Pearl T. Robinson | |
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Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | July 4, 1945
Alma mater | University of California, Davis, Columbia University |
Awards | 2011 Teshome H. Gabriel Distinguished Africanist Award from the UC San Diego Research Center in African and African American Studies |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Political science |
Institutions | Tufts University |
Thesis | African traditional rulers and the modern state the linkage role of chiefs in the Republic of Niger (1975) |
Pearl T. Robinson (born 1945) is an American professor of political science at Tufts University. [1] She has written dozens of books and articles on Africa and African Americans, including co-authoring and co-editing the book, Transformation and Resiliency in Africa, [2] with her co-editor Elliott Skinner. She was president of the African Studies Association from 2007–2008, [3] and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. [4] Her chapter Area Studies in Search of Africa from The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines was included in 4th edition of The African Studies Companion. [5]