Mary Manhein

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Instructor; Director of the LSU FACES Laboratory
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6084 ~ Fax: 225-578-4794
E-mail: gaman@lsu.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

M.A., Louisiana State University, 1985.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Forensic Anthropology
Bioarchaeology
Historic Cemeteries
Paleopathology

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Manhein, Mary H., G.A. Listi, R.E. Barsley, R. Musselman, N.E. Barrow, and D.H. Ubelaker. 2000. "In Vivo Facial Tissue Depth Measurements For Children and Adults." Journal of Forensic Sciences; 45 (1):48-60.

Manhein, Mary H. 1999. The Bone Lady. Baton Rouge: LSU Press.

Manhein, Mary H. 1997. "Decomposition Rates of Deliberate Burials: A Case Study of Preservation." In: Forensic Taphonomy Haglund, W. and M. Sorg, eds. pp. 469-78. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

SUPPORTED RESEARCH

Louisiana State Legislature: Support for Operation of FACES Laboratory.

Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement: Five-year Grant for
Support of FACES Laboratory.

LEQSF Grants for Tissue-depth Study and Development of FACES Laboratory.

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

1999 and 2000. Lecturer at New Scotland Yard.

1999. LSU Golden Key Honor Society Honorary Member.

1998. LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Deputy Coroner, East Baton Rouge Parish.

COURSES TAUGHT

Introduction to Physical Anthropology and World Prehistory
Forensic Anthropology
Paleopathology