Nicollette Appel

Adjunct Assistant Professor (appointed via Letter of Academic Title)
Research Consultant, UNM MOSAIC
PhD, University of New Mexico (2026)

Recent Publications:

Nicollette S Appel, Kelly R Kamnikar, Esteban Rangel, M Katherine Spradley, Heather JH Edgar. A
newly developed AI-assisted tool for the collection of cranial landmark data. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 187:e70106.
Nicollette S Appel, Heather JH Edgar. A Pilot Study of Age Estimation and Cause of Death: Insights into Skeletal Aging. Forensic Sciences, 4(4), 508-522.
Nicollette S Appel, Heather JH Edgar, Shamsi Daneshvari Berry, Keith Hunley. Error and bias in race and ethnicity descriptions in medical examiner records in New Mexico: consequences for
understanding mortality among Hispanic/Latinos. Forensic Science International, 7, 2023:100388.