Robert A. Rubinstein
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology
Professor of International Relations
Degree
Ph.D., State University of New York, Binghamton 1977
MsPH, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983
Specialties
Peace, conflict and international security, medical anthropology and public health, methods, history and theory
Personal Website
http://rar.expressions.syr.edu/
Courses
Undergraduate
ANT 111 Introduction to Cultural
Anthropology
ANT 311
Anthropological Theory
ANT 358
Peace, War and Security
ANT 424
Negotiation: Theory and Practice
ANT 452
Anthropology and Public Policy
ANT 463
Global Health
ANT 468
Middle East Anthropology
ANT 481
Ethnographic Techniques
Graduate
ANT 611
History of Anthropological Theory
ANT 624
Negotiation: Theory and Practice
ANT 652
Anthropology and Public Policy
ANT 663
Global Health
ANT 668
Middle East Anthropology
ANT 701
Multilateral Peacekeeping Seminar
ANT 781
Ethnographic Methods
Biography
Recipient:
2016 Victor Sidel and Barry Levy Award for
Peace, American Public Health Association
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2010 Robert B. Textor and Family Prize
for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology from the American Anthropological
Association.
2010 Chancellor's
Citation for Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction from Syracuse University.
2000 Edward Weisband Distinguished
Alumni Award for Public Service or Contributions to Public Affairs from the State University of New York
at Binghamton.
1997 the 25th
Anniversary Class Distinguished Alumni Award from the State University
of New York at Oswego.
1995 Hardy
Lecture in Scholarship and Public Interest at Hartwick College.
Rubinstein has
conducted overseas research in urban and rural Egypt, where he lived from
1988-1992, and in Belize and Mexico. In the United States, he has conducted
research in Atlanta, Chicago, and Syracuse.
From July 1994-June
2005 he directed the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts at the
Maxwell School.
Rubinstein was a
member of the board of directors of the Ploughshares Fund from 1999-2013.
Publications
Books:
2012 Rubinstein, R.A., K.B. Fosher and C.
Fujimura, editors. Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Traditional Boundaries and
Expectations. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press. isbn: 978-1-56549-548-7.
2011 McNamara, Laura and R.A. Rubinstein, editors.Dangerous
Liaisons: Anthropologists and the National Security State. Santa Fe,
NM: SAR Press. isbn:
978-
2009 Zelizer, Craig and R.A.
Rubinstein, editors.Building Peace:
Practical Reflections from the Field.
Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian
Press. isbn: 978-1-56549-286-8
2008 Rubinstein, R.A. Peacekeeping
Under Fire: Culture and Intervention. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
isbn: 978-1-59451-548-4
2001 Rubinstein, R.A., Doing
Fieldwork: The Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
(New edition of Fieldwork with a new
introduction.) isbn: 978-0-76580-735-9
1991 Rubinstein, R.A.,Fieldwork:
The Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax. Boulder: Westview
Press. isbn: 0-8133-0770-1
1988 Rubinstein, R.A. and Foster,
M.L., editors. The Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict: Culture in International
Security. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. isbn:
0-8133-7614-9 Reprinted: 1997 Rubinstein, R.A., and Foster, M.L., editors. The Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict: Culture in International Security. Dubque, IA: Kendall/Hunt . isbn: 0-7872-4414-7
1986 Foster, M.L., and R.A.
Rubinstein editors. Peace and War: Cross‑Cultural Perspectives. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books. isbn: 0-88738-069-7
1984 Rubinstein, R.A., Laughlin,
C.D., and McManus, J. Science as Cognitive Process: Toward an
Empirical Philosophy of Science.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
isbn: 0-8122-7911-5
1984 Rubinstein,
R.A., and Pinxten, R., editors. Epistemology and Process: Anthropological Views. Ghent, Belgium: Communication and
Cognition Books. isbn: 90-6004-232-8
Articles in Peer
Reviewed Journals
2016
Lane, Sandra D., Robert A. Rubinstein, Dessa Bergen-Cico, Timothy Jennings-Bey,
Linda Stone Fish, David A. Larsen, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Tracey Reichert
Schimpff, Kishi Animashaun Ducre, and Jonnell Allen Robinson,
“Neighborhood
Trauma due to Violence: A multilevel analysis,” submitted to the JOURNAL OF
HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED in press.
2016
Mestad, Renee, Sandra D. Lane, Meghan Hall, Carrie Smith, Bruce Carter, Robert
A. Rubinstein, Rob Keefe, and Shevelle Jones-Moore Prenatal Depression:
Screening and Referral for Low-income Women during Antenatal Care, SOCIAL WORK
AND PUBLIC HEALTH 31(6): 557–564
2015
Jennings-Bey, Timothy, Sandra D. Lane, R.A. Rubinstein, Dessa Bergen-Cico,
Arnett Haybood-El, Helen Hudson, Shaundel Sanchez, and Frank L. Fowler. The
Trauma Response Team: A Community Intervention for Gang Violence, JOURNAL OF
URBAN HEALTH (BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE) 92(5):947-954.
2015
Peters, Rebecca Warne, Ronald Stade, Susan Hyatt, Keith Brown, Maia
Green, and Robert A. Rubinstein, Anthropology’s contribution to training
in the public policy professions: an Association for the Anthropology of Policy
(ASAP) roundtable, POLAR: POLITICAL AND LEGAL ANTHROPOLOGY REVIEW 38(2):
356-364
2013 Anthropology and public
policy, Proceedings of the Policy Studies
Organization, New Series 23:38-46.
