Pearl T. Robinson

Pearl T. Robinson (born 1945) is an American professor of political science at Tufts University. 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, with her co-editor Elliott Skinner. She was president of the African Studies Association from 2007–2008, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. 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.

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Tufts University faculty

American women political scientists

American political scientists

1945 births

Living people

Black studies scholars

Columbia University alumni

People from New Orleans

University of California, Davis alumni

American women academics

21st-century American women

Presidents of the African Studies Association