Barriers to entry and success in forensic anthropology.

While the Anthropology Section of the AAFS recently implemented a student liaison position to amplify student voices and issues within the section, the entire academy has not equally embraced the role of students. Testimonial "Though I can claim an immigrant identity across three countries since birth, never had I felt more othered as an immigrant than in forensic anthropology or academia generally. While these statistics show that immigrants participate heavily in society, there is no demographic data available on immigrants within forensic anthropology, whether as students or professionals, although, anecdotally, this number is likely to be small. Three in four patents from the top ten patent-producing US universities have at least one immigrant inventor (Partnership for a New American Economy 2012), and one in four new companies are created by immigrant entrepreneurs (Blanding 2016). Immigrant students may face special concerns with regards to admission, higher tuition rates, financial aid eligibility, harassment from professors and fellow students, and forced return to their home country upon graduating. [Extracted from the article]