2012 Rubinstein,
R.A. and Sandra D. Lane “From
Intervention to outcome: The
relationship between knowledge and behavior in a Trachoma Control Project,” The
Journal of Healthcare, Science and the Humanities, 2(2): 30-44.
2012 Price, Michael, Robert A. Rubinstein and David
Price “Material support: U.S. anti-terrorism law threatens anthropologists’
human rights and academic freedom,” Anthropology Today 28(1):3-5.
2011 Lane, Sandra
D., Robert A. Rubinstein, Lutchmie Narine,
Inga Back, Caitlin Cornell, Alexander Hodgens, Monique Brantley, Rachel Kramas,
Kathleen Keough, Brandon O’Conner, William Suk, Eric Morrissette, and Mary
Benson. Action Anthropology and Pedagogy: University-Community Collaborations
in Setting Policy, Human Organization 70(3):289-299.
2010 R.A. Peacekeeping and the Return of
Imperial Policing, International Peacekeeping 17(4):
459-472.
2010 Rubinstein, R.A. Back to the Future?
Peacekeeping and Imperial Policing, SAREM Journal of Strategic Studies 8(15):13-36.
2009 Kudesia, Suprita and R.A.
Rubinstein, Exchanges of Value in Peace Operations:
Complex Meanings of ‘Private’ and ‘Transnational’ Transfers, International
Studies Review 11(4):430-439.
2008 Rubinstein, R.A. Research and Practice in
Peace and Conflict Studies: Directions for the Next Decade, Research
in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change 29:281-293.
2008 Rubinstein, R.A., D.M.
Keller, and M.E. Scherger. Culture and Interoperability in Integrated Missions,International
Peacekeeping 15(4): 540-556.
2008 Lane, S.D., R.H. Keefe, R.A.
Rubinstein, B.A. Levandowski, N. Webster, D.A. Cibula, A.K. Boahene, O.
Dele-Michael, D. Carter, T. Jones, M.A. Wojtowycz and J. Brill. Structural
Violence, Urban Retail Food Markets, and Low Birth Weight, Health and Place
14(3):415-423.
2008 Lane, S.D., N. Webster, B. Levandowski, R.A.
Rubinstein, R.H. Keefe, M. Wojtowycz, D.A. Cibula, J.E.F. Kingson, and R.H.
Aubry. Environmental Injustice: Childhood Lead Poisoning, Teen Pregnancy, and
Tobacco,
Journal of Adolescent Health 42(1):43-49.
2007 Pinxten, R., M. Cornelis and R.A. Rubinstein,
European Identity: Diversity in Union, International Journal of Public Administration 30:687-698.
2006 Rubinstein, R.A., Motivation et Maintien de la
Paix: Élaboration d’un Lien Entre Agir et Structure [Motivation and
Peacekeeping : Modeling the Link Between Agency and Structure], Anthropologie et Sociétés 30(1):137-155.
2006 Rubinstein,
R. A., S.D. Lane, S. Sallam, A. Sheta, Z.Gad, A.R. Sherif, M. Selim, A. Gad, A. Shama, J. Schachter, C.R. Dawson,
Controlling Blinding Trachoma in the Egyptian Delta: Integrating Clinical,
Epidemiological and Anthropological Understandings, Anthropology and Medicine 13(2): 99-118.
2005 Rubinstein, R.A., Intervention and Culture: An
Anthropological Approach to Peace Operations, Security Dialogue 36(4):527-544.
2004 Lane, S.D., R.H. Keefe, R.A. Rubinstein, B.A.
Levandowski, M. Freedman, A. Rosenthal, D.A. Cibula, and M. Czerwinski,
Marriage Promotion and Missing Men: African American Women in a Demographic
Double Bind, Medical Anthropology Quarterly 18(2):
405-428.
2004 Lane,
S.D., R.A. Rubinstein, R. Keefe, N.
Webster, D. Cibula, A. Rosenthal and J. Dowdell, Structural Violence and Racial
Disparity in HIV Transmission, Journal
of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 15:319-335.
2003
Rubinstein, R.A., Cross-Cultural Considerations in Complex Peace
Operations, The Negotiation Journal 19(1):
29-49.
2002
Rubinstein, R.A. and Lane, S.D. Population, Identity, and Political
Violence, Social Justice: Anthropology Peace and Human Rights 3(3/4):
139-152.
2000 Lane, S.D., Rubinstein, R.A., Cibula, D. and N.
Webster, Toward a Public Health Approach to Bioethics, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 925:25-36.
Reprinted in:
Ethics and Anthropology: Facing Future Issues
in Human Biology, Globalism, and Cultural Property, Anne-Marie Cantwell, Eva Friedlander, and Madeleine
Tramm, editors. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2000
2000 Rubinstein, R.A., Anthropology Peace and Human
Rights: Social Justice and World Anthropology, Social Justice: Anthropology,
Peace and Human Rights 1(1-4):1-5.
1999 D’Amico,
L.C. and R.A. Rubinstein Cultural Considerations when ‘Setting’ the Negotiation
Table, Negotiation
Journal 15:349-355.
1998 Rubinstein, R.A.
“Breaking the Bureaucracy:” Drug Registration and Neocolonial Relations
in Egypt, Social Science and Medicine 46(11):1487-1494.
1998 Rubinstein, R.A.
Methodological Challenges in the Ethnographic Study of Multilateral
Peacekeeping, Political and Legal Anthropology Review 21(1):138-149.
1998 Rubinstein, R.A. Peacekeeping Under Fire:
Understanding the Social Construction of the Legitimacy of Multilateral
Intervention, Human Peace 11(4):22-29.
