* Place of birth - Hammond, Indiana USA
* Reading knowledge of Spanish
* Professional experience in computer programming, systems analysis, and
photography
* Hobbies - Porsches, and Harleys
EDUCATION/DEGREES/CERTIFICATIONS:
* Feb. 1989 - present
Certified DABFA No. 42
American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Inc.
* June 1970 - June 1975
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, Ph.D.
PhysicalAnthropology; minors in Anatomy and Zoology
* Sept. 1968 - June 1970
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, M.A.
Anthropology; minors in Anatomy and Zoology
* Sept. 1965 - Jan. 1968
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, B.A.
Anthropology; minors in History, Anatomy, Biology, and Psychology
* Sept. 1963 - June 1965
DePauw Univ., Greencastle, IN.
Major in History; minors in Economics and Geology
AREAS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST:
Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Science, Human
Anatomy, Human Evolution, Human Osteology, Human Variation, Physical Anthropology, Science Education
AWARDS/HONORS:
* Consultant to the National Institute of Justice 2007 to present
* 2001 Award for Excellence in Teaching, California POST, Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation
* Sabbatical leave from CSU, Chico, for AY 98/99.
* US Department of Defense, Consultant for the US Army, Casualty and Memorail Affars, CILHI. '97 to '99.
* Professional Achievement Honor for '95, CSU, Chico.
* AFIP Advanced Forensic Pathology Course, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA, Spring '95.
* Prof. Devel. Grant, College of BSS, CSU, Chico, to attend AFIP/FBI Course, '95.
* Invited to become a member of Amer. Board of Forensic Examiners, '94.
* Program Co-Chair for the 43rd Annual Meeting of the AAFS, Feb. 18-23, 1991, Anaheim, CA.
* Meritorious Performance Award of $2500.00, CSU, Chico, AY 89/90.
* Diplomate No. 42 of the Amer. Board of Forensic Anthro., Inc. '89.
* Elected to Who's Who in California, '88.
* Nominated to Who's Who in Science, '87.
* Sabbatical leave from CSU, Chico, AY 86/87.
* Meritorious Professional Promise Award of $2500.00, CSU, Chico, AY 85/86.
* NSF Chautauqua Grant, "Cosmology: Man's Place in the Universe," Santa Ana, CA, 80/81.
* Sabbatical leave from CSU, Chico, AY 79/80.
* NSF Chautauqua Grant, "Population: Demographic Processes and Techniques of Analysis," Palo Alto, CA, 78/79.
* Elected to Amer. Men and Women of Science in '72.
* Graduate Assoc. Instructor, Dept. of Anthro., Indiana Univ. 70/72.
* Elected to the Society of the Sigma Xi, '69.
* Graduate Research Assist., Dept. of Anthro., Indiana Univ. 69/70.
* Scholarship to any undergraduate university in Indiana, granted by the Indiana Dept. of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1963 -1967.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
* Amer. Acad. of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)- Fellow
* Amer. Assoc. of Physical Anthro. (AAPA) - Full Member
* Amer. Assoc. of University Professors (AAUP)- Full Member
* Amer. Board of Forensic Anthro., Inc. - DABFA No. 42
* Calif. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) - Instructor
* Calif. Faculty Assoc. (CFA)- Full Member
* Calif. Public Safety Center - Instrctor
* Mountain, Desert, and Coastal Forensic Anthro. - Member
* NSF Grant Reviewer for the Social Science Div. 1975 -1978
* Society of the Sigma Xi - Full Member
* Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation (ICI) - Instructor
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD:
* October 2007 to presenet
Consultant to the National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice
* July 2005 to 2007
Board of Directors, American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Inc.
