Laura Fulginiti, PhD, Forensic Anthropologist
Dr. Fulginiti is a board-certified forensic anthropologist with over 35 years of experience working within the medical examiner and coroner system. She is qualified as an expert in the Federal, and many District, court systems. She has extensive teaching experience and publications in forensic science. She served as President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences after being in leadership of that organization for twenty years. She is available as a consulting and/or testifying expert. For more information, please contact her at drfulgi@cox.net or 602-361-8121.
- Case review – forensic anthropology and medico-legal death investigation
- Skeletal trauma – pediatric, adult, and geriatric
- Radiograph review – pediatric, pedestrians, identification
- Unidentified decedents – assessments, profiles, NamUs
- Cremation assessment
- Scene recovery process and procedure
- Mass Fatality/Emergency preparedness for morgue personnel
She has qualified as an expert in both State and Federal courts. She provides training for the law enforcement communities in Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Colorado, and at FLETC in Georgia. She is an adjunct professor at Arizona State University, a Visiting Assistant Professor at The Colorado College and an Instructor at Northern Arizona University. Dr Fulginiti is a member of DMORT, Region VIII, a federal disaster response team. She has responded to multiple mass fatality events including airline crashes in Colorado, Guam, California and Pennsylvania (9/11), the tri-state crematory incident in Georgia and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. She also participates in lectures to local community groups, high school, middle and elementary schools. Several of her cases have been profiled in books and on television.
New Class - March 2025
Surface Skeleton and Buried Body Recovery Seminar
March 26 - March 28, 2025
8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Hosted by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and
Prescott Valley Police Department
Images from the Surface Skeleton and Buried Body Seminar Class
Latest News
The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) delegation to Croatia returned Sunday after a week of collaboration with our forensic science counterparts and touring the beautiful cities of Zagreb and Dubrovnik.
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Contesting The Massacre at Nataruk Authors:
- Christopher M. Stojanowski
- Andrew C. Seidel
- Laura C. Fulginiti
- Kent M. Johnson & Jane E. Buikstra
