Elizabeth (Liz) Brown
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Elizabeth (Liz) Erickson Brown is a Professor in the Criminal Justice Department at SUNY Canton where she has been teaching forensic science and criminal justice courses for 14 years. Every spring semester she offers a course on serial killers. She and her students work through "Hunt a Killer" mysteries to practice their skills.
Her background prior to academia includes work as a Latent Print Examiner with the Onondaga Center for Forensic Sciences. She also worked as a forensic scientist for the Indiana State Police Forensic Laboratory. She is the author of the book: Criminalistics Laboratory Manual: The Basics of Forensic Investigation. (Anderson Publishing - imprint of Elsevier, 2014)
Past Classes:
Spring 2025 - Journey Into Darkness: FBI Profiling [S-25-25]
Spring 2024 - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: Using Genetic Genealogy in the Golden State Killer case [S-24-19]
Fall 2023 - Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit [F-23-32]
Fall 2022 - Solve a Mystery - Mystery at Magnolia Gardens [F-22-24]
Spring 2021 - Golden State Killer and Genetic Genealogy [S-21-10]
Fall 2018 - Devil in the White City [F-18-21]
Fall 2017 - Healthcare Serial Killers [F-17-29]
Fall 2014 - CSI-Effect: Fact vs. Fiction [F-14-19]