Faculty Profiles

Dr. Danny Wescott

PhD in Anthropology

University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2001

MA in Anthropology

Wichita State University, 1996

BA in Anthropology

Wichita State University, 1994

Mavroudas, Sophia (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Hamilton, Michelle D (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Wescott, Daniel J (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Falleur, David M (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Jacobson, Jodi Arlene (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. Acquiring a Microscopy Suite for Forensic Anthropology, Archaeology, and Biology, NSF, Federal, $255000. (Submitted: 2019, Funded: September 1, 2019 - September 2021). Grant.
Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Detection of clandestine graves and surface remains in Central Texas using remote sensing, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7482. (Funded: 2014). Grant.
Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Bioarchaeological investigation of the Shiloh Methodist Cemetery: Health, Diet, and Activity of African Americans during the mid 19th Century, University of Missouri, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7191. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Secular change in human long bone diaphyseal strength and shape in the United States, University of Missouri, Institutional (Higher Ed), $7000. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
Wescott, Daniel J (Principal). Secular change in human long bone diaphyseal strength and shape in the United States from 1925-1980, University of Missouri, Institutional (Higher Ed), $26700. (Funded: 2008). Grant.

Sylvester, A. D., Zbijewski, W., Shi, G., Meckel, L. A., Chu, E. Y.-N., Cunningham, D. L., & Wescott, D. J. (2024). Macroscopic differences in adult human femora are linked to body mass index. The Anatomical Record, 2024, 1–12.
Gignac, P. M., Aceves, V., Baker, S. A., Barnes, J. J., Bell, J., Boyer, D., … Zobek, C. M. (2024). The role of networks to overcome large-scale challenges in tomography: The non-clinical tomography users research network. Tomography of Materials and Structures, 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmater.2024.100031
Sylvester, A., Wescott, D. J., Cunningham, D. L., & Gleiber, D. S. (2023). Effects of obesity on talar micro- and macro-morphology. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 68(2), 369–381.
Wescott, D. J. (2019). Postmortem changes in bone mechanical properties: loss of plasticity. Forensic Science International, 300, 164–169.
Hassan, B., Sylvester, A. D., Wescott, D. J., Cunningham, D. L., Manson, P., & Grant, M. P. (2025). An Introduction to the orbital buttress. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 155(4), 780e–783e.

Award / Honor Nominee: Excellence in Mentoring Award. 2024
Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Dallas Evidence Response Team. 2022
Award / Honor Recipient: Community Partnership Award, San Marcos Police Department. February 2, 2022
Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly / Creative Activities, College of Liberal Arts. August 2016
Award / Honor Nominee: Mariel M. Muir Excellence in Mentoring Award. May 2016