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Forensic Studies

Advisory Boards

Forensic Studies Steering Committee FY 2020-21

Name Division/Department Year Appointed
David Rivers  Biology  2018
Marianna Carlucci  Psychology  2018
Nicole Schoenberger  Sociology  2019
Allen Brizee  Writing  2019
Joseph Farrell  Philosophy  2020
Theresa Jefferson  Business (ISOM)  2018
Bahram Roughani  Associate Dean, NAS  Ex officio

Forensic Studies Advisory Board FY 2020-21

Name Affiliation Expertise
Rana DellaRocco Baltimore City Police
Forensic Unit		 Director of
Forensic Unit
Jeffrey Hickey ('95) MicroLab, Inc
ZyGem, Inc		 Director of Forensics
Matt Gabriel ('95) ThermoFisher Product Manager
Mary Beth Haller Baltimore City
Health Department		 Deputy Commissioner
Dr. Barry Levine ('78) Office of the Chief
Medical Examiner,
Maryland		 Retired States
Forensic Toxicologist
Betty Layne DesPortes Benjamin and DesPortes
Law Firm		 Immediate past president
of AAFS
Dr. William Rodriguez Armed Forces Pathology Forensic Anthropology
Mike O'Day ('97) DLA Piper Trial Attorney,
Corporate and Internal Business
KC Murphy Office of Attorney General,
State of Maryland		 Director, Criminal Division
Fraud Analysis
Dr. Kathryn Seifert Eastern Shore
Psychological Services		 CEO,
Forensic Psychologist
Dr. Wanda Kuperus Maryland State Police
Forensic Unit		 Deputy Director
Dr. Hung Cheung ('81) Cogency Medical
Forensics Consultants		 President
Dr. David Fowler Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner, Maryland		 Chief Medical Examiner
Shelly Brazelle US Secret Service Latent Print Examiner,
Currency Fraud Examiner
Dr. David Black (’74) Founder, Aegis Sciences Corporation;
Founder, The Phoenix Sciences Group;
Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Immunology, Microbiology,
Pathology and Pharmacology,
Vanderbilt University
Forensic Toxicologist
Dr. John Morgan (’84)  Center for Forensic Sciences,
RTI International		 Senior Director
Dr. Kevin Dowling ('90)
Becky Feldman ('98) Maryland Office of the Public Defender Deputy Public Defender



Theresa Nguyen
Faculty

Theresa Nguyen, Ph.D.

Dr. Nguyen attributes her success as a scientist and as a professor to her Jesuit education

Chemistry
Student and forensics professor reviewing an experiment
Academics

Forensic Studies major

Demand for professionals with forensic training has never been greater, and Loyola’s Forensic Studies program is unique in that it encompasses 16 departments of academic focus—the most of any program in the country.