Nicholas Robins
Department of History
Bio
Nicholas Robins holds a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies from Tulane University, with concentrations in History, Political Science and Community Development. His research and publications concern Andean environmental and social history, legacy mining contamination, and indigenous rebellions. Dr. Robins is the founding president of the Bolivian Studies Association, and founding director of the Cuban Studies Institute at Tulane University. He also serves as director of NC State’s Summer in Cuba Program and as president of the Environmental Health Council (www.ehcouncil.org), a non-profit 501 c 3 organization focusing on heavy metal contamination issues in the Andean region. Dr. Robins has been awarded three Fulbright research awards, an ORISE Fellowship with the EPA, and an honorary doctorate from the National University of Huancavelica, Peru.