Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies (TILES)

Congratulations to Loene Howes for her PhD Completion

Loene PhD graduationLoene has completed successfully her PhD research thesis on Communicating scientific expert opinion: What do forensic scientists say and what do police, lawyers, and judges hear?, supervised by Dr Sally Kelty and Associate Professor Roberta Julian (TILES), Dr Nenagh Kemp (Psychology, UTAS) and Dr Paul Kirkbride (Flinders University). Loene pursued her graduate research in partnership with the Australian Federal Police. 

During her studies Loene has published her research in various journals and presented at local, national and international conferences and workshops. Loene also assisted with research for some significant TILES research projects. In 2014, Loene received an Award for Best Poster Presentation in the Management and Quality Assurance Stream for her poster titled: The effectiveness of communication of expert opinion: Themes from interviews with police and scientists. The Award was presented at the 22nd International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences held by the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society. Most recently, Loene was invited to present at the 5th International Conference on Evidence Law and Forensic Science in Adelaide. Her presentation paper was 'Can forensic science ever be understood in the courtroom?' During the conference, Loene had the opportunity to take a tour of the laboratories at Forensic Science South Australia (FSSA) and to participate in workshops at the Supreme Court.

TILES congratulates Loene for achieving such a significant goal in her career and wishes her all the best in her new role as Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Tasmania.

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(pictures from graduation, Dec 2015: Dr Loene Howes and with her partner)

Published on: 22 Dec 2015