CURRICULUM VITAE JOSEPH T. HEFNER, PhD, D-ABFA Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University 354 Baker Hall • East Lansing, MI 48824 [email protected] • Phone 517-432-6250 • Fax 517-432-9952 EDUCATION Ph.D. Anthropology University of Florida 2007 M.A. Anthropology University of Florida 2003 PB Forensic Anthropology Mercyhurst College 2000 B.S. Anthropology Western Carolina University 1997 RESEARCH INTERESTS Ancestry, Macromorphoscopic Trait Analysis, Categorical Data Analysis, Classification Statistics, Forensic Anthropology, Human Anatomy, Human Osteology, Human Variation, Cranial Nonmetric Traits, Nonparametric Statistics, Parametric Statistics, Quantitative Methods, Skeletal Biology PH.D. DISSERTATION “The Statistical Determination of Ancestry Using Cranial Nonmetric Traits” Chair: Dr. Michael W. Warren, D-ABFA APPOINTMENTS 2014-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University 2010-2014 Forensic Anthropology Laboratory Manager, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Agency (now DPAA), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu, Hawaii 2013-2015 Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Anthropology, Texas State University 2008-2010 Principal Investigator, Statistical Research, Inc. Tucson, Arizona 2007-2008 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, Mercyhurst College 2007-2008 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburg-Titusville 2005 Adjunct Faculty, Honors College, University of Florida MAJOR GRANT SUPPORT 2019-2020 Co-Principal Investigator. “Investigation of subadult dental age-at-death estimation using transition analysis and machine learning methods.” (PI: Nicholas P. Herrmann). National Institute of Justice (NIJ 2018-DU-BX-0182). $898,550.00 2015-2018 Principal Investigator. “A Macromorphoscopic Databank: Establishing the Statistical Analysis of Macromorphoscopic Data in Forensic Anthropology.” National Institute of Justice (NIJ 2015-DN-BX-K012). $423,959.00 J.T. Hefner 2 OTHER GRANT SUPPORT 2004-2005 Co-Principal Investigator. “Fourier Analysis of the Post-bregmatic Depression.” (Co-PI: Ronald Wright). Forensic Sciences Foundation, Acorn Grant. $1500.00 2002-2003 Principal Investigator. “Nonmetric Cranial Traits used in the Forensic Determination of Ancestry.” Forensic Sciences Foundation, Lucas Grant. $500.00 HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS 2017 The Historic England Angel Awards (Honorable Mention). Written in Bone 2017 ORISE, Senior Fellow, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Command, Central Identification Laboratory, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii 2014 The Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award, Department of Defense, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command-Central Identification Laboratory 2011 Ellis R. Kerley Award. Random Forest Modeling and Ancestry Estimation 2006 The William R. Maples Dissertation Fellowship. The Department of Anthropology, University of Florida 2003-2004 Emerging Forensic Scientist Award. Forensic Sciences Foundation, Inc. 2002-2003 J. Lawrence Angel Award. Anthropology Section Award, American Academy of Forensic Sciences COMPUTER PROGRAMS 2018 MaMD Analytical (v. 0.1.2). JT Hefner. Computer Program. Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI. PUBLICATIONS (*Peer Reviewed) Books: 2018 Atlas of Human Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits. JT Hefner, KC Linde. San Diego: Elsevier, Academic Press. Edited Volumes: *2016 Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives. Eds. MA Pilloud, JT Hefner. San Diego: Elsevier, Academic Press. Journal Articles: *In prep Craniometric variation in a regional sample from Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia: Implications for forensic work in the Americas. KR Kamnikar, JT Hefner, TM Monsalve, LM Bernal-Florez. *In prep Impact of Age and Sex on Macromorphoscopic Trait Expression. AM Plemons, JT Hefner, S Tallman. *In press Missing Data Imputation Methods Using Morphoscopic Traits and Their Performance in the Estimation of Ancestry. MW Kenyhercz, NV Passalacqua, JT Hefner. Forensic Anthropology. J.T. Hefner 3 *2018 Observer error and its impact on ancestry estimation using dental morphology. MA Pilloud, DM Adams, JT Hefner. International Journal of Legal Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1985-3 *2018 The Macromorphoscopic Databank. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166(4):994–1004. *2018 Forensic Anthropology: A Journal for our Discipline. NV Passalacqua, AM Christensen, JT Hefner. Forensic Anthropology 1(1):1-3. *2018 Forensic fractography of bone: A new approach to skeletal trauma analysis. AM Christensen, JT Hefner, MA Smith, JB Webb, MC Bottrell, TW Fenton. Forensic Anthropology 1(1):32-51. *2018 Structural Violence and Disease: Epistemological Considerations for Bioarchaeology. LN Bright, JT Hefner. Supplement, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(1):36. *2018 Refining Asian Ancestry Classifications via Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits. AM Plemons, KR Kamnikar, JT Hefner. