Publications | Nicholas V. Passalac

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NICHOLAS V. PASSALACQUA

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George RL, Passalacqua NV, Solomon DA, Schauble DM, Bintz BJ, Noel H. 2024. Collaborative fire research program using donated human remains. WIREs Forensic Science; e1526.

Yim A, Passalacqua NV 2023. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of race in the criminal justice system with respect to forensic science decision making: Implications for forensic anthropology. Humans.

Deem E, Passalacqua NV, Messer DL, Sanseverino P, Zejdlik K, Klales AR. 2023. A review of anatomical terminology for the hip bone. Anatomical Science International.

Passalacqua NV, Langley NR, Pilloud MA, Tersigni-Tarrant MA. 2023. Evaluating expertise in forensic anthropology. Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Passalacqua NV, Spatola B, Thomas R. 2022. Response to Goldstein et al. humanitarian action in academic institutions. Forensic Sciences Research.

Kolpan KE, Passalacqua NV. 2022. Forensic Archaeology as a high-impact practice. Journal of Forensic Sciences.

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud MA, Tersigni-Tarrant M. 2022. Opinion: Overburden on death investigation system will worsen without Roe v. Wade. Foresnicmag.

George RL, Zejdlik K, Messer DL, Passalacqua NV. 2022. The John A. Williams Human Skeletal Collection at Western Carolina University. Forensic Sciences 2:362-370.

Márquez‐Grant N, Baldini E, Jeynes V, Biehler‐Gomez L, Aoukhiyad L,
Passalacqua NV, Giordano G, Di Candia D, Cattaneo C. 2022. How do drugs affect the skeleton? Implications for forensic anthropology. Biology 11:524.

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud MA. 2022. The importance of professional organizations as disciplinary leaders and the need for meaningful ethical codes in anthropology. American Anthropologist.

Pilloud MA, Passalacqua NV, Philbin CS. 2022. Caseloads in forensic anthropology. American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

Pilloud MA, Passalacqua NV. 2202. “Why are there so many women in forensic anthropology?”: an evaluation of gendered experiences in forensic anthropology. Forensic Anthropology.

Passalacqua NV, Messer DL, Symes SA. 2021. Steven A. Symes (Biography). Forensic Anthropology.

Passalacqua NV, Mulholland S, Pilloud MA, Klales AR. 2021. The value of forensic anthropology in undergraduate anthropology programs. American Anthropologist 123(3):603-616.

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud MA, Congram D. 2021. Forensic anthropology as a discipline. Biology 10(8):691-708.

Rodriquez Almada H, Passalacqua NV, Congram D, Pilloud MA. 2021. As forensic scientists and as people, we must not confuse objectivity with neutrality. Journal of Forensic Sciences. In Press

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud MA. 2021. The need to professionalize forensic anthropology. European Journal of Anatomy 25(S2):35-47.

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud MA. 2021. Unethical use of 1985 MOVE bombing skeletal remains highlights inequality in death investigations. Forensic Mag.

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud MA. 2020. Education and training in forensic anthropology. Forensic Anthropology 3(2):65-74.

Boyd DC, Bartelink EJ, Passalacqua NV, Pokines JT, Tersigni-Tarrant MT. 2020. The American Board of Forensic Anthropology's Certification Program. Forensic Anthropology 3(2):112-119.

Passalacqua NV, Chu EY, Pilloud MA. 2020. Salaries in forensic anthropology and academic anthropology. Forensic Anthropology 3(2):120-131.

Kenyhercz M, Passalacqua NV, Hefner JT. 2019. Missing Data Imputation Methods Using Morphoscopic Traits and Their Performance in the Estimation of Ancestry. Forensic Anthropology 2(3):178-188.

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud MA, Belcher WR. 2019. Scientific integrity in the forensic sciences: Consumerism, conflicts of interest, and transparency. Science and Justice 59:573-579.

MacKinnon AT, Passalacqua NV, Bartelink E. 2019. Exploring diet and status in the Medieval and Modern periods of Asturias, Spain using stable isotopes from bone collagen. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11(8):3837-3855.

Collins C, Johnson C, McLawhorn J, Passalacqua NV, Zejdlik K, Bailey C, Williams JA. The John A. Williams Documented Human Skeletal Collection. ABD: Artifact Bones Discourse: An interdisciplinary Student Journal 6:27-36.

Passalacqua NV, Garvin HM. 2018. Experiences in the application and attendance of biological anthropology programs focused on human skeletal biology. Forensic Anthropology 1(4):201-214.

