Robert P. Robinson

Robert P. Robinson is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at John Jay College and Doctoral Faculty in Africana Studies, Urban Education, and Interactive Technology & Pedagogy at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Prior to higher education, he was a San Diego 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 forthcoming book (January, 2027) 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. For this project, Robinson is a 2025 National Academy of Education /Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.