Certificate Program Faculty
One of the hallmarks of the Certificate in Forensic Science and Law program is the broad array of expertise and international renown found among its faculty. With lecturers spanning the worlds of law, forensic science, law enforcement and health care, not to mention several academic disciplines, it is a program uniquely well equipped to introduce students to the far-reaching practice of forensic science.
A partial list of Certificate program lecturers, past and present, follows:
Bruce A. Antkowiak, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Robert D. Askew
Criminalist, Serology Section
Allegheny County Coroner's Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Michael M. Baden, M.D.
Co-director, New York State Police Medicolegal Investigation Unit
Member, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
Steven C. Batterman, Ph.D.
Forensic Engineering Consultant, Batterman Engineering, LLC
Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering and Applied Science and School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Lawson F. Bernstein, M.D.
Forensic Neuropsychiatric Consultant, HealthSouth Harmarville Brain Injury and Chronic Pain Programs, UPMC St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital
Kirk N. Bloodsworth
First U.S. Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence
Consultant, The Justice Project
Vanessa Browne-Barbour, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Ann Wolbert Burgess, D.N.Sc., R.N.
Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Boston College School of Nursing
Member, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
Carole E. Chaski, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Institute for Linguistic Evidence
Suzanne Edgett Collins, RN, M.P.H., J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Duquesne University School of Nursing
Robin Cotton, Ph.D.
Laboratory Director, Technical Forensic Sciences, Orchid Cellmark
Martin Coyne
Chief Forensic Photographer, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office
Wendy Cummings
Doctoral Candidate, Mylan School of Pharmacy, Duquesne University
Laura Ditka, Esq.
Deputy District Attorney and Head, Child Abuse Unit, Office of the Allegheny County District Attorney
Bruce W. Dixon, M.D.
Director, Allegheny County Department of Health
Charles E. Evans, Esq.
Senior Partner, Evans Portnoy and Quinn
Frederick W. Fochtman, Ph.D.
Director, The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law,
Director and Chief Toxicologist, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division; Associate Professor of Pharmacology-Toxicology, Duquesne University
Ronald Freeman
Former Commander, Investigations Branch, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Robert Full
Chief, Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services
Head, Southwestern Pennsylvania Counterterrorism Task Force
Kevin Garber, Esq.
Shareholder, Environmental, Health and Safety Group
Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
Michael C. George, Esq.
Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Office of Michael C. George
Donald Grant
Manager, Protective Services, Allegheny County Department of Human Services Area Agency on Aging
Sara R. Green
Criminalist, Serology Section, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Rodger J. Gregorich
Forensic Document Examiner
William Grom
Special Agent, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Dennis Hahn, M.S.
Laboratory Manager, Drug Chemistry Section
Allegheny County Coroner's Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Tim Haney
Detective, Allegheny County Police
James R. Hankle, Esq.
Attorney-at-Law, Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C.
Neil Haskell, Ph.D.
Forensic Entomology Consultant
Professor of Entomology, St. Joseph’s College
Robert Huston
Criminalist, Environmental Chemistry Section, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Laboratories Division
Jennifer Janssen, M.S.
Assistant Chief Toxicologist, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Detective Robert Keenan
Detective, Allegheny County Bureau of Police
Margaret K. Krasik, J.D.
Associate Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Charles F. Kritko, M.S.
Deputy Director, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Michelle Kuehner
Criminalist, Firearms Section, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Shaun A. Ladham, M.D.
Forensic Pathologist, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office
Bruce S. Ledewitz, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Henry C. Lee, Ph.D.
Chief Emeritus, Connecticut State Police Forensic Laboratory
Member, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
Robert T. Levine, Ph.D.
Criminalist, Firearms Section, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Honorable Jeffrey A. Manning
Judge, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Criminal Division
Anthony M. Mariani, Esq.
Attorney-at-Law, Anthony M. Mariani, P.C.
Robert J. Marino, Esq.
Attorney-at-Law, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote
Kellen McClendon, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Kenneth McCrory, CPA
Senior Partner, McCrory and McDowell
Certified Fraud Examiner
Tom Meyers, M.S.
Criminalist, Serology Section, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division
John E. Murray, Jr., J.D., S.J.D.
Chancellor and Professor of Law, Duquesne University
Janet R. Necessary, Esq.
Deputy District Attorney and Head, Elder Abuse Division, Office of the Allegheny County District Attorney
Mark M. Pollitt
President, Digital Evidence Professional Services
Former Director, Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory Program, Federal Bureau of Investigation
John T. Rago, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Founding Director, The Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law
Francis Rapp, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Partner, Feldstein Grinberg Stein & McKee
Maurice G. Rogev, M.D.
Consultant in Forensic Pathology and Clinical Forensic Medicine
Former Chief Pathologist, Medico-legal Bureau, Israel Defense Force
Mark E. Safarik
Supervisory Special Agent, Behavioral Analysis Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brandt A. Schenken
Special Agent, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Professor Jeffrey H. Schwartz
Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Raymond F. Sekula, J.D.
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Jack W. Snyder, M.D., J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Director, Division of Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
Member, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
Michael N. Sobel, D.M.D.
Chief Forensic Odonotologist and Director, Dental Identification Team, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office
James E. Starrs, L.L.M.
Professor of Law and Professor of Forensic Sciences, George Washington University
Member, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
S. Michael Streib, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Gary Tallent
Homicide Detective, Allegheny County Bureau of Police
Robert D. Taylor, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law
Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D.
Coroner, Allegheny County
Chairman, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
Victor W. Weedn, M.D., J.D.
Director of Biotechnology and Health Initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University; Principal Research Scientist, Carnegie Mellon University
Member, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
Michael Welner, M.D.
Chairman, The Forensic Panel; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine ; Member, Advisory Board, Wecht Institute
Pamela M. Woods
Criminalist, Arson Section, Allegheny County Coroner’s Office Forensic Laboratory Division
Mark D. Yochum, J.D.
Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law