16 Facts About Ron Robin

Ron Theodore Robin is an Israeli scholar whose research focuses on the interface between culture and foreign policy in the United States.

Ron Robin was a senior faculty member at the University of Haifa, as well as a professor emeritus at New York University.

Professor Ron Robin is currently Senior Advisor to the Leadership, New York University, Shanghai.

Ron Robin grew up in South Africa and returned with his family to Israel when he was 13 years old.

Ron Robin joined the Israeli Defense Force in 1969.

Ron Robin served in the intelligence community, and was discharged with the rank of major.

In 1986, Ron Robin returned to Israel and was admitted as a faculty member at the University of Haifa.

Ron Robin served as professor in the Department of Communications and the Department of General History and in 2000 was appointed dean of students, a position he held for five years.

In 2006, Ron Robin moved to New York University, where he was appointed a professor in the Department of Media, Culture and Communications, and in 2007 was appointed associate dean at the NYU Steinhardt School.

In 2008, Ron Robin was appointed senior vice provost, New York University, and was responsible for the establishment of the two NYU international campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.

In 2016 Ron Robin was elected as the 11th president of the University of Haifa, and in October 2016 he assumed this role.

Ron Robin created an additional portal through the acquisition of the Neri Blumfield Wizo College of Design, located in Haifa's German colony, and its transformation into the University of Haifa new School of Design and Architecture.

Ron Robin funded this transformative project with the support of the largest donation ever raised in the University of Haifa's history.

In contrast to the mainstream of modern American historians, who separate cultural history from diplomatic history, Ron Robin's work combines the two currents, claiming that it is impossible to understand the foreign relations of the United States without understanding domestic cultural shifts.

Ron Robin describes the second Gulf War in 2003 as stemming from the perception of senior US officials that "another Pearl Harbor has to be avoided" - even though the cases of Iraq and Pearl Harbor are not at all similar.

Ron Robin is married to Levia Wolf, and the couple has four children.