Kathleen Joan Toelle "Kathy" Reichs (icon; born 1950) is an America

United States

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n crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic . She is a professor of anthropology

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...

 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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, but is currently on indefinite leave. She divides her work time between the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province

Province

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 of Quebec

Quebec

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 and her professorship at UNC Charlotte. She is one of the eighty-eight forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

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