People

James Robbins

PhD Student

CONTACT

Email: jamesrobbins@usf.edu

EDUCATION

  • M.A. in Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Grad Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexual Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • B.S. in Economics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • B.S. in Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • B.A. in Sociology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Advisor

Dr. Nancy Romero-Daza

TEACHING

ANTH 1101 - Intro to Four-Field Anthropology; ANTH 3113 - Economic Anthropology;
ANTH 4090 - Feminist Anthropology: Language Access in US Healthcare; ANTH 4091: Anthropology of Gender; ANT 3610 - Linguistic Anthropology; ANT 2410 - Cultural Anthropology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Language Access, US Healthcare, Reproductive Care Access, Reproductive Justice, Medical Interpretation, Linguistic Anthropology, Economic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Feminist Anthropology, Intersectionality, Health Access/Health Inequity, Gender and Healthcare, Embodiment/Emplacement, Decolonialism, Raciolinguistics, Language and Music, Neoliberalism, and Ethnomusicology.

Publications

  • Robbins, J., Deubel, T., & Naughton, C. (2025). Interpreter Research Experiences: an Ethnography. (In Progress)
  • Robbins, J., Caro, L., & Freidus, A. (2025). Beyond the Workplace: Examining the Etiology of Burnout Among Frontline COVID-19 Nurses. (In progress)
  • Robbins, J. (2025). For Who: The AAA Boycott and Critical Social Justice Advocacy (Accepted)
  • Robbins, J. & Freidus, A. (2024). . Human Organization.
  • Robbins, J. and Andrea Freidus and Lennin Caro. (2021, August). . SFAA Newsletter. 32(3)