About The Author

Robert Bruce Ellis, Ph.D. is a historian, author, and public intellectual whose work bridges scholarship, leadership, and the humanities. He earned his doctorate from Rutgers University, where he taught in the university’s writing program and pursued MBA studies.

He is the author of Ernst Toller and German Society: Intellectuals as Leaders and Critics—a biography and cultural study that was an entrant for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in History. This work has been praised by leading publications:

• Choice: “Highly recommended.”
• German Life and Letters: “A prism through which trials and tribulations of a tragic era come into sharp focus.”
• Monatshefte: “A useful introduction… providing a broader cultural and intellectual context for Toller’s work.”
• German Studies Review: “Thoroughly researched, extremely well written, and often erudite.”

In addition to his books, Ellis has written guest editorials for The New York Times, The Richmond Times-Dispatch, and The Record (New Jersey) on politics, literature, and history. His essays on the interplay of music and boxing have appeared in The Juilliard Journal.

Ellis has spent two decades in leadership roles as an Account Executive and Sales Director for major technology companies. He also served as Executive Director of the Institute for Leadership Studies and History, where he addressed business audiences on the vital connection between the liberal arts and business practice.