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Professor of Anthropology
E-mail: birxh@canisius.edu
Old Main 016D
(716) 888-2745
Dr. Birx is a professor of anthropology who teaches ANT-121 Biological Anthropology, ANT-333 Forensic Anthropology, and ANT-451 Theories in Anthropology. He has authored six books, including Human Evolution and Interpreting Evolution, and published numerous articles and reviews. Recently, he edited both the Encyclopedia of Anthropology and the Encyclopedia of Time. He brings to his courses facts, concepts and perspectives from biology, anthropology, and philosophy. His interest in forensic science and evolutionary theory spans the entire history of human culture. Dr. Birx was an undergraduate at the State University of New York at Geneseo, where he is a distinguished research scholar, and did his doctorate work at SUNY-University at Buffalo, where he received his PhD with distinction. He frequently participates in national and international conferences.
Candalene McCombs, PhDAssociate Professor of Anthropology
E-mail: mccombs@canisius.edu
Old Main 317
(716) 888-2265
Dr. Candalene McCombs received her PhD in linguistics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She teaches anthropological linguistics, focusing on the relationship between language and culture, teaching such courses as gender and language, sociolinguistics, history and structure of English, contemporary linguistics, and language origin. She has done research in second language acquisition, structural analysis of semantic domains, Prague School literary analysis, discourse analysis, and on-going studies of Creole language in the Caribbean islands. Special interests include the history and current use of nautical terms and marine archeology.
Erin Robinson, PhDAssistant Professor of Sociology
E-mail: robinso5@canisius.edu
Old Main 014B
(716) 888-2748
Dr. Robinson is a sociologist who concentrates her teaching and research in the areas of environmental sociology and the study of social movements. The required courses she teaches for the major include SOC110, Introduction to Sociology, and SOC432, Theories in Sociology. She also offers a number of electives, including SOC 324, Visual Sociology, SOC 273, Social Movements and Social Change, and SOC 234, Environment and Society. She also teaches a course in Qualitative Methodology, ANT351. She received her undergraduate degree in sociology and English from SUNY Geneseo, her MA in sociology at the University of Tennessee, and her Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Robinson is involved in the Environment section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). Robinson received a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Grant for a project entitled “People’s Park Community Development and Sustainability.” This project will address the need to develop and maintain “People’s Park” on Main Street adjacent to the Tri-Main Center, into a sustainable community garden. She also works with the United Way, Tools For Living Working Group, helping to evaluate agencies who are awarded community.
Adjunct Faculty:
Neil O'DonnellInstructor of Anthropology
E-mail: odonneln@canisius.edu
CT-114
(716) 888-2867
O'Donnell is an anthropologist living in the Western New York region. He currently serves as the Academic Skills Coordinator for the COPE Office at Canisius providing services including academic advisement, tutoring, and counseling. His specializations within Anthropology are Archaeology (North American Prehistory/Contact Period) and Cultural Anthropology (Repatriation Legislation/Native American Studies). He also writes fiction (fantasy genre) and is a musician (clarinet).