Kate Spradley Announced as 2026 MacArthur Fellow
Congratulations to AAFS Fellow Kate Spradley for being named one of the 2026 Fellows of the MacArthur Foundation.
Kate is a forensic anthropologist enabling identification and repatriation of the remains of migrants who have perished along the Texas-Mexico border. She integrates scientific analysis, coalition building, and policy reform in Operation Identification (OpID), which she founded in 2013 to address the multifaceted challenges of identifying human remains in South Texas.
You can see more detail about Kate here.
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