The Kim Research Laboratory focuses on the intersection of forensic intervention, justice responses, capacity-building, and survivor needs to improve methods and medico-legal models used to address violence, crime, and mass fatality.
What We've Achieved
Forensic anthropology and archaeology training workshops for pathologists, law enforcement officers, and NGOs in Uganda and the US*
Transitional justice, forensic biology, and anthropology sensitization and capacity-building for rural Ugandans*
Assistance with justice goals via completion of archaeological site surveys*
Organizational assessment/recommendations for strategic planning for diverse agencies serving survivors of human trafficking in NW Ohio
Shared survivor perceptions of transitional justice efficacy at over 25 Aboriginal Friendship Centers throughout Canada
Analyzed disaster preparedness, response, and recovery for emergency management services in Tennessee**
Dissemination of findings through professional and public presentations
Public outreach regarding forensic services, justice models, & human trafficking
*In collaboration with University of Tennessee Knoxville, Arizona State University, and Rhodes College
**In collaboration with Kennesaw State University and the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.