Robert A Rubinstein

Biographic Data

ID75122
NAMERobert A Rubinstein
GIVEN NAMESRobert A
FAMILY NAMERubinstein
SIGNATURERUBINSTEIN R A
AFFILIATIONSSyracuse University
ORCID0000-0003-4789-0496
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS61
TOTAL CITATIONS176
AUTHOR COUNT58
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX8

  • A Gap Analysis in Therapeutic Services for Birthing Individuals with Perinatal Mental Health Disorders

    Koushik Ahmed, Md Koushik Ahmed et al.ARTICLESocial Work in Public Health2026

    This article calls attention to a gap in services to address the needs of birthing individuals diagnosed with perinatal mental health conditions (PMHs) in New York State (NYS). We analyzed secondary birth data and surveyed MSW programs in NYS. Results indicate a gap in the availability of masters-prepared social workers to provide care for pregnant persons and their partners. In a three-year period in Syracuse (2017–2019), nearly one-third (n = 1…

  • Using a community-based cultural approach to promote life skills and leadership for social determinants of health in adolescents from disadvantaged communities in Casablanca, Morocco: A Sidi Moumen co…

    Open AccessKoushik Ahmed, Md Koushik Ahmed et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The IDMAJ Experiential Leadership Development Model's contextualized, interactive, and joyful approach proved highly effective. This unique experiential continuum enabled participants to acquire foundational life and critical transformational leadership skills. Participants' empowerment for practical leadership roles contributes to a sustainable cycle of youth empowerment and community development through alumni engagement

  • Refugee Births and the Migrant Health Effect in Syracuse NY

    Open AccessGretchen Goble, Margaret K Formica et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

  • Action anthropology and public policy change: Lead poisoning in Syracuse, NY

    Open AccessD Lane, Sandra D Lane et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Anthropological Practice2023References: 37

    In Syracuse, New York more than 10% of children are lead poisoned each year, a toxic exposure that lowers the children's ability to learn and increases risky behaviors in adolescence. African American children are affected at nearly twice the rate of White children. We describe a community-university collaboration to reduce childhood lead poisoning in Syracuse, and the effects these efforts have had on public policy to date. This paper documents …

  • Sage Handbook of Social Studies in Health and Medicine

    Susan C Scrimshaw, Sandra D Lane et al.BOOKSAGE Handbook of Social Studies…2022

  • Peace and War: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

    Mary Lecron Foster, Robert A RubinsteinBOOKPeace and War2020Cited by: 6

    Is war necessary? In Peace and War prominent anthropologists and other social scientists explore the cultural and social factors leading to war. They analyze the covert causes of war from a cross-cultural perspective: ideologies that dispose people to war; underlying patterns of social relationships that help institutionalize war; and the cultural systems of military establishments. Overt causes of war--environmental factors the control of scarce…

  • The Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict: Culture in International Security

    Robert A Rubinstein, Mary Lecron FosterBOOKSocial Dynamics of Peace and…2019

  • Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict: Culture in International Security

    Mary Lecron Foster, Robert A RubinsteinBOOKSocial Dynamics of Peace and…2019

  • Introduction / Revitalizing International Security Analysis: Contributions from Culture and Symbolic Process

    Robert A Rubinstein, Mary Lecron FosterCHAPTERSocial Dynamics of Peace and…2019

    Some anthropologists have noted instances of conflict or warfare during the course of their fieldwork and have provided brief descriptions of these in the context of ethnographies that focus largely on other aspects of social life. Most social anthropological work describes in detail the social and cultural systems of particular groups. Anthropologists have periodically tried to bring their work to bear on current concerns and to contribute direc…

  • Bringing in the Community: A University-Community Endeavor to Teach Marital and Family Therapy Students About Community-Based Violence and Trauma

    Open AccessD Lane, Sandra D Lane et al.ARTICLEContemporary Family Therapy2019References: 7

  • Social Dynamics of Peace and Conflict: Culture in International Security

    Robert A Rubinstein, Mary Lecron FosterBOOKSocial Dynamics of Peace and…2019

  • Accessing the Intimacies of Community Life: A Reply to Neofotistos

    Robert A Rubinstein, D Lane et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology2019References: 7

  • Peacekeeping

    Open AccessRobert A RubinsteinOTHERThe International Encyclopedia of…2018

    Peacekeeping is a conflict intervention technique typically using military units and civilians from many nations. Mostly these interventions take place under the auspices of the United Nations, though some are sponsored by regional organizations. Originally a way of managing conflicts by monitoring ceasefires or armistice agreements made between warring states, peacekeeping has come to be used for a variety of other purposes. These uses include p…

  • Action Anthropology

    Open AccessRobert A RubinsteinOTHERThe International Encyclopedia of…2018

    Action anthropology is an approach that seeks to develop the understanding of social and cultural life while helping communities address the challenges they face. In contrast to applied anthropology, when seeking to help the communities with whom they work, action anthropologists facilitate the communities' own decision making about what actions should be taken to address those challenges rather than implementing decisions made outside of the com…

