Beatrice Robinson, PhD

Bean Robinson
Associate Professor
(612) 625-1500
robin009@umn.edu

Primary Research Themes: Evaluation of HIV/STD-related programming for women, especially women of color; Hmong community-based organizations; transgender populations; female sexuality especially among African American women;  therapeutic uses of sexually explicit materials

Education Activities: Advises post-doctoral fellows, medical students, and residents in family medicine and psychology

Current Grants

2006-07, UCare Minnesota and Minnesota Medical Foundation, "Identifying and Interviewing the HIV Seropositive Africa-born Male Community in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area"

2004-07, CDC, "Adaptation of Prevention Techniques for HIV+ Men Who Have Sex With Men," a collaboration with the Minneapolis Urban League.

2004-07, CDC, "Risk for Sexual Abuse: A Study of Adolescent Offenders"

2003-07, NIMH Center for AIDS Research, "HIV Prevention for HIV Positive MSM"

Selected Publications

Danner, C., Robinson, B.E., Striepe, M., and Rhodes, P.F.Y. (2007). Running from the demon: Culturally specific group therapy for depressed Hmong women in a family medicine residency clinic. Women & Therapy, 30 (1).

Kraft, C., Robinson, B.E., Bauer, G., Rosser, B.R.S., & Bockting, W.O. (2006). Body mass index, body image and unsafe sex among men who have sex with men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35(5), 589-595.

Zamboni, B., Robinson, B.E., & Bockting, W.O. (2006). Body image and sexual functioning among bisexual women. Journal of Bisexuality: 6(4), 7-26.

Miner, M., Klotz Flitter, J., Robinson, B.E. (2006). Effects of sexual victimization on sexuality and psychological function.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(4), 503-524.

Bockting, W., Huang, C.Y., Ding, H. Robinson, B., & Rosser, B.R.S. (2005). Are transgender persons at higher risk for HIV than other sexual minorities? A comparison of HIV prevalence and risks. Co-published simultaneously: International Journal of Transgenderism, 8, 2/3, 123-131 and Transgender Health and HIV Prevention: Needs assessment studies from transgender communities across the United States (Ed: Walter Bockting and Eric Avery), 123-131.

Robinson, B.E., Scheltema, K., & Cherry, T. (2005). Risky sexual behavior in low-income African American women. The impact of sexual health variables. Journal of Sex Research, 42(3), 224-237.

Bockting, W.O., Robinson, B.E., Forberg, J., & Scheltema, K. (2005). Evaluation of a sexual health approach to reducing HIV/STD risk in the transgender community. AIDS Care, 17(3), 289-303.

Education

PhD, University of Minnesota, 1983, family social science

Selected Professional Activities

Executive director, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, 1996-present

Editorial board, Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality, 1993-present

Recipient, Rosemary Dummer Award for Contributions to the Minnesota Association of Marriage & Family Therapists, January 1997