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 With television shows like CSI becoming increasingly popular with high school and college students, an interesting vehicle to introduce scientific method and critical thinking has been made available to teachers and professors. As part of the National Chautauqua Short Course Program, Millsaps College, in conjunction with the University of Texas at Austin and the National Science Foundation, will be offering two forensic science classes in July designed for college science, biology and physical science teachers, and open to high school science teachers.
In addition to laboratory and lecture experiences, course participants will play a part in a mock crime scene investigation where they will assume the roles of investigators and medical examiners. The courses will include stimulating lectures such as “Methods of Human Identification” and hands-on exercises such as “Whose Bones Are These Anyway?” to further illuminate the topics.
“Increasing Student Interest in the Sciences by Introducing Forensic Science into the College Classroom” is offered July 24-26 and “The Application of Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Pathology to Stimulate Student Interest in the Sciences” is scheduled for July 27-29. The lecture and laboratory courses are taught by noted professors and forensic practitioners Edward B. Waldrip, Ph.D., Hugh E. Berryman, Ph.D., and Alan A. Price. Pre-registration is required, and a fee of $50 for each course should be included with the application. There are a limited number of spaces, so interested educators should apply as soon as possible.
Dr. Waldrip has an M.S. in biology, and a Ph.D. in Anatomical Studies. After 27 years of college teaching, he became the executive director of the Southern Institute of Forensic Science. For the past 12 years, he has also served as the elected coroner and chief medical examiner investigator for Lamar County, Mississippi. His research interests include fetal bone development, recognition of bone pathologies and the mechanisms of bone trauma.
Mr. Price has a M.A. in sociology from Idaho State University. He is currently an adjunct professor in the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Northern Colorado and program director for the Southern Institute of Forensic Science. His major research interest is the “Interaction of Society and Criminal Activities.”
Dr. Berryman received his M.A. and Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Currently, he is a forensic anthropology consultant to the U.S. Army Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command-Central Identification Laboratory, and the Office of the Tennessee State Medical Examiner. Dr. Berryman’s research interests include physics of bone fracture and fracture interpretation, skeletal biology, taphonomy, and archaeology of the southeastern United States.
This is not Drs. Waldrip and Berryman’s first time to speak at Millsaps. They were each part of the 2006 Moreton Lecture Series entitled, “Forensic Science: A Look at CSI.” The Moreton Lectures were established in 1986 by Robert and Alma Moreton. This series of lectures in the sciences is marked by experts with national reputations.
For more information on the Chatauqua Short Course Program at Millsaps, please contact Professor Bob Nevins at 601. 974.1412 or nevinrb@millsaps.edu. Course space availability information is available at www.chautauqua.pitt.edu.
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