This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! NamUs Tip Reopens 1986 Cold Case, Leads to Identity of Jane […]
DNA Identification of Missing and Unidentified US Soldiers
The Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) was established in 1991 as a division of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System as the only Department of Defense forensic DNA testing laboratory for the identification of members of the US military who lost their lives during conflict. In this interview, Laura interviews Suni Edson, who […]
Do Forensic Scientists Experience Trauma at Work? Unpacking What We Know About Stress, Trauma and Burnout in a “Forgotten Population”
Today’s blog is written and condensed by guest blogger Jordan Nutting. Reposted from The ISHI Report with permission. For many years, research and efforts to mitigate workplace impacts on mental health and stress in the criminal justice system have almost exclusively focused on its non-civilian members. This makes good sense. Police officers, for example, […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Reading the Bones of the Dead: The Painstaking, Painful Process of […]
Women Advancing Forensics: Charla Marshall
In this interview, ISHI Student Ambassador, Andrea Ramírez Torres, sits down with Charla Marshall, Chief of the Emerging Technologies Section at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL). They discuss what led Charla to work in the field of forensics, and what it’s like being a woman in a STEM field. Charla also shares advice […]
FIRST LOOK | Innocence After Guilt: The Role of Post-Conviction DNA Testing in the US
In our quest for justice, how do we work to eliminate wrongful convictions? What has history taught us? What role has forensic DNA played since its emergence? In the upcoming six-part Innocence After Guilt video series we delve into the role of DNA testing in the United States in post-conviction work to exonerate the innocent […]
Clued in on Forensics Careers Online Forum Recap
200 of you registered and joined our first online forum held in late February designed to answer questions on what comes after graduation. We had so many great questions submitted, and of course, we weren’t able to get to them all. If you weren’t able to join, the webinar is now available to watch on-demand. […]
This Week in Forensic Science
No one has hours to scour the papers to keep up with the latest news, so we’ve curated the top news stories in the field of Forensic Science for this week. Here’s what you need to know to get out the door! Jury Finds Robert Steven Wright Guilty of Renee Sweeney’s Murder (Toronto […]
Women Advancing Forensics: Chastyn Smith
Meet some of the women who are propelling the field of forensic science forward. In this interview, we meet Chastyn Smith, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University. It was Scooby Doo and watching CSI: Miami with her mom that drew Chastyn to the forensics field, but it was working within a research lab that […]
