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David Wrobel

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William J. Bauer

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Sue Fawn Chung

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Andrew Bell
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Tom Wright

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John Curry

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Jay Coughtry
Kevin Dawson
Joseph A. (Andy) Fry
Marcia Gallo
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David Holland
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Elizabeth W. Nelson
Todd Robinson
David Tanenhaus

U.S. West History
Raquel Casas
Andrew Kirk
David Wrobel

 

Todd Robinson, Ph.D.
Todd E. Robinson, Ph.D.

Office: Wright Hall A 306
Phone: (702) 895-3809
Email: todd.robinson@unlv.edu
Website: Todd E. Robinson, Ph.D.

  • African American History
  • Urban and Suburban History
  • History of Race and Sports
  • Twentieth-Century Social Movements

Todd E. Robinson is an Assistant Professor at UNLV. He received a dual B.A. in History and American Studies from American University, MM from Cambridge College, M.A. from the University of Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan. He offers undergraduate and graduate courses in African American History, urban and suburban history, race and sports, and social movements.

Dr. Robinson recently completed his dissertation titled "A City Within a City: The Social and Economic Construction of Segregated Space in Grand Rapids, Michigan 1945-1975," which examines the dialectic of metropolitan stratification during the era of civil rights in Grand Rapids. He is currently revising the dissertation for publication.

He is also a frequent guest on National Public Radio.

Below is a link to one of his recent appearances on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" segment:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95672737