Dr. Robert Taber Email & Phone Number

Fayetteville, NC, US

• Service with the US Department of Education, Office of the Secretary (Intergovernment Personnel Act agreement with ED's Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, February-August 2023).
• Honors Program faculty member (April 2023-present).
• Campus delegate to UNC System Faculty Assembly (September 2021-present).

• Outstanding Mentor Award – Fayetteville State McNair Scholars Program (2019).
• Faculty co-advisor for Black History Scholars Association. Secured $45,000 endowment for BHSA from Fayetteville Lafayette Society.
• Specialized in adaptive and online learning, with focus on veteran, first-generation, adult learners, and underrepresented students.
• National profile as scholar of Haitian Revolution and African Diaspora. ○ 36 presentations at regional, national, and international… Show more
• National profile as scholar of Haitian Revolution and African Diaspora. ○ 36 presentations at regional, national, and international conferences. ○ Co-editor of book published by Routledge; book under contract with.
• Represents department in FSU Faculty Senate and FSU in UNC Faculty Assembly, serving on the Communications and HMSI Committees. Show less

North Carolina, United States

North Carolina, United States

Working for a more just, democratic, and prosperous North Carolina. Research and advocacy for policies that protect multiracial democracy and promote opportunity for all.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Area

• Strategy, management, and communications for progressive campaigns and causes.
• National Director at Latter-day Saints for Biden-Harris (2019-present).
• Transition coach for NCDP Executive Officers (2023).
• Senior Advisor and Communications Director for Jonah Garson for NCDP 1st Vice Chair and Dr. Kimberly Hardy for NCDP 2nd Vice Chair (2023).
• Social media consultant for Committee to Elect Nancy Vaughan (2022).
• Consultant on six NC House races, two NC Senate races, NC-08… Show more Strategy, management, and communications for progressive campaigns and causes.

• Recruited and managed virtual team of 20 to engage Latter-day Saints. Swung ~18K [4K-32K] Arizona voters, won highest Dem presidential vote in Utah since 1964.
• Team ran 3 national town halls, 8 Arizona-specific events, and supported 10 phonebanks in partnership with Biden National Faith Engagement and Mission for AZ.
• Collected 1,680 Latter-day Saint public endorsements for Joe Biden, a 1400% increase over Mormons for Hillary.
• Campaign comms metrics: ○ Over 964K… Show more
• Campaign comms metrics: ○ Over 964K impressions on Twitter; 128K unique Facebook users reached in final month of campaign. ○ 8,100 Instagram accounts reached in final week. ○ 242K video views across all platforms. ○.

Organize and mobilize LDS Democrats; support LDS participation in the Democratic Party at local, state, and national levels; lead in development and execution of organizational strategy. Co-founder and co-editor of LDS Democracy Network newsletter.

Advisor in the Office of the Secretary — working with the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships on outreach and engagement with faith-based institutions of higher education and colleges and universities involved in interfaith projects on topics related to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s priorities, including supporting equitable.

Teaching Professional Communications to a broad range of majors. Instructing students in best practices for email communication, job applications, group management, drafting of technical definitions, and composition of technical and recommendation reports. Facilitating early professional development in an array of fields in STEM, arts, and the humanities.

Dissertation on historical links between income inequality, public policy, racial tension, and political violence in 17th & 18th century Haiti.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Teaching two sections a semester of first-year composition, including research and writing skills.

Gainesville, Florida Area

Speaking to broad audience: teaching diverse classrooms calls for both a critical eye and compassion, and conveying these tools of perspective to young people who may have grown up accustomed to neither.Instructor of undergraduate courses on the French Revolution, Piracy in the Caribbean, and the Age of Atlantic Revolutions (France, Haiti, Spanish America).

• Rapid-response director
• Social media content creator/curator (admin for WordPress CMS and 2,000-member Facebook group)
• Official M4O press contact—on-record interviews with Time, Agence France, Salt Lake Tribune
• Coordinator with DNC office
• Panelist, other public speaking roles at 2012 Democratic National Convention

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Latin American History

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Phi Alpha Theta (History Honors Society)

High School