Profile
Dr. Kathryn Powell
- Expert in applied research
- Policy and program development and implementation
- Report writing, strategic and corporate planner
- High level advisory positions held in public sector agencies
- Anthropologist: cultural and forensic
- Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
- Tutor, University of South Australia
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Bioscience Human Biology - Forensic Anthropology)
University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Arts, Honours (Anthropology)
University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Arts (Majors Anthropology)
University of Adelaide
Research Areas
Local communities
Forensic anthropology
Cultural histories
Aboriginal heritage
Organisational
Organisational membership
- Australian Anthropological Society (fellow)
- Australia and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS)
- Biological Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Unit (BACARU), Research unit of the Wood Jones Chair of Anthropological and Comparative Anatomy, University of Adelaide
- South Australian Anthropological Society
Selected Publications
Powell, K. (2010) Grave Concerns: Locating & Unearthing Human Bodies Australian Academic Press, Queenland
Powell, K. (2006) The Detection of Buried Human Skeletal Remains in the South Australian Environment, PhD thesis, University of Adelaide
Powell, K. (2004) “Detecting Buried Human Remains Using Near-Surface Geophysical Instruments” Exploration Geophysics, 35(1), pp 88-92
“Gravediggers go High-tech” Australian Science, September, 2000
Andrews, G. and Powell, K. (1991) “Consultancy on Long Term Care for Veterans and War Widows: Caring for a Changing Veteran Population”.
Indermaur, D. and Upton, K. (1988) “Alcohol and Drug Use Patterns of Prisoners in Perth”, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 21, pp 144-167. [note Upton is previous name]
Powell, K. (2004) “Detecting Buried Human Remains Using Near-Surface Geophysical Instruments” Exploration Geophysics, 35(1), pp 88-92
“Gravediggers go High-tech” Australian Science, September, 2000
Andrews, G. and Powell, K. (1991) “Consultancy on Long Term Care for Veterans and War Widows: Caring for a Changing Veteran Population”.
Indermaur, D. and Upton, K. (1988) “Alcohol and Drug Use Patterns of Prisoners in Perth”, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol. 21, pp 144-167. [note Upton is previous name]