About the Program
From the 2012 Tucson Festival of Books, a panel discussion on forensic science. The panelists include, Holly Tucker, Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution, Douglas Starr, The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science, and Deborah Blum, The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. The panel is moderated by James Cornell, president of The International Science Writers Association.
Holly Tucker
Holly Tucker is an associate professor at Vanderbilt University's Center for Medicine, Health & Society and the University's Department of French and Italian. Her writing has appeared in several publications, including the Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, and San Francisco Chronicle. For more information, visit holly-tucker.com.
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Douglas Starr
Douglass Starr is the co-director of the graduate program in Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University. He is the author of Blood: An Epic History of Medicine, and has written for several publications, including Time, Smithsonian, and the Los Angeles Times. For more information, visit douglasstarr.com.
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Deborah Blum
Deborah Blum is the author of numerous books, including Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death. She is a former reporter for The Sacramento Bee, where she was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting in 1992. She is currently a journalism professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For more information, visit deborahblum.com.
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