Brian Paulsen is assistant police chief in Sturgis, South Dakota. He co-wrote a chapter in Forensic Archaeology based on his Master’s thesis about landfill searches in the United States. In this episode we talk about: More information about the Nebraska landfill search can be found here: Notes from the start: Memoirs of a Reluctant Archaeologist,Continue reading “Scattered Episode 27: Searching Landfills, Pt 1 – Interview with Brian Paulsen”
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Scattered Episode 26: Burial Grounds, Space & Preservation – Interview with Robyn Lacy
Robyn Lacy is a Ph.D. candidate in the archaeology department at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.Her research focuses on 17th-century burial landscape development in Northeast North America. Robyn runs a business with her partner, specializing in gravestone conservation in the Atlantic provinces of Canada. In this episode we talk about: You can find moreContinue reading “Scattered Episode 26: Burial Grounds, Space & Preservation – Interview with Robyn Lacy”
Scattered Episode 25: All About That (Data)base – Interview with Dr. Sasha Reid
Dr. Sasha Reid is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary, teaching in the Departments of Sociology, Psychology, and in the Faculty of Law. She is also currently a law student at the University of Calgary. Sasha came to media attention when she developed a serial homicide database that suggested patterns in homicides inContinue reading “Scattered Episode 25: All About That (Data)base – Interview with Dr. Sasha Reid”
Scattered Episode 24: Ethics and Human Remains – Interview with Kimberlee Moran
Kimberlee Moran is a professor of forensic archaeology at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. She holds an undergraduate degree in Classical and Near Eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and a Masters of Science in forensic archaeological science from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. Kimberlee worked as a contract archaeologist forContinue reading “Scattered Episode 24: Ethics and Human Remains – Interview with Kimberlee Moran”
Scattered Episode 23: Human Composting with Return Home – Interview with Brie Smith
Brie Smith is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Return Home, a company that specializes in natural organic reduction (NOR), also known as human composting or terramation, as an alternative to burial or cremation. Return Home was founded in 2021 in Washington, USA after the passing of a law allowing NOR, with the goal ofContinue reading “Scattered Episode 23: Human Composting with Return Home – Interview with Brie Smith”
Scattered Episode 22: Evidence in Canadian Courts & the OCME Practicum – Interview with Dr. Janne Holmgren
A couple episodes ago, I talked to Alisa Hardy and Taylor Dube-Mather about their experiences doing a practicum at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Alberta. In this episode, I talked to their supervisor at the time of this practicum, Dr. Janne Holmgren. Janne has been a professor at Mount Royal UniversityContinue reading “Scattered Episode 22: Evidence in Canadian Courts & the OCME Practicum – Interview with Dr. Janne Holmgren”
Scattered Episode 21: Archaeology as a Sustainable Career – Interview with Margarita de Guzman
I talked to Marg because I wanted to find out more about the new group she started, The Fair Field Foundation. My time in consulting archaeology was short-lived and I wanted to find out how Marg was trying to make it a better place. In this episode we talk about: You can find out moreContinue reading “Scattered Episode 21: Archaeology as a Sustainable Career – Interview with Margarita de Guzman”
Scattered Episode 20: Practicum at the Medical Examiner – Interview with Alisa Hardy and Taylor Dube-Mather
I talked to Alisa Hardy and Taylor Dube-Mather about their experiences doing a practicum at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) in Alberta. Alisa is currently doing the practicum and Taylor completed the practicum in 2019. I did a very casual version of a practicum at the OCME in Edmonton during my graduateContinue reading “Scattered Episode 20: Practicum at the Medical Examiner – Interview with Alisa Hardy and Taylor Dube-Mather”
Scattered Episode 19: Cognitive Bias and Forensic Anthropology – Interview with Dr. Sherry Nakhaeizadeh
Dr. Sherry Nakhaeizadeh is a Lecturer in Crime and Forensic Science at University College London Centre for the Forensic Sciences. “Sherry’s background and research interest lies within forensic science interpretations specifically looking at cognitive and human factors. She is currently interested in the application of technological advancement and AI approaches in method development in forensicContinue reading “Scattered Episode 19: Cognitive Bias and Forensic Anthropology – Interview with Dr. Sherry Nakhaeizadeh”
Scattered Episode 18: Predictive Modelling with DNA – Interview with Dr. Ellen Greytak
Dr. Ellen McRae Greytak is Director of Bioinformatics at Parabon NanoLabs, Inc.“Parabon NanoLabs, Inc. (Parabon) is a vertically integrated DNA technology company that develops next-generation therapeutic and forensic products by leveraging the enormous power of DNA.” (from https://parabon-nanolabs.com/about.html) Parabon came to my attention when I read a newspaper article about how Calgary Police detectives used Parabon’sContinue reading “Scattered Episode 18: Predictive Modelling with DNA – Interview with Dr. Ellen Greytak”
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