Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Danny Wescott

  • Professor at Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Laboratory Safety Committee. October 2021 - Present.
  • Consulting Forensic Anthropologist, Equasearch. 2014 - Present.
  • Consulting Forensic Anthropologist, Texas Ranger. 2012 - Present.

2025

  • Chair, FACTS Laboratory Management Hiring Committee. July 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025.
  • Chair, Associate Director of FACTS hiring committee. May 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025.
  • Chair, Staff Specialist Hiring Committee. September 1, 2024 - January 15, 2025.

2024

  • Member, Merit Committee. 2022 - 2024.
  • Chair, NIJ Fire Grant Postdoctoral Fellow Hiring Committee. November 2023 - July 2024.
  • Member, External Review Team - School of Criminal Justice and Criminology. February 5, 2024 - February 7, 2024.

2023

  • Chair, Run 2 R1 Postdoctoral Hiring Committee. July 2023 - September 2023.

2022

  • Member, UPPS Development Committee: Graduate Student Fundign Application via ORSP. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Univerisity of Nebraska - Lincoln. 2022.
  • Member, Latinx cultural anthropology hiring committee. November 2021 - February 2022.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Forensic Sciences. February 2007 - February 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, University of Nebraska. 2021.

2020

  • Consultant Forensic Anthropologist, Finding Lucas Hernandez Group. August 2018 - 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sam Houston State University. January 2020 - February 2020.

2019

  • Chair, Assoicate Director of FACTS Hiring Committee. January 2019 - August 2019.

2018

  • Member, Politzer Student Travel Award Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. January 2012 - 2018.
  • Judge, Student Paper Competition, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 2007 - 2018.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. July 2014 - October 2018.
  • Editor, American Journal of Physical Anthropology Editorial Board. May 2012 - October 2018.
  • Member, Graduate Student Award Committee. February 2018.

2017

  • Member, Department Presidential Award Nominee Selection Committee. April 2017.
  • Member, Graduate Student Award Committee. February 2017.

2016

  • Member, Selection Committee for the University Scholars Program. 2015 - 2016.
  • Chair, Cultural Anthropology Faculty Search Committee. 2015 - 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. January 2015 - December 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Latin American Archaeology. January 2015 - December 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, PloS ONE. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Grant Administrative Assistant Search Committee. August 2015 - October 2015.
  • Member, Merit Allocation Committee. January 2015 - May 2015.
  • Member, Forensic Anthropology Faculty Search Committee. September 2014 - April 2015.
  • Chair, Education Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 2011 - April 2015.
  • Member, J. Lawrence Angel Student Paper Competition Committee. February 2015.

2014

  • Member, Politzer Student Travel Award Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. August 2014 - December 2014.

2013

  • Member, Politzer Student Travel Award Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Clemson University Tenure. August 2013 - December 2013.

2012

  • Member, Politzer Student Travel Award Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. 2012.
  • Member, Freeman Center Advisory Committee. April 2012 - 2012.

2011

  • Member, Education Committee. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Lecture/Instructor Promotion Committee. 2010 - 2011.
  • Consultant Forensic Anthropologist, Broward County Sheriff's Office. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Florida Emergency Mortuary Operations Response System (FEMORS). May 2010 - May 2011.

2010

  • Member, Politzer Student Travel Award Committee, American Association of Physical Anthropologists. 2010.
  • Chair, Lecturer Search Committee. August 2010 - December 2010.
  • Member, American Association of Physical Anthropologist Program Committee. July 2009 - April 2010.
  • Member, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Physical Anthropology Section Program Committee. August 2009 - February 2010.

2009

  • Forensic Anthropologist, Department of Anthropology. 2001 - 2009.
  • Member, American Association of Physical Anthropologist Program Committee. July 2008 - April 2009.

2008

  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Anthropologie. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Archaeological Science. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Human Evolution. 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Latin American Antiquity. 2008.
  • Faculty Advisor, Lambda Alpha National Honor Society, Gamma of Missouri. 2004 - 2008.
  • Member, Casts/Collection Committee. 2003 - 2008.
  • Member, Graduate Studies Committee. 2003 - 2008.
  • Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee. 2003 - 2008.
  • Member, Missouri Association of Professional Archaeologists. May 2005 - May 2008.
  • Speaker, Forensic Anthropology for Law Enforcement and Death Investigators. March 10, 2008 - March 15, 2008.

2007

  • Member, Biological Anthropology Recruitment Committee. 2007.
  • Judge, Student Paper Competition, American Association of Physical Anthropologist. 2007.
  • Member, Chair's Advisory Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Member, Leader's Student Paper Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Assistant, Annual Meeting Program Committee: Physical Anthropology Section. August 2006 - February 2007.
  • Moderator, Current Issues in Forensic Anthropology. February 24, 2007.

2006

  • Member, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum, Instruction, and Advising Committee. 2004 - 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2004 - 2006.
  • Member, Lecture Committee. 2003 - 2006.
  • Chair, Missouri Association of Professional Archaeologists' "Student Research Grant" Committee. June 2005 - March 2006.

2004

  • Member, Cultural Anthropology Recruitment Committee. 2004.
  • Grant Reviewer, University of Missouri New Faculty Teaching Scholars, Scholarship of Teaching Grant. September 2004.
  • Member, University of Missouri New Faculty Teaching Scholars, GTA Recruitment Committee. July 2004.
  • Judge, J. Lawrence Angel Student Paper Competition. February 2004.

2003

  • Co-organizer, Forensic Anthropology Techniques and Methods. March 28, 2003.

2002

  • Moderator, Skeletal Biology I. April 2002.

2001

  • Co-organizer, Poster symposium entitled "New Approaches to Skeletal Biology of the American Great Plains". 2001.

2000

  • Moderator, Midwest Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association 7th annual meeting. October 2000.

1999

  • Graduate Student Representative, Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee. 1998 - 1999.

1998

  • Co-organizer, Young Forensic Sciences Forum - Building a Career in Forensic Sciences: Education, Employment, and Expert Testimony. 1998.
  • Member, Young Forensic Sciences Forum steering committee. 1997 - 1998.

1996

  • Vice President, Lambda Alpha National Honor Society, Alpha of Kansas. 1995 - 1996.

1994

  • Graduate Student Representative, Department of Anthropology. 1994.

1992

  • Vice President, Anthropology Club. 1992.