Reginald Robinson

Reginald Robinson is a Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law, with affiliations including a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Southern Illinois University—Carbondale (2007-2008). His interdisciplinary scholarship bridges Law, Neurobiology, Social Psychology, and Critical Race Theory (CRT), focusing on childhood trauma, attachment theory, and structural racism.

• Education:
  • J.D., Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania (1989)
  • M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago (1983)
  • B.A., Political Science/English Literature, Howard University (1981), Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

His research interrogates the neurobiological and psychological roots of systemic racial dysfunction, critiquing CRT's limitations while exploring how early childhood experiences shape social realities. Recent work includes analyzing the 1921 Tulsa Killings and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me, linking trauma to racial and institutional violence.

His publications span journals like Howard Law Journal, Connecticut Law Review, and Michigan Journal of Race & Law, with trends in childhood maltreatment, structural oppression, and interdisciplinary legal analysis. He has taught courses in Contracts, Family Law, Critical Race Theory, and Child & Family Law.