Holness, Howard

Howard Holness
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Faculty Administrator, Academic Affairs , Office of the President

Contact Info

holnessh@fiu.edu

305-348-4875

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Dr. Howard K. Holness is currently the Chief of Academic Administration at Florida International University, a position he has held since July 2014. In this role, he is the official representative and liaison for the Provost and Executive Vice President with his direct reports that includes 12 deans representing 10 degree-granting colleges issuing over 9,000 graduate and undergraduate degrees annually. Dr. Holness also engages with the Provost’s vice presidents, vice provosts and museum directors to assist in executing their various strategic initiatives in support of these academic units. Previously, Dr. Holness held the position of Assistant Director for the International Forensic Research Institute at Florida International where he aided in the maintenance of the program’s accreditation, advised students during their academic career and provided administrative support to the institute’s faculty on a combined $1Million in annual research expenditures. Dr. Holness was born in Kingston Jamaica and received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of West Indies Mona in 2002. He then completed a Master’s in Business Administration in 2005 with the University of New Orleans. In 2013 he earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Florida International University. He is the author of several peer-reviewed works and two book chapters detailing various aspects of forensic science and in 2017 was listed as a top Black Educator by Legacy Miami Magazine.

selected publications

Article
- 2019
  
  The impact of alcohol intoxication on witness suggestibility immediately and after a delay. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 33:358-369.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3502 Web of Science: 000474794600004
- 2017
  
  Alcohol Intoxication and Metamemory: Little Evidence that Moderate Intoxication Impairs Metacognitive Monitoring Processes. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 31:573-585.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3373 Web of Science: 000414759800001
- 2017
  
  Determination of VOC marker combinations for the classification of individuals by gender and race/ethnicity. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 270:193-199.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.09.011 PMID: 28029498 Web of Science: 000391546900036
- 2017
  
  Kinetic, product, and computational studies of the ultrasonic induced degradation of 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM). WATER RESEARCH. 126:164-171.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.005 PMID: 28942244 Web of Science: 000414818700017
- 2017
  
  Witness Memory and Alcohol: The Effects of State-Dependent Recall. LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 41:202-215.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000224 PMID: 27786509 Web of Science: 000397410500008
- 2016
  
  An investigation into the concurrent collection of human scent and epithelial skin cells using a non-contact sampling device. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 266:148-159.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.05.019 PMID: 27281052 Web of Science: 000386334600041
- 2013
  
  Recent advances in micro-sample preparation with forensic applications. TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. 45:264-279.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2012.11.013 Web of Science: 000317882200027
- 2012
  
  Separation mechanism of chiral impurities, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, found in amphetamine-type substances using achiral modifiers in the gas phase. ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. 404:2407-2416.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6365-0 PMID: 22945558 Web of Science: 000310083900033
Meeting Abstract
- 2017
  
  Kinetic, product, and computational studies of the ultrasonically induced degradation of 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol (MCHM). ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
  Web of Science: 000430569101091
- 2009
  
  GC-ECD quantitative analysis of endosulfan soil leachates. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
  Web of Science: 000207857802377
Review
- 2015
  
  Advances in the use of odour as forensic evidence through optimizing and standardizing instruments and canines. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0262 Web of Science: 000357705100010

co-principal investigator on

Epithelial Cell Presence Determination in Human Scent Evidence Collection awarded by Federal Bureau of Investigation 2009 - 2011

investigator on

The Impact of Intoxication in the Interrogation Room awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019

full name

Howard Holness

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9629-049X (confirmed)

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publication subject areas

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Engineering
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Government & Law
Legal Medicine
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Psychology
Water Resources

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