page_title: Tioga, Louisiana
section_title: Notable People
hierarchical_section_title: Tioga, Louisiana / Notable People
caption_attribution_description: English: James G Murrell
context_page_description: Tioga is an unincorporated community in northern Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Alexandria, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population in 2010 was 1,965.
context_section_description: James Garland Murrell is a Tioga, Louisiana, native, and a graduate of Tioga High School in the class of 1983. He is the only son of Wayne Murrell and Deloris Murrell (née Keller). He has one sister, Shelly Leger (née Murrell) who is also a graduate of Tioga High School in the class of 1986. Murrell now resides in Los Angeles, California.
  Murrell graduated from the University of Louisiana at Monroe, formerly Northeast Louisiana University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Technology. He went on to pursue a Master of Science in Management from Troy University, graduating in 1994. He then started another Master of Science degree, this one in Radiologic Science Education from Midwestern State University graduating in 2000. Murrell is now pursuing a Doctoral degree in Education (Ed.D.) from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. He is active in the Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences, and holds the prestigious status of Fellow in the organization.
  Murrell was one of the stars of the internationally broadcast television series Mummy Autopsy produced by Atlantic Productions on the Discovery Channel. Atlantic Productions describes the show as "a new series that uses forensic science and the latest investigative techniques to unlock the human stories of mummies around the world, examining their deaths - from disease, murder and even ritual sacrifice - and exploring their lives."
  Murrell held a five-year talent contract with Discovery Communications from 2004-2009 to appear on the weekly series as a MI (Mummy Investigator) on the well-reviewed series by the Archeological Institute of America. While on Mummy Autopsy, Murrell traveled to six continents and 37 countries to investigate the mysterious deaths of both contemporary and ancient peoples around the globe. He is now the Executive Director of Imaging Sciences, the largest of its kind in California, at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts in Los Angeles, California.
caption: James G. Murrell, star of Mummy Autopsy
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