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Events: 2009 Forensic Science Schedule
Forensic Science Summary
Friday, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
"FORS Forever: The New Smart Kid on the ACGM Block"
Speaker: Don Jacobs, Department Chair of Psychology and Forensic Science, Weatherford College
Saturday, 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
"Forensic Education: Training the Next Generation of CSIs"
Speaker: Michael Lytle, Associate Master Technical Instructor of Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
Friday, February 20th, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
"FORS Forever: The New Smart Kid on the ACGM Block"
Speaker: Don Jacobs, Department Chair of Psychology and Forensic Science, Weatherford College
In this session, Don Jacobs, author of the FORS rubric, talks about the DOs & DON’Ts
of the two recently approved FORS LABS. As ALL 50 community colleges in Texas may now offer these courses, the slideshow session is a must-attend for colleagues who seek to offer the new smart kid on the ACGM block. Textbooks, supplements and labs will be discussed with Q & A to follow.
Saturday, February 21st, 9:00-10:15 a.m.
"Forensic Education: Training the Next Generation of CSIs"
Speaker: Michael Lytle, Associate Master Technical Instructor of Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
This presentation discusses issues and trends related to the associate-level CSI career, academic preparation, professional development and continuing education, accreditation standards, bachelor’s degree completion, academic articulation issues, and other curricular matters of forensic education.
Biography:
Professor Michael A. Lytle joined the faculty of UTB/TSC faculty in 2006 after retiring from his Washington DC consulting practice where he was an advisor and senior subject-matter expert to federal and international agencies on forensic science, counternarcoterrorism, homeland and border security, and C3I. He is the former executive officer of the US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, and later served on the professional staff of the Department of Defense Office of Legal Policy at the Pentagon as the primary point of contact of criminal justice and forensic science policy issues. Professor Lytle is the founder of the successful forensic science program at Marymount University in Arlington, VA and the new forensic investigation program of study at UTB/TSC. Some of his most recent forensic work includes serving as principal investigator on research & development for Customs on detecting drug swallowing smugglers at ports-of- entry, and as a senior researcher on forensics for DARPA work on countering suicide bombers. He is listed in Who’s Who of the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Science & Engineering, and American Men & Women of Science. Professor Lytle is designated a Distinguished Alumnus of Sam Houston State University where the LTC Michael A. Lytle ’77 Academic Prize in Forensic Science is named for him. He is active in the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Forensic Science Society, International Association of Forensic Nurses, International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts, International Association for Identification, and the American College of Forensic Examiners where his holds the designations Certified Medical Investigator--III and a Life Fellow.
Forensic Science Section Chair: Don Jacobs, Weatherford College