Robert A. Rees
| Robert A. Rees | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 17, 1935 birthplace, U.S. |
| Education | B.A. from Brigham Young University and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Home town | Marin |
Robert A. Rees (born November 17, 1935) is an educator, scholar and poet. Beginning in 1998 he was Director of Education and Humanities at the Institute of HeartMath in Boulder Creek, California. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor and Director of Mormon Studies at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
Rees, a graduate of Long Beach Woodrow Wilson High School, received his B.A. from Brigham Young University and M.A. and PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For twenty-five years he taught at University of California, Los Angeles, where he also served as Assistant Dean of Fine Arts, Director of Continuing Education in the Arts and Humanities, and Director of Studies for three UCLA programs in England: at Cambridge University and at London’s Royal College of Art and Royal College of Music. Taking early retirement from UCLA in 1992, Rees was a visiting professor at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania (where he had an appointment as a Fulbright Professor of American Studies from 1995-96).
Since returning from the Baltics, Rees has taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz; the University of California, Berkeley; and at Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley where he is currently a visiting professor of Religion and Director of Mormon Studies. He has also taught at the University of Wisconsin, Pepperdine, and California State University at both Los Angeles and Northridge. In addition, he has been a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Arts and Humanities at Claremont Graduate University (1994-95) and currently is a fellow at the Center for Advanced Research, Aorangi Molana Sanctuary, New Zealand. Rees has taught thirty-five different courses at the university level—in Literature, Communications, Religion, the Arts and Humanities.
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