Robert Shaffer

Robert Shaffer is Professor of History Emeritus at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, where he taught U.S. history, world history, and social studies education. His articles on the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II have appeared in Radical History Review , The Historian , the Journal of American History , and the Journal of American Ethnic History . His doctoral dissertation (Rutgers University, 2003) examined U.S. relations with Asia in the mid-20th century by analyzing the writings and activism of novelist Pearl S. Buck and her literary and political associates. Dr. Shaffer’s articles on these and related topics have appeared in Pacific Historical Review , Journal of Women’s History , The History Teacher , Peace & Change , New York History , Pennsylvania History , World History Bulletin , Journal of World History , World History Connected , Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Cowrie: Comparative and World Literature , Social Education , Oxford Handbook of Peace History, and Labor History . A partial listing of publications can be viewed at https://orcid.org/0000- 0003-3000-1963; his email address is [email protected].