Biography
Robert Chiles studies the complex patterns and quotidian experiences of American life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a particular focus on U.S. politics and society from the Gilded Age through the twentieth century. In 2023, Chiles won the University of Maryland鈥檚 . In 2025, he won the Provost鈥檚 Excellence Award for PTK Teaching. Chiles graduated summa cum laude from Towson University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in Music. In 2012 he received his PhD in History from the University of Maryland. Since 2019, Chiles has served as co-editor of . He is also a member of the editorial board of and a Research Associate in History with the . He is the creator and host of the New York history interview program 鈥�.鈥� In 2019, Chiles received the New York State Archives鈥� Annual Award for Excellence in Research; in 2024, Chiles was elected to the New York Academy of History. His articles have appeared in Environmental History, North Dakota History, New York History, and the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era; his essays have appeared in larger books from and ; his op-eds have appeared in the Washington Post, the , Newsday, and the ; and he has contributed to educational television programs including Chiles鈥檚 first monograph, T, was published in 2018 by Cornell University Press.
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