Provost Diversity Fellow: Robin Hart

Robin Hart, PhD candidate

Department and School
Sociology, School of Arts & Sciences

Bio
Robin Hart is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University. Their research primarily explores different avenues of belonging in exclusive institutional spaces, or how institutions are able to (re)shape themselves to increase accessibility. These institutional characteristics take several forms, but at their root consist of actions, both direct and symbolic, institutions can undertake to increase belonging or reallocate resources more equitably.  Prior to Columbia, Robin received their BA in Sociology with a concentration in Statistics and minor in Music from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. At Reed, Robin taught over five sections of introductory statistics and two sections of sociology research methods; their research interests in higher  education access and retention extend to a passion for teaching, particularly quantitative methods courses for the social sciences.

Advisor
James Chu, Assistant Professor, Sociology

Favorite hangout on or off campus
Riverside Park—one of the benches right by the waterfront

Favorite self-care ritual
Engaging in some writing outside of academia, such as writing a play or poetry

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