AJ Robinson
Contact
- Department
- Library
- Name
- AJ Robinson
- Pronouns
- they/them
- Job Title
- Islamic Studies; South Asian Studies; and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Subject Librarian
- Email Address
- robinson.a@wustl.edu
- Phone Number
- (314) 935-5714
- Make Appointment
- Make an Appointment
AJ started working at WashU Libraries as the Subject Librarian for Islamic Studies and South Asian Studies in 2015. They assumed subject responsibilities for Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies in 2017 and have served interim roles for Religious Studies (2017-2018) and Jewish Studies (2020-2025).
AJ has an MS in Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, a BA in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