Tara A. Scully is the Supervisor of Biological Laboratories at The George Washington University, where she regularly teaches introductory biology courses and laboratories to nonscience majors. She received her MFS from The George Washington University, specializing in forensic science research with a concentration on fiber evidence, and is currently a PhD candidate with a research focus in developmental biology. She has worked for a nonprofit agency training prosecutors nationwide on how to present forensic evidence�specifically DNA�in criminal cases.