PROFESSOR ROB TEIGROB RETIRES
PROFESSOR ROB TEIGROB RETIRES
After 18 years of dedicated teaching in the Department of History, Professor Rob Teigrob has retired. Dr. Teigrob holds degrees from the University of Winnipeg, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of New Mexico. Before arriving at TMU, he taught at Nipissing University, the University of Toronto, and Central New Mexico Community College.
Dr. Teigrob’s research focuses on how war, decolonization, race, culture, and the development of international organizations and law have influenced the modern global order in 20th-century international relations. He is the author of Warming Up to the Cold War: Canada and the United States’ Coalition of the Willing from Hiroshima to Korea (2009), Living with War: 20th-Century Conflict in Canadian and American History and Memory (2016), Four Days in Hitler’s Germany: Mackenzie King’s Mission to Avert a Second World War (2019), and co-editor of Canada and the United Nations: Legacies, Limits, Prospects (2017). His work has appeared in numerous Canadian and international journals and edited collections. In 2017, he received the Dean’s Research Award for contributions to the fields of History and International Relations.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Teigrob has taught courses on the themes of international relations, modern Germany, the American empire, and the Cold War. His commitment to teaching excellence was recognized in 2010 when he received the Dean’s Teaching Award, underscoring his dedication to fostering a deep understanding of complex historical issues among his students.
Reflecting on his time at TMU, Dr. Teigrob states, “I don't have the imaginative skills to craft a better job description than the one I had, and I know I will miss the TMU staff, students, and colleagues who enriched my experience at the university. At the same time, I am excited to see where the new directions and perspectives in teaching and research undertaken by our next cohort of historians lead, and in addition to pursuing my own research projects, will continue to advocate for the need to adequately support History and Humanities at TMU and beyond.” Dr. Teigrob’s former students and colleagues would like to thank him for his service to the History Department and wish him all the best in retirement.