Background
Fairbanks is a great-grandson of John B. Fairbanks, an artist from Utah.
Fairbanks is a great-grandson of John B. Fairbanks, an artist from Utah.
Brigham Young University.
He is a specialist in biology who has written books on the subject. Fairbanks received his undergraduate education at Brigham Young University. Fairbanks has been on the faculty of Brigham Young University since 1988. Besides being a biology professor he has served as head of the University Honors Program and associate dean of General Education and Honors.
Fairbanks has also served as a visiting professor at Universidade Estadual de Londrina and Southern Virginia University.
Fairbanks is also a sculptor who has works in some museum collections. Fairbanks is currently an Associate Dean of the College of Health and Science at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
Fairbanks is also an author Some of his works include Genetics: The Continunity of Life, Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human deoxyribonucleic acid, a very accessible book for non-specialist in genetics readers, Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy, and Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiversity: Proceedings of a Conference.