Howard Harris


Faculty Member
Howard Harris
Title: Professor
College: Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences
Dept: Forensic Science
Phone:203.932.7117
Email: hharris@newhaven.edu

Office

300 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516

 

Education

J.D., St. Louis University Law School, 1972
Ph.D., Yale University, 1966
M.S., Yale University
A.B., Western Reserve University, 1961

Published Books and Articles

  • Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminalistics, R.G. Gaensslen, H.A. Harris, & H.C. Lee, McGraw-Hill Higher Education,  Jan. 2007

  • Physical Evidence in Forensic Science, H.C. Lee & H.A. Harris, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., 2000

  • "The Application of Adhesive Tape for Collection of Evidence for Forensic DNA        Analysis" R.C. Lee and H.A. Harris Chapter IX in  Trends in DNA Fingerprinting     Research;  (2005)  Nova Science Publishers Editor M.M. Reed.

  • "Using Hydrophilic Adhesive Tape for Collection of Evidence for Forensic DNA         Analysis "J. Forensic Sci., 48, No. 6, Paper ID JFS20033121_486 (2003), with R. C. Li.

  • "A Method for Identification of Lysergic Acid Diethyl Amide (LSD) using a     
    Microscope Sampling Device with Fourier Transform Infrared (FT/IR)    
    Spectroscopy " J. Forensic Sci. 36 #4 1186 (1991) with T. Kane 

Courses Taught

FOR 200Professional Practices in Forensic Science

FOR 215
Introduction to Forensic Science

FOR 403
 Criminalistics with Laboratory

FOR 614

Survey of Forensic Science

FOR 640

Advanced Criminalistics II

FOR 641

Advanced Criminalistics II Laboratory

FOR 645  Drug Chemistry and Identification

FOR 653

Physical Analysis in Forensic Science

FOR 654

Physical Analysis in Forensic Science Laboratory 

Other
Dr. Harris' research interests include Mass Spectroscopy of complex mixtures, FT/IR Microspectroscopy, sample preparation for chromatography and spectroscopy. Dr. Harris has been admitted to the Missouri Bar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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