Robert J. Foster
Anthropology
University of Rochester
United States of America
Biography
Before coming to Rochester, Professor Foster taught in The College of the University of Chicago as a William Rainey Harper Postdoctoral Instructor. At the University of Rochester, he has served as Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor and in 2008 he was awarded the Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching. Professor Foster has an appointment in the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies in which he is a core faculty member. He has been a visiting professor at the Australian National University, Cambridge University and L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
Research Interest
Political economy; Material culture; Globalization ; Corporations ; Commercial media ; Mobile phones; Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
Publications
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Foster RJ, editor. Nation making: emergent identities in postcolonial Melanesia. University of Michigan Press; 1997.
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Foster RJ. Materializing the nation: Commodities, consumption, and media in Papua New Guinea. Indiana University Press; 2002 Oct 24.
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Foster R. Coca-globalization: following soft drinks from New York to New Guinea. Springer; 2008 Feb 4.
