Dr. John D. Robinson (August 24, 1946 - July 4, 2021) was a psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Surgery at Howard University College of Medicine. In 1973, Robinson became the first African-American psychologist in the U.S. Air Force, and, in 1975, the first African-American psychologist in the U.S. Navy.Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. (2010). Praise for a trail blazer. MSPP Rapport, vol. 7, no. 1. He also served as the first African-American administrator at the University of Texas at Austin.
Robinson graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (BA, Human Physiology and Biochemistry, 1968; MA, Counseling Psychology, 1969), University of Massachusetts at Amherst (EdD, Counseling Psychology, 1972), and Harvard University (MPH, Behavioral Science, 1981), and received an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (now the William James College),Howard University, Bariatric and General Surgery. About Dr. Robinson. where he endowed the first scholarship specifically in support of ethnically diverse students.MSPP Board of Trustees. Dr. John D. Robinson. Profile.
He edited Diversity in Human Interactions: The Tapestry of America, a widely used text for diversity training in military and university settings. He was president of the American Board of Clinical Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Health Psychology of the American Board of Professional Psychology
Robinson is a recipient of the Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology from the American Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological Association. (2007). Leaders of the field. Monitor on Psychology, vol. 38, no. 9, p. 74. and the Joseph Matarrazo Award for Distinguished Service and Contributions to Clinical Health Psychology from the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC).American Board of Professional Psychology (2012, winter). John D. Robinson, EdD, MPH, ABPP Receives Two Awards. The Specialist, vol. 31, no. 1, p. 42. In 2012, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues established the Asuncion Miteria Austria and John Robinson Distinguished Mentoring Award. He has received several national professional awards and honors.
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