Biography
ROBERT DEAL (Ph.D. Temple University, J.D. Villanova University), is a professor of American history, specializing in legal and environmental history. His research, focused on the laws and customs of the American whaling industry in the 18th and 19th centuries, has resulted in published articles on the legal history of whaling in Ecology Law Quarterly and the University of Toronto Law Journal. His book, The Law of the Whale Hunt: Dispute Resolution, Property Law, and American Whalers, 1780-1880, is recently published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Deal is also the Director of Graduate Studies for the History Department.