  • Peace

    Open AccessRobert A RubinsteinOTHERThe International Encyclopedia of…2018

    Peace is studied in biological, archaeological, cultural, and linguistic anthropology. Explored are the ways in which human societies have managed to live in relative harmony among themselves, how they have interacted constructively with others, and what are the conditions that lead to violence and war. Enduring issues in this area of research include the extent to which violence and war are part of the human biological heritage, how violence and…

  • Blood in the Rust Belt: Mourning and Memorialization in the Context of Community Violence

    Robert A Rubinstein, D Lane et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology2018Cited by: 7References: 40

    This paper examines the use by those living in impoverished neighborhoods of color in Syracuse, NY, of artifacts and rituals of memorialization in response to intense ongoing violence. This work is part of a longitudinal, community-university action anthropology collaboration on trauma due to neighborhood violence. This Rust Belt city of 145,000 residents had 30 murders in 2016, the highest murder rate in New York State and one of the highest nat…

  • Action Anthropology in a Free Clinic

    D Lane, Sandra D Lane et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization2017

    In this article, we describe a mixed methods study in a free clinic for uninsured, impoverished, and medically vulnerable persons in Syracuse, New York. Our model, Community Action Research and Education, draws on Action Anthropology, as developed by Sol Tax, in which faculty, students, and community members work together to develop and conduct the research. The study includes a quantitative review of 600 patients' charts and two rounds of qualit…

  • The Trauma Response Team: A Community Intervention for Gang Violence

    Open AccessTimothy Jennings-Bey, D Lane et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2015Cited by: 2References: 7

  • Anthropology and Political Science: A Convergent Approach

    Open AccessRobert A RubinsteinREVIEWPolitical Science Quarterly2014

    Journal Article Anthropology and Political Science: A Convergent Approach Get access Anthropology and Political Science: A Convergent Approach by Myron J. Aronoff and Jan Kubik. New York and Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2013. 368 pp. $95.00. Robert A. Rubinstein Robert A. Rubinstein Syracuse University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 129, Issue 2, Summer 2014, Pages 344–346, …

  • Practicing Military Anthropology: Beyond Expectations and Traditional Boundaries

    Robert A Rubinstein, Kerry Fosher et al.BOOKPracticing military anthropology2012

    The relationship between anthropologists and the US military has generated many heated discussions—at professional meetings and in the pages of scholarly books and journals—much of it based on supposition rather than empirical evidence. The debates raise some fundamental questions: Who are military anthropologists? What do they do? In response, the authors of Practicing Military Anthropology offer deeply personal accounts of their paths to becomi…

  • Material support: US anti-terrorism law threatens human rights and academic freedom

    Open AccessMichael Price, Robert A Rubinstein et al.ARTICLEAnthropology Today2012Cited by: 3References: 4

    A US federal law prohibiting the provision of "material support" or resources to terrorist groups has broad implications for anthropologists and other academics working with groups who may be designated as terrorists and the populations that support them or live under their influence. The broad scope and vague language of the law raises the possibility that individuals engaging in some forms of humanitarian aid, charitable giving, peace-building …

  • Action Anthropology and Pedagogy: University-Community Collaborations in Setting Policy

    D Lane, Sandra Lane et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization2011

    This article describes a student-led, community-participatory project focused on reducing the burden of childhood lead poisoning in rental housing. A multidisciplinary group of students and faculty worked with community members. We compiled the social, public health, economic, and policy information on the human and fiscal costs of childhood lead poisoning. This analysis was done for community advocates to use to persuade policymakers to enact a …

  • Peacekeeping and the Return of Imperial Policing

    Robert A RubinsteinARTICLEInternational Peacekeeping2010

    UN peacekeeping rose to prominence as an instrument of international action based on its enacting a root metaphor that promised the reversal of politics as usual and the creation of a more equitable world. Practices developed in traditional peacekeeping created a culture of peacekeeping that reinforced this root metaphor through a linking of strategic policy to actions in operations. This article argues that developments in the way that peacekeep…

  • Culture and Interoperability in Integrated Missions

    Robert A Rubinstein, Diana M Keller et al.ARTICLEInternational Peacekeeping2008Cited by: 11References: 6

    Integrated missions require people from diverse backgrounds to work together and to work with local populations with whom they may be unfamiliar. In both instances, cultural differences can present challenges or opportunities. This article extends a model of how culture affects interoperability among members of an integrated mission – horizontal interoperability – to the understanding of how culture affects an integrated mission's work with local…

  • Structural violence, urban retail food markets, and low birth weight

    Open AccessD Lane, Robert H Keefe et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2007Cited by: 19References: 2