Robin Foster

Robin Foster
Adjunct Faculty
World History: Urban history; material culture studies; historic preservation
Public historian: I research, I write, I teach. Follow my latest at www.thishistoryproject.com
Current Research
Carl Van Doren: A Man of Ideas was named 2019 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist
Selected Publications
Carl Van Doren: A Man of Ideas (Armillary Press, 2018)
The Age of Sail in The Age of Aquarius; The South Street Seaport and the Crisis of the Sixties (2016)
"Battle of the Port; Memory, Preservation, and Planning in the Creation of the South Street Seaport Museum" Journal of Urban History (Sept 2013)
Expanded Publication List
Courses Taught
Worlds of History, Kean University
Urban Anthropology, Seton Hall University
Intro to Cultural Anthropology, Seton Hall University
Education
Ph.D. American Studies, Rutgers University-Newark
M.A. Museum Studies, Seton Hall University
B.A. Education, New York University