ROBERT DANIEL rubin
Civic Identity and Diversity
ABOUT ME
I am a schoolteacher, tutor, and college instructor in history and English. I am also an author concerned with how people’s belief systems, political identities, and civic behavior inform one another. Various groups’ perceptions of themselves as insiders and/or outsiders within American law and society fascinate me and spur my research and teaching.
TUTORING AND EDITING
Tutoring allows me to elicit writing abilities hidden inside people who experience writing as a struggle. To high schoolers, I offer the opportunity to become strong writers and systematic thinkers before entering the college classroom. For college students, graduate students, and professionals, I bring clarity to the sometimes chaotic writing process. And for adult essay writers who need an editor to help them polish a final product, I offer satisfaction and relief.
In my career, I've been an editorial assistant, a college writing instructor, and a language arts teacher.
CIVIC AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
I have laid groundwork for my next project, which will explore how meditation and prayer affect the ways in which individuals conduct themselves in the civic sphere and understand themselves as political partisans. I will consider if and how spiritual activities open spaces in which people whose belief systems are at odds with one another's can tentatively transcend their impasses.
CONTESTING IDENTITY IN THE Courts
The John Archibald Campbell Courthouse in Mobile, Alabama, home to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama and site for a good amount of my research.
Much of my writing, speaking, and teaching of adult audiences has focused on the definitions of democracy and justice espoused by self-identified Americans of faith. More generally, I have explored how religious conservatives over the past half century have used or resisted the United States judicial system.
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Curriculum vitae and résumé available on request.