Dr. Robert E. Rook

Chairperson and Professor

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Dr. Robert Rook, professor and chair of the Department of History at Towson, joined Towson University in 1995. He received his B.A. in History in 1980 from Furman University, M.A. in History in 1983 from Bowling Green State University and Ph.D. in History in 1996 from Kansas State University.

His current research includes Representations of War in the Arab World and Water resource development in support of U.S. foreign policy during the cold War. His research interests are 20^th century U.S., Environmental History, Military History and History Education. Some of his publications are “Dr. Strangelove Meets Dr. Spock: American Children, the Cold War” in CHILDREN & WAR (January 2005) and “Race, Water and Foreign Policy: The Tennessee valley Authority’s Global Agenda Meets ‘Jiim Crow,’” DIPLOMATIC HISTORY (January 2004). Click here to go to Dr. Robert Rooks website.