on Effective University Instruction: A Multidisciplinary Event, February 1998, California State University, Los Angeles (Invited). 1997 “The Chinese cemetery at Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska: a biological interpretation of immigrant life at the Karluk Cannery,” American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 1997 (co-authored with EB Jones and AW Willcox). 1997 “The effectiveness of the Smithsonian Institution Repatriation Office Physical Anthropology Database as a research tool,” Paleopathology Association, April 1997 (co-authored with Juliet Cleaves). 1997 “Sacro-iliac joint fusion: A comparison of three skeletal populations,” Paleopathology Association, April 1997 (paper accepted for presentation)(primary author Juliet Cleaves). 1996 “Documentation of Human Remains at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,” Plains Anthropological Conference, October 1996 (Invited). 1996 “Violence at Nunivak Island, Alaska: The interpretation of behavior from cranial trauma,” Palaeopathology Association, April 1996 (Invited). 1996 “Repatriation at the Smithsonian: How it works, and the current status of the physical, archaeological, and ethnographic collections,” American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 1996. 1996 “European contact and aboriginal health in Northeastern Nebraska,” American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 1996. 1995 “Equestrian Indicators: Fact or Fiction?” Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, November 1995 (Invited). 1995 “Repatriation at the Smithsonian,” Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, November 1995. 1995 “Scanning electron microscopy supports medical etiology of perforations of the skull in two prehistoric scalping victims,” American Association of Physical Anthropologists, March 1995. 1995 “An unusual Hohokam burial from Mesa, Arizona,” Paleopathology Association, March 1995. 1994 "Healing perforations of the skull in two prehistoric scalping victims: Weapon wounds or medical procedures?," American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 17. 1994 "The effects of European contact on the health of native Nebraskans," Paleopathology Association, March 1994 (Invited). 1994 "The antiquity of primary bone tumors," Paleopathology Association, March 1994 (Invited). 1993 "Can secondary osteoarthritis be distinguished from activity-related primary osteoarthritis?," American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 16. 1993 "Cleft palate in an Anasazi Burial from Colorado," Paleopathology Newsletter 87. 1992 "Evidence for Prehistoric Scalping in Northeastern Nebraska," Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, November 1992. 1992 "The Effect of Horseback Riding on the Human Skeleton," Paleopathology Newsletter 77. 1992 "Paleopathological diagnostic goals," co-authors Bruce D. Ragsdale, M.D., and Donald J. Ortner, Ph.D. Paleopathology Newsletter 77. 1992 "Avascular Necrosis: Macerated Surgically-Derived Specimens Clarify Morphogenesis of Bony Changes," second author Bruce D. Ragsdale, M.D. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 13. 1991 "Rheumatoid Arthritis: Macerated Surgically-Derived Specimens Clarify Morphogenesis of Bony Changes," second author Bruce D. Ragsdale, M.D. American Journal of Physical Anthropology Supplement 12. 1991 "The Effect of Horseback Riding on the Omaha and Ponca," Plains Anthropological Conference, Lawrence, Kansas, November 1991 (Invited). 1990 "European Contact and Population Health: Paleopathological Evidence in southern North America," American Journal of Physical Anthropology 81. (Invited).

