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Michael J. Hochrein
Adjunct Professor, Justice, Law and Security
michael.hochrein@laroche.edu
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
- Adjunct Professor, La Roche University, Department of Justice, Law, and Security
- Consultant and Instructor, HD Forensics, LLC, Erie, Pennsylvania
- Guest Instructor, Pennsylvania State Police Camp Cadet Program, 2003-present
- Instructor: Annual Short Course into Field and Laboratory Methods, Location, Recovery and Interpretation of Human Remains from Outdoor Context, Mercyhurst University, 1994-present
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:
- Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh, 1982
- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 1983-1985
- Teaching Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 1985-1986
- Teaching Assistant, Administration of Justice Department, University of Pittsburgh, 1986-1988
- Intern, Allegheny County Police Department, University of Pittsburgh, Master of Arts Program, Administration of Justice Department, 1987
- Numerous Forensic Science Training Courses, 1988-present
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
- September 12, 1988 – December 31, 2017, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Evidence Response Team Member, 1993-2017
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Adjunct Faculty, 1994-2017
- Federal Bureau of Investigation International Trainer, 1999-2017
- Federal Bureau of Investigation Deployments to Turkey, Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Tunisia, Cuba, Thailand, Philippines, Botswana, Kenya, Macedonia, and Hungary
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences
- Member, International Association of Identification
- Member, International Homicide Investigator’s Association
- Past Member, Society for Archaeological Sciences
- Past Member, Society for American Archaeology
PUBLICATIONS:
- Peer reviewed and published research in the following:
- Journal of Forensic Identification
- 2019, Moran and Gold, editors, Forensic Archaeology: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Springer Nature
- 2014, Adams and Byrd, editors, Commingled Human Remains: Methods, Recovery, Analysis and Identification, Academic Press/Elsevier
- 2012, Dirkmaat, editor, A Companion to Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology, Wiley-Blackwell
- 2012, Doran, editor, Federal Bureau of Investigation Evidence Response Team Reference Guide, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 2009, Blau and Ubelaker, editors, Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology, Left Coast Press
- 2002, Haglund and Sorg, editors, Modern Methods in Forensic Taphonomy. CRC Press
- 1997, Stimson and Mertz, editors, Forensic Dentistry, CRC Press
COURSES TAUGHT:
- CRIM3040 Crime Scene Investigation & Forensics
- CRIM3041 Criminalistics
JOINED LA ROCHE:
January 08, 2018