Heather L. Harris is an Assistant Professor and an independent forensic chemistry consultant and a PA licensed attorney.  Ms. Harris holds a Master of Forensic Science from The George Washington University, where she was also a laboratory and recitation instructor in the Department of Chemistry.  Ms. Harris then went on to the Bexar County Criminal Investigation Laboratory in San Antonio, TX where she was a Forensic Scientist working primarily in drug analysis and clandestine lab analysis.  Upon relocating to Philadelphia, Ms. Harris began working at NMS Labs as a Forensic Chemist.  It was also at this time that she attended Temple University’s Beasley School of Law.   After successfully passing the PA bar exam, Ms. Harris began working independently as a forensic chemistry consultant for the Defender Association of Philadelphia as well as a number of private attorneys.  She joined the faculty at Arcadia University in January 2017 and has been associated with the program since January 2007 as an adjunct faculty.