People

Dr. Phoebe R. Stubblefield, Ph.D.

Director

Dr. Phoebe R. Stubblefield is the Director of the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory. A Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences since 2007, she served two terms as Chair of the Anthropology Section. Previously an associate professor at the University of North Dakota, for twelve years she directed its Forensic Science Program, created a trace evidence teaching laboratory, and assisted undergraduates with entry into the spectrum of forensic science careers.

In the late nineties she joined the scientific consultants for the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, and now serves as the lead forensic anthropologist in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Investigation. Recently she was inducted as a 2023 Fellow in Section H (Anthropology) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, based on her contributions to the Tulsa Race Massacre Investigation. She has performed forensic consults for the North Dakota State Historical Society, the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Grand Forks County Sheriff’s Office, the Grand Forks County Coroner’s Office, and medical examiner districts throughout the state of Florida. The publication, “The Anatomical Diaspora: Evidence of Early American Anatomical Traditions in North Dakota”, derived from her analysis of African American skeletal remains found buried on the UND campus in 2007. She enjoys promoting forensic anthropology to the general public through public outreach and consultation.

Sheridan Lea

Graduate Assistant

Grace Calhoun

Lab Coordinator

Caitlin Field

Quality Assurance Coordinator