Background
Baron, Robert was born on January 27, 1951 in New York City. Son of Charles and Helen Esther (Suss) Baron.
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Robert Baron
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Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1972; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1994.
Career
Senior research specialist Brooklyn Museum, 1977-1979. Folk arts coordinator New York State Council on Arts, New York City, 1980-1984, museum program associate, 1984-1985, director folk arts program, 1985-2000, 01—. Director museum program, 1996-2000.
Folklore administrator National Endowment of the Humanities, 2000-2001. Presenter in field; consultant Artpark, 1979, Brooklyn Rediscovery, 1978-1979. Adjunct lecturer American Studies department Rutgers University, Newark, 1979-1980.
Board directors Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, 1995-1996, also chair, member traditional arts committee, 1996-1999, member performing arts committee, 1995-1996. Non-resident fellow W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African-American Research Harvard University, 2004-2005.
Membership
President University Chicago Folklore Society, 1970-1971. Member New Jersey Folklife advisory council New Jersey History Commission, 1979-1980. Field researcher, presenter Festival American Folklife, Smithsonian Institution, 1974.
Member multi-disciplinary panel New Jersey State Council on Arts, 1984, member presenting organizations panel, 1994. Member folk arts organization panel, 2001. Member traditional arts advisory committee New England Foundation for Arts, 1990-1993.
Member national advisory committee Fund for Folk Culture, 1991-1995, board directors since 2000, chair program committee, 2002^. Coordinator ethnic folklife festival Caribbean traditions International House of Philadelphia, 1978. Member panel New Jersey State Council on the Arts Folk Arts Panel, 1995, 97, 99-2004.
Member organization granting panel Connecticut Commission on Arts, 1995-1996. Fellowships New Jersey Arts Interdisciplinary Panel, 2004. Member American Folklore Society (state of profession committee 1992-1994, nominating committee 1996-1998, executive board 2000, membership committee 2000, chair annual meeting program committee 2002, Benjamin A. Botkin prize 2002), National Council for Traditional Arts (board directors 1992-2001), Middle Atlantic Folklife Association (vice president 1991-1993, president 1993-1995, board directors 1995-2000, since 2002).
Connections
Married Lise May Korson, January 2, 1982. 1 child, Violet.