* July 2001 to June 2005
Treasrurer - American Board of Forensic Anthropology
* January 2001 to 2005
Criminal Justice Advisory Board, CSU, Chico, CA
* June 2000 to present
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (District IX), National Disaster Medical System
* Jan. 2000 to present
Nevada Division of Investigation - Forensic Consultant, Carson City, NV
* Jan. 1998 to present
California Public Safety Center - Instructor of Death Investigation, Sacramento, CA
* Aug. 1997 to Aug. 1999
US Department of Defense, Consultant to the US Army and the Central Identification Laboratory, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
* May 1997 to present
US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Instructor to Evidence Response Teams on the Discovery and Recovery of Human Remains, Quantico, VA
* February 1996 to present
* May 1993 to present
California Department of Justice, Consultant to Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation, and Peace Officers Standards in Traning, Sacramento, CA
* Aug. 1991 to July 1997 and July 2004 to present
Chair, Department of Anthropology, CSU, Chico, CA
* Feb. 1990 to Feb. 1991
Program Co-Chair, the Forensic Anthro. Section of the 43rd Annual AAFS
Meeting, and Co-organizer of symposia, "Burning Issues in Forensic Anthropology," Anaheim, CA. Feb.
18-23, 1991.
* Feb. 1989 to present
Diplomate No. 42 of the Amer. Board of Forensic Anthro., Inc.
* Oct. 1988 to June 1989
Program Organizer of the symposia, Methods and Techniques in Forensic Anthropology, held during the 70th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the AAAS, Chico, CA. June 11-15,1989
* Sept. 1974 to Sept. 1991
Director of the Phys. Anthro. Human Ident. Lab (PAHIL), Dept. of Anthro., CSU, Chico, CA
* Sept. 1972 to present
Professor of Anthro., Dept. of Anthro., CSU, Chico, CA
* Sept. 1970 to June 1972
Assoc. Instructor, Dept. of Anthro., Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN
* Sept. 1969 to June 1970
Research Asst., Dept. of Anthro., Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN
* June 1969 to Aug. 1969
Researcher in Human Osteology/Archaeology, Illinois State Museum, Dickson Mounds, Lewiston, IL. Sponsored by Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN
* Sept. 1968 to June 1969
Human Osteology Lab Instructor, Dept. of Anthro., Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN
* Feb. 1968 to Sept. 1968
Computer Programmer and Systems Analyst, Accounting Dept., La Salle Steel Co., Hammond, IN
COURSES TAUGHT:
At Indiana University:
1970-72
- Intro. to Physical Anthropology (freshmen/sophomores)
- Principles of Physical Anthropology (juniors/senior)
At California State University, Chico:
1972-present
- Bigfoot and Other Monsters: A Critical Review
- Formal (Quantitative) Methods in Anthropology (for majors)
- Human Growth & Development (juniors/seniors)
- Human Identification (juniors/seniors)
- Human Osteology Laboratory (juniors/seniors)
- Human Paleontology (juniors/seniors)
- Human Variation (juniors/seniors)
- Internship in Forensic Science (Certif. in Forensic Ident)
- Intro. Cultural Anthropology (freshmen/sophomores)
- Intro. Physical Anthropology (freshman/sophomores)
- Lab Methods in Physical Anthropology (for majors)
- Primate Evolution & Behavior (juniors/seniors)
- Principles of Cultural Anthropology (for majors)
- Principles of Physical Anthropology (for majors)
- Social Science (juniors/seniors)
- Survey of the Forensic Sciences (Crim. Just. Prog. & Certif. in Forensic Ident.)