Invited Lectures and Presentations

2010-Pres “Forensic Anthropology” at the Cal State Long Beach Forensic Science Program, Continuing Education.. Offered twice per year 2009 “Forensic Anthropology” at the Ventura County Archaeological Society in Camarillo, CA. October. 2008 “Forensic Anthropology” in the POST certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Science Program at the La Puente Valley Regional Occupation Center (two sessions) 2008 “Skeletal Remains” to the Criminal Justice program at Mission College. April. 2007 “Forensic Anthropology” in the POST certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Science Program at the La Puente Valley Regional Occupation Center (two sessions) 2006 “Death and Decomposition in Los Angeles” in the student symposium, California State University, Fullerton. May. 2006 “Santeria, or why forensic anthropology IS anthropology” in From Alaska to Arizona: A Symposium in Honor of Charles F. Merbs at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists annual meeting, Anchorage AK. March. 2006 “Forensic Anthropology” in the POST certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Science Program at the La Puente Valley Regional Occupation Center. January. 2005 “It isn’t brain surgery. Or is it?” in the American Anthropological Association annual meetings symposium “Dead or Alive: Integrating Anthropological and Clinical Approaches to Studies of Health in the Past and Present” organized by Brenda Baker. 2005 “Forensic Anthropology” to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide School. January. 2005 “Forensic Anthropology” in the POST certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Science Program at the La Puente Valley Regional Occupation Center. January. 2005 “Forensic Anthropology” to the Los Angeles County chapter of the International Association of Fingerprint Examiners. June 2005 “Forensic Anthropology in the P.O.S.T. certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Science Program at the La Puente Valley Regional Occupation Center (two sessions). 2004 “Scattered, Buried and Burned: Forensic Anthropology in Los Angeles County” in the First Los Angeles Area Forensic Conference, California State University, Los Angeles, Oct. 30. 2004 “Dead Men Do Tell Tales: Forensic Anthropology and Human Remains” in the California State University, Los Angeles Science Series: There’s No Escaping the Long Arm of the (Natural) Law. 2004 Forensic Anthropology in the Califonia Undergraduate Anthropology Conference, University of California Santa Barbara. 2004 “Forensic Anthropology in the P.O.S.T. certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic ScienceProgram at the La Puente Valley Regional Occupation Center (two sessions). 2004 “Forensic Anthropology” to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide School (two sessions) 2003 “Forensic Anthropology” to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide School (two sessions) 2003 “Forensic Anthropology” in the P.O.S.T. certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Identification Program at Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA. November. 2003 “Forensic Anthropology in Los Angeles” to the West Coast Seminar, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, October. 2003 “Forensic Anthropology in Los Angeles County, California” to the San Diego Museum of Man Forensic Science Symposium. June. 2002 “Death, Dismemberment and Decomposition” to the Anthropology Department Brown Bag at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. October. 2002 “Forensic Anthropology” in the P.O.S.T. certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Identification Program at Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA. October. 2002 “Forensic Anthropology” to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide School. 2002 “Individuation in Physical Anthropology” to the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Continuing Education Series. 2002 “Forensic Anthropology” in the P.O.S.T. certification course Advanced Investigative Techniques in the Forensic Identification Program at Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA. May. 2002 Council on Health Related Programs Workshop Presenter, CSULA, Forensic Anthropology. 2001 “Forensic Anthropology” to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide School. 2001 Council on Health Related Programs Workshop Presenter, CSULA, Forensic Anthropology. 2000 Council on Health Related Programs Workshop Presenter, CSULA, Forensic Anthropology. 1999 Interpreting Behavior from Human Skeletal Remains” presented as a brown bag at the Center for Archaeological Research, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX. 1999 Council on Health Related Programs Workshop Presenter, Forensic Anthropology. 1999 “Taphonomy: Interpreting Time Since Death from Human Skeletal Remains” presented to the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Continuing Education Series. 1999 “Health and Sickness in Native Americans before and after 1492" presented to the General Education Honors Program. 1998 “Native Health in Post-1492 North America: The Myth and the Reality of Columbian Contact” presented as a faculty colloquium in the 1998-99 California State University, Los Angeles Faculty Colloquium series. 1997 “Bioarchaeology.” Presented to the Archaeological Techniques class, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

