Date/Time
Date(s) – 02/09/2013
1:30 pm
Location
New York Microscopical Society
Category(ies) No Categories
2012-2013 Program Meeting — Free and Open to All
February 9, Saturday
Forensic Anthropologist Dr. CHRISTIAN CROWDER, PhD, D-ABFA
Dr. Christian Crowder is a board-certified expert analyst and a researcher, writer, educator and leader in laboratory analysis and identification of human remains, especially the histological analysis of bone, and speaks from deep experience in related areas. Dr.Crowder assists formulation and implementation of scientific and administrative policies for laboratory and field operations, mentors scientists and researchers, and trains Forensic Anthropology investigators and students. Dr. Crowder earned his BA from Texas A&M University, his MA at the University of Texas at Arlington, and PhD from the University of Toronto.
In late January 2013, ending as Deputy Director of Forensic Anthropology after over six years with New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Dr . Crowder will report for duty at the Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner at Dover (DE) Air Force Base. Dr. Crowder is also an Adjunct Lecturer at Pace University, holds a faculty position at the New York University Medical Center, and is affiliated with the NYU Anthropology Department. In his present position with the OCME, Dr. Crowder assists with anthropology casework in the five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island). He is also the site coordinator for the on-going search and recovery of remains at the World Trade Center site.
Prior to his service to the City of New York, Dr. Crowder was a Forensic Anthropologist and Investigator at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command – Central Identification Laboratory (JPACCIL) in Hawaii. There Dr. Crowder was in charge of search and recovery operations to account for missing US service members from past conflicts such as World War II and the Vietnam War. Dr. Crowder completed JPAC-CIL missions in Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, and also assisted local law enforcement and the medical examiner in Hawaii.
As OCME’s Forensic Anthropology Unit Deputy Director, Dr Crowder has been on call 24/7 for on scene disaster response with the OCME Special Operations Division. Dr Crowder has managed the archaeological team and continued recovery operations in and around the World Trade Center site, he directed Fatality Management or supervised Investigation for OCME mass fatality incident operations, and he developed and operated the OCME’s hard tissue histology laboratory. Dr Crowder has also assisted daily FAU casework for the five boroughs of NYC in trauma interpretation, identification and evaluation of decomposed, burned, and unidentified remains, and determination of human vs. nonhuman remains.
~ John Scott, NYMS Program Chair