Rick Halpern

Rick Halpern is a social historian whose work focused on race and labour in a number of national and international contexts. He has written about meat and meatpacking, sugar and plantations, and regionalism. Currently he is at work on two major projects: a book on race and class in 20th century photography, and a study of the year 1919 in Chicago. He was the Bissell-Heyd Chair of American Studies and, until July 2015, and the Dean at UTSC. Prior to that he was the Principal of New College on the St George campus. Professor Halpern worked with graduate students in a number of fields.