1997 “Tales that Bones Tell.” Presented at the Congressional Night event, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1997 “Human Skeletal Remains: potential for future study.” Presented to the Human Osteology class, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 1996 “The Office of Repatriation and the Physical Anthropology Lab.” Panel discussion on repatriation presented to the general public at the 150th Birthday Party for the Smithsonian Institution. Requested by: Office of Smithsonian Institution Archives. 1996 “Repatriation: The Physical Documentation.” Presented at the Congressional Night event, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 1996 “Disease Interpretation and Forensic Anthropology.” Presented to a delegation of executives from the Kraft Food Corporation. Primary speaker: Dr. Doug Ubelaker. 1996 “The documentation process for human remains in the Repatriation Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.” Presented to a delegation from the Kansa Tribe, in the National Museum of Natural History. 1995 “Physical documentation of skeletal remains in the National Museum of Natural History.” Presented to the Elders of the Native Community of Pt. Hope, Alaska, in Pt. Hope, Alaska. 1995 “The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and the National Museum of the American Indian Act -- their impact on the human skeletal collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.” Presented to the Human Osteology class, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Meetings Attended (without presentation)

2014 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2013 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2012 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2011 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2010 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2009 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2008 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2008 American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2007 American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2006 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2005 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2004 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2003 American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2002 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2002 American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2001 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2001 American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2000 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1998 American Association of Physical Anthropologists 1998 American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1997 California Association of Criminalists

Certifications and Continuing Education Courses

2015 Ancestry Estimation in the 21st Century. Workshop at the 2015 Meetings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2011 Syracuse University Forensic Anthropology Discussions 2011 NFSTC Advances in Forensic Anthropology Workshop in Raleigh, NC, taught by Ann Ross 2011 NIJ E115 Forensic Pathology of Gunshot Wounds – Recognizing and Collecting Firearms Evidence 2008 Cancer Registry Operations, American Health Information Management Association distance education 2008 Cancer Registry Structure and Management, American Health Information Management Association distance education 2007 Medical Terminology, American Health Information Management Association distance education 2007 Computers for Health Professionals, American Health Information Management Association distance education 2007 Pathophysiology, American Health Information Management Association distance education 2007 Anatomy and Physiology, American Health Information Management Association distance education 2007 National Incident Management System certification, FEMA IS course 2006 Anatomy and Physiology, Glendale Community College continuing education 2006 Criminal Law I and Criminal Law II, Glendale Community College continuing education 2006 Evidence Law, Glendale Community College continuing education

Course Development

2014 Complete modification of undergraduate and graduate Anthropology programs and all forensic anthropology courses for semester conversion 2008 Bioarchaeology (Anth 565). 2008 Program modification of the Anthropology Graduate Program. 2005-6 Paleopathology (Anth 466) and Forensic Osteology (Anth 564). 2005-6 Human Identification (Anth 467) 2004-5 Program modification of the Anthropology Graduate Program, to include a Forensic Anthropology Option. 2002 Three-day workshop on Recovery of Scattered and Buried Bodies to be offered jointly with the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner. Proposal for the prototype course offered to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Crime Lab. Note: This will be the only course of it’s type offered on the west coast. There are currently similar courses offered in several locations on the East Coast and Midwest, and demand for those few is high. 2001 Advanced Forensic Anthropology (Anth 563). 2000 The Human Genome Project: An Anthropological Perspective. 1999 Disease and Human Evolution. Taught Spring 2000. 1998 Modification of Anth 464 (Methods and Techniques of Physical Anthropology) 1998 Measurement of Human Variation (cross-listed with Philosophy). Accepted as new course in “Race, Diversity and Justice” upper-division theme. 1997 Human Osteology (Anth 454L). Taught Fall quarter 1997. Proposed as new upper-division anthropology course. Now listed as Anth 459. 1997 Forensic Anthropology (Anth 463). Taught as Anth 454L Winter quarter. Accepted as new upper-division anthropology course.

Committee Work (Professional)

