Ann W. Bunch, Ph.D., D-ABFA
Assistant Professor

Department of Anthropology
SUNY Oswego, Oswego NY 13126

Office: 310 Mahar Hall
Phone: (315) 312-3170
Email: bunch@oswego.edu

Degrees:
B.A. Anthropology. Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts. 1986.
M.A. Anthropology. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1988.
Ph.D. Anthropology. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 1993.

Licensures: Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA)

Memberships: Full Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
Registry of Professional Archaeologists (ROPA)

Research Experience: I began my graduate research as an archaeologist, focusing on prehistoric architecture (Peru) and zooarchaeological data (Bolivia). My interests and studies also centered on biological anthropology, primarily human osteology, human gross anatomy, and forensic anthropology.

Beginning in 1995, I was able to apply my biological anthropological and archaeological knowledge/methods to "real world" MIA cases. While working for the U.S Army Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii I was able to utilize my archaeological/biological anthropological skills to lead recovery teams to Southeast Asia and Russia to search for and recover the remains of missing service members from the Vietnam War, Korean War, and World War II. In the laboratory, I analyzed skeletal remains recovered on such missions in order to determine their identity.

Teaching Experience: I have worked as a teaching fellow, lecturer, and/or assistant visiting professor at the following institutions prior to coming to SUNY Oswego: University of Chicago, Loyola University (Chicago), University of Kentucky, and University of Hawaii-West Oahu.

Current Interests: My primary research interests presently include human taphonomy, micro-environmental effects on decomposition, and the processing/treatment of U.S. war casualties and identifications through time (World War II to the present).

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