Faculty & Staff
Thomas B. Robertson
Assistant Professor
Faculty Listing
Office: Salisbury Laboratories, 234
Phone: +1-508-831-5871
Fax: +1-508-831-5932
tbr@wpi.edu
Related Information
Educational Background
- B.A., Williams College, 1989
- M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
Research & Teaching Interests
U.S. Environmental History; U.S. Foreign Relations; 20th Century U.S. History
IQP Advising Interests
natural resource management; biotechnology issues; competition for open space; conservation; other renewable energy; energy politics; solar energy; strategic materials; redevelopment of urban areas; demographic policies; effect of technology on social systems; international comparisons
social cost & social change; science & society studies; history; history of technology; history of science; foreign policy; economics in developing countries; technological transfer; appropriate technology; environmental law; policy & implementation
Research
I specialize in American environmental history, the history of American foreign relations, and twentieth-century America. I am particularly interested in American relations with the developing world. My research focuses on post-World War II American debates about population growth both at home and globally. I am also particularly interested in the history of Nepal and the role of American development projects there.