Robert Parmet


Robert David Parmet is an American writer and teacher. He is a professor of history at York College, City University of New York.

Career

Parmet taught at Newark State College from 1965 to 1967 in the Social Science Department, and is currently employed at CUNY York and has worked there since its opening in 1967. He has written four books on American social history from 1961 to 2012. Additionally he has written for many papers such as the History News Network, United Press International, and International Labor and Working-Class History under the Cambridge University Press.
He has written extensively about labor and unions in 20th-century America, including those of women, immigrants, and of David Dubinsky. In 1968, he received a $2,000 grant to write a biography on American senator Chauncey Depew. It was published in 1970.
Parmet retired from full-time teaching at York College in Spring 2025 after 57 years.

Personal life

Parmet was born in New York City in 1938. He is the son of Isaac Parmet and Fannie and is the brother of American historian Herbert Parmet.
He received a B.A. from City College, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. He taught at City College while attending Graduate School. His master's thesis, "Cleveland, Blaine, and New York's Irish in the election of 1884," was written under the supervision of John A. Garraty. His doctoral dissertation, "The Know-Nothings in Connecticut," was written under the supervision of Eric McKitrick.
Parmet was married to Joan Levy on June 8, 1963. She received her Masters in History from Columbia University in 1965. They have a son, Andrew.

Books

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