Working with Snow, Gatliff created a sculpture directly on the skull of an unidentified young man which led to his identification.

This method encompassed the work of other researchers which defines numerous "landmarks" on the skull and determines an average tissue depth for each location.

[4] The height of each landmark was determined by tables created by Snow and other forensic anthropologists' research, factoring in age, gender and ancestry.

[7] Gatliff was a technical consultant on the television series Quincy, M.E.,[8] creating forensic art reconstructions for the show, in which her hands were featured sculpting.

[9] Gatliff taught her techniques at the FBI Academy, Scottsdale Artists' School in Arizona, Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio, and the University of Oklahoma.