Robison, Mark

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Clinical Associate Professor of Education and Director of Asia Pacific Rim International Study Experience
Professor, USC Rossier School of Education
Office: WPH Uv E212
Phone: (213) 821-4421
E-mail: mrobison@usc.edu

Mark Power Robison is an Associate Professor of Clinical Education and Director of APRISE (the Asia Pacific Rim International Study Experience) in the Rossier School of Education. He also holds an appointment in the Department of History and is a researcher in the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. Robison earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Colorado.

Before joining the Rossier School, Robison served as Academic Planning Officer in the Office of the Provost, where he coordinated a comprehensive strategic planning process and a program of assessment for all of USC's academic programs and research activities. Robison's duties also included aspects of accreditation and numerous special projects, and he has extensive experience in international higher education issues. Prior to his work at USC, Robison served in the Provost's Office at Brandies University from 1998 through 2002, where he also taught in the Department of American Studies. At Harvey Mudd College, between 1993 and 1996, Robison served as an Admission Counselor and then Assistant to the President.

As one of the founders and principals of Academic Leadership Associates (ALA), LLC, Dr. Robison also works extensively with higher education institutions and related organizations around the globe in the areas of strategic planning, academic and administrative affairs, budgeting, crisis management and preparedness, international affairs, and targeted research. ALA advises clients on the development and implementation of strategic plans, assessing and meeting strategic leadership needs, developing useful and appropriate methods of transparency and accountability to institutional stakeholders, devising programs of self-assessment and self-evaluation, as well as creating and implementing crisis preparedness strategies and comprehensive programs of international engagement. ALA also conducts research that provides insights for clients about the internal processes within their institutions, and broader studies that elucidate trends in higher education.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, History, 2000

• M.A., Claremont Graduate University, California, History, 1995

• B.A., Wesleyan University, Connecticut, History, 1993

Selected Publications:

• "The Perils and Possibilities of Wartime Neutrality on the Edges of Empires: Iroquois and Acadians between the British and French in North America, 1744-60." (with Jon Parmenter); Diplomatic History, 31 (2007), 167-205.

• Review of Cultures and Identities in British Colonial America, by Robert Olwell and Alan Tully, eds. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Labor 4:2 (Summer 2007).

• Review of Redcoats: The British Soldier and War in the Americas, 1755-1763, by Stephen Brumwell. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. H-Atlantic. August 2004.

• Review of Colonial Challenges: Britons, Native Americans, and Caribs, 1759-1775, by Robin F.A. Fabel. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2000. Journal of American Ethnic History, Spring 2002, v.21, n.3, 121-122.

• Review of Land, Power, and Economics on the Frontier of Upper Canada, by John Clarke. Ithaca: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2001. Western Historical Quarterly. Winter 2002, v.33, n.4. 503-504.