1997 Dawson, C.R., J. Schachter, S. Sallam, A. Sheta,
R.A. Rubinstein, and H. Washton, A Comparison of Oral Azithromycin with Topical
Oxytetracycline/Polymyxin for the Treatment of Trachoma in Children, Clinical
Infectious Diseases 24:363-368.
1996 Lane, S.D. and R.A. Rubinstein, Judging the
Other: Responding to Traditional Female Genital Surgeries, Hastings
Center Report 26(3):31-40.
Reprinted in:Ethics and Medical Decision-Making
(International Library of Medicine, Ethics and Law) Michael Freeman,
editor. London: Ashgate, 2002.
1993 Rubinstein, R.A., Cultural Aspects of
Peacekeeping: Notes on the Substance of Symbols, Millennium: Journal of
International Studies 22(3):547-562.
Reprinted in:
Culture in World Politics, Dominique Jacquin-Berdal, Andrew Oros,
and Marco Verweij, editors. London and New York: Macmillan Press Ltd. and St. Martin's Press, 1998.
1991 Rubinstein, R.A. Managing Ethnographic Data with
askSam, Cultural
Anthropology Methods 3(2):4-8.
1991 Rubinstein, R.A., A Conversation with Sol Tax, Current
Anthropology 32(2):
175-183.
1989 Rubinstein, R.A., Culture, International Affairs
and Multilateral Peacekeeping: Confusing Process and Pattern, Cultural
Dynamics 2(1):41‑61.
1988 Rubinstein, R.A., Cultural Analysis and
International Security. Alternatives 13(4): 529‑542.
Reprinted as:
Rubinstein, R.A., Anthropology and International Security, in The Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict,
R.A. Rubinstein and M.L. Foster, editors. Boulder: Westview Press, Pp. 17‑34,
1988.
1987 McKeown, C.T., Rubinstein, R.A., and Kelly,
J.G., Anthropology, the Meaning of Community, and Prevention, Prevention
in Human Services 5:35‑64.
1986
Rubinstein, R.A., Reflections on Action Anthropology: Some Developmental
Dynamics of an Anthropological Tradition, Human Organization 45:270‑279.
1986 Laughlin, C.D., McManus, J., Rubinstein, R.A.,
and Shearer, J., The Ritual Transformation of Experience, Studies in Symbolic Interaction 7(A):107‑136.
1985 Rubinstein, R.A., Kelly, J.G., and Maines, D.R.,
The Interdisciplinary Background of Community Psychology: The Early Roots of an
Ecological Perspective, American Psychological Association Division of
Community Psychology Newsletter 18(3):10‑14.
1984 Rubinstein, R.A., Epidemiology and Anthropology:
Notes on Science and Scientism, Communication and Cognition 17:163‑185.
1984 Rubinstein, R.A., and Brown, R.T., An Evaluation
of the Diagnostic Category of Attention Deficit Disorder, American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry 54:398‑414.
1983 Rubinstein, R.A., Averting International
Conflict and the Policy Process: Toward a Role for Anthropologists, Forum
For Correspondence and Contact 14(1):96‑100.
1981 Rubinstein, R.A., Toward the Anthropological
Study of Cognitive Performance, Human Relations 34(8):667‑703.
1980 Rubinstein, R.A., Field‑Dependence and Piagetian
Operational Thought in Northern Belize, Child Study Journal 10(3):67‑76.
1980 Rubinstein, R.A., "Subtractive
Bilingualism" in Northern Belize, ERIC Report, ED 184366, National
Institute of Education, Microfiche, 38 Pp.
1979 Rubinstein, R.A., The Cognitive Consequences of
Bilingual Education in Northern Belize, American Ethnologist 6:583‑601.
1979 Rubinstein, R.A., English Language Instruction
in Belizean Schools: Some Linguistic Considerations in Corozal Town, Journal
of Belizean Affairs 9(2):47‑59.
1977 Rubinstein, R.A., and Laughlin, C.D., Bridging
Levels of Systemic Organization, Current Anthropology 18:459‑463.
1975 Rubinstein, R.A., Reciprocity and Resource
Deprivation Among the Urban Poor of Mexico City, Urban Anthropology 4:251‑264.
Book Chapters
2014
Rubinstein, R.A., Humanitarian-Military Collaboration: Social and Cultural
Aspects of Interoperabilty, in Cultural Awareness in the Military: Developments
and Implications for Future Humanitarian Cooperation, Robert Albro and Bill
Ivey, editors. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 57-72.
2012 Rubinstein, R.A., Belief in Science,
in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Liber
Amicorum voor Rik Pinxten, I. Pisters, A. van Dienderen, and C. Longman,
editors. Gent, Belgium: Academia Press/ J. Story-Scientia, pp. 419-432.
2012 Rubinstein, R.A., Retrospective Attribution, Ritual
Pollution and Master Narratives in Anthropology’s Engagements with “The
Military,” in Practicing
Military Anthropology: Beyond Traditional Boundaries and Expectations, R.A. Rubinstein, K.B. Fosher and C.K. Fujimura, editors.
Boomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, pp. 119-134. {peer reviewed}
2012 Rubinstein, R.A., K.B. Fosher and
C.K. Fujimura, Exploring Military Anthropology, in Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Traditional Boundaries and
Expectations, R.A. Rubinstein, K.B. Fosher and C.K. Fujimura, editors.
Boomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, pp. 1-8. {peer
reviewed}
2012 Rubinstein, R.A. and Suprita
Kudesia, Transnational transfers and peace operations: the empirically elusive
quality of the analytic categories, in Transnational
Transfers and Global Development, Stuart S. Brown, ed. London, UK: Palgrave
Macmillan, pp. 182-201. {peer
reviewed}
2011 Rubinstein, R.A., Ethical Considerations from the
Study of Peacekeeping, in Robert Albro, George Marcus, Laura McNamara, and
Monica Schoch-Spana, editors. Anthropologists
in the SecurityScape: Ethics, Practice, and Professional Identity. Walnut
Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, Pp. 183-195. {peer reviewed}
2011 Rubinstein, R.A.,
Ethics, Engagement
and Experience: Anthropological Excursions in Culture and the National Security
State, in Dangerous Liaisons:
Anthropologists and the National Security State, McNamara, L. and R.A.
Rubinstein, eds. Santa Fe, NM: SAR Press, Pp. 145-165. {peer reviewed}
2011 McNamara, L. and R.A. Rubinstein, Introduction: Scholars, Security,
Citizenship: Anthropology and the State at War, In Dangerous Liaisons: Anthropologists and the National Security State,
McNamara, L. and R.A. Rubinstein, eds. Santa
Fe, NM: SAR Press, Pp. xiii-xxxiv.
2011 Rubinstein, R.A. “Representation
and Response: Culture and Conflict Transformation,” in Joint Research Institute
for International Peace and Culture, Aoyama Gakuin University, editor. Conflict and Culture: Fostering Peace
through Cultural Initiatives. New York, NY: The Japan Foundation, pp.
65-73.
{peer reviewed}
2009 Rubinstein, R.A. and Rik Pinxten,
Anthropology and Peace Studies. In Anthropology Now, Peter J.M. Nas and
Zhang Jijiao, eds. Beijing, P.R. China: Intellectual Property Publishing
House, Pp. 295-310.
2009 Zelizer, Craig and
R.A. Rubinstein, Introduction: Creating Structure and Capacity for Peace, In Building Peace: Practical Reflections from
the Field, Craig Zelizer and R.A. Rubinstein, eds. Bloomfield,
CT: Kumarian Press, Pp. 1-15. {peer
reviewed}
2009 Rubinstein, R.A., Anthropology: Culture and Conflict, In Peace, Justice and Security Studies: A
Curriculum Guide, 7th Edition. McElwee,
T.A., B.W. Hall, J. Liechty, and J. Garber , editors.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Press, Pp.489-496. {peer reviewed}
2008 Kyrou, Christos and R.A. Rubinstein, Culture and Conflict: An Anthropological
Perspective, In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict,
Second Edition. L. Kurtz, editor. Oxford, UK:
Elsevier Ltd., Pp. 515-521. {peer reviewed}
2006
Rubinstein, R.A., Approaching Racism: Attitudes, Actions, and Social Structure,
In Racism in Metropolitan Areas, Rik
Pinxten and Ellen Preckler, editors. London: Berghahn Press, Pp. 93-100. {peer
reviewed}
2003
Rubinstein, R.A., Politics and Peacekeepers: Experience and Political
Representation Among United States Military Officers, In Anthropology and the United States Military: Coming of Age in the
Twenty-First Century, Pamela R.
Frese and Margaret C. Harrell (editors). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, Pp.
15-27. {peer reviewed}
2003 Pinxten, H., Cornelis, M. and Rubinstein, R.A.,
European Identity: Diversity in Union, in
Constructing Civic Virtue, Alasdair Roberts (editor). Syracuse, NY: Alan K.
Campbell Public Affairs Institute, 115-128.
2002 Rubinstein, R.A., Translating Intuitive
Knowledge: A Research Agenda for Dispute Resolution, In An Experiment in ‘Practice to Theory’ in Conflict Resolution. Eds.
Sandra Cheldelin, Christopher Honeyman, and Maria R. Volpe. Fairfax, VA:
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution: Web publication at http://www.gmu.edu/departments/ICAR/hewlett/rubinstein.htm.
2001 Rubinstein, R.A., Fieldwork and Tradition in
Anthropology: Resonance and Reflexivity, In Doing
Fieldwork: The Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax. Ed. R.A.
Rubinstein. New Brunswick, NJ.: Transaction Books, 2001: xi-xviii. {peer
reviewed}
2001 Rubinstein, R.A., Introduction, In Mary LeCron Foster. Finding the Themes:
Family, Anthropology, Language Origins, Peace and Conflict, an Oral History
conducted in 2000 by Suzanne Riess. Berkeley, CA: Regional Oral History Office,
The Bancroft Library, University of California. Pp. vii-xi.
2001 Rubinstein, R.A., Remarks at Fosters’ Oral
History Presentation, In Mary LeCron
Foster, ‘Finding the Themes: Family, Anthropology, Language Origins, Peace and
Conflict’ an Oral History Conducted in 2000 by Suzanne Riess. Ed. Suzanne
Riess. Berkeley, CA: Regional Oral History Office, University of California,
2001: 248-252.
2000 Rubinstein, R.A., Scrimshaw, S., and S.
Morrissey, S., Classification and Process in Sociomedical Understanding:
Towards a Multilevel View of Sociomedical Methodology, Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine, G. Albrecht, R.
Fitzpatrick, and S. Scrimshaw, editors. London: Sage. Pp. 36-49. {peer
reviewed}
1999 Kyrou,
C., Pribilsky, J. and Rubinstein, R.A., Cultural Anthropology Studies of
Conflict," In Encyclopedia of
Violence, Peace and Conflict, L. Kurtz, editor. San Diego: Academic Press.
Pp. 517-524. {peer reviewed}
1996 Lane, S.D. and Rubinstein, R.A., International
Health: Problems and Programs in Anthropological Perspective, in Medical Anthropology: Contemporary Theory
and Method, Revised Edition, C. Sargent and T. Johnson, editors. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Pp.
