Robert is a Social Studies teacher at Carmel High School in Carmel, New York. He has been teaching American History for 30 years and is a re-enactor for the French and Indian, Revolutionary and Civil War eras.

 

He has a Bachelor’s Degree in history from the University at Buffalo and a Master’s Degree from Connecticut State University. He is a Master Educator for the Living History Education Foundation and has created and instructed graduate courses such as “The Battle for New York in 1776”, “Private Yankee Doodle”, “Civil War Times and the Industrial Age in the Hudson Valley”, “Baseball and the Civil War” and “Johnny Reb Billy Yank”. These courses offer participants a total emersion experience in the periods of both the Revolutionary and the Civil Wars. Participants camp, drill and cook as if they were soldiers living in these eras. He currently teaches elective courses for high school students on both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars as well.

 

He has presented at numerous Social Studies conferences throughout New York State for the New York State Council for the Social Studies and the Westchester – Lower Hudson Council for Social Studies. In 2023, Rob was awarded the Bob and Marion Wilson Excellence in Teaching Award sponsored by the Sons of the American Revolution. In 2010 he was awarded the New York State Excellence in Teaching Award by the Daughters of the American Revolution. He has traveled extensively to Revolutionary and Civil War sites throughout the country.