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Quick facts for kids Hollis Robbins
Robbins in 2015
Born	1963 (age 61–62) New Hampshire, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Johns Hopkins University (BA) Harvard University (MPP) University of Colorado Boulder (MA) Princeton University (PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions	Millsaps College Johns Hopkins University Sonoma State University University of Utah
Writing career
Occupation	Dean Lecturer literary editor literary theorist poet essayist
Language	English

Hollis Robbins (born in 1963) is an American professor and writer. She works as a special advisor for humanities at the University of Utah. Before this, she was a dean, which is like a leader, for humanities. She studies African-American literature and writes about education and artificial intelligence (AI).

Her Journey in Education

Hollis Robbins grew up in New Hampshire, USA. She started college at Johns Hopkins University when she was just 16 years old. She earned her first degree there in 1983.

Early Career Steps

From 1986 to 1988, Robbins worked at The New Yorker magazine. She was part of the marketing and promotions team. After that, she went to Harvard University and earned a master's degree in public policy in 1990. Public policy is about how governments make decisions and rules.

Later, she studied at the University of Colorado Boulder for a master's degree in English literature. She then earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2003. Her advanced research focused on how government offices were shown in books from the 1800s.

Her Work as a Professor

After finishing her Ph.D., Hollis Robbins became an assistant professor of English. She taught at Millsaps College in Mississippi from 2004 to 2006. In 2004, she also started working with Henry Louis Gates Jr. They co-directed a project at Harvard about old African-American magazines and newspapers.

Teaching and Leadership Roles

From 2006 to 2017, Robbins was a professor at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She even taught a class about film music with the famous musician Thomas Dolby. She also led the Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins from 2014 to 2017. This center focuses on the history and culture of African people.

Robbins won the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award in 2014. This award recognized her great teaching skills. She also received a fellowship from the National Humanities Center in 2017–2018.

Leading Universities

From 2018 to 2022, Hollis Robbins was the dean of arts and humanities at Sonoma State University in California. A dean is a senior leader in a university. On July 1, 2022, she became the dean of humanities at the University of Utah.

Her research often explores African American history and literature. She has worked with Henry Louis Gates Jr. on important books. She also writes about higher education and is a published poet.

As a Writer

Hollis Robbins writes essays and book reviews for different publications. These include Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Ed, and LA Review of Books. She often writes about higher education and artificial intelligence (AI).

Selected Writings

Hollis Robbins has written and edited several academic works. Here are a few examples of her publications:

Books and Articles by Hollis Robbins

• Robbins, Hollis (2003). "The Emperor's New Critique". New Literary History (Johns Hopkins University Press) 34 (4): 659–675. doi:10.1353/nlh.2004.0010. ISSN 1080-661X. OCLC 1296558. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/51400. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
• Robbins, Hollis (2009). "Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics" (PDF). American Studies. Spring/Summer 2009 (Mid-America American Studies Association) 50 (1/2): 5–25. ISSN 0026-3079. OCLC 00818197. https://journals.ku.edu/amerstud/article/download/4107/3891. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
• Robbins, Hollis (2014). [Hollis Robbins at Google Books "23. Killing Time: Dracula and Social Discoordination"]. In Whitman, Glen; Dow, James (in en). Economics of the Undead: Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 239–248. ISBN 978-1-4422-3503-8. OCLC 1100669007. Hollis Robbins at Google Books.
• Robbins, Hollis (2015). "Django Unchained: Repurposing Western Film Music". Safundi (South African and American Studies) 16 (3): 280–290. doi:10.1080/17533171.2015.1057022. ISSN 1753-3171.

Books She Has Edited

• Brown, William Wells (2006). Garrett, Paula; Robbins, Hollis. eds (in en). [Hollis Robbins at Google Books The Works of William Wells Brown: Using his 'strong, manly voice']. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530963-8. OCLC 255507609. Hollis Robbins at Google Books.
• Gates Jr., Henry Louis; Robbins, Hollis, eds. (2017) (in en). [Hollis Robbins at Google Books The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers]. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN 9-780-1431-0599-2. OCLC 1003724581. Hollis Robbins at Google Books.

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