396-423. (revision of Rubinstein and
Lane 1990, #8 below.) {peer reviewed}
1994 Rubinstein, R.A., Collective Violence and Common
Security, in Companion Encyclopaedia of
Anthropology, Tim Ingold, editor. London: Routeledge. Pp. 983-1009. {peer
reviewed}
1992 Rubinstein, R.A., Culture and Negotiation, in The Struggle for Peace: Israelis and
Palestinians, Elizabeth Fernea and Mary E. Hocking, editors. Austin:
University of Texas Press, Pp. 116-129.
{peer reviewed}
1991 Rubinstein, R.A., Reflection and Reflexivity in
Anthropology, in Fieldwork: The
Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax. Boulder: Westview Press, Pp.
1‑35. {peer reviewed}
1990 Rubinstein, R.A. and Lane, S.D., International
Health and Development, in Medical
Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Method, T. Johnson and C. Sargent,
editors. Westport, CT:Greenwood Press, Pp. 367‑390. {peer reviewed}
1988 Rubinstein, R.A. and Foster, M.L., Revitalizing
International Security Analysis: Contributions from Culture and Symbolism, in The Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict, R.A. Rubinstein and M.L. Foster,
editors. Boulder: Westview Press, Pp. 1‑14.
{peer reviewed}
1986 Rubinstein, R.A., The Collapse of Strategy:
Understanding Ideological Bias in Policy Decisions, in Peace and War: Cross‑Cultural Perspectives. M.L. Foster and R.A. Rubinstein, editors. New Brunswick, NJ:
Transaction Books, Pp. 343‑351. {peer reviewed}
1986 Rubinstein, R.A. Issues in Rural Health Care,
section 7 in Rural Pediatric Practice, Elk Grove Village, IL: American
Academy of Pediatrics.
1986 Rubinstein, R.A., and Perloff, J.D., Identifying
Psychosocial Disorders in Children: On Integrating Epidemiological and
Anthropological Understandings, in Medical
Anthropology and Epidemiology, Janes, C., S. Gifford, and R. Stall,
editors. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, Pp. 303‑332.
{peer reviewed}
1985 Rubinstein, R.A., and Tax, Sol., Power,
Powerlessness, and the Failure of "Political Realism," in Native Power: The Quest for Autonomy and
Nationhood of Indigenous Peoples, Jens Brsted, et. al., editors. Bergen
(Norway): Universiteitsforlaget, Pp. 301‑308. {peer reviewed}
1983 Rubinstein, R.A., Structuralism and the Study of
Cognitive Process, in The Future of
Structuralism, J. Oosten and A. De Ruijter, editors. Gottingen‑Geismar, W. Germany: Edition
Herodot, Pp. 375‑401. {peer reviewed}
1981 Rubinstein, R.A., and Tax, Sol., Literacy,
Evolution, and Development, in The Spirit
of the Earth: A Teilhard Centennial Celebration, J. Perlinski, editor. New
York: Seabury Press, Pp. 49‑63. {peer reviewed}
Notes , Comments and Brief
Journal Articles
2014 Rubinstein, R.A. Responding
to the Manipulation of Culture as a Political Tool, Sensor (Royal Military
Academy Sandhurst), 3(1): 2-3, 2014.
2012
Rubinstein, R.A. The Return of Culture to Conflict Analysis and Resolution,
Foreword to Context and Pretext in
Conflict Resolution: Culture, Identity, Power and Practice, by Kevin
Avruch. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, ix-xi.
2011 Rubinstein, R.A.
Responding to Proposed Changes to the Federal Regulations Governing
Institutional Review Boards, SfAA News 22(3): 25-28.
2011
Rubinstein, R.A. “ SfAA Public Policy Committee Solicits Society Member
Contributions,” SfAA News 22(1):29-30.
2010
Rubinstein, R.A. and Lane S.D. Training
Students for Anthropologically-oriented Policy Research, SfAA News 21(2):37-40.
2010 Rubinstein, R.A., Ralph Bunche, Oxford Encyclopedia of Peace, Volume 1 Nigel
Young, editor. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Pp. 220-222. {peer
reviewed}
2010 Rubinstein, R.A., Culture of
Peacekeeping, Oxford Encyclopedia of
Peace, Volume 1, Nigel Young,
editor. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Pp. 528-529. {peer reviewed}
2010 Rubinstein, R.A., Peacekeeping:
Unintended Consequences, Oxford
Encyclopedia of Peace, Volume 3. Nigel
Young, editor. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Pp. 405-406. {peer
reviewed}
2010 Rubinstein, R.A., Peacekeeping:
Integrated Missions and Humanitarian Role, Oxford
Encyclopedia of Peace, Volume 3. Nigel Young, editor. Oxford, UK: Oxford
University Press. Pp. 397-399. {peer reviewed}
2008
Rubinstein, R.A., The Delicate Balance Between the University and the Military,Newsletter,
Syracuse Peace Council 773:12.
2008
Lane, Sandra D. and Rubinstein, R.A., Collaborating to Confront Health
Disparities in Syracuse, New York. Newsletter, Society for
Applied Anthropology 19(1): 19-20.
2006
Rubinstein, R.A., Four Minutes to Midnight: The Origins and History of the
IUAES Commission on Anthropology, Peace and Human Rights, Journal of Guangxi University for Nationalities (Philosophy and Social
Science Edition) 28(3) 83-84. (in Chinese)
2001
Rubinstein, R.A. Culture, Identity, and International Cooperation. Aggressive Behavior 27(3):245-246.
