Rate My Professor Alice Gooding

Dr. Alice Gooding is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Kennesaw State University within the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, her Master's degree in Archaeological Resource Management from the University of Georgia, and her doctoral degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she worked as a teaching and research assistant for the UTK Forensic Anthropology Center. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Gooding specializes in biological anthropology, particularly osteology, with research interests encompassing bone biomechanics, craniometrics, and blast force trauma to the skeleton. She is a board-certified forensic anthropologist, serving the state of Georgia at-large, and manages the KSU Forensic Anthropology Field Lab, KSU Biological Anthropology Lab, and KSU Skeletal Variation Lab. These facilities support student research opportunities, fieldwork, and interdisciplinary approaches to grave detection technologies.

Dr. Gooding teaches courses in osteology, biological anthropology methods, forensic medicine, and field recovery. She delivers a 32-hour professional training course in forensic anthropology and clandestine grave recovery at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center for law enforcement professionals and regularly presents her work at national scientific and technical conferences. Her scholarly contributions include the 2017 article 'The relative position of the human fibula to the tibia influences cross-sectional properties of the tibia,' as well as conference papers and posters such as 'Developing a Test Bed to Enhance Ground-Penetrating Radar Data Preparation and Analysis' (2025), 'Quantifying Variation in Palate Shape among Three Modern Populations Using Elliptical Fourier Analysis' (2022), 'Assessing the Validity of Palate Shape as an Indicator of Population Affinity through the use of Elliptical Fourier Analysis (EFA)' (2022), 'Determination and Prevalence of Non-Forensic Specimens in an Unidentified Collection at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation' (2020), 'Fracture patterning and distribution in the appendicular skeleton as a result of a blast event' (2019), and 'Testing Ancestral Homogeneity of Anatomical Teaching Crania' (2019). Through her labs and training programs, Dr. Gooding contributes to advancing undergraduate forensics education and practical applications in forensic anthropology.