Forensic Anthropology: Examining Human Skeletal Remains – JobGuppy
Summary:
Dr. Langley is a Board Certified Forensic Anthropologist who also sits on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She has a research lab at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She is a course director for Anatomy and Histology classes at the medical school and Vice-Chair of Scientific Foundations. She goes through what a career like hers is like and how she splits her time between teaching, research, and her administrative duties in her role at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona.
Dr Natalie’s Bio:
– Board Certified Forensic Anthropologist
– Board of Directors, American Board of Forensic Anthropology
– Course Director for Anatomy and Histology
– Associate Professor of Anatomy
– Vice-Chair of Scientific Foundations
– PhD, Anthropology, University of Tennessee
– MA, Anthropology, Louisiana State University
– BA, Anthropology/German, Louisiana State University
Career advice: Dr Natalie recommends seeking out mentors and not being afraid to ask. Mentors can offer a lot of support and insight related to your area of study and the related career fields. And some mentorships can even lead to jobs.
Education level required:
- A Bachelor’s degree is required at a minimum.
- A Master’s Degree will allow for some degree of practice, but with limits.
- A PhD in Anthropology or Forensic Anthropology to conduct unsupervised work and be board certified.
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Different roles and titles:
- Medical examiner case work
- Clinical anatomy research
- Teaching positions
- Death investigations
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