Dr. Wayne A. Babchuk
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1997
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology
Office: 931 Oldfather Hall
Email: wbabchuk1@unl.edu
Phone: (402) 472-7942
Fax: (402) 472-9642
Research and Academic Interests
Qualitative research methods, indigenous land rights and resource use, human rights and diversity, behavioral ecology, kinship and social structure, history of anthropological theory, human origins
Wayne A. Babchuk is a Lecturer/Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and is also a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at UNL and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Nebraska Wesleyan University. He also serves as Assistant Project Coordinator for the Southeast Community College (Lincoln Campus) Initiative for Egypt (CCID Program), and as a Research Associate for the Kalahari Peoples Fund of southern Africa. He is currently involved in several diverse research tracks including the history and use of qualitative research methods across disciplines, and issues pertaining to Ju/'hoansi land rights and resource use, health, and HIV/AIDs.
Dr. Babchuk previously held the position of Program Director for the Department of Academic Conferences at the University of Nebraska where he developed a wide range of educational programs relating to human rights and diversity, international issues, K-12 Education, and community-based trainings, workshops, institutes, and symposia. Several of these efforts were recipients of local, regional, and national awards for exemplary programming.
Recent and Representative Publications
Babchuk, W.A., & Hitchcock, R.K. (2010). Genocides and Ethnocides among the Khoe Khoe and San of Southern Africa. The Ethnocide and Genocide of Indigenous Peoples. S. Totten and R.K. Hitchcock, (Eds.), Volume 8: Genocide: A Critical Bibliography. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Hitchcock, R.K., and Babchuk, W.A. (2010). What about Our Rights? Settlements, Subsistence and Livelihood Security among the Central Kalahari San. International Journal of Human Rights.
Hitchcock, R.K., and Babchuk, W.A. (2010). Food, Health, Development and HIV/AIDs in Two Remote Areas of Southern Africa. Anthropological Approaches to Confronting HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity in Southern Africa. B. P. Brenton, D. Himmelgreen, and J. Mazzeo (Eds.). Albany, New York: State University of New York Press.
Hitchcock, R.K., & Babchuk, W.A. (2010). Local Justice and Legal Rights among the San and Bakgalagadi of the Central Kalahari. In Transitional Justice: Global Mechanisms and Local Realities in the Aftermath of Genocide and Mass Violence. A.L. Hinton (Ed.). Rutgers: Rutgers University Press.
Hitchcock, R.K., Daggett, Adrianne M., and Babchuk, W.A. (2009). Botswana. In The Indigenous World 2009. Kathrin Wessendorf (Ed.). Pp. 565-573. Copenhagen, Denmark: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.
Hitchcock, R.K., Biesele, M., and Babchuk, W.A. (2009). Environmental Anthropology in the Kalahari: Development, Resettlement, and Ecological Change among the San of Southern Africa. Vis-à-vis: Explorations in Anthropology 9(2): 170-188.
Babchuk, W.A. (2008). Review of The Old Way: A Story of the First People. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (2006). New York: Sarah Crichton Books. Organization and Environment 21(4): 500-502.
Hitchcock, R.K. & Babchuk, W.A. (2007). Kalahari San Foraging, Territoriality, and Land Use: Implications for the Future. Before Farming: The Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers 3: 169-181.
Babchuk, W.A. (2004). Glaser or Strauss?: Grounded Theory and Adult Education. In R.L. Gabriel (Ed.). Search for Shared Meanings (pp. 89-100). University of the Philippines, Lumos Publishing House, Los Baños, Philippines.
Recent Conference Presentations and Proceedings Articles
Babchuk, W.A. (2009). Grounded Theory 101: Strategies for Research and Practice. To appear in the Proceedings of the 28th Annual Midwest Research Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education. Northeastern Illinois University. Chicago, Illinois. October 21-23.
Babchuk, W.A. (2009) Grounded Theory for Practice-Based Application: "Closing the Embarrassing Gap between Theory and Empirical Research. To appear in the Proceedings of the 28th Annual Midwest Research Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education. Northeastern Illinois University. Chicago, Illinois. October 21-23.
Babchuk, W.A. (2008). Variations on a Theme Revisited: Operationalizing Grounded Theory for Research and Practice. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education. Western Kentucky University. Bowling Green, Kentucky. October 2-4.
Hitchcock, R.K., & Babchuk, W.A. (2007). Kalahari San Land Use, Foraging and Territoriality: Implications for the Future. Invited Participant in a Symposium in Honor of Richard B. Lee. Presented at the Canadian Anthropology Society and American Ethnological Society (CASCA-AES) Conference. Toronto, Canada, May 8-12.
Educational Background
Ph.D., Community and Human Resources, University of Nebraska, 1997
ABD, Anthropology, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque)
M.A., Adult and Continuing Education, University of Nebraska, 1992
M.A., Anthropology, University of Nebraska, 1982
B.S., Education, University of Nebraska, 1978
Courses Taught
Introduction to Anthropology 110
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 212
Introduction to Physical Anthropology 242 and 242L (Lab)
Strategies of Social Research: Qualitative Methods 407/807
Social Structure 412/812
Ecological Anthropology 473/873
Special Readings in Anthropology 896: Qualitative Research Designs
Research Other Than Thesis 996
