Department of History
Dr. Robin Whitley
Associate Professor of Global Studies
Faculty profile
About Dr. Robin Whitley
Robin Whitley teaches Globalization and Cultural Change and leads sections of Core Capstone centered on global environmental justice. Her scholarship explores Indigenous land tenure, peasant cooperatives, and extractive industry resistance in the Andean highlands. She works closely with international grassroots networks to study water rights and customary communal law.
Dr. Robin Whitley is a member of the Department of History in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Areas of expertise
- Indigenous social movements
- Latin American environmental history
- Agrarian political economy
- Global resource politics
Contact
- Office
- Lovell Hall 219
- Building
- Lovell Hall
Fall 2026 office hours
Dr. Robin Whitley isn't teaching in Fall 2026. Email to arrange a meeting.
2026–27
Teaching
In 2026–27 Dr. Robin Whitley teaches sections of CORE 400; your own section's instructor is listed in AlkimiHub. Other teaching rotates by year. For the department's courses, see the Department of History.
Meeting with faculty
At least 3 hours per week during the semester, across at least 2 days, with at least 1 hour available virtually. Times are on each course syllabus in Canvas.