Director Dawnie Steadman said the Forensic Anthropology Center, which includes the Body Farm, really gets to shine when researchers can tackle broad topics that cross multiple fields of study.
"The interesting questions are the ones that go beyond any one discipline," Steadman said. "For all the grant proposals we have written, we've always included DNA, soil sciences, chemistry and other sorts of disciplines and really brought people together to think deeply about forensic science and its application to criminal justice problems.
"I think that’s something the Forensic Anthropology Center does really well is bring people together to look at these big, big problems.”