* Graduate Seminars in Physical Anthropology:
- Behavioral Ecology
- Comparative Reception of Darwin
- Creation Science vs. Evolution
- Death and Dying
- Fingerprint Collection and Analysis
- Forensic Anthropology
- Forensic Taphonomy
- General Physical Anthropology
- Human Evolution
- Human Nutrition
- Juvenile Osteology
- Medical Anthropology
- Population Genetics
- Sociobiology
Non-Academic Specialty Courses:
* 2005 to present - Advanced Homicide Course, Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation , Calif. Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA
* 1999 - Master's 8 Conference on Advanced Death Investigation - Forensic Anthropology, Division of Forensic Pathology, Saint Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
* 1998 to present - Forensic Anthropology section of Death Investigation Course, Calif. Public Safety Center, Sacramento, CA
* 1998 - Human Skeletal Identification, National Missing and Unidentified Persons Violent Crime Workshop, sponsored by the Calif. Dept. of Justice's Bureau of Criminal Info. and Analysis and the Calif. Assoc. of Forensic Dntistry, Sacramento, CA
* 1997 to present - The Discovery and Recovey of Buried Human Remains, US Department of Justice, FBI-ERT, Quantico, VA
* 1994 to present - Forensic Anthropology portion of Odontology Seminar and Lab, David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, Fairfield, CA
* 1993 to present - Homicide/Death Investigation Course, Robert Presley California Institute of Criminal Investigation, Calif. Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA
APPEARANCES:
"A Head for Murder." Episoide 1: Skeleton Stories television feature produced by Atlas Media Corp., New York, NY, Premiered December 9, 2005 on Discovery Health Channel.
"Betrayed" Episoide 2: Skeleton Stories television feature produced by Atlas Media Corp., New York, NY, Premiered December 16, 2005 on Discovery Health Channel.
"Suicide & Suspicion" Episoide 3: Skeleton Stories television feature produced by Atlas Media Corp., New York, NY, Premiered December 23, 2005 on Discovery Health Channel.
PUBLICATIONS:
IP Adipocere. Forensic Science. (ed) R. Kent Rasmussen, Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
IP Algor Mortis. Forensic Science. (ed) R. Kent Rasmussen, Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
IP Forensic Entomology. Forensic Science. (ed) R. Kent Rasmussen, Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
IP Skeletal Analysis. Forensic Science. (ed) R. Kent Rasmussen, Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
2003 Skull. Encyclopedia of the Neurological Sciences. (eds: Aminoff, M., and Daroff, R.) Vol. 4, pp. 284-286, Academic Press, San Diego.
2002 "A Case of Bare Facts" published with Margie A. Boddy in 1987, JFS (32: 1819-1826) reprinted in Car Crash Victims. Mikita Brottman (ed). Palgrave.
with Todd. D. Murad
2000 The Postmortem Fate of Pat Gregory: A Disintered Native American. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 45 (2): 488-494.
1999 Teaching Skull Morphology. Anthropology News. September 1999. p. 32.
1998 The Growing Popularity of Cremation Versus Inhumation: Some Forensic Implications. Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification fo Human Remains K.J. Reichs (editor). pp. 86-105. C.C. Thomas. Springfield, IL.
1997 Federal Bureau of Investigation. Censorship. edited by Lawrence Amey, Timothy L. Hall, Carl Jensen, Charles May, Richard L. Wilson. pp.269-270. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
1997 The Utilization of Faunal Evidence in the Recovery of Human Remains. Forensic Taphonomy: The Post-Mortem Fate of Human Remains. editied by M. Sorg and W. Haglund. pp. 395-404. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL.
with Charles F. Urbanowicz
1996 Anthropology Is An Exciting Disipline: and The Depatment at Chico State Offers Numerous Opportunities For Students. September 27, 1996. INTERNEThttp://www.csuchico.edu/anth/anthinfo.html
1995 Social Darwinism. Survey of Social Science: Government and Politics Series. Frank N. Magill (ed). Vol. 5, pp. 1833-1838. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA
1994 Social Darwinism. Ready Reference: Ethics. John. K. Roth (ed). Vol. 3, pp. 817-818. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
1994 Homicide. Ready Reference: Ethics. John K. Roth (ed). Vol. 3, pp. 391-392. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
1993 A Test of Henry Morris' Conclusions on Human Population Growth as Evidence of the Creation of Adam and Eve 6,300 Years Ago. The Connective Tissue. 9 (3): 5.
with Urbanowicz, Charles F.
