Education
- BA: Political Science Stanford University, 1984
- MA: Political Science University of Michigan, 1993
- PhD: Political Science University of Michigan, 1999
Research, Publications, & Presentations
Research & Publications
- Stein, Robert. 2017. “Joseph’s Squinting Eye: Race and Individualism in Peter Matthiessen’s Shadow Country.” New Political Science 39 (2): 241 – 262.
- Stein, Robert. 2011. "Seeing White through Rap: A Classroom Exercise for Examining Race Using a Hip-Hop Video." Journal of Political Science Education 7 (3): 312-328.
- Stein, Robert. 2009. "Transforming Liberal Politics: Lessons from the Southeastern North Carolina Native Americans’ Struggle for Recognition." Journal of Political Science 37 (4): 90-122.
- Stein, Robert. 2009. "Fear’s Anger: Virginia Woolf’s Psychology and Deliberative Democracy." New Political Science 31 (3): 319-335.
- Encountering Liberalism: Devaluing the Economics of Racism Don Herzog, Chair, Dissertation Committee Presentations
- "In the Shadow of Recognition: The Lumbee Indians of North Carolina," presented to Bergren Forum, Alfred University, October 20, 2006.
- "Fear’s Anger: Resisting Change in A Room of One’s Own," presented at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2003.
- "Liberal Head Games: Retooling Liberalism amidst Psychologically Entrenched Racism," presented at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 30 - September 2, 2001.
- "Learning Limited Liberty: The Discourse of Educational Reform," presented at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 31 - September 3, 2000.
- "W.E.B. Du Bois's Economics, Identity Politics, and the State," presented at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, September 2-5, 1999.
- "Encountering Rorty's Liberalism: A Sympathetic Critique," presented at New York State Political Science Association Meeting, St. John’s University, New York, NY, May 7-8, 1999."Liberal Accounting for Illiberal Practices," presented at Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 15-17, 1999.
- "Recognizing a Constructed Identity as One's Own," presented at SUNY Brockport History Brown Bag Series, Brockport, NY, March 6, 1996.
- "Creative Judging versus Creating Judges," presented at Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Phoenix, AZ, June 16 - 19, 1994.
Awards/Honors
- Joseph Kruson Excellence in Teaching Award, 2016-2017
- Ruth Berger Rubenstein Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2008 - 09
- Alfie Award for Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Campus Life, 2008 - 09
- International Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2006
- Award for Teaching Excellence, St. John Fisher College, 2003 - 2004
- St. John Fisher College Faculty Development Grant, 2003
- University of Michigan Regents Fellow
- Horace Rackham Graduate School One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, 1999
Professional Experience
- 2021 - present Alfred University, Dean, College of Libera Arts and Sciences
- 2011 - 2021 Alfred University, Associate Professor of Political Science
- 2004 - 2011 Alfred University, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- 2001 - 2004 St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- 2000 - 2001 Alfred University, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- 1996 - 2000 State University of New York at Brockport, Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies
- 1993-1995 University of Michigan, Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Service
- Alfred University
- Advisor, Students Acting for Equality
- St. John Fisher College
- Advisor, Political Science Club
- Advisor, Black Student Union
- Advisor, Pi Sigma Alpha
- Women and Gender Studies Board Member
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration Committee
Foreign Languages
- German
- Spanish
