Suzanne Baldon, M.A.
Lecturer
M.A., Anthropology, 1994, University of Texas at Arlington
B.A., Art, 1986, University of Texas at Tyler
A.A., Art, 1983, Tyler Junior College
Certifications:
Forensic Art: Scottsdale Artists' School and the University of Oklahoma at Norman; further studies on depicting the skull in clay at the Firehouse Art Center in Norman
Anthropology: "Compliance with Cultural Resources Law and Policy" and "Archaeological Field Monitoring," Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Education: United States Department of the Interior National Park Service, Texas Environmental Education Advisory Committee, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Cultural and social behavior; environmental issues and adaptations; cultural and economic usage of public lands; recent and future popular culture; consequences of historical and pre-historical behavior; material and non-material culture; anthropology of art; effect of representational and abstract symbolism on culture and the individual; and reconstruction of facial appearance and age progression in the skull and soft tissues of humankind; PhD candidate in Transformative Studies at the California Institute for Integral Studies.
Undergraduate Courses:
ANTH 1306 Introduction to Anthropology
Anthropology Lecturer at University of Texas at Arlington (Fall 2001-Present); Sociology Instructor at Tarrant County College (TCC-NE, Fall 1998-Summer 2003); Guest Presenter of Forensic Art for Dr. Dana Austin’s Forensic Anthropology courses and Dr. Shari Julian's criminology courses at the University of Texas at Arlington, Disa Padgett's criminology courses at Texas Wesleyan University, Dr. Ron Wetherington's Forensic Anthropology course at Southern Methodist University, and Boyd Norton’s criminology class at Cedar Valley College.
Forensic Art Workshops for 6th-8th Grade Girls for Expanding Your Horizons Programs at UTA, at Cedar Valley College, and at Texas Wesleyan University; Science Camp Forensic Art Workshop for Talented and Gifted (TAG) students of Cedar Hill High School at Northwood University; Forensic Art Presentations for Upward Bound Program at UTA; Substitute Teacher for Cedar Hill Independent School District (Fall 1998-Spring 1999).
International and Texas Divisions of the International Association for Identification (IAI)
Arlington Library’s Arlington Reads program 2008, a presentation entitled, “The Case of the Missing Face, or How to Return Identity to the Unidentified.”
Tarrant County Archaeological Society 2007, a presentation concerning the application of forensic art.
Poster presentation at International Association for Identification Education Conference, "41 Years of Mystery: Identifying Kenneth Glaze," 2006 (with Dana Austin).
Appeared in Discovery Channel's New Detectives program, episode "Buried Secrets," 2002 (with Dana Austin).
Poster Presentation, Texas Div. Of the International Assoc. for Identification, "Case Studies in Forensic Art: Identification of Jane and John Doe," 1999 (with Dana Austin).
"The Lawful and the Lawless: A Social History of Kilgore," East Texas Historical Journal , vol. 35, no. 1, 1997.
"An Activities Program at Cedar Hill State Park," M. A. Internship Report, UTA and TPWD, 1994.
My work has been featured in newspaper and television articles about forensic art since 1996 (resulting in identifications of individuals for law enforcement), state park programs from 1991-1995, and fine art since 1976.
Volunteer Service Award from University of Texas at Arlington and Arlington Star Telegram on April 25, 2000, for forensic artwork with Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office since 1996.
Awards for artwork, juried art exhibitions, and commissions since 1976.