{peer reviewed}
2000
Rubinstein, R.A., Notes on the Ethnographic Study of Peacekeeping. Inter-University
Seminar on Armed Forces And Society Newsletter Winter: 9-10.
1999
Rubinstein, R.A. Comment [on “The Fox
Project, A Reevaluation”], Current Anthropology 40(2): 188-189.
1997
Rubinstein, R.A. When a Bridge is Just a Bridge: Notes on Symbolism and
Normalization in the Middle East, Human Peace 11(3):10-11.
1997
Rubinstein, R.A. and S.D. Lane, Female Circumcision Revisited, Hastings
Center Report 27(2):5.
1994
Lane, S.D. and R.A. Rubinstein, On Condemning Female Genital Mutilation, Of
Value (Published by the
Society for Health and Human Values) 24(3):3-4. {peer reviewed}
1993
Dawson, C.R., Sallam, S.A., Sheta, A., Rubinstein, R.A., Washton, H. and
Schachter, J., Trachoma Treatment with Oral Azithromycin or Topical
Tetracycline, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 34(4):738. {peer reviewed}
1992
Rubinstein, R.A., Sallam, S.A., Sheta, A.S.,Schachter, J. and Dawson, C.R.,
Micro-environmental Factors Affecting the Prevalence of Blinding Trachoma in
the Egyptian Delta, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 33(4):1324.
{peer reviewed}
1991
Rubinstein, R.A., Tax, Sol, in International
Dictionary of Anthropologists, Christopher Winters, editor. New York: Garland Publishing, Pp. 682-685.
1990
Rubinstein, R.A., Comment [on "Is Anthropology Art or Science?”], Current Anthropology 31(3):276‑277.
1988
Rubinstein, R.A., Ritual Process and Images of the Other in Arms Control
Negotiations, Human Peace 6:3‑7.
{peer reviewed}
1987
Rubinstein, R.A., Anthropology and Advocacy,Science 237:823. {peer
reviewed}
1986
Rubinstein, R.A., International Conflict, Decision‑Making, and Anthropology, Anthropology
Today 2(1):14. {peer
reviewed}
1985
Rubinstein, R.A., Validity of Attention Deficit Disorder: A Second Look, American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry 55(3):467‑469.
1984
Rubinstein, R.A., Postdoctoral Training in Public Health: Problems and Promise
for the Medical Anthropologist, Medical Anthropology Quarterly 15(4):93‑94. {peer reviewed}
1983
Rubinstein, R.A., Comment [on "Analogy, Mysticism and the Structure of
Culture"], Current Anthropology 23:173‑174.
1982
Tax, Sol, and Rubinstein, R.A., Responsibility in Reviewing and Research, The
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 5:238‑240S.
Reprinted in:
S. Harnad, editor, Peer Commentary on Peer Review, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1983
1979
Rubinstein, R.A., On "Culture and Sociobiology," American
Anthropologist 81:653‑654.
{peer reviewed}
1977
Rubinstein, R.A., and Laughlin, C.D., Reply to Comments on Bridging Levels of
Systemic Organization, Current Anthropology 18:475‑481.
Advising
Doctoral Dissertations
2014 Keles, Fethi Ways of Refuge:
Bosnians in Central New York in Ethnographic Perspective. Ph.D. Dissertation, Anthropology.
2011
Amati, Jill Priest
Meeting of the Minds: Perceptions and Experiences with School-based Mental
Health Services. Ph.D. Dissertation, Anthropology. Recipient: Syracuse University Doctoral
Prize, 2011
2009
Weissman, Marsha Prelude to
Prison: Student Perspectives on School Suspension. Ph.D. Dissertation,
Social Sciences.
2007
Farag, George Diaspora and Transitional Administration: Shiite Iraqi Diaspora and
the Administration of Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Ph.D. Dissertation,
Anthropology.
2007
Gaiba, Francesca Straight Women and Gay Men Friends: A Qualitative Study. Ph.D.
Dissertation, Anthropology.
2006
Peshkova, Svetlana Otinchalar in the
Ferghana Valley: Islam, Gender and Power. Ph.D. Dissertation,
Anthropology. Recipient: Syracuse University,
Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2007
2006
Morrissey, Suzanne Life Strategies:
Motherhood, Urban Poverty, and the WIC Program in Syracuse, New York. Ph.D.
Dissertation, Anthropology.
2005
Fosher, Kerry “I’m Just Thinking Out
Loud Here”: Making U.S. Homeland Security at the Local Level. Ph.D.
Dissertation, Anthropology. Recipient: Syracuse University,
Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2006
2004 Cuhadar, Cerag Esra
Evaluating Track Two Diplomacy
in Pre-Negotiation: A Comparative Assessment of Track Two Initiatives on
Water and Jerusalem in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Ph.D.
Dissertation, International Relations. Recipient: Syracuse University,
Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2005
2002 Yoo, Donghee Media,
Culture and the Transformation of the Protracted Inter-Korean Conflict. Ph.D. Dissertation, Social Sciences.
2001 Funk-Unrau, Cornelius If The Lubicon Lose We All Lose: A Case
Study Of Interchurch Advocacy And Intervention In An Aboriginal Land Rights
Conflict, Ph.D. Dissertation, Social Sciences.
Research Interests
Political anthropology, medical anthropology and public health, anthropological theory and history
Research Projects
Inequalities
in Health:
Collaborative community-based research examining the structural and social factors that create
and maintain racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in health in Syracuse,
NY, and advocacy for policy change.
