Robert Cassanello is an associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida. He is a social historian interested in digital public history. His book To Render Invisible: Jim Crow and Public Life in New South Jacksonville won the 2014 Harry Moore Award by the Florida Historical Society. His other books include, Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace since 1945with Colin J. Davis and Florida's Working-Class Past: Current Perspectives on Labor, Race, and Gender from Spanish Florida to the New Immigrationwith Melanie Shell-Weiss.
He is a publicly engaged scholar who has curated exhibits such as The Long History of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida and From Kin to Kant: Turpentine Culture in Central Florida. He has also produced numerous media projects such as the films, The Committeeand Filthy Dreamers with Dr. Lisa Mills. The films have screened at numerous state, national and international film festivals and won several awards. Additionally he produces the podcasts RICHES of Central Florida and A History of Central Florida Podcastboth won the Dunn Internet Broadcasting Award with the Florida Historical Society. Dr. Cassanello was a featured voice on the weekly public radio program Florida Frontiers produced by the Florida Historical Society.
Dr. Cassanello's many public history projects have involved collaboration with over 25 museums, archives and historical societies across the state of Florida including the University of Florida’s Natural History Museum, Florida Department of State: Division of Historical Resources, Orange County Regional History Center, the Jones High School Museum and the Florida Historical Society.
Social History, Southern History, Race, Gender, Historiography, Museum Studies, Exhibition and Curation
Robert Cassanello has published articles in the Journal of Urban History, Florida Historical Quarterly and 49th Parallel. He is author of To Render Invisible: Jim Crow and Public Life in New South Jacksonville. He has co-edited two books Florida's Working-Class Past: Current Perspectives on Labor, Race, and Gender from Spanish Florida to the New Immigration (with Melanie Shell-Weiss) and Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace since 1945 (with Colin J. Davis). He is completing a book length manuscript examining the suffrage and the right to vote in Florida. He also produces media public history projects such as the film documentaries The Committee and Filthy Dreamers. He also produced the public history podcast series A History of Central Florida, the Florida Historical Quarterly Podcast and The Art of the Review. He is also working on a multimedia digital history exhibit with the Jones High School Historical Society Inc that features the one hundred plus year history of Orlando's historic black high school. He is also a network editor of H-Podcast.
Marching Forward, (2020) Film, with Lisa Mills, Executive Producer, Director
Filthy Dreamers, (2020) Film, with Lisa Mills, Executive Producer, Director
The Committee, (2012), Film, with Lisa Mills, Executive Producer, Director
The Florida Constitutions Podcast, (2019) [H-Net] Co-Producer and Co-Host
The Art of the Review: An H-Net Podcast, (2015) [H-Net] Executive Producer and Co-Host
A History of Central Florida Podcast, [iTunes] (2013-2015), Executive Producer
Florida Historical Quarterly Podcast, [Stars-UCF Digital Commons] (2009-2017), Producer
Hampton Dunn Broadcasting Award, "Filthy Dreamers" (2021)
Suncoast Emmy© Award, [Nominated] Best Historical Documentary, "Filthy Dreamers" (2020)
Hampton Dunn Internet Award, "The Florida Constitutions Podcast" (2019)
Florida Humanities Council, Mini Grants for Community Organizations, (2018)
UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) 2018
UCF Research Incentive Award (RIA) 2017
Special Recognition Award, (In)justice For All Film Festival, Hymns of Three Cities, (2016)
Hampton Dunn Internet Award, "A History of Central Florida Podcast" (2016)
Hampton Dunn Internet Award, "A History of Central Florida Podcast"(2015)
Suncoast Emmy© Award, Best Historical Documentary, "The Committee" (2014)
Harry and Harriette Moore Award, To Render Invisible: Jim Crow and Public Life in New South Jacksonville (2014)
Hampton Dunn Internet Award, "A History of Central Florida Podcast" (2014)
International Jury Award for Best Documentary, Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, South Africa, "The Committee" (2014)
Love Your Shorts Film Festival, Best Documentary, "The Committee" (2014)
Florida Humanities Council, Mini Grants for Community Organizations, (2013)
Hampton Dunn Internet Award, RICHES Podcast Documentaries, (2013)
Hampton Dunn Broadcasting Award, Film “The Committee,” (2013)
UCF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) 2013
Broadcast Education Association, Best of Competition Mixed Video, “The Committee,” (2012)
UCF Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, (2012)
Florida Humanities Council, Mini Grants for Community Organizations, (2011)
National Endowment for the Humanities, Extending the Reach Fellowship: Research Grant (2001-2002)
No courses found for Fall 2022.
No courses found for Summer 2022.
| Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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| 19295 | AMH3930H | Hon Special Topic | Mixed-Mode/Reduce Seat-Time(M) | F 01:00 PM - 03:50 PM | Unavailable |
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| 11403 | HIS6094 | Sem in Curation & New Media | Face to Face (P) | Th 06:00 PM - 08:50 PM | Unavailable |
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Updated: Aug 24, 2021
