Professor
Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004
Email: mh69@txstate.edu
Phone: 512.408.2598
Office: ELA 240
Research interests:
Forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, paleopathology
My research interests in forensic anthropology are in skeletal trauma, taphonomy, and long-term unidentified human remains casework. In the bioarchaeological realm, I am interested paleopathology and trauma, with particular attention to the relationship between violence and health in past populations.
Selected Publications
2022 Goldstein JZ, Moe ME, Wiedenmeyer EL, Banks PM, Mavroudas SR, Hamilton MD. Humanitarian action in academic institutions: A case study in the ethical stewardship of unidentified forensic cases. Forensic Sciences Research. DOI: 10.1080/20961790.2022.2035063
2022 Afra K, Hamilton MD, Algee-Hewitt BFB. Self-reported ancestry and craniofacial SNPs: Assessing correspondence with implications for forensic case analysis and reporting. Forensic Anthropology, 4(4):181-191. DOI: 10.5744/fa.2021.0012
2014 Kjellstrom A and Hamilton MD. The Taphonomy of Maritime Warfare: A Forensic Reinterpretation of Sharp Force Trauma from the 1676 Wreck of the Royal Swedish Warship Kronan. In Bioarchaeological and Forensic Perspectives on Violence: How Violent Death is Interpreted from Skeletal Remains (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology), DL Martin and CP Anderson (editors), pp. 34-50. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Select Courses Taught
ANTH 7301G Mortuary Analysis
ANTH 7376 Forensic Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains
ANTH 4381/5381 Paleopathology
ANTH 3380 Introduction to Forensic Anthropology