Anthropology
of Science, with special attention to the Integration of Anthropological and
Epidemiological Methods:
A research program exploring the nature of science from an
anthropological perspective, with a focus on developing multilevel integrated
qualitative and quantitative research tools.
Peacekeeping: Research on cultural and institutional
aspects of peacekeeping and coordination among militaries and civilian actors
in conflict and post-conflict environments, and on whether and how
anthropologist ought to contribute to such efforts.
Peace and conflict studies: Research focusing on cross-cultural aspects of
negotiation, conflict resolution and collaboration.
Network
analysis of trauma following murders due to neighborhood violence: Co-Principle
Investigator, Sandra D. Lane; Co-Investigators: Dessa Bergen-Cico, Arnett
Haygood-El, Timothy Jennings Bey, Linda Stone Fish)
Who
are the Uninsured?: Focused Life Histories of Patients in a Clinic for the
Uninsured, Co-Principle Investigator, Sandra D. Lane
Research Grants and Awards
Rubinstein’s work has
been supported by grants from over twenty foundations and agencies, including:
- The American Academy of
Pediatrics
- American Anthropological
Association
- American Council of Learned Societies
- The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
- The Ford Foundation
- Georgia Department of Public
Health Division of Physical Health
- The
Metanexus Institute on Science and Religion
- The National Institute of Mental Health
- The National Science Foundation
- The Ploughshares Fund
- Research Foundation of the State
University of New York
- The United States Institute of Peace
- The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
-
The William T. Grant
Foundation
Selected Professional Activities
2011 – Advisory Board Member, Conflict and Society: Advances in
Research, Berghahn Publishers.
2008 -- 2013 Associate Editor, Peace Studies Journal,
published by the Central New York Peace Studies Consortium.
2004 -- 2006 Editorial Board Member, Social Justice: Anthropology,
Peace, and Human Rights, published by the Commission on Peace and
Human Rights, International Union of
Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
2003 --2007 Advisory Board Member, International Studies Review, published by Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the International Studies
Association.
2003 – 2006 Editorial Board member Medical Anthropology Quarterly, published by the Society
for Medical Anthropology.
2001 – 2005
Editorial Board member Qualitative
Health Research, Sage
Publications.
1999 --Editorial
Board Member, Peace and Conflict Studies, published by The Lentz Peace Research
Association on behalf of The Network of Peace and Conflict Studies.
1992 – 2004
Editorial Board member Anthropology of Consciousness,
published by the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness.
1987 – 1999
Editorial Board member Cultural Dynamics, published by
University of Gent, Belgium in cooperation with Brill Publishers.
1983 – 1998 Editorial Board
member Journal
of Thought: Interdisciplinary Quarterly, published by the University
of Oklahoma, College of Education.
Recent Activities
2011-2013 Consultant, United Nations Department of Internal Oversight Services,
Inspection and Evaluation Division, New York, NY.
2011 and 2012 Consultant/Trainer, Cayuga County Leadership Development
Program.
2012 Consultant/Trainer, Cayuga County Leadership Development Program.
2009 Consultant,
Corithian Club and Barnes Foundations Boards of Directors, Syracuse, NY.
2006
- 2008 Consultant, United States Air Force Culture and Language Center, Montgomery, AL.
2006
Consultant / Strategic Planning, Syracuse
Model Neighborhood Facility, Syracuse, NY.
2003
Consultant, United States Department of
Interior, National Park Service.
Dissertation
Cognitive Development and
the Acquisition of Semantic Knowledge in Northern Belize (awarded with departmental
distinction), Ph.D. Dissertation, SUNY Binghamton. H. Stephen Straight, advisor.
Recent Invited Lectures
2013 Invited paper: “Anthropological Contributions
to Preventing Blinding Eye Disease in Egypt,” (Robert A. Rubinstein and Sandra
D. Lane). The Brooks
Museum 2012-2013 Lecture Series on Culture and Health, SUNY Cortland, 20 March.
2012
Invited paper: “Mind the Gap: Bridging Anthropology and International Relations
Approaches to Knowledge Production and Use,” (Rebecca Warne Peters and Robert
Rubinstein). Presented at the conference,
Anthropology meets International
Relations: Potentials, Prospects, Pitfalls, 29/30 November, Peace
Research Institute Frankfurt.
Frankfurt/Main. (Presented by Peters)
2012 Invited participant:
“Re-Enchanting Humanity: Stories for a Sustainable Future.” Wisdom Thinkers
Network Roundtable, hosted by Syracuse University, SUNY ESF, LeMoyne College
and the Community Foundation of Central New York, 28-30 November.
2012 Invited
speaker: Rubinstein, Robert A. “David
Richardson’s Eclecticism,” Celebrating and Reflecting on J. David Richardson’s
Career, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC, 28
September.
2011 “Culture the
military and humanitarian action,” Conference on Accounting for Culture in the
Military: Implications for Future Humanitarian Cooperation, jointly sponsored by The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and
Public Policy at Vanderbilt University and
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., 9
December.
2011 “Conflict
and Cooperation in the ‘Arab Spring:’ Prospects for Democratic Transformation
in the Middle East,” 13th Annual Pearl A. and Albert E. Mall Lecture, Binghamton University, 11 May 2011.
2010 “Back to the
Future?: Peacekeeping and the Return of Imperial Policing,” invited lecture,
Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, 8 October.
2010 “The Specificity of
Culture and Context in Collaborative Relationships,” invited lecture Workshop on Unifying Social
Frameworks, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 16-17 August.
Professional Service
2011-2014 Member,
Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology
Committee, American Anthropological
Association.
2011-- Chair, Sol Tax Award Committee, Society for Applied Anthropology.
