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Charles Edwards

PhD, SUNY Buffalo
Associate Professor
Anthropology Department


Office: C10, Cooper Hall
Office Phone: (585) 395-5708
E-mail: cedwards@brockport.edu

Courses Taught

  • ANT 120  Introduction to Human Evolution
  • ANT 312  Culture and Health
  • ANT 313  Culture and Disability
  • ANT 350  Primate Behavior and Adaptation
  • ANT 395  Anthropology and Careers
  • ANT 456  Forensic Anthropology
  • ANT 482  Topics: Ancient Disease and Paleopathology
  • ANT 482  Topics: The Scientific Study of Mummies

Areas of Specialization

Biological Anthropology, Primate Biology, Primate Behavior, Dermatoglyphics (development and genetics of skin ridges), Osteology, Disability.

Current Research Projects

Genetics, intrauterine development and function of palm prints (dermatoglyphics) in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta); Implications of dermatoglyphics in assessing intrauterine stress and developmental disorders in non-human primates.

Last Updated 3/30/12

News

Events

April 22 3:30 pm
Marjorie Helen Stewart Speaker Series: Professor Robert J. Foster, Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Rochester, will speak on "Adversaries into Partners? Brand Value, Consumer-Citizens, and the Coca-Cola Company,"  Edwards Hall, Room 103.
 

April 25, 7:30 pm
Robert Marcus Memorial Lecture: Professor Anthony Marcus, Dept. of Anthropology at John Jay College, CUNY, will speak on “Moral Panics: Youth, Sex and Forced Labor, Yesterday and Today,” New York Room, Cooper Hall