This panel will focus on the lead female images presented in forensic science genre popular television programs (the CSIs, Bones, NCIS,?). How are the African-American females depicted? Is there a difference between the way the white female forensic scientists and black female scientist are presented? What are some of the prominent common characteristics of the female forensic scientists? This panel will attempt to answer these questions and more.
Moderator: Lona D. Cobb, Winston Salem State University
Panelists: Traci Williams, Kent State University
Phillip Powell, Valparaiso University
Skye Dent, University of North Carolina