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Richard Robbins (born 30 March 1940) is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.McKenna, Brian (2011
Bestselling Anthropologist "Predicted" Financial Meltdown of 2008
, ''Society for Applied Anthropology Newsletter''


Education

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Rutgers University, a Master of Arts in Anthropology from New York University, and a Ph.D in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.


Awards and honors

* 2005: American Anthropological Association AAA/McGraw-Hill Teacher of the Year Award * 2002: SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor * 1977: SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching


Selected publications

* 2012: ''Cultural Anthropology: A Problem Based Approach'' (6th edition), Cengage Publishers * 2012: Neoliberalism, Race and Racism. In: ''Encyclopedia of Race and Racism'', 2nd edition. Edited by Patrick Mason. Cengage Publishers * 2009: Anthropologizing Economics: Lessons from the Latest Crisis, ''Anthropology News'', 50:11-12 * 2009: ''Darwin and the Bible: The Cultural Confrontation''. Edited (with Mark Nathan Cohen). Allyn & Bacon Publishers * 2005: ''Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism'' (3rd Edition), Allyn & Bacon, Publishers, Boston, Mass. * 2005: The History of Technology: The Western Tradition. In: Sal Restivo (Eds.): ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society'', Oxford University Press * 1999: Ethnic Violence and the Question of Political Sovereignty. In: Richard Deutsch (Eds:) ''Perspectives Anthropology'', Coursewise Publishing Inc., St. Paul, MN * 1988: ''The Belief Machine''. Published on the web at https://web.archive.org/web/20130819082116/http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/richard.robbins/belief/belief-machine.htm * 1975: Canadian Native Peoples: A Review, ''The American Review of Canadian Studies'', Volume 1, #5 * 1969: ''Economic Change and Ecological Adaptation among the Schefferville Naskapi''. McGill Subarctic Research Laboratory Reports, Volume 4


Online

* 1996–present
Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism
A multi-purpose site that includes, among other things, course material, an Internet course, support materials for the ''Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism'', a "global update" feature, and an extensive collection of links to Internet resources on global issues.


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