Professor
Department of Life Sciences
New York Institute of Technology
Edward Guiliano Global Center, room 401B 
1855 Broadway, New York, NY 10023-7692 
Phone: 212.261.1643

Education:

A.B. (Anthropology), Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY
M.A.; Ph.D. (Anthropology), Cornell University

Research and Professional Experience

Archeological fieldwork in Middle East; Eastern and Southwestern USA; France ranging in time from Pleistocene to recent
Forensic Anthropology and Archeology
Functional Anatomy
History and Philosophy of Biology

Honors:

2010: Turkel, et al., 1981 Glenohumeral Joint article recognized as #72 among the 100 classic papers in orthopaedic surgery by J. C. Kelly, et al.; J Bone Joint Surg [Br], 2010;92-B:1338-43.
1998: President's Service Award "For Outstanding Record of Long Term Service and Devotion to the NYIT Community", New York Institute of Technology
1990: Outstanding Teacher of the Year in the disciplines of Science and Mathematics, School of Arts, Sciences, and Communication, New York Institute of Technology

Teaching

General Biology; Human Gross Anatomy; Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy; Histology; Pathology; Anthropology; Medical Anthropology; Human Evolution; Evolutionary Biology

Research Focus

Anatomy
History and Philosophy of Biology

Selected Publications:

2000: Unusual Infant Death: Dog Attack or Postmortem Mutilation Following Child Abuse? The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 21(4): 389-394 (with L. Buscoli; M. Taff; J. Peterson; J. Taylor)
1995: Estimation of Time Elapsed Since Death Through the Use of the Bryophyte Reproductive Cycle. In B. Jacob and W. Bonte, eds., Advances in Forensic Sciences, Proceedings, International Association of Forensic Sciences, Dusseldorf, Germany. IV: 144-146 (with W.R. Buck and J.V. Taylor).
1989: Congenital Abnormalities in Skeletal Populations, in Mehmet Yasar Iscan and Kenneth A.R. Kennedy, eds.; Reconstruction of Life From the Skeleton. NYC: Alan R. Liss, Inc. pp. 109 127.
1981: The Stabilizing Mechanisms Preventing Anterior Dislocation of the Glenohumeral Joint. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 63A(8):1208 1217. (with M. Panio, J. Marshall, and F.G. Girgis)

Memberships in Professional Societies

American Anthropological Association
American Association of Physical Anthropologists
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
Society for Medical Anthropology