Rachel Sullivan Robinson has been named the 2024 SIS Scholar-Teacher of the Year for her outstanding teaching and mentorship as well as her impactful research on global health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa.

At the Scholar-Teacher of the Year celebration on April 23rd, last year's winner, Jennifer Poole, presented her latest research on foreign direct investment and gender equity before announcing Rachel Sullivan Robinson as this year's winner. Congrats to our newest STOTY!

Dr. Robinson, a Professor in the Environment, Development & Health Department as well as the Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, is a sociologist and demographer whose research focuses on global health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, including family planning, HIV/AIDS, and sexuality education. Her book, Intimate Interventions: Preventing Pregnancy and Preventing HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa (Cambridge University Press 2017), investigates the relationship between family planning and HIV/AIDS interventions across the continent with a focus on Senegal, Nigeria, and Malawi. Journals that have published her research include Demography, Journal of the International AIDS Society, Population Studies, and Population Research and Policy Review. She has conducted field research in Namibia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Senegal, and current projects relate to politicized homophobia in sub-Saharan Africa and the extent of social science knowledge on NGOs. Her research has been funded by the MacArthur Foundation, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and the National Science Foundation. Dr. Robinson teaches courses on statistics, global health, NGOs, population studies, and development.