2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipient

Dr. Emily A. Craig

Dr. Craig,  a forensic anthropologist, is a 1976 graduate of the School of Allied Health Science Department of Medical Illustration. For the past 13 years, she has headed Kentucky’s  Division of Medical Examiners as state forensic anthropologist. She is the author of Teasing Secrets from the Dead, which  highlights her career path from medical illustration to forensic anthropology.

After  graduating from MCG, Dr. Craig spent 15 years at the Hughston Orthopedic Sports Medicine Clinic in Columbus, Ga., where she established the  clinic’s first medical illustration unit and hired more than a half-dozen MCG  medical illustration alumni. She has received awards from the Student American  Medical Association, the Southern Medical Association and the Association of  Medical Illustrators.

In 1991, she returned to school to pursue a doctorate in forensic physical anthropology  at the University of Tennessee and its historic Body Farm. She has been profiled on America’s Most Wanted, Unsolved Mysteries and 48 Hours and has worked at notorious  crime scenes, including the site of the former World  Trade Center and the Branch Davidian massacre in Waco, Texas.

 

 

 

For more information
Contact School of Allied Health Sciences Alumni Association
Gia Johnson, gjohnson@mcg.edu, at 706-721-7354.