PROFESSIONAL  EXPERIENCE:
   Associate Professor of Anthropology, 1998-present;
   Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 1992-1998;
   Coordinator of Anthropology Program, 1994-present;
   Adjunct Lecturer, Adjunct Instructor, Visiting Instructor, 1982-1992; Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
   Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana.

   Research Associate (unpaid), 1992-present,
   Department of Oral Biology (Anatomy Section), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.  Primary project: strain gauge analysis of bone biomechanics, with Dr Walter Greaves.

   Teaching and Research Laboratory Assistant, 1982-1990, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.  Laboratory technician for Dr Susan Herring; lab instructor in gross anatomy.

   Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant, 1974-77, 1980-81, Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.  Three years of archaeological fieldwork and lab analysis; field supervisor and coauthor for USACOE Illinois Waterway Archaeology Survey under Dr Robert Hall; instructor for bioanthropology labs; department lab manager; researcher and chapter co-writer for Dr Merwyn Garbarino's Native American Heritage (cited in first two editions).

   Service Manager, 1966-80, Grand Prix Honda (motorcycles), Stone Park, Illinois
 
   Lab instructor, tutor (mathematics, computer programming, and engineering), 1964-66, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, and Parks College of St Louis University, Cahokia, Illinois.

   HONORS: 
   TERA Award for teaching excellence, Indiana University Northwest, 1997
   Teacher of the Year, President's Founder's Day Teaching Award, Indiana University Northwest, 1995
   Best Strategic Plan for Improving Student Learning in a Multi- Section Course (collaborative teaching award with Dr Clarke Johnson), Indiana University Northwest, 1995
   Elected to FACET (Indiana state-wide Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching), 1995
   Finalist, President's Founder's Day Teaching Award, Indiana University Northwest, 1994
   Second place award, Dental Research Awards Competition, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry, 1986
   President's Founder's Day Teaching Award (Adjunct), Indiana University Northwest, 1984
   Various graduate and undergraduate scholarships.

   GRANTS:
   IUN Summer Faculty Fellowship for Research in functional analyses of the postorbital bar in caprids, $5,000, 1998
   Indiana University Northwest Grant-in-Aid for research for animals, $1,250, 1997
   Indiana University Chancellor's Grant from RUGS (Research and the University Graduate School), $15,148 for "Strains in the Postorbital Bar:  mastication", 1994-1999
   Matching funds for RUGS grant from Indiana University Northwest, $11,000 for animal expenses and time release for summer, 1996
   Summer Faculty Fellowship for the study of computer assisted teaching and learning, entitled "Course Redesign of Anthropology P200 Introduction to Prehistoric Archaeology  to increase use of Instructional Technology", $5000, Indiana University Northwest, 1995
   Indiana University President's Council on the Arts and Sciences Grant (supplies and travel for collaboration with IU Bloomington faculty on Course Redesign project), $500, 1995
   Computer equipment grant for Course Redesign project, Indiana University Northwest, $1128, 1995
   Writing Across the Curriculum grant "Intensive Writing Development in Anthropology with Weekly Assignments", in collaboration with Dr Clarke Johnson, $750, 1995
   Teaching resource grant funds accompanying Collaborative Teaching Award, with Dr Clarke Johnson, $1500, 1995
   IUN Summer Faculty Fellowship for Research, $5,000, 1994
   IUN Summer Faculty Fellowship for Research, $5,000, 1993
   IUN Time Release for Research Grant (one course load reduction), 1993
   Indiana University RUGS Multicampus Research Project Initiation Expense Grant, $500.00, 1993
   Numerous Learning Resources Equipment Grants totaling over $13,000, 1988-1998, Indiana University Northwest (eg, 1995: $2535 for primate skeletal specimens for bioanthropology courses; 1996: $125 for slides for Dr Clarke Johnson's Medical Anthropology course; 1997: $685 for casts of specimens; 1998: $500 for fossil casts).
   Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid for thesis research, $500, 1987

   COURSES  DESIGNED AND TAUGHT:
   A103/A303 Human Origins and Prehistory
   A104/A304 Culture and Society
   A200/E400 Undergraduate Seminar (several topics)
   A495 Independent Studies
   B106/B466 (Introduction to the Study of) The Primates
   B200 Bioanthropology
   E200/E400 Cultural Anthropology / Culture & Ethnography
   E120/E320 (Survey of) North American Indians
   L200/E400 Language and Culture / Language & Mind
   P200/E400 (Introduction to) Prehistoric Archaeology
   P360 Prehistory of North America
   B264/B464 Human Fossils / Human Paleontology

