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In 1968, he joined the faculty of New York University as an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature (now known as the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies). He was promoted to associate professor in 1974 and full professor in 1984.
During his academic career, Roberts held multiple administrative positions at NYU, including Director of East Asian Studies, Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies and East Asian Language Instruction Coordinator. He was also active in various academic groups and editorial boards, including the Columbia University Seminars on Traditional and Early China, the American Oriental Society, the Association for Asian Studies, and the editorial boards of the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars and Critical Asian Studies.
His earlier abridged translation, Three Kingdoms: China’s Epic Drama, was published by Pantheon Books in 1976 and selected for its scholarly backlist. In 2001, he published Dao De Jing: The Book of the Way, an annotated translation of the Taoism by Laozi, which includes extensive textual notes and a critical introduction. In 2020, he published an annotated critical edition of The Analects: Conclusions and Conversations of Confucius.
In addition to his books, Roberts has contributed articles and essays to scholarly journals such as the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars and Critical Asian Studies where he served on the editorial board. His works include " Contra Ideocracy" (1997), " Bad Karma in Asia" (2000), and a Chinese-language Historical Overview of the Nanjing Massacre, published in 1995 by Joint Publishing in Nanjing. He has published articles on current events related to Asia in Asia Times online and SettimanaNews, some republished in the memoir and Bad Karma.
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