1993 Anthropology - An Exciting and Diverse Discipline. Chico Status. CSU, Chico. 4 (1): 2-3
1993 Forensic Science. Magill's Survey of Science: Applied Science. Frank N. Magill (ed) Vol. III, pp. 1047-1954. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
1993 Forensic Identification. Magill's Survey of Science: Applied Science. Frank N. Magill (ed) Vol. III, pp. 1039-1046. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA.
1991 Leakey Finds a 1.75-Million-Year-Old Fossil Hominid. Great Events from History II: Science and Technology. Frank N. Magill (ed) Vol. IV, pp. 1603-1607. Salem Press, Inc. Pasadena, CA.
1991 Dart Discovers The First Recognized Australopithecine Fossil. Great Events from History II: Science and Technology. Frank N. Magill (ed) Vol. II, pp. 780- 784. Salem
Press, Inc. Pasadena, CA.
1990 The Scientific Value of Indian Remains. San Francisco Chronicle. 148(A): 14. Saturday, July 7, 1990.
1990 What the Bones Can't Teach Us...If They Are Reburied. Chico News and Review. 13(38): 4. Thursday, April 26, 1990.
1989 Review of "Freak Show: Presenting Human Oddities for Amusement and Profit" by Robert Bogdan. American Anthropologist. 91 (2): 515-516.
1989 Teaching Anthropology and Critical Thinking with the Question, "Is There Something Big Afoot?", an updated version of 1988 CA article reprinted in The University Journal. 34: 40- 43. Graduate School, California State University, Chico, CA. Spring.
1988 Teaching Anthropology and Critical Thinking with the Question, "Is There Something Big Afoot?" Current Anthropology. 29: 787-789. Reprinted on the Web at: http://www.rfthomas.clara.net/papers/murad.html
with Boddy, Margie A.
1987 A Case with Bear Facts. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 32: 1819-1826.
1986 Tales of the Dead: Forensic Anthropology on Campus. The University Journal. 28: 17-22. Graduate School, California State University, Chico, CA.
with Mertz, Dennis R.
1985 An Analysis of a Prehistoric Homicide from Northern California. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 30: 948-952.
1980 Variation in the Palmar Dermatoglyphics of North Alaskan Eskimos. Current Anthropology. 21: 672-673.
1978 CA Comment to "Are Biological Differences Between North American Indians and Eskimos Truly Profound?" by E. Szathemary and N. Ossenberg. Current Anthropology. 19: 673-701.
1976 CA Comment to "Some Aspects of the Evolution of Early Hominid Sexual Dimorphism." by M. Wolpoff. Current Anthropology. 17: 579-606.
1975 The North Alaskan Eskimo Intra-Population Variation in Palmar Dermatoglyphics. Doctoral Disseration in the Library of Indiana University. Bloomington, IN.
1971 The Application of Photon Absoptiometry to Prehistoric Skeletal Material. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. 80: 84-89.
with Neuman, Georg K.
1970 Preliminary Report of the Crania From the Island Field Site, Kent County, Delaware. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. 70: 69-74.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:
2008 A Degloving Experiment to Suggest the Postmortem Interval: Give the Anthropologist Some Hands from Fresh Water. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2008. (abstract) Vol. XIV. p. 285.
with McCormick, Kyle, Kate Kopan, Karen Smith Gardener, Eric Bartelink and Beth Shook
2008 An Assemsment of Biological Ancestry in an Unmarked Cemetery From Nevada: An integrated Approach. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2008. (abstract) Vol. XIV. p. 301.
with Bouwman, Ali, Jessica Demika, Jennifer Halpain and Eric Bartelink
2007 Differential Wound Healing Paterns in Bone: A Case Study Involving Multiple Antemortem Injuries. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2008. (abstract) Vol. XIII. pp. 344-345.
2006 The Difference Between "Pala" and "Palo" is the Instrument of Death. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2006. Vol. X11. pp. 295-296.