2011-- 2013 Chair, Publications Committee, National Association for the Practice of
Anthropology.
2010-- Chair, Public Policy Committee, Society for Applied Anthropology.
2012-- Member, Ethics Committee, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology.
2009 -2011 Member, Board of Directors, Central New York Peace Studies Consortium,
Syracuse, NY.
2008 -2009 Interim President, Central New York Peace Studies Consortium, Syracuse, NY
2002 --2007 Member,
Board of Directors, Syracuse Jewish
Family Service, Syracuse, NY.
Strategic Planning Committee
2001 - 2003 Member, Onondaga/Syracuse Commission on Human Rights, Syracuse, NY.
1995 -1997 Member; Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Syracuse, NY.
1988-- Co-Chair, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences,
Commission on Peace and Human Rights.
1993 -1995 Co-Chair, International Health and
Infectious Disease Study Group, Society
for Medical Anthropology.
1989 -1991 Chairman, Board of Directors, Australian Health Action Associates.
1983 -1988 Executive
Secretary (1983-1988), International Union of Anthropological and
Ethnological Sciences, Commission on Peace and Human Rights.
1981-1988 Member, Board of Directors, Seminary Co-operative Bookstore, Inc.,
Chicago, Illinois, 60637.
1988 Member,
Task Force on Community Service, Illinois
Ethnic Consultation
Papers Done With Students
2012 Rubinstein, R.A.
and Suprita Kudesia, Transnational transfers and peace operations: the
empirically elusive quality of the analytic categories, in Transnational Transfers and Global Development, Stuart S. Brown,
ed. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 182-201.}
2011
Lane, Sandra D., Robert A. Rubinstein, Lutchmie Narine, Inga Back, Caitlin
Cornell, Alexander Hodgens, Monique Brantley, Rachel Kramas, Kathleen Keough,
Brandon O’Conner, William Suk, Eric Morrissette, and Mary Benson. Action
Anthropology and Pedagogy: University-Community Collaborations in Setting
Policy, Human
Organization 70(3):289-299.
2009 Kudesia, Suprita and R.A.
Rubinstein, Exchanges of Value in Peace Operations:
Complex Meanings of ‘Private’ and ‘Transnational’ Transfers, International
Studies Review 11(4):430-439.
2008 Rubinstein,
R.A., D.M. Keller, and M.E. Scherger. Culture and Interoperability in
Integrated Missions, International Peacekeeping 15(4):
540-556.
2008 Lane, S.D., R.H. Keefe, R.A.
Rubinstein, B.A. Levandowski, N. Webster, D.A. Cibula, A.K. Boahene, O.
Dele-Michael, D. Carter, T. Jones, M.A. Wojtowycz and J. Brill. Structural
Violence, Urban Retail Food Markets, and Low Birth Weight, Health and Place
14(3):415-423.
2008 Lane, S.D., N. Webster, B.
Levandowski, R.A. Rubinstein, R.H. Keefe, M. Wojtowycz, D.A. Cibula, J.E.F.
Kingson, and R.H. Aubry. Environmental Injustice: Childhood Lead Poisoning,
Teen Pregnancy, and Tobacco, Journal of Adolescent Health 42(1):43-49.
2008 Kyrou, Christos and R.A. Rubinstein, Culture and Conflict: An Anthropological
Perspective, In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict,
Second Edition. L. Kurtz, editor.
Oxford, UK: Elsevier Ltd., Pp. 515-521.
2007 Pinxten, R., M. Cornelis and
R.A. Rubinstein, European Identity: Diversity in Union, International Journal of Public
Administration 30:687-698.
2004 Lane, S.D., R.H. Keefe, R.A.
Rubinstein, B.A. Levandowski, M. Freedman, A. Rosenthal, D.A. Cibula, and M.
Czerwinski, Marriage Promotion and Missing Men: African American Women in a
Demographic Double Bind, Medical
Anthropology Quarterly 18(2): 405-428.
2004 Lane, S.D.,
R.A. Rubinstein, R. Keefe, N. Webster, D. Cibula, A. Rosenthal and J.
Dowdell, Structural Violence and Racial Disparity in HIV Transmission, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and
Underserved 15:319-335.
2003 Pinxten, H., Cornelis, M. and
Rubinstein, R.A., European Identity: Diversity in Union, in Constructing Civic Virtue, Alasdair Roberts (editor). Syracuse,
NY: Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, 115-128.
2000 Rubinstein, R.A., Scrimshaw,
S., and S. Morrissey, S., Classification and Process in Sociomedical
Understanding: Towards a Multilevel View of Sociomedical Methodology, Handbook of Social Studies in Health and
Medicine, G. Albrecht, R. Fitzpatrick, and S. Scrimshaw, editors. London:
Sage. Pp. 36-49.
2000 Lane, S.D., Rubinstein, R.A.,
Cibula, D. and N. Webster, Toward a Public Health Approach to Bioethics, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 925:25-36.
1999 D’Amico, L.C. and R.A. Rubinstein Cultural
Considerations when ‘Setting’ the Negotiation Table, Negotiation Journal 15:349-355.
1999 Kyrou, C., Pribilsky, J. and Rubinstein,
R.A., Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict," In Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, L. Kurtz, editor. San
Diego: Academic Press. Pp. 517-524.
1987 McKeown, C.T.,
Rubinstein, R.A., and Kelly, J.G., Anthropology, the Meaning of Community, and
Prevention, Prevention in Human Services 5:35‑64.
SU Affiliations
Program
for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Campbell
Institute of Public Affairs
Institute
for National Security and Counter Terrorism