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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES -- Rachel Sullivan Robinson

Rachel Sullivan Robinson
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Phone: 202-885-1636
Email: robinson@american.edu
Office: Clark 117

Rachel Sullivan Robinson joined the SIS faculty as an assistant professor in fall 2007 after completing her Ph.D. in sociology and demography at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on the politics of population, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, and she also studies the determinants of birth timing in the United States. Her most recent work on Africa explored the process of population policy adoption by African governments and the emergence of reproductive health NGOs. Robinson’s current book project extends her research on population policy to look at how countries’ political and organizational responses to rapid population growth have influenced their ability to combat HIV/AIDS.

Robinson’s research has been published in the journals Demography and Population Studies. She has conducted fieldwork in Senegal, Nigeria, and Namibia. Within SIS, Robinson is affiliated with Comparative and Regional Studies and will be teaching Quantitative Analysis for International Affairs (SIS 600) in both fall 2008 and spring 2009. She will also teach Introduction to Research Methods in International Relations (SIS 206) in spring 2009. In addition to a passion for all things demographic, Robinson enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time outside.

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