Rate My Professor Tony Robinson

Robinson's research interests encompass American elections, urban political economy, poverty and politics, urban politics, American political institutions, grassroots empowerment, and social movements. Key publications include textbooks "The 2008 Presidential Campaign Workbook" (Pearson/Longman, 2008) and "The First 100 Days" (Pearson/Longman, 2008); refereed articles such as "Voter Migration as a Source of Electoral Change in the Rocky Mountain West" (Political Geography, 2010), "Hunger Discipline and Social Parasites: The Political Economy of the Living Wage" (Urban Affairs Review, 2004), and "Service Learning as Justice Advocacy: Can Political Scientists Do Politics?" (PS: Political Science & Politics, 2000); and community reports like "The Denver Urban Camping Ban: A Report From the Street" (2013) and the "Denver Atlas" series (2006, 2008). Recent co-authored books with Minsun Ji are "Sustainable, Smart, Solidary Seoul: Transforming an Asian Megacity" and "A Flying Dragon: King Taejo, Founder of Korea's Choson Dynasty." Robinson has received awards including the Campus-wide Excellence in Teaching Award (University of Colorado Denver, 2009), Chase Faculty Humanitarian Service Award (University of Colorado, 2005-06), and President's Faculty Excellence Award for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology (2001). He co-founded El Centro Humanitario, Save Our Section 8 Low Income Tenants Organization, and Denver Tent City Initiative, and serves on boards for Denver Jobs With Justice and El Centro Humanitario.