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Dr. Rubin was the Director of the Center for International and Comparative Programs at Kent State University from 1991 until his retirement in 2005. He had been on the Center's staff since 1980 and also served as the Associate Director of the Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies. He is currently Emeritus Professor of French and Emeritus Director of the Center for International and Comparative Programs at Kent State.
Professor Rubin traveled extensively to represent Kent State University.
He made numerous visits to Western Europe, especially to France and
Switzerland, and to Eastern Europe (to the former German Democratic
Republic, as well as to Poland, Russia, and Lithuania). He represented
Kent State University at universities and businesses in China,
Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and
Malaysia. During his directorship he negotiated numerous exchange agreements with international universities for students and faculty. He regularly worked with students who are interested in studying abroad and coordinated Kent State's BA program in International Relations. Rubin served as a faculty member on the Kent State Geneva Semester Program faculty for one semester, and as the Program's on-site Director for three semesters. Dr. Rubin is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University and holds the A.M. and Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures (French) from Princeton University. In addition to his administrative duties, Dr. Rubin also taught in the French program at Kent State University. His scholarship record includes more than 20 articles, translations, and book editorships as well as a variety of conference presentations in the United States and abroad. He co-edited NATO after 50 Years (Scholarly Resources, Wilmington, DE, March 2001), among other works. |