   COOPERATIVELY DESIGNED COURSES:
   A106 Peoples of the Earth: Ethnic Cultures and the World Community
   A200/E400 TOPIC: Food and Culture
   A200/E400 TOPIC: Walking with the Great Apes
   A200/E400 TOPIC: Anthropology of Gender
    A200/E445 Medical Anthropology

   COMMITTEE SERVICE:
   IUN Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 1992-present
   IUN Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, 1995-present
   IUN Teaching Awards Committee, 1996-1997
   Library Liaison, IUN Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1990-94, 1996-present
   Computer Services Liaison, IUN Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 1997-present

   PROFESSIONAL  MEMBERSHIPS:
   American Anthropological Association
   American Association of Physical Anthropologists
   Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Zoology)
   Human Biology Council (past)
   Dental Anthropology Association (past)
   Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society (past)
   Society for American Archaeology (past)
   Society for Medical Anthropology (past)
   Society for the Study of Evolution (past)
   Society for Linguistic Anthropology (past)

   REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
   Herring SW, Teng S, Huang X, Mucci RJ and Freeman J (1996) Patterns of Bone Strain in the Zygomatic Arch.  Anat. Record 246:446-457.

   Herring SW and Mucci RJ (1991) In vivo strain in cranial sutures: The Zygomatic arch. J. Morphol. 207:225-239.

  REFEREED ABSTRACTS:
  Mucci RJ and Greaves WS (no date) An in vivo study of the mechanical function of the postorbital bar during mastication in caprids. J. Morphol.  Invited paper prepared for the Fifth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, July 1997, Bristol, UK.  (Withdrawn due to time constraints.)

   Greaves WS and Mucci RJ (1997) Mechanical loads in the postorbital bar during mastication in artiodactyls and primates.  Amer J. Physical Anthropol. Supplement 24:119.  Paper presented at the Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 1-5, 1997, Saint Louis, Missouri.

   Mucci RJ and Greaves WS (1996) In vivo mechanical loads in the postorbital bar in Capra. Amer. Zool. 36(5):21A.   Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly Amer. Soc. Zool.), December 26-30, 1996, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

   Mucci RJ and Greaves WS (1994) Strains induced by simulated muscles in caprid postorbital bars. J. Morphol. 220:375.  Paper presented at the Fourth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, July 31-August 4, 1994, Chicago Illinois.

   Mucci RJ (1990a) An experimental test of the moment of inertia method of inferring prehistoric activity.  Amer. J. Physical Anthropol. 81:272.  Paper presented at the Fifty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 3-7, 1989, Miami, Florida.

   Mucci RJ (1990b) Changes in moments of inertia of bone cross sections after exercise. Amer. Zool. 30:76A.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (now SICB), December 27-30, 1990, San Antonio, Texas.

   Herring SW and Mucci RJ (1990) In vivo strain in cranial sutures: The Zygomatic arch. Amer. Zool. 30:22A.  Paper presented by Dr Herring at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (now SICB), December 27-30, 1990, San Antonio, Texas.

    Mucci RJ (1989) Can we infer behavior from adaptive bone remodeling? Amer. J. Physical Anthropol. 78:276-277.  Paper presented at the Fifty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 4-8, 1989, San Diego, California.

   Herring SW and Mucci RJ (1989) Morphology and strain patterns in the zygomatico-temporal suture of pigs. Anat. Record 223:51A.  Paper presented by Dr Herring at the One Hundred and Second Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, April 8- 12, 1989, New Orleans, Louisiana.

   Mucci RJ (1988a) Wolff's Law and long bone cross-sectional morphology. Amer. Zool. 28:39A.  Paper  presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists (now SICB), December 27-30, 1988, San Francisco, California.

   Mucci RJ (1988b) The dollar ninety-eight digitizer: precision analysis of form on a limited budget. Amer. J. Physical Anthropol. 75:251-252.  Paper presented as a poster and computer demonstration at the Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, March 22-26, 1988, Kansas City, Missouri.

   Mucci RJ (1987) Modeling bone remodeling: beam analysis and observed bone remodeling. Amer. J. Physical Anthropol. 72:235.  Paper presented at the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 2-5, 1987, New York City.

   Mucci RJ (1986a) How do long bones maintain their cross-sectional shape? Anat. Record 214:89A-90A.  Paper presented as a poster at the Ninety-Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Anatomists, April 1986, Reno, Nevada.

   Mucci RJ (1986b) Cortical bone remodeling and shearing strain. Amer. J. Physical Anthropol. 69:243.  Paper presented as a poster at the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, April 9-12, 1986, Albuquerque, New Mexico.


THESES:
   Mucci RJ (1992) The Remodeling response of long bone diaphyses to shearing strains.  Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

   Mucci RJ (1982) The role of attrition in the etiology of third molar impactions: Confirming the Begg hypothesis.  Master's Thesis. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.