Robert P. Robinson

Assistant Professor

Email:

rrobinson@jjay.cuny.edu

Phone number:

(646) 557-4764

Room number and address:

9.63.09 New Building

Education

Graduate Certificate, Africana Studies, The Graduate Center, CUNY (2020)

Graduate Certificate, Interactive Technology & Pedagogy, The Graduate Center, CUNY (2020)

Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY (2020, Urban Education)

MPhil., The Graduate Center, CUNY (2018, Urban Education)

M.A., San Diego State University, (2009, Education--Curriculum & Instruction)

Secondary Teaching Credential (2007, English Language Arts)

B.A., Humboldt State University (2004, English Language Arts; Ethnic American Literatures)

Bio

Robert P. Robinson is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at John Jay College, Doctoral Faculty in the Interactive Technology & Pedagogy Program, and Adjunct Professor in the Urban Education Program at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Prior to higher education, he was a K-12 educator and mentor for 11 years. His broad research and teaching focus on the Black Freedom Movement, Black education history, Blackqueer studies, digital humanities, history of education, and curriculum studies. His prospective book project is a history of the Black Panther Party’s Oakland Community School (OCS) as a site for understanding Black self-determination, the shift in mainstream curriculum and pedagogy, and the Black radical imagination in education.

JJC Affiliations

Africana Studies, Human Services & Community Justice, Interdisciplinary Studies, Gender Studies

Professional Memberships

History of Education Society

Association for the Study of African American Life & History
National Council for Black Studies

American Educational Research Assocation

Course Taught

Current Courses

AFR 123: Justice, the Individual, & Struggle in the African American Experience

AFR 317: Environmental Racism

Previous Courses

Interactive Technology & Pedagogy Core 2 (At the Graduate Center, CUNY)
Edu 100--Education & Justice

BlackQueer Lives & Pedagogies (At The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Social Work Policy

Sex, Gender, & Justice in a Global Context

Reading & Writing Youth Cultures

English Language Arts Methods

Black Freedom Movement Education

Alternative Education

Principles of Education in a Pluralistic Society

Race & the Nation

Research & Writing

Grad School 101

Scholarly Work

Robinson, R.P. (2021) "Teaching Black Lives Amidst Black Death: Reflections from a Black Visiting Professor," Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education: Vol.4: Iss.2.

Jones, S.P. & Robinson, R.P. (2021) "Reflections on the Politics of Professionalism: Critical Autoethnographies of Antiblackness in the ELA Classroom," Northwest Journal of Teacher Education: Vol. 16 : Iss. 2.

Robinson, R.P. (2020) "Until the Revolution: Analyzing the Politics, Pedagogy, and Curriculum of the Oakland Community School," Espacio, Tiempo y Educación Vol.7: Iss.1.

Robinson, R.P. (2019) "A New Diagnosis: Rethinking Normativity,” in Key Concepts in Curriculum: Perspectives on the Fundamentals by Bolden et al. Taylor & Francis, New York, NY.

Robinson, R.P. (2017) “AVID About College: A Look into AVID’s Governing Structure” in The Business of Education Networks of Power & Wealth in America by Spring et al. Routledge, New York, NY.