Address:

Environmental Studies
Richard Stockton College of NJ
Pomona, NJ 08240
Phone: (609)641-4209
Fax: (609) 748-5515
Email: Ray.Mueller@stockton.edu

Areas of Interest:

Physical Geography
Soil Science
Geoarchaeology
Mesoamerica

Education:

B.A., SUNY at Buffalo, Geography, 1967
M.S., Montana State University, Earth Science, 1973
Ph.D., University of Kansas, Geography, 1982

Professional and Academic Work Experience:

1978-present: Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Richard Stockton College of NJ. Courses include: Environmental Studies, Physical Geography, Soil Science, Soil Genesis and Classification, Applied Physical Geography, Remote Sensing

Spring, 1998: Visiting Professional Lecturer, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, Institute for Quaternary Studies. Pedology.

Selected Publications:

1992 with A.A. Joyce. The social impact of anthropogenic landscape modification in the Rio Verde Drainage Basin, Oaxaca, Mexico. Geoarchaeology 7: 503 - 526.

1993 with A.A. Joyce and M.C. Winter. 1993. The Rio Verde Formative Project. Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia. Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. 253 pp.

1996 with A.A. Joyce and M.C. Winter. Arquelogia de la Costa de Oaxaca: Asentamiento Humanos del Formative in el Valle de Rio Verde. (Archaeology of the Coast of Oaxaca: Formative Human Settlements in the Rio Verde Valley). University Press of the Americas. Cholula, Mexico.

1997 with A.A. Joyce. Prehispanic Human Ecology of the Rio Verde Drainage Basin. World Archaeology issue on Riverine Archaeology. June 1997.

1998 with A.A. Joyce. Ecology and Cultural Evolution in Ancient Oaxaca, Mexico. Chapter in text 'Environmental Change and the Fate of Civilizations' editor, Dr. Bruce Dahlin, Howard University. Text is completed and submitted. Waiting final arrangements with publisher.

Selected Presentations:

1997 Mueller, R.G., K. Steck, and J Godin. Bioturbation by Tree-throw: An Alternative Explanation for Pit House Depressions in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Nashville, Tennessee.

1996 Mueller, R.G., J.A. Cavallo, and L. Panetta. Pit Houses or Tree-Throw Depressions: A Geoarchaeological Analysis. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. New Orleans, Louisiana.

1995 Joyce, A.A. and R.G. Mueller. Soil and Society in Ancient Oaxaca. Invited paper presented at annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington.

1995 Mueller, R.G. and J.A. Cavallo. Multiple Working Hypotheses: An Analysis - Pit Houses or Tree Throws. Presented at annual meeting Eastern States Archaeological Federation. Wilmington, Delaware.

1995 Mueller, R.G. and A.A. Joyce. Middle/Late Holocene Landscape Change and Settlement Dynamics in Oaxaca, Mexico. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeologists. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1993 Mueller, R.G. and A.A. Joyce. The Effects of Human Landscape Degradation in Highland Oaxaca, Mexico. Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Washington, D.C. November, 1993.

1991 Mueller, R.G. and J.A. Cavallo. A Geomorphological-Archaeological Survey in the Upper Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference. Ocean City, Md.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Sep, 1988 to Present - Board of Supervisors, Cape-Atlantic Soil Conservation District. Vice-Chairman, January, 1995 - Present.

Jan, 1992 to Jun, 1994 - Member, New Jersey Commission of Environmental Education, Representing Chancellor, New Jersey Department of Higher Education.

Nov, 1997 to Present - Member, New Jersey Environmental Education Commission, Representing Executive Director, New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education
New Jersey Association of Professional Soil Scientists
National Association of Conservation Districts
Society for American Archaeology
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Soil Science Society of America/American Society of Agronomy