2010 South Carolina Anthropology Student Conference (SCASC)

April 24, 2010

Clemson University - Clemson, South Carolina

Keynote Lecture by Katherine Weisensee

Katherine Weisensee received her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in the spring of 2008 and arrived at Clemson that summer. She is a physical anthropologist specializing in skeletal biology and forensic anthropology. Her talk entitled, “Forensic Anthropology: The Usefulness of the Skeleton in Criminal Investigations” will outline the role of the forensic anthropologist in criminal investigations by using forensic cases to illustrate the importance of the human skeleton in helping the police to solve crimes.