Allison earned both her Bachelor of Health Science (2010) and Bachelor of Arts with Honours (2011) Anthropology from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. Following this, she moved to Preston, England and completed her MSc. Forensic Anthropology degree from the University of Central Lancashire (2012) and since has become an active member of both the Forensic Science and Archaeology teaching teams

Forthcoming July 2015/16: Card, A, Cross, P, Moffatt, C and Simmons, T (In press) The Effect of Clothing on the Rate of Decomposition and Diptera Colonization on Sus scrofa Carcasses. Journal of Forensic Sciences (accepted 26.2.2014)