Passalacqua NV. 2018. Are careers in biological anthropology sustainable? American Journal of Physical Anthropology 166:772-776.

Passalacqua NV, Christensen AM, Hefner JT. 2018. Forensic anthropology: A journal for our discipline. Forensic Anthropology 2018;1(1):1-3.

Parr NM, Passalacqua NV, Skorpinski K. 2017. Investigations into age-related changes in the human mandible. Journal of Forensic Sciences 62(6):1586-1591.

Hefner JT, Spatola B, Passalacqua NV, Gocha T. 2016. Beyond Taphonomy: Exploring Craniometric Variation among Anatomical Material. Journal of Forensic Sciences 61(6):1440-1449.

Passalacqua NV, De La Paz J, Zejdlik KJ. 2016. Commentary On: Identification of missing Norwegian World War II Soldiers, in Karelia Russia. Journal of Forensic Sciences 60(4):1104-10.

Christensen AM, Passalacqua NV, Schmunk GA, Fudenberg J, Hartnett K, Mitchell RA, Love JC, deJong J, Petaros A. 2015. The value and availability of forensic anthropological consultation in medicolegal death investigations. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology 11(3)2015:438-441.

Congram D, Passalacqua NV, Ríos L. 2014. Inter-site analysis of victims of extra- and judicial execution in civil war Spain: Location and direction of perimortem gunshot trauma. Annals of Anthropological Practice 38(1):81-88.

Passalacqua NV, Pilloud M, Gruters G. 2014. Professionalism: Ethics and scholarship in forensic science. Journal of Forensic Sciences 59(2):573-575.

Passalacqua NV. 2013. Subadult age-at-death estimation from the human calcaneus. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 23:471-474.

Passalacqua NV, Zhang Z, Pierce SJ. 2013. Sex determination of human skeletal populations using latent profile analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 151(4):538-543.

Powell BJ, Passalacqua NV, Fenton TW, Haut RC. 2013. Fracture characteristics of entrapped head impacts vs. controlled head drops in infant porcine specimens. Journal of Forensic Sciences 58(3):678-83.

Semeraro DS, Passalacqua NV, Symes SA, Gilson T. 2012. Patterns of blunt force trauma induced by motorboat and ferry propellers as illustrated by three known cases from Rhode Island. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57(6):1625-1629.

Garvin HM, Passalacqua NV. 2012. Current practices by forensic anthropologists in adult skeletal age estimation. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57(2):427-433.

Powell BJ, Passalacqua NV, Baumer TG, Fenton TW, Haut RC. Fracture Patterns On the Infant Porcine Skull Following Severe Blunt Impact. Journal of Forensic Sciences 57(2):312-317.

Passalacqua NV. 2012. Bioarchaeological investigations of heath and demography in Medieval Asturias, Spain [dissertation]. Lansing (MI), Michigan State University.

Passalacqua NV, Fenton TW. 2012. Developments in forensic anthropology: Blunt Force Trauma. In: Dirkmaat DC (editor). A companion to forensic anthropology. Blackwell Publishing:400-412.

Dirkmaat DC, Passalacqua NV 2012. Introduction to Part VI: Forensic taphonomy. In: Dirkmaat DC (editor). A companion to forensic anthropology. Blackwell Publishing:473-476.

Baumer TG, Nashelsky M, Hurst CV, Passalacqua NV, Fenton TW, Haut RC. 2010. Characteristics and prediction of cranial crush injuries in children. Journal of Forensic Sciences 55(6):1416-1421.

Baumer TG, Passalacqua NV, Powell BJ, Newberry WN, Fenton TW, Haut RC. 2010. Age-Dependent Fracture Characteristics of Rigid and Compliant Surface Impacts on the Infant Skull – A Porcine Model. Journal of Forensic Sciences 55(4):993-997.

Passalacqua, NV. 2010. The utility of the Samworth and Gowland age-at-death “look-up” tables in forensic anthropology. Journal of Forensic Sciences 55(2):482-487.

Passalacqua NV. 2010. The nature of leet speak in online communication. Unpublished manuscript. This paper originated as a class project which I expanded in hopes of publication, but it was rejected.

Passalacqua NV. 2009. Forensic age-at-death estimation from the sacrum. Journal of Forensic Sciences 54(2):255-262.

Beach JJ, Passalacqua NV, Chapman EN. 2008. Heat related changes in tooth color: Temperature versus duration of exposure. In: Schmidt C and Symes SA (editors). Analysis of burned human remains. Elsevier.

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