ROBERT MICHAEL URSTEIN
San Francisco University High School
American Studies/English Department
3065 Jackson Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415/447-3155
urstein@sfuhs.org

Brief Biography:
Robert Urstein received his Bachelor's from Claremont McKenna, and then received his Masters and Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Iowa. He taught at the University of Iowa from 1989 to 1993. He is the chair of the English/American Studies department at San Francisco University High School. He is also an instructor with UC Berkeley Extension. Urstein was a Fulbright Scholar to Norway for the academic year 2000-2001, where he served as a Roving American Studies Scholar for the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education.

Public Lecture Topics:

• "Pluribus or Unum? The Seeds of American Multiculturalism," September, 1998. FDIC, San Francisco
• "Common Threads: The Search for Community in American Life," UC Berkeley, Fall, 1998
• "Traversing the Academic Community Boundary: The Community as Field of Study," October, 1999, American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada

Public Projects:

Co-Producer of Iowa Humanities Board/PBS video documentary, Hacklebarney Tunes: The Music of Greg Brown

Robert Urstein has been listed in the Directory of California Thinkers since 31-Jan-2000.