Dr. Robert Chiles

Research Associate, history 


 

Dr. Robert Chiles became a Research Associate in History with the New York State Museum in 2021.  He is co-editor of New York History, a member of the editorial board of The Hudson River Valley Review, and the host of "Empire State Engagements."  Dr. Chiles has written numerous pieces on New York State history, including in his first book, The Revolution of '28: Al Smith, American Progressivism, and the Coming of the New Deal, which was published in 2018 by Cornell University Press; as well as in articles for Environmental History, the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, New York History, and op-eds for Newsday, the New York Daily News, and the Albany Times Union.    

Empire State Engagements, https://www.empirestateengagements.com/, is a long-form interview program created and hosted by Dr. Robert Chiles.  It features conversations with historians of all aspects of New York State.  This program is presented in partnership with the New York State Museum. 

Publications

2010

R. Feranec, N. Garcia, J. Arsuaga, J. Diez 2010, Understanding the Ecology of Mammalian Carnivorans and Herbivores from Valdegoba Cave (Burgos, Northern Spain) Through Stable Isotope Analysis, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297, 263-272. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.006

2009

R. Feranec, L. DeSantis, B. MacFadden 2009, Effects of Global Warming on Ancient Mammalian Communities and Their Environments, Plos One 4, e5750. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.. 10.1371/journal.pone.0005750
R. Feranec 2009, Implications of Radiocarbon Dates from Potter Creek Cave, Shasta County, California, USA, Radiocarbon 51, 931-936.
R. Feranec, A. Paytan, E. Hadley 2009, Stable Isotopes Reveal Seasonal Competition for Resources Between Late Pleistocene Bison (Bison) and Horse (Equus) from Rancho La Brea, Southern California, Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 271, 153-160. 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.005
R. Feranec, N. Garcia, J. Arsuaga, J. de Castro, C. Carbonell 2009, Isotopic Analysis of the Ecology of Herbivores and Carnivores from the Middle Pleistocene Deposits of the Sierra de Atapuerca, Northern Spain, Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 1142-1151. 10.1016/j.jas.2008.12.018
J. Hart, R. Feranec, W. Lovis, G. Urquhart 2009, Non-linear Relationship Between Bulk d13C and Percent Maize in Carbonized Cooking Residues and the Potential of False-negatives in Detecting Maize, Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 2206-2212. 10.1016/j.jas.2009.06.005
J. Cryan, R. Feranec, J. Kirchman 2009, Evolution Every Day. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 4, 10-11
R. Feranec 2009, Evolution of Ecology in Mammals. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 4, 13

2008

R. Feranec, J.L. Blois, E.A. Hadly 2008, Environmental Influences on Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Body-size Variation in California Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi), Journal of Biogeography 35, 602-613. 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01836.x
R. Feranec 2008, Growth Differences in the Saber-Tooth of Three Field Species, Palaios 23, 566-569. 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-079r