Clarice Robinson, M.S.W., Ph.D. Candidate

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Contact

Email: cjrobinson@smith.edu
Pronouns: she/her

Clarice Robinson wearing a coral shirt leaning against a carved cement wall with spirals
Education

Ph.D. candidate, University of Chicago School of Social Work
A.M., University of Chicago School of Social Work
M.A., New York University
B.A., Texas Woman's University

Biography

Clarice J. Robinson (she/her) is a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago School of Social Work. She studies the body-mind impacts of incarceration and yoga as a healing, somatic support for formerly incarcerated individuals. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who draws from education, public health, and social work. Robinson’s research is deeply informed by her experiences as a Teach for America teacher in rural Arkansas and tutoring incarcerated individuals inside Rikers Island Correctional Facility in NYC.

Robinson is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar and an Institute of Education Sciences Fellow. She received an A.M. degree in social work (M.S.W. equivalent) from the University of Chicago, a master's degree in educational leadership, politics, and advocacy from New York University, and a bachelor's degree in government from Texas Woman's University. Robinson is committed to using her classroom and research as a tool to foster healing and liberation.