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Faculty

Robert Ruck

Senior Lecturer
PhD, University of Pittsburgh (1983)

University of Pittsburgh
Department of History
3517 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
412-648-7539
ruck439019@aol.com

Curriculum Vitae

Field(s) U.S. History
Sport History
Pittsburgh History

Teaching

U.S. History since 1877
U.S. History since 1945
History of Sport
Selected Publications

The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic (University of Nebraska Press,1999)

Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh (University of Illinois Press,1993)

Steve Nelson, American Radical (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981) with Steve Nelson and James Barrett

Honors/Awards

 Hall of Fame Negro League Election Committee (2006)
LaRoche College Presidential Medal (1993)
Emmy, Mid-Atlantic Region of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Outstanding Cultural Programming (1994)
SABR-MacMillan Award (1991)

Project(s)

Art Rooney: Thinking Ahead of the Play (with Michael P. Weber and Maggie Patterson)

Hall of Fame Advisory Group for Baseball-Beisbol Exhibit

The Republic of Baseball: The Dominican Giants (with Daniel Manatt) republicofbaseball.com