Background
Forbes, Robert Pierce was born on April 27, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Ashton Crosby and Grace Pierce Forbes.
Forbes, Robert Pierce was born on April 27, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry Ashton Crosby and Grace Pierce Forbes.
Master of Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, 1994.
Visiting assistant professor Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1997, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1998. Associate director Gilder Lehrman Center for Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition Yale University, New Haven, 1998—2005, lecturer history, 2005—2007. Assistant professor history and American studies University Connecticut, Torrington, since 2007.
Member, national board advisory Amistad American, Incorporated, New York Haven, member board, education committee, 1999—2003. Member, United States steering committee United Nations Educational Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project, Paris, since 2000. Member, board trustees Amistad Committee, Incorporated, New York Haven, since 2001.
Board member Connectiut Coordinating Committee for Promotion of History, Hartford, since 2007.
Commissioner New Haven Peace Commission. Founder, director Connecticut Gun Violence Prevention Project, 1995—1998. Founder and president Friends of Beaver Ponds Park, 1996—2001.
Chair Culture and Tourism Sub-Committee, Committee on Trees, Culture and Tourism, Connecticut General Assembly, 2007—2008. Board trustees Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel, New Haven, 1999—2006. Board directors Connecticut Coalition Against Gun Violence, Fairfield, 1995—2001.
Member Connecticut State History Records Board, since 2008. Fellow: Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences (associate). Member: American History Association, Society Historians Early American Republic.
Married Joanne Ellen Foodim, November 25, 1984. Children: Rachel Young-Eun, David Jong Bae.