EDITORS: SHEILA HALL AND TERRY SWANSON

Black Cat

October 2006

 

 

LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR TEAM MEMBERS

 

LESLIE E. EISENBERG, Ph.D.

 

 

Leslie Eisenberg is the Program Coordinator for the Burial Sites Preservation Program at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison, Wisconsin. Her job entails working with landowners, Native Americans, and others in identifying, protecting, and preserving all types of burials, including American Indian mounds. Aside from her position at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Leslie is an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and she is a Consultant in Forensic Anthropology for the State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Hartford, Connecticut. When needed, Leslie also provides forensic anthropology consultations to all jurisdictions in Wisconsin, in order to assist in the recovery and identification of human remains and provide expert witness testimony at trials, hearings, and depositions.

 

Leslie - a former resident of Long Island, New York - received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the State University College in New Paltz, New York. She completed her senior year at the Centre Linguistique and the Universite de Besancon, France.  Leslie attained her Masters Degree and Ph.D. in Anthropology from New York University. She is a Board Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. Leslie also has an affinity for languages: she speaks fluent French, is proficient in speaking and writing Hebrew and Spanish, and knows American Sign Language.

 

Dr. Eisenberg currently serves on numerous Boards and Committees, affiliated with her profession: Advisory Board Member in the Forensic Science Certificate Program at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin; Secretary of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology; Chair of the Standards Board of the Register of Professional Archaeologists; Standards Board Member of the Register of Professional Archaeologists; Steering Committee Member of the Midwest Archaeological Conference; Member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Collections Disaster Committee; Board Member of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. In the past, Leslie has been involved with the following: Chair of the Committee on Eligibility for Board Certification with the American Board of Forensic Anthropology; Member of the Cemetery Task Force with the State of Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing; Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee at the Paleopathology Association Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri; Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology; Co-Chair of the Paleopathology Association Program Steering Committee; Editorial Board Member of the Paleopathology Newsletter; Member of the Preservation Database Committee for the Paleopathology Association.

 

Leslie is extremely active within her profession: she is a Fellow in the Academy of Forensic Sciences, a member of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, as well as the International Association for Identification, the Paleopathology Association, the Register of Professional Archaeologists, and the Society for American Archaeology.

In addition, Dr. Eisenberg holds regional membership in the following organizations: the Charles E. Brown Archaeological Society (Madison Chapter), the Middle Cumberland Archaeological Conference, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, the Tennessee Council for Professional Archaeology, the Wisconsin Archaeological Survey, the Wisconsin Association for Identification, the Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators, and the Wisconsin Coroners and Medical Examiners Association.

 

Between the years 1982 and 2005, Dr. Eisenberg has written and contributed to over fifty publications in professional newsletters, abstracts, journals, and books. She has prepared essays and lectured at over eighty seminars and conferences. Since 1993, Leslie has been interviewed by multiple media groups – Wisconsin television, newspaper, and radio – to share in her experiences and knowledge. She has had vast archaeological field experience, working at excavation sites located in various cities of New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, Wisconsin, and France.

 

Dr. Eisenberg’s extensive resume also includes that of educator. She has taught a number of advanced courses throughout her career: Human Anatomy, Introduction to Archaeology, Human Evolution and Prehistory, Evolution and Biology of Human Behavior, Rise of Civilization, Health and Disease, and Forensic Anthropology. Professor Eisenberg has been on faculty at Adelphi University (Garden City, New York), New York Chiropractic College, New York University, and New York University School of Continuing Education.

 

When she is not preoccupied with her many anthropological and academic activities, Leslie has contributed her time at her favorite charities: volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House (Madison, Wisconsin), Central Wisconsin Search and Rescue, and currently, Canine Search Solutions.

 

Leslie has been a DMORT Region V member since 1995. She has participated in several deployments as a Forensic Anthropologist: Amtrak Train Crash (Bourbonnais, Illinois 1999); the World Trade Center Tragedy (New York 2001); Hurricane Katrina (Gulfport/Biloxi, Mississippi 2005).

 

Leslie currently resides in Oregon, Wisconsin (just south of Madison) with her three cats – “P-Nut,” Chestnut, and Morty (named after DMORT and adopted in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina – see the October, 2005 edition of “Voice of V”). When she can “navigate” it into her “turbulent” schedule, Leslie is a student pilot: she flies a Piper Warrior and claims to keep her flight instructor “on alert.”

 

No “bones” about it, Region V “positively identifies” Leslie as a valued team member!

 

 

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES

 

SUE ATWOOD

Administrative Officer

 

 

Another year has gone by and it's time to update your immunization booklet with the flu and TB shots.  Those who will be going to a FOH clinic and do not have a 07 badge need to let me know so the appropriate clinic can be given the approval ahead of time to accept you as a patient.  Please send verification of new vaccinations to me.  Remember, you keep the yellow booklet and I just need a photocopy.

 

Within the next several months, many licenses will expire.  Please “snail mail,” fax, or scan and email your new license to me.  You cannot deploy without a current license on file. 

 

Certificates of completion are still coming in for the IS 100, 200, 700, and 800 courses.  A revised completion roster will be sent out. 

 

Any changes in contact information need to be sent to me ASAP.  Changes in address also require submission of the appropriate form to headquarters.

 

If you recently received an email regarding FOC Communicator, you may disregard it unless you have a FEMA-issued laptop. 

 

 

TRAINING UPDATES

 

JAN SIMONS

Training Officer

 

I am excited to announce that Region V will be participating in a National DMORT Training in 2007.  Please mark your calendars for April 18-22 and plan on attending.  Because all DMORT teams will be participating, there will be no other DMORT training offered in 2007 for you to attend.  The location is yet to be determined and we will keep you updated as the planning evolves.

 

 

2007 NDMS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

 

The 2007 NDMS Annual Conference is scheduled on March 17-21, 2007, and will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. For further information, refer to www.ndms.chepinc.org.