Karen Ramey Burns is an American forensic anthropologist known for her work in international human rights and her specialty is the recovery and identification of human remains in criminal, historical, archaeological, and disaster-related circumstances.

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  • Karen Ramey Burns is an American forensic anthropologist known for her work in international human rights and her specialty is the recovery and identification of human remains in criminal, historical, archaeological, and disaster-related circumstances. She has worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the Raboteau Massacre and trial in Haiti, the Río Negro massacre in Guatemala, victims of genocide in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Amelia Earhart search in Kiribati, Fiji, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and the identification of the Kazimierz Pułaski remains in Savannah, Georgia, United States. She is also active in international forensic training and teaches human osteology and forensic anthropology at the University of Georgia in Athens. She is a 2007-08 Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, where she also works with EQUITAS, a non-governmental organization dedicated to helping families of disappeared persons due to the ongoing Colombian conflict. Dr. Burns received her graduate education in forensic anthropology under the direction of the late Dr. William R. Maples at the University of Florida and developed experience in major crime laboratory procedures while working for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Division of Forensic Sciences. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
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