Robert K. Brigham

Professor of History on the Shirley Ecker Boskey Chair

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.

BA, SUNY College at Brockport; MA, University of Rhode Island; PhD, University of Kentucky
At Vassar since 1994

Contact

845-437-7189
Swift Hall
Box 64
Hours
Mon. & Wed. 1:30-3pm & By Email Appointment, robrigham@vassar.edu

Research and Academic Interests

US Foreign Policy
Vietnam War

Departments and Programs

Courses

HIST 160 American Moments: Rediscovering U.S. History
HIST 251 A History of American Foreign Relations
HIST 300 Thesis Preparation: Sources, Methods, and Interpretations

In the Media

Author Robert K. Brigham was mentioned in a Richfield Reaper story about a Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History seminar on the Vietnam Conflict.

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Robert K. Brigham
Sean Hemmerle