Join Ashley and Stephanie as they sit down with friends and anthropologists to discuss the research and happenings at the 2025 American Academy of Forensic Sciences conference from Baltimore, Maryland! Joining us are Taylor Flaherty (UNLV), Thomas Delgado (Univ. Utah), Skylar Joseph (Univ. Leinden), Hannah Carson (Univ. of Montana), and Dr. Samantha Blatt (Idaho State University), and others, as we talk about the research and projects presented at this year's AAFS conference, with a specific interest in AI, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, and other technologies. We also hit on the topics of data collection, ethics, and the future directions of the field.

In this episode of The Bone Club, we sit down with Dr. Tiffany Fracchia of Vanderbuilt University to discuss the concept and uses of isotopic analyses in forensic anthropology and how they can be used for everything for understanding what someone's general diet was like and where they may have come from. We also discuss the forensic implications of these types of analyses.

Dr. Fracchia's professional information page: https://as.vanderbilt.edu/anthropology/bio/tiffany-saul/

On this episode of the Bone Club, join us and our special guest Laura Cirillo as we discuss the importance and methods of scientific communication.

Laura's Email for Questions: Misslauracirillo@gmail.com