Edward Martin Greb arrived at
Washington & Jefferson College in 1975. His academic credentials include
degrees in Psychology (B.A. ’69) and Sociology (M..A. ’70) from Duquesene
University and Higher Education (Ph. D. ’81) from the University of Pittsburgh.
In addition, he completed a post-masters program in Anthropology (’71-’74) from
the University of Pittsburgh and courses in Japanese language and Japanese
sociology from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. A sabbatical was spent in
Japan, primarily in Miyazaki and Nobioka, Kyushu.
During his tenure at W&J he
has been a member of the American Anthropological Association, the American
Sociological Association, the Society of Applied Anthropology, the Society of
Medical Anthropology, the North Central Sociological Association, the
Pennsylvania Sociological Association (President ’82), the Massachusetts
Sociological Association, the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association
(President ’80) and the Japan-American Society of Pennsylvania. He frequently
delivered academic papers and demonstrated ‘social simulations’ during meeting
of these organizations.
In 1995, he was included for a
second time in the Directory of Japanese Specialists published by the Japanese
Foundation. In 2000, he was listed as a specialist in Sociological Studies of
Japan in ‘Research on Japanese Society’ published by the University of Hawaii
at Manoa.
Courses taught at W&J
include Introduction to Anthropology, Introduction to Archaeology, World
Societies, Sociology of Education, Japanese Society, Japanese Business and
Industry, Urban Society, and Sociology of Health Professions.
He has sponsored a series of
internships for students at Carnegie Museum Annex in Pittsburgh; provided
student excavators during the excavation of the Meadowcroft Rockshelter in
Avella, PA; and facilitated student study in Japan via summer programs at
Sophia University and via a series of Intersession journeys to Japan. A number
of intersession participants have spent additional time in Japan as members of
the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) program.
Greb currently resides in South Strabane Township with his wife, Barbara. He is a bird, deer and turkey watcher who enjoys gardening, reading and hearing form W&J graduates.