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Clarice J. Robinson

Doctoral Student
cjrobinson@uchicago.edu
Address

969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Areas of Expertise
African Americans
Decarceration
Mass Incarceration
Mental Health
Public Health
Qualitative Research Methods
Reentry
Social Work
Transformative Justice
Trauma Informed Research
Violence and Trauma
Violence Prevention

Clarice J. Robinson (she/her) is an AM/PhD student studying violence, criminalization, and the bodily impacts of incarceration. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who draws from education, public health, and social work. Clarice's research is deeply informed by her experiences as a Teach for America (TFA) teacher in rural Arkansas and tutoring incarcerated individuals inside Riker’s Island Correctional Facility in New York City.

Clarice is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Health Policy Research Scholar (HPRS), and an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Fellow. She received an AM degree in Social Work (MSW 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.