Robert A. Rubinstein (born 1951) is a cultural anthropologist whose work bridges the areas of political and medical anthropology, and the history and theory of the discipline.
In 1983, Rubinstein was a founding member of the Commission on Peace and Human Rights of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
Rubinstein was from 1999-2013 a member of the board of directors of the Ploughshares Fund, Fort Mason, San Francisco, California.
He received the 2016 The Victor Sidel and Barry Levy Award for Peace from the American Public Health Association [1], and the 2010 Robert B. Textor and Family Prize for Anticipatory Anthropology from the American Anthropological Association [2] Rubinstein applies a multilevel theoretical perspective to examining aspects of human social life.
He applies this view in medical anthropology where he has made theoretical contributions and also shown how multilevel analysis is critical for understanding racial and ethnic disparities in health.