Robin completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with an internship at the University of Maine at Orono Counseling Center. She is licensed to practice psychology in North Carolina. She spent the 1997-98 year working on Capitol Hill as the American Psychological Association William A. Bailey Congressional Fellow. Her interests include psychology and public policy, diversity and multicultural issues, and sexual orientation issues. Robin is Senior Coordinator of Research.

She serves on the Duke University Task Force on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues; is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and member of Divisions 17, 19, 45, 44 and 45; is Past Chair of APA’s Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Concerns; is past President and Fellow of APA’s Division 44: The Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues, and is past-chair of APA’s Committee on Women in Psychology. She currently sits on APA’s Division 19/44 Task Force on Sexual Orientation and Military Service.