2008-2013 Chair, Physical Anthropology Subcommittee, International Association for Identification. 2008-Pres Mission College Administration of Justice Forensic Science Advisory Committee 2008 Eve Cockburn Mentor Award Committee, Paleopathology Association. 2007 Eve Cockburn Service Award Committee, Paleopathology Association. 2005-2006 Nominations Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2005 Peer reviewer, CRC Press. 2003-2004 Local Arrangements Co-Chair for the Paleopathology Association Annual Meetings. 2003-Pres American Association of Physical Anthropologists Student Affairs Committee. Ongoing. 1999-2008 Student Concerns Committee, International Paleopathology Association. Ongoing (elected co-Chair 2001-2003). 1999-Pres Associate Editor, Paleopathology Newsletter, International Paleopathology Association. Ongoing. 1998-pres American Association of Physical Anthropologists Career Development Committee. Ongoing. 2000-2001 Local Arrangements Chair for the Paleopathology Association Annual Meetings. 2000 Nominated for Secretary/Treasurer of the Paleopathology Association. 2000 Peer reviewer for Allyn and Bacon textbook publishers, physical anthropology division. Ongoing. 2000 Peer reviewer for International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. Ongoing. 1999 Peer reviewer for American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Ongoing. 1999 Peer reviewer for Mayfield Publishing Company. Ongoing. 1999-2000 Local Arrangements Chair for the Paleopathology Association Annual Meetings. 1998-99 Scientific Programs Co-chair for the Paleopathology Association Annual Meetings.

Committee Work (University)

2013-Pres College of Natural and Social Sciences Graduate Studies Committee. 2012-2013 University Faculty Policy Committee, Acting Alternate full year. 2009-2012 College of Natural and Social Sciences Faculty Policy Committee. Chair 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012. 2009 College of Natural and Social Sciences Committee B (Retention, Tenure and Promotion), Acting Alternate Spring 2009 2007-2009 College of Natural and Social Sciences Faculty Policy Committee. 2006-2007 College of Natural and Social Sciences, Committee B (Retention, Tenure and Promotion), Chair. 2005 University Student Policy Committee, Acting Alternate Winter 2005. 2005 Academic Senate Acting Senator, Winter 2005. 2004-2005 College of Natural and Social Sciences Committee B (Retention, Tenure and Promotion), Chair.

2004 University Curriculum Subcommittee Acting Alternate Winter 2004. 2002-2004 College of Natural and Social Sciences Educational Policy Committee. 2000-2003 University Student Policy Committee. Chair, 2002-03. 2000-2003 University Teacher Education Subcommittee Acting Alternate Fall 2000, Fall 2002. 2002 University Graduate Studies Subcommittee Acting Alternate Fall 2002. 1999-2002 College of Natural and Social Sciences Student Affairs Subcommittee Acting Alternate Fall 2001-Spring 2002. 1999-2002 College of Natural and Social Sciences Graduate Studies Subcommittee. Alternate, acting when needed. 1999-2002 University Equity and Diversity Subcommittee. Acting Alternate Fall 1999-Spring 2002. 1999-pres Anthropology Department Graduate Application Committee. Ongoing. 1997-pres Anthropology Department Curriculum Committee (chair). Ongoing. 1998-pres Anthropology Department Graduate Comprehensive Exam Approval Committee. Ongoing. 1998-2000 School of Natural and Social Sciences Student Affairs Subcommittee (chair) 1999 University Library Committee, School of Natural and Social Sciences representative. Alternate. 1998 University Student Policy Committee (1998-2001). Alternate.

Interns and Fellows Supervised

2014-2015 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2013-2014 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2012-2013 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2011-2012 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2010-2011 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2009-2010 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2008-2009 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2008 Summer Intern, Krystal Edwards, San Diego State University. 2007-2008 Three Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2006-2007 Two Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2005-2006 Two Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2004-2005 Two Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 2003-2004 Two Forensic Anthropology Interns at the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, graduate students from my program. 1999 Forensic Anthropology Intern: Molly Jacobs, graduate student in Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin. 1997 Smithsonian Native American Intern. Arion Mayes, University of Colorado, Boulder. Three month internship. Project: Analysis of human remains from the Southeast. 1997 Independent study supervision, course credit. Matthew Rhode, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Project: Analysis of human remains from isolated sites in Nebraska and South Dakota. 1997 Independent study supervision, no course credit. Sharon Averell, George Washington University. Project: Analysis of human remains from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. 1996 Smithsonian Minority Intern. Nicole Hunga. Three month internship. Project: Analysis of Kaw remains curated in the National Museum of Natural History. 1996 Course supervision for independent study at George Mason University. Matthew Hovis. Project: Instruction in human osteology and paleopathology for undergraduate credit.

