Faculty Profile for Dr. JP Fancher

profile photo for Dr. JP Fancher
Dr. JP Fancher
Lecturer — Anthropology
phone: (512) 245-8272
Scholarly/Creative Work
Grants

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Aitkenhead-Peterson, J. A., Fancher, J. P., Alexander, M. B., Hamilton, M. D., Bytheway, J. A., & Wescott, D. J. (2021). Predicting postmortem interval for human cadavers in a sub-tropical climate using UV-Vis-near infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 66(1), 190–201. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14579
  • Spradley, M. K., Veltri, M. F., Hamilton, M. D., & Fancher, J. P. (2020). Archeological Monitoring and Exhumations for the City of Austin’s Oakwood Cemetery Chapel Restoration Project, Travis County, Texas.  Volume II: Bioarcheology. Austin, Texas: City of Austin.
  • Fancher, J. P., Aitkenhead-Peterson, J. A., Farris, T., Mix, K. D., Schwab, A. P., Wescott, D. J., & Hamilton, M. D. (2017). An Evaluation of Soil Chemistry in Human Cadaver Decomposition Islands. Forensic Science International, 279, 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.08.002

Selected Grants

  • Spradley, Martha K (Principal), Hamilton, Michelle D (Supporting), Herrmann, Nicholas Paul (Supporting), Fancher, James Patrick (Supporting), Canales, Eduardo (Supporting), Crowder, Christian (Supporting), Huston Katsanis, Sara (Supporting). Centralizing and Increasing the Reporting, Identification, and Repatriation of Unidentified Migrants in Texas Border Counties, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Federal, $996045. (Funded: January 1, 2023 - September 30, 2025). Grant.