About Roberta M. Styran Roberta M. Styran (1927-2015) was assistant professor of history at Brock University.Robert R. Taylor is professor emeritus of history at Brock University. Books by Roberta M. Styran This Colossal Project Building the Welland Ship Canal, 1913-1932 by (author) Roberta M. Styran & Robert R. Taylor This Great National Object Building the Nineteenth-Century Welland Canals by (author) Roberta M. Styran & Robert Taylor