Community Service/Outreach

2015 Interviewed for segment on Fox 11 News titled “The Bone Collector”. Segment aired April 30, 2015.

2013 Interviewed for a new program on the Discovery Channel, working title “Relatives”. Program details crimes against persons and the impact on their immediate family. 2010 Interviewed for Pasadena Star News Altadena Patch about forensic anthropology. Appeared December 2010. 2009 Interviewed for ABC News (national) about Illinois cemetery misuse. Appeared nationally. 2008-2013 Member, Los Angeles Mission College Administration of Justice Forensic Science Advisory Committee. 2008 Interviewed for FOX News, national, about excavations at Charles Manson ranch. Appeared May 2008. 2007 Interviewed and appeared on front page of San Gabriel Valley newspapers, including Pasadena Star News, Whittier news, and as far as San Bernardino. 2007 Interviewed and appeared in Malibu Surf News 1989 -Pres. Member, Amnesty International USA (active) 2007 Requested to appear on “Dr. Phil Show”, unable to participate due to conflict 2006 Interviewed for LA Times article “The Boy in the Chimney”, printed November 2006 2005 Technical Advisor for series on FOX TV, “Bones”. 2004-2005 Interviewed for multiple episodes of program on Court TV, North Mission Road. 2003 Interviewed for program on Discovery Channel, CI: Coroner Investigator. Program to air 2004. 2002 Interviewed for pilot program on Court TV program North Mission Road. Program aired December 2002. 2001 Interviewed by freelance journalist Braden Phillips. 2001 Interviewed by Chris Marino, Producer of “Busted” on the Animal Planet TV Network 2001 Interviewed by student through Supervisor Antonovich’s office. 2001 Interviewed for segment of “On the Inside”, Discovery Channel. Program aired 2002 2001 Interviewed for segment on MSNBC. Program details the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner. Sole expert on screen for 10 minute segment. Program originally aired 2001, re-run numerous times.. 2000 Chair, Neighborhood Alliance of BGLST Peoples, Pasadena, California. 1999 Co-Chair, Neighborhood Alliance of BGLST Peoples, Pasadena, California. 1997 Member, Neighborhood Alliance of BGLST Peoples, Pasadena, California. Ongoing. 1998 Co-presented with Dr. Patricia Martz (Anthropology Department, California State University, Los Angeles) information on physical anthropology and archaeology to sixth grade students from Dana Middle School, San Marino, California. 1998 Co-presented with Dr. Patricia Martz (Anthropology Department, California State University, Los Angeles) information on physical anthropology and archaeology to sixth grade students from Middle School, San Marino, California. 1998 Discussions with Mr. Eric Sanchez, high school teacher, concerning artifacts brought in by a student. 1998 Discussions with Ms. Gerrie Renswick concerning the archaeology and physical anthropology of Southern California for her 4th and 5th grade classes.

Supervisory Courses

1997 Conflict Resolution. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (8 hours). 1996 Equal Employment Opportunity Awareness for Supervisors. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (8 hours). 1996 Creative Problem Solving. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (8 hours). 1996 Interpersonal Communication Skills, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (8 hours). 1996 Basic Supervisory Skills. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (16 hours).

References

Dr. Judy Suchey Please call or email for her home address

Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran Former Chief Medical Examiner/Coroner Department of Medical Examiner/Coroner County of Los Angeles 1104 N. Mission Ave. Los Angeles, CA (323) 343-0520

Dr. Charles Merbs Department of Anthropology Arizona State University Box 872402 Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 (602) 965-6213

Dr. Doug Owsley Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560 (202) 786-2553

Dr. Doug Ubelaker Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560 (202) 786-2505

Dr. David Hunt Department of Anthropology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560 (202) 786-2501

Dr. Bruce Ragsdale, M.D. Western Dermatopathology Services, with Central Coast Pathology Consultants, Inc. 3701 South Higuera Street, Suite 200 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 546-7981