Biography
Fall 2022 Semester
On-Campus Office Hours:
- Monday - 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
- Wednesday - 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
- Friday - 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Virtual Office Hours:
- Monday - 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
- Wednesday - 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
- Friday - 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
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Dr. Christopher Wayne Robinson currently serves as assistant professor of social work at Penn State University-Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Dr. Robinson is a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan who earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from historically Black Jackson State University, a master’s degree in social work and a graduate certificate in human services management from the University of Pittsburgh, and a doctorate in education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Robinson is a 2021 recipient of the Pittsburgh Courier Men of Excellence Award and a 2020 honoree of the NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award.
Teaching Interests: Social work practice, human behavior in the social environment, cultural competence
Area(s) of Expertise: Cultural competence and diverse populations, social work practice methods, student persistence to graduation.
Research Interests
Community Colleges
Cultural competence and diverse populations
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Social work practice methods
Student persistence to graduation
Publications
Robinson, C.W. (2022). Increasing Access to HBCU Social Work Programs through Transfer Equity Programming. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work. (Pending, manuscript submitted)
Robins, Anthony G. and Christopher Robins (In Press). “Could Culturally Tailored Study Skills Strategies Be the Panacea to Black Males Being Missing in STEM Professions?” In Unveiling the Cloak of Invisibility: Why Black Males are absent in STEM Disciplines. Information Age Publishing.
Robinson, C. W. (2021). Reducing the cost of higher education through the invaluable mission of community colleges and affordable HBCUs. Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Retrieved from
https://diverseeducation.com/article/207635/
Education
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, DEd, 2017
University of Pittsburgh, MSW, 2007
Jackson State University, BSW, 2006
Papers and Presentations
Reducing the Cost of Higher Education Among Black Social Work Students Through the Mission of Community Colleges and HBCUs, National Association of Social Workers-Pennsylvania Annual Conference, 2022
Pennsylvania Program to Program TAOC: Transfer is the Higher Education Equity Pipeline, Community College ASW to BSW Committee, Pennsylvania Department of Higher Education, 2022
Decreasing the Cost of College Through the Utilization of Community Resources for Community College Students Pursuing HBCUs, Black Doctoral Network Conference, 2022