University of Maryland (Global Campus) The Graduate School, Largo, MD 2017

Walden University-School of Business, Minneapolis, MN 2009 

University of Baltimore-School of Public Affairs 2002 

Dr. Robin Butler is an Assistant (Tenure-Track) Faculty at Morgan State University's School of Community Health & Policy, Department of Public and Allied Health. With over 20 years of experience working with disinvested communities, Dr. Butler is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity among students and community stakeholders. Her research focuses on health informatics and literacy interventions in distressed communities using community-based participatory research. She was awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH): ASCEND Health-Related Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Small Grants Program and the Office of Academic Affairs - Transform Morgan Grant. Both awards were funded to support the development of an effective intervention to assist the student barbers’ role in significantly improving sustainable health literacy messages and activities for distressed community members. Dr. Butler is also a Brown University, School of Public Health Sentio Scholar for the Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Training Institute, which supports the instrument design process for her current “barbershop health literacy project”.  Dr. Butler has collaborated on the NIH CEAL2 project addressing COVID-19 disparities and has published research on COVID-19 information trust across diverse communities.

Dr. Butler is an appointed Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) member from the Office of the President. From this appointment, she enthusiastically serves as a member of the AI and Pedagogy Committee and as Chair of the AI and Community Engagement subcommittee to advance equitable practices in AI education and spearhead a trustworthy community of AI/ML practice.

Publications

Walker, R.J., Eisenhauer, E., Thompson, E.L., Butler, R., Metheny, N., & Barroso, C.S., (2024). COVID-19 information, trust, and risk perception across diverse communities in the United States: Initial findings from a multistate CEAL alliance. American Journal of Public Health, 114, S112_S123, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307504

Loska, D., Bearden, F., Butler, R., Kimmel, S. (2022). Workplace Environment Influences on Worker Engagement as Mediated by the Autonomic Nervous System: A Quasi-Experimental Study. International Journal of Economics and Business (IJEB). ISSN: 1948-5166

Smock, C., Shinder, L., & Butler, R. (2021). Park referrals and prescriptions as a leadership opportunity to address socio-ecological factors during COVID-19: A correlational study. International Journal of Economics and Business (IJEB). ISSN: 1948-5166

Cave, A. & Butler, R. (2021). Technology aided learning: An investigation of enterprise risk management practices and its effects on technical-vocational education in the post-COVID-19 educational space. American Journal of Information Technology (AJIT). ISSN: 1943-7498. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Butler, R. (2019). Thematic Analysis: Millennial generation retention in United States Public Sector Organizations. International Academy of Business Review 4(1). ISSN: 2332-8398

Butler, R. (2019). Transforming STEM: Innovative health information. Journal of Innovative Strategies (JIES). ISSN: 1555-5429

Anderton, A. & Butler, R. (2019). Knowledge management through technology transfer: The necessity of higher education and manufacturing firms for human capital sustainability. Journal of Innovative Strategies (JIES). ISSN: 1555-5429

Butler, R. (2018). Thematic Analysis: Millennial generation retention in United States public sector organizations. 2018 Engaged Management Scholarship Conference: Fox School of Business at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved from SSRN: (Refereed Proceedings) https://ssrn.com/author=3109066

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