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 165(1). *2017 Intraobserver Error in Macromorphoscopic Trait Analysis. KR Kamnikar, AM Plemons, and JT Hefner. Journal of Forensic Sciences. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.13564 *2017 Application of the Stephan et al. chest radiograph comparison method to decomposed human remains. MI Isa, JT Hefner, MA Markey. Journal of Forensic Sciences. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.13432. *2017 Osteoware: Standardized Skeletal Documentation Software at the Smithsonian Institution. Dudar, C., Ousley, S., Jones, E., Wilczak, C. W., Hefner, JT, Gwyn, M., & Mulhern, D. Supplement, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162:167-167. *2016 Craniofacial Secular Change in Recent Mexican Migrants. MK Spradley, K Stull, JT Hefner. Human Biology, 88(1):15-29. *2016 Possible Achondroplastic Dwarf Skull from Montevideo, Uruguay. JT Hefner, MW Warren. Journal of Forensic Sciences, doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13186. *2016 Ancestry Estimation using Macromorphoscopic Traits. A Plemons, JT Hefner. Academic Forensic Pathology, 6(3)400-412. doi: 10.1433/afpj.2014-1234. *2016 Going South of the River: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Ancestry, Mobility and Diet in a Population from Roman Southwark, London. RC Redfern, DR Gröcke, AR Millard, V Ridgeway, L Johnson, JT Hefner. J Arch Science, 74:11-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.07.016. *2016 Macromorphoscopic Trait Expression in a Cranial Sample from Medellín, Colombia. TM Vargas, JT Hefner. For Science International, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.07.014. *2016 Beyond Taphonomy: Craniometric Variation within Anatomical Material. JT Hefner, B Spatola, N Passalacqua, T Gocha. Journal of Forensic Sciences, DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13177. *2015 Morphoscopic Trait Expression in ‘Hispanic’ Populations. JT Hefner, MA Pilloud, CJ Black, BE Anderson. Journal of Forensic Sciences, Article first published online: 14 AUG 2015 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12826. J.T. Hefner 4 *2015 The Use of Femoral Neck Axis Length (FNAL) to Estimate Sex and Ancestry. R Meeusen, A Christensen, J Hefner. Journal of Forensic Sciences, Article first published online: 10 AUG 2015 | DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12820. *2014 The Use of Tooth Crown Measurements in the Assessment of Ancestry. M Pilloud, JT Hefner, T Hanihara, A Hyashi. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59(6) 1493-1501. *2014 Statistical Classification Methods for Estimating Ancestry using Morphoscopic Traits. JT Hefner, SD Ousley. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59(4) 883-890. *2014 Random Forest Modeling and Ancestry Estimation. JT Hefner, MK Spradley, B Anderson. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59(3) 583-589. *2013 Congenital Os Odontoideum: An Unusual Constellation of Skeletal Features in an Osteological Specimen from Thailand. RW Mann, P Tuamsuk, JT Hefner. International Journal of Paleopathology, 3: 302-306. *2009 Cranial Nonmetric Variation and Estimating Ancestry. JT Hefner. Journal of Forensic Sci, 54( 5) 985-995. Book Chapters: In prep Ancestry estimation using morphological characteristics. KR Kamnikar, AM Plemons, MC Spiros, JT Hefner. In: J. Valdes, M.E. Quinto-Sanchez (Eds). Avances en Antropologia Forense. In prep “Ancestry Estimation Using Craniometric and Macromorphoscopic Data: Analytical Feasibility and 21st Century Transnationalism” JT Hefner and JF Byrnes. In, Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Bonified Skeletons. Eds. Garvin-Elling, H, NR Langley. CRC: Boca Raton. In press “Officially absent but actually present”: bioarchaeological evidence for population diversity in London during the Black Death, 1348-50 AD. In, Bioarchaeology of Marginalized People. Eds. Mant, ML, AJ Holland. Elsevier Press: London. *2018 “From Blumenbach to Howells: The slow, painful emergence of theory through forensic race estimation” SD Ousley, RL Jantz, JT Hefner. Forensic Anthropology: Theoretical Framework and Scientific Basis, C. Clifford Boyd, Jr. and Donna C. Boyd, editors. Forensic Science in Focus Series. Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell in association with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, pp. 65-97. *2018 “Advances in Cranial Macromorphoscopic Trait and Dental Morphology Analysis for Ancestry Estimation” MA Pilloud, C Maier, GR Scott, JT Hefner. In, New Perspectives in Forensic Human Skeletal Identification. Eds. Krista Latham, Eric Bartelink, Michael Finnegan. Academic Press: San Diego, pp. 23-34. 2017 “Krogman, Wilton (1903-1987)” NJ Sauer, JT Hefner. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. 2017 “Ancestry: Forensic Applications” JT Hefner, MK Spradley. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. J.T. Hefner 5 *2016 “Human Variation” JT Hefner, CL Nagle, PB Stanton. In