July 2006 Vol. 36 — Issue 4 Editor: Kathy Reynolds President’s Message This is an important time of year for the Academy. As part of my mandate this year, I am anxious to The mid-year Executive Committee meeting is being inform the membership about areas of the Academy organized and more importantly the February that, according to the membership survey, members scientific program is well along in its planning stages. have limited knowledge of. An important example The deadlines for the submission of papers is firm of such an area is the work of the Young Forensic because of the huge amount of work involved in Scientists Forum (YFSF). This group is vital to the processing the abstracts, scheduling the program, ongoing success of both the Academy and the and then publishing the materials. We are fast profession. The YFSF provides mentorships and approaching the August 1 deadline to submit an education to each other. It is vital that people joining abstract for the upcoming meeting. the Academy feel included from the beginning and have an experience that is relevant to them. The Anjali Swienton and Bob Middleberg have been Board of Directors will continue to work with this asked to co-chair the 2007 Interdisciplinary group to ensure we meet these goals. I asked YFSF James G. Young, MD Symposium. Many people are under the mistaken Chair Allison Curran to write a short description of impression that this symposium is for persons what the YFSF is all about. Her description follows: outside of the Academy. In fact, it is intended to be an interdisciplinary session for all Academy Young Forensic Scientists Forum members that focuses on a specific topic. The topic Throughout the past eleven years the Young of the upcoming symposium will be ethics. Anjali Forensic Scientists Forum has made great efforts to and Bob are organizing the session under the title of keep in tune with the changing face of forensic “Ethics in Forensic Science - When Is The Line science. Our program has grown and changed Crossed?” Subjects for the day will include drastically since its establishment in order to provide bioethics, attorneys, and the media's role. Such students, and scientists with five years experience or topics as sniffing out the unethical expert, and can less, with the most quality information possible. It is the media create an unethical expert, will be our goal to foster relationships between the explored. participants of our session with their peers, as well as established members of AAFS, and to provide for a One of the very pleasant duties of the Academy smooth transition from student to emerging scientist President is to represent the AAFS at various to an established member. With the informal meetings. I recently attended the Council of settings we provide and the variety of programs we Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) Meeting in offer throughout the week, we will not only provide Washington, DC. This meeting brings together a academic information, but also cultivate very wide range of sources based on organizations relationships that will last a career. with the purpose of further promoting the interests of science and science education. It was very History of the YFSF interesting to see the groups growing knowledge of - The Young Forensic Scientists Forum (YFSF) was and interest in - forensic science. This has been established in 1995 by Steven Batterman when he quietly promoted over the years by the participation was President of the American Academy of Forensic of your current president, but especially by the Sciences. The YFSF began as a breakfast meeting ongoing work of Past President Ken Melson who of about 15 people and has continued to grow since seves as legal counsel to the Council and Haskell that time. The first special session was staged at the Pitluck who has continued to attend and whose 1996 meeting, the first YFSF BYOS was held at the ongoing contribution was noted by many at the 2000 meeting, and the first poster session was held meeting. at the 2004 meeting. continued on page 4 Officers 2006-2007 PRESIDENT James G. Young, MD Inside This Issue PRESIDENT-ELECT President’s Message..................................................................................................................1 Bruce. A Goldberger, PhD PAST PRESIDENT Legislative Corner ....................................................................................................................3 Edmund R. Donoghue, MD In Memoriam ..........................................................................................................................4 VICE PRESIDENTS Joseph P. Bono, MA Kathleen J. Reichs, PhD Planning and Development ....................................................................................................6 SECRETARY Carol E. Henderson, JD 2007 Program Information....................................................................................................10 TREASURER Thomas L. Bohan, PhD, JD Section News ..........................................................................................................................12 Board of Directors AAFS Chronicles — Do You Remember When? ........................................................15 CRIMINALISTICS Richard E. Tontarski, Jr., MS Foundation News ..................................................................................................................16 ENGINEERING SCIENCES Scott D. Batterman, PhD FSF Contributors....................................................................................................................17 GENERAL James M. Adcock, PhD Applicants ..............................................................................................................................21 JURISPRUDENCE Danielle D. Ruttman, JD 2007 Announcement and Call For Papers Form ................................................................25 ODONTOLOGY Contributing Article................................................................................................................29 Robert E. Barsley, DDS, JD PATHOLOGY/BIOLOGY Young Forensic Scientists Forum Newsletter ......................................................................32 Julia C. Goodin, MD PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Employment Opportunities ..................................................................................................35 Douglas H. Ubelaker, PhD Meetings & Conferences........................................................................................................47 PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Daniel A. Martell, PhD QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS John L. Sang, MS TOXICOLOGY Barry K. Logan, PhD AAFS Staff EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Anne Warren DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & ACCREDITATION Future Annual Meeting Dates Jim Hurley February 19-24, 2007 February 18-23, 2008 February 16-21, 2009 MEETINGS & EXPOSITIONS San Antonio, Texas Atlanta, Georgia Denver, Colorado MANAGER Nancy Jackson FINANCE MANAGER Charlene Alberson MEMBERSHIP SERVICES COORDINATOR Kimberly Wrasse PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR Kathy Reynolds STAFF ACCOUNTANT Debbie Crockett MEMBERSHIP SERVICES ASSISTANT & EXHIBIT COORDINATOR Tracie McCray ASSISTANT MEETINGS MANAGER Academy News (ISSN#: 0739-7666) is published bi-monthly for $20 (for members and non-members) Sondra Doolittle per year by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO MEETINGS ASSISTANT & 80904. Periodicals postage paid at Colorado Springs, CO 80904. Postmaster: Send address change to VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Pat Tolle Academy News, 410 N. 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904. The deadline for inclusion of material in the next issue of Academy News is August 1, 2006. RECEPTIONIST Phyllis Gilliam 2 Academy News Barry A.J. Fisher, MS, MBA Legislative Corner One of our challenges has been to provide timely few issues of Legislative Corner, I will update you information to the forensic science community on our progress. If any Academy members have about important issues that are happening at the ties to members of Congress or staffers to national scene and in regions of the country. Two members of Congress, please let me know. recent sources of information are the Crime Lab Personal contacts on Capitol Hill are extremely Minutes published on the ASCLD website at: important in our advocacy efforts. http://www.ascld.org/index.htm and Jan Burke’s new crime lab project “blog” located at: I would like to take this opportunity to wish http://crimelabproject.blogspot.com. Each carries Dwight Adams on his retirement as Assistant timely news about what is happening in the Director in Charge of the FBI Laboratory. forensic science world and is worthwhile to Dwight returns to his hometown in Edmond, OK, check out. to become the director of the new Forensic Science Institute at the University of Central Spring and early summer are important times in Oklahoma. Also, best wishes are extended to the legislative year. We have been working on Joe DiZinno on his appointment to Assistant several issues in an ongoing effort to obtain more Director in Charge of the FBI Laboratory. funds for forensic service providers from congress with the CFSO’s lobbyist Beth Lavach. In the next I hope each of you has a pleasant summer. ABSTRACT FORM AVAILABLE TO SUBMIT ONLINE The Call for Papers deadline is fast approaching! Do you have an interesting and educational topic to present at the AAFS 59th Annual Meeting, February 19-24, 2007, in San Antonio, TX? The deadline for submission of all abstracts is August 1, 2006. Please submit your abstracts