Robert Brigham
History and International Relations Professor and Faculty Director of the Institute for the Liberal Arts at Vassar College.
- Role
- Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations at Vassar College
- Location
- Poughkeepsie, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Robert Brigham
I teach college courses on the history of US foreign policy, modern America, and strategic thinking in global affairs. I am the author or co-author of ten books. My forthcoming book, This is a True War Story: My Improbable History with Vietnam (Chicago, 2026) is a memoir based on my search for my biological family after time in foster care and my adoption.I am currently a regular presenter on WAMC\'s \"Roundtable.\" I have provided media commentary and reviews to the following: The New York Times; The Washington Post; The Wall Street Journal; The Los Angeles Times; The San Francisco Chronicle; The Independent (London); National Public Radio; PBS: The NewsHour; Australian Broadcasting Company; Foreign Affairs; British Broadcasting Company; USA Today; CBS Radio; International Herald Tribune; The Bangkok Post; Vietnam News; The Standard (Hong Kong); Deutsche Welle (Germany); El Mercurio (Chile); South China Morning Post; Asia Times; NHK (Japan); Talk Radio (Dublin); RTE (Ireland); and CNN.
Experience
Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations
Jul 1994 — Present · Poughkeepsie, NY, US
from “Robert. K. Brigham, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, joined the Vassar faculty in 1994. He is a specialist on the history of US foreign policy, particularly the Vietnam War. …Brigham has earned research fellowships from the Rockefeller, Mellon, Ford, and Smith Richardson foundations as well as the National Endowment for Humanities. In addition, Brigham has been Albert Shaw Endowed Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, Mellon Senior Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University (Clare College), visiting professor of international relations at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, summer seminar faculty at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Mary Ball Washington Professor of American History (Fulbright) at University College Dublin. Brigham directed the Vassar-West Point Initiative for a decade and now serves as the Faculty Director of Vassar’s Institute for the Liberal Arts.In 2019, the Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College presented Brigham with its Outstanding Faculty Award.“
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