2004 Steinbeck Could Have Been Responsible. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2004. Vol. X. pp. 379-380.
with Leher, Tamara
2004 Home is Where the Bones Are: Rat Nesting Behavior as a Tool in Forensic Anthropology. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2004. Vol. X. pp. 283-284
with Schmidtt, Brandi, David Howitt, Robert Kimsey, Victor Reeve, and Rebecca Bullard
2004 The Forensic Research and Training Opportunities IMSS: Institute for Medicolegal and Surgical Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2004. Vol. X. p.186.
with McPerson, Susan and Brian Childs
2003 The Forensic Implication of Shoelaces: Can Handedness be Determined by Shoe-Tying Method? Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2003. Vol. IX. p. 71.
with Kuehn, Carrie M. et al.
2001 Young Forensic Scientists Forum - Building a Career in Forensic Science: Education, Employment, and Expert Testimony. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2001. Vol. VII. p. 2.
2000 Lucy Near the Skyway With Bite Marks: A Seemingly Unending Taphonomic Tale Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2000. Vol. VI. p. 210-211.
with Bartelink, Eric and Jason Wiersema
2000 Cowboy in the Cupboard: Does Anyone Know This Guy Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2000. Vol. VI. p. 232-233.
1998 Review of the Physical Evidence in Sonoma County Coroner's Case 93-1704: The Kidnap and Murder of Polly Hannah Klaas. Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1998. Vol. IV. p. 210.
1996 The Positive Identification of a Disinterred Native American Cranium.
Proceedings of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1996.
Vol. II. p. 164.
with Ellis, Nanci
1995 Integrating World Wide Web Technology Into the Curriculum. Program of the Conference for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. CSU, Chico. September 15-16, 1995. p. 6.
1995 An Undergraduate Certificate in Forensic Identification? Proceedings of the
American Academy of Forensic Sciences 1995. Vol. I. p.163.
1994 Four Bludgeoned Individuals from Northern California. Program of the 46th
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 46:
170.
with Sonek, Alexander, Jr.
1993 Animal Scats as Taphonomic Factors in the Recovery of Human Remains. Program of the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 45: 145.
1991 A Case Involving the Inappropriate Disposal of Cremains. Program of the 43nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 43: 153.
with Hoelscher, Antoinette and Parry Haskin
1991 The Effects of High Temperature on Human Dentition. Program of the 43nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 43: 154.
with Bayham, Frank E.
1990 Northern California Examples of the Effect of Animal Scavenging on the Estimate of Postmortem Interval. Program of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 42: 135-136.
1989 A Fifteen Year History of Forensic Anthropology at California State University, Chico: 1974-1989. Proceedings of the Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science. 8 (1): 30.
1988 Racemization of Aspartic Acid and Age Determination. Abstracts of the
87th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
87: 55.
1988 The abstract of "A Case with Bear Facts" has been Reprinted in
The University Journal. 32: 41. Graduate School, California State University, Chico, CA.
1987 The Measure of Racemization of Aspartic Acid from Teeth to Calculate Age. Program of 39th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 39:123.
with Boddy, Margie A.
1986 A Forensic Case Involving a Man Eaten by a Bear. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 69: 243.
1985 The Value of Small Bumps and Bits of Bone to Forensic Anthropology. Program of the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 37: 94.
1985 Forensic Anthropology in Rural Northern California. Program of the 1985 Annual Meeting of the California Geographical Society/Southwestern Anthropological Association. C.S.U., Chico. p.29.
with Mertz, Dennis R.
1982 A Forensic Analysis of a Prehistoric Vertebrae Column from Northeastern California. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 57: 212-213.
1976 A Multivariate Analysis of the Sexual Dimorphism in Palmar Dermatoglyphics of North Alaskan Eskimos. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 44: 195.
1976 The North Alaskan Eskimo Intra-Population Variation for Palmar
Dermatoglyphics. Bulletin of the International Dermatoglyphics Association. 5(2): 15-16.
1973 The Palmar Dermatoglyphics of Two North Alaskan Eskimo Villages. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 40: 146.
1971 Photon Absorptiometry: An Approach to the Study of Osteoporosis in Prehistoric Skeletal Material. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 35: 289-290.
