Board of Trustees of The City University of New York RESOLUTION TO Appoint Corey Robin as Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College June 8, 2020 WHEREAS, Professor Corey Robin is a renowned scholar of political theory and modern political thought; and WHEREAS, Professor Robin has published four single-authored books, one co-authored book, 17 academic articles and book chapters and numerous essays and articles in various media outlets including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Nation and Harpers; and WHEREAS, In addition, Professor Robin has given over 50 keynote, endowed and invited lectures; and WHEREAS, Professor Robin’s book, Fear: The History of a Political Idea received the 2005 Best First Book in Political Theory Award from the American Political Science Association; and WHEREAS, Professor Robin has been awarded fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Center for Human Values at Princeton University and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, among others; and WHEREAS, the Distinguished Professor nomination is a multi-year process, involving extensive internal and external review, spanning the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years; and WHEREAS, As one of his reviewers notes, Professor Robin’s “distinctive scholarly and writing voice have earned him a place as one of the foremost analysts of contemporary American political thought, and particularly of right-leaning political thought. While his scholarship focuses on figures on the right, his depth of knowledge of political thinking from across the political spectrum is superlative and the strength of the work very often comes from his ability to drew comparisons between left and right, or to explain how different traditions and tributaries of ideas flow through both sides of our polarized political spectrum”; and WHEREAS, Dr. Robin joined Brooklyn College in 1999 as an Assistant Professor of Political Science and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2005 and full Professor in 2013. He has been on the doctoral faculty in Political Science at the Graduate Center since 2004. Dr. Robin earned his Ph.D. from Yale University, with distinction, and a A.B. from Princeton University with high honors. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York appoint Corey Robin as Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College effective July 1, 2020, with compensation of $28,594 per annum in addition to his regular academic salary, subject to financial ability. EXPLANATION: Brooklyn College and The City University of New York will be well-served by Professor Robin’s appointment as Distinguished Professor. .. Corey Robin Professor of Political Science Brooklyn College and the CUNYG raduate Center Academic Employment Professor,Department of PoliticalScience, Brooklyn College and theGraduate Center, City Universityof New York, 2013-present Department Chair, Brooklyn College, 2014-2017 PoliticalTheory Subfield Chair, Graduate Center, 2013-2015 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CityUniversity of New York, 2005-2013 Assistant Professor, Departtnentof Political Science, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CityUniversity of New York, 2004-2005 Assistant Professor, Departmentof Political Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1999-2004 Education Ph.D., Yale University, distinction,1999 A.B., Princeton University, high honors, 1989 OxfordUniversity,Jesus College, 1987-88 Fellowships, Grants, and Awards Fellowship, Cullinan Center forScholars and Writers,New York Public library, 2018-19 Rockefeller Fellowship, Center for Human Values, Princeton University, 2007-8 Fellowship, Programin Ethicsand Public Affairs, Princeton University, 2007-8 Fellowship, AmericanCouncil of Learned Societies, 2007-8 Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson InternationalCenter forScholars, 2007-8 (declined) Fellowship, NationalHumanities Center,2007-8 (declined) BtukhardtFellowship, American Council of LearnedSocieties, 2007-8 (de clined) .