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Richard Fadok

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts
rxfgla@rit.edu
585-475-4884
Office Hours
Wednesdays 3 to 5 PM
Office Location
EAS-3151
Office Mailing Address
1 Lomb Memorial Drive, George Eastman Hall, Rochester NY 14623

Richard Fadok

Assistant Professor

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts

Education

Sc.B., Brown University M.Sc., London School of Economics Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bio

Richard Fadok is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in design and the environment. Through ethnographic fieldwork with various design practitioners in North America, particularly architects, Fadok examines how the built environment conditions everyday relations of violence, care, and justice between humans and other animals. He is currently working on two projects about 1) biomimicry and 2) bird-safe design. 

An advocate for animals, Fadok is also the founder of Smash the Crash (https://www.SmashtheCrashROC), a university-community partnership to prevent bird-window collisions in Rochester. In the spring, Fadok will teach a vertically integrated project (VIP) in which students will conduct independent research projects related to this partnership. To learn more and register, go to https://www.rit.edu/verticallyintegratedprojects/smash-crash-environmental-initiative-end-bird-window-collisions-rochester. 

rxfgla@rit.edu
585-475-4884
Personal Links
Personal Website
Areas of Expertise
anthropology of design
environmental anthropology
multispecies ethnography
animal studies
North America
United States
science and technology studies
architecture
the Anthropocene
space
material-semiotics
posthumanism
nature and culture
more-than-human urbanism
nonhuman phenomenology
biology and biopolitics
ecological systems
subjectivity
mimesis

Currently Teaching

ANTH-301
Social and Cultural Theory
3 Credits
This course explores influential classical and contemporary theories regarding society and culture. Students will assess the utility of different theories in addressing key enduring questions regarding human behavior, the organization of society, the nature of culture, the relationship between the individual and society, social control and social conflict, social groups and social hierarchy, the operation of power, cultural and social change, and the interplay between the global and the local. Theories will be marshaled to shed light on contemporary social and cultural phenomena and problems such as crime, violence, exploitation, modernity, and globalization.
ITDL-210
Vertically Integrated Projects
1 - 3 Credits
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) engage undergraduate students in long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. VIP courses are project-based, team-based courses directly supporting faculty research and scholarship. VIPs under this course number have a particular focus on interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences expertise, with membership in teams across RIT colleges.
ITDL-510
Vertically Integrated Projects
1 - 3 Credits
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) engage undergraduate students in long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. VIP courses are project-based, team-based courses directly supporting faculty research and scholarship. VIPs under this course number have a particular focus on interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences expertise, with membership in teams across RIT colleges.
ITDL-610
Vertically Integrated Projects
0 - 3 Credits
Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) engage undergraduate students in long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary project teams that are led by faculty. VIP courses are project-based, team-based courses directly supporting faculty research and scholarship. VIPs under this course number have a particular focus on interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences expertise, with membership in teams across RIT colleges.
SOCI-301
Social and Cultural Theory
3 Credits
This course explores influential classical and contemporary theories regarding society and culture. Students will assess the utility of different theories in addressing key enduring questions regarding human behavior, the organization of society, the nature of culture, the relationship between the individual and society, social control and social conflict, social groups and social hierarchy, the operation of power, cultural and social change, and the interplay between the global and the local. Theories will be marshaled to shed light on contemporary social and cultural phenomena and problems such as crime, violence, exploitation, modernity, and globalization.

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