Angela Robinson

Angela Robinson, PhD, is a full-time researcher at the University of California, Irvine Blum Center for Poverty Alleviation. Through academic research and work in nonprofit management, Angela has dedicated her career to using sound theory and evaluation to maximize the impact of community-based work. Since 2021, Angela has been partnering with anti-trafficking organizations on topics such as survivor-driven case management, survivor leadership, and the intersections between climate change and human trafficking. She has also researched issues ranging from discrimination in maternal health settings to the impact that more equitable political representation has on women and ethnic minorities. Angela completed a BA at the University of Illinois; an MSc in Cross-Cultural Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington; and a PhD in Social Psychology at the University of California, Irvine.