Professor Robert Leonard solves crimes using his Ph.D. in linguistics. Leonard’s analyses of stalker, serial-killer, and bomb-threat letters have provided key insights into high profile cases such as the McGuire “suitcase murder” and the JonBenét Ramsey case. Now a professor of linguistics at Hofstra University, Leonard received four degrees, including his Ph.D., from Columbia University. Last month at Hofstra, he inaugurated the first graduate forensic linguistic program in the country.
