Richard Rapson
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Richard L. Rapson is an American
professor
of History
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
.
in June 1958, and served briefly there as an instructor in American Studies
. He then taught history at Stanford University
from 1961-1965 while pursuing his Ph.D.
at Columbia University
, granted in 1966. His dissertation was on The British Traveler in America, 1860-1935; his doctoral advisor
was Richard Hofstadter
.
In 1966, after teaching history at University of California at Santa Barbara, he moved to Hawaii, and has been on the faculty of the University of Hawaii
system ever since. He has returned to Stanford as a Visiting Professor of History (1973–74), and been a Visiting Professor of History four separate semesters on Semester at Sea, a University shipboard program that sails around the world. Rapson worked as a psychotherapist for 15 years, beginning in 1982. He was also named National Finalist for the Danforth Foundation's Distinguished Teaching Award, which honored the nation's best teachers. He founded and headed the University of Hawaii's experimental liberal art college, New College, from 1968-1973.
Rapson has written many books and short stories. Some of these were written with his wife, Dr. Elaine Hatfield
. He has one child, Dr. Kim Elizabeth Rapson.
Richard Rapson, University of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rapson/
United States
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professor
Professor
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of History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii system...
.
Background
Rapson earned his B.A. magna cum laude at Amherst CollegeAmherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
in June 1958, and served briefly there as an instructor in American Studies
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
. He then taught history at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
from 1961-1965 while pursuing his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, granted in 1966. His dissertation was on The British Traveler in America, 1860-1935; his doctoral advisor
Doctoral advisor
A doctoral advisor is an advanced member of a university faculty whose role is to guide a graduate student who is a candidate for a doctorate degree, helping them select coursework, as well as shaping, refining and directing the students' choice of sub-discipline...
was Richard Hofstadter
Richard Hofstadter
Richard Hofstadter was an American public intellectual of the 1950s, a historian and DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University...
.
In 1966, after teaching history at University of California at Santa Barbara, he moved to Hawaii, and has been on the faculty of the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
system ever since. He has returned to Stanford as a Visiting Professor of History (1973–74), and been a Visiting Professor of History four separate semesters on Semester at Sea, a University shipboard program that sails around the world. Rapson worked as a psychotherapist for 15 years, beginning in 1982. He was also named National Finalist for the Danforth Foundation's Distinguished Teaching Award, which honored the nation's best teachers. He founded and headed the University of Hawaii's experimental liberal art college, New College, from 1968-1973.
Rapson has written many books and short stories. Some of these were written with his wife, Dr. Elaine Hatfield
Elaine Hatfield
Elaine Hatfield is a professor of Psychology at the University of Hawai'i. She is well known as a scholar who pioneered the scientific study of passionate love and sexual desire....
. He has one child, Dr. Kim Elizabeth Rapson.
External links
Amherst College Authors https://www.amherst.edu/aboutamherst/magazine/bookclub/authorsRichard Rapson, University of Hawaii http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rapson/