EDUCATION
2008 M.Sc. Forensic Science School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Thesis: Non-metric assessment of Southeast and Northeast Asian ancestry in the forensic context
2005 B. A. Anthropology Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Honors Thesis: Morphological analysis of the lumbar vertebral series Stw-431
(Australopithecus africanus): implications for early bipedalism and resulting pathologies
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
2012 Heard-Booth AN and Kirk EC. The effect of maximum running speed on eye size: a test of Leuckart's Law in mammals. The Anatomical Record 295: 1053-1062. PDF
2008 Fenton TW, Heard AN, Sauer NJ. Skull-photo superimposition and border deaths: identification through exclusion and the failure to exclude. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(1): 34-40. PDF
2006 Trapani J, Sanders WJ, Mitani JC, Heard A. Precision and consistency of the taphonomic signature of predation by crowned hawk-eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Kibale National Forest, Uganda. Palaios 21: 114-131. PDF
AWARDS
2012 William S. Pollitzer Prize American Association of Physical Anthropologists
2011 Mildred Trotter Prize American Association of Physical Anthropologists
