Faculty Profile for Dr. Timothy Paul Gocha

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Dr. Timothy Paul Gocha
Program Faculty — Anthropology
GEB 113
phone: (512) 245-1947
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 B.A. Anthropology, The Ohio State University 2006
M.Sc. Human Osteology & Paleopathology, University of Bradford 2008
Ph.D. Anthropology, The Ohio State University 2014

Research Interests

 Mineralized tissue histology
Skeletal biology
Positive identification
Migrant deaths

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Gocha, T. P., Robling, A. G., & Stout, S. D. (2018). Histomorphometry of Human Cortical Bone: Applications to Age Estimation. In Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton (pp. 145–188). Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1002/9781119151647.ch5
  • Galloway, A., Bartelink, E., Gocha, T. P., & Pilloud, M. A. (2023). To Be Ready: Preparations for Fatal Wildfire Recovery Operations. In The Path of Flames: Understanding and Responding to Fatal Wildfires (pp. 193–201). Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003168010-16
  • Gocha, T. P., & Robledo, I. (2023). Anthropological Analysis of Human Remains from Hays County (F05-2023).
  • Gocha, T. P. (2023). Anthropological Analysis of Human Remains from Milam County.
  • Gocha, T. P., & Moe, M. E. (2023). Anthropological Analysis of Human Remains from Comal County (F01-2023).

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University. 2015

Selected Grants

  • Wescott, Daniel J (Principal), Gocha, Timothy Paul (Co-Principal), Mavroudas, Sophia Rose (Co-Principal), Seddig, Steve (Co-Principal), Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Co-Principal). Forensic Fire Death Investigation: Cross-Disciplinary Research and Performance Standards Development for Structural, Vehicle, and Open-Pit Fire Scenes, National Institute of Justice, Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Federal, $1087985. (Submitted: May 9, 2022, Funded: January 2023 - December 2025). Grant.
  • Gocha, Timothy Paul (Principal), Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Supporting). Improving age-at-death estimates from human skeletal remains through spatial analysis of intracortical remodeling using geographic information systems software, National Instite of Justice, Federal, $349970. (Submitted: June 2021, Funded: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
  • Gocha, Timothy Paul (Principal). Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification, National Institute of Justice, Federal, $271120. (Submitted: June 2021, Funded: January 1, 2022 - September 1, 2024). Grant.
  • Gocha, Timothy Paul (Principal), Spradley, Martha K (Co-Principal), Moe, Mariah Elaine (Co-Principal). Finding the Missing and Unidentified: The Application of Predictive Modeling, Ground Penetrating Radar, and Small Unmanned Aircraft-Mounted Infrared Imagery for the Detection of Unmarked Graves, National Institute of Justice, Federal, $150000. (Submitted: April 14, 2020, Funded: January 2021 - August 2024). Grant.
  • Spradley, Martha K (Co-Principal), Gocha, Timothy P. Exhuming Migrant Remains in South Texas, American Academy of Forensic Sciences Humanitarian Human Rights Resource Center, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $19512.00. (Funded: 2017 - 2018). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Dental Anthropology Journal
December 2020-Present
Treasurer
Society of Forensic Anthropologists
February 2020-Present
Board Member
San Marcos Runners Club
January 2020-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Forensic Sciences
2019-Present
Member
AAFS Standards Board Anthropology Consensus Body
2019-Present