Robert J. Foster Professor Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Professor Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies Office: Lattimore 436, Telephone: (585) 275-8741 E-mail: RFTR@mail.rochester.edu CV | Courses | Publications | Research

Professor Foster received his M.A. from Columbia University, his Diploma in Social Anthropology from Oxford University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Before coming to Rochester, he taught in The College of the University of Chicago as a William Rainey Harper Postdoctoral Instructor. Here at Rochester, he was a finalist for the Student Association's Professor of the Year Award in 1993; he was nominated again in 1998 and 2002. He is a core faculty member in the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies.

Somanil Funil and Robert Foster Tanga Islands, Papua New Guinea, 1992

Prof. Foster did intensive field research in the Tanga Islands, Papua New Guinea in 1984-85 and 1992; he visited most recently in 2002 with his 14 year-old son, Andrew. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University in 1991-92 and 1995. In 1997, he began to study commercial advertising and soft drink consumption in Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea. His current research interests include nationalism, globalization, mass media, material culture and mass consumption. His research has been supported by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, the Australian-American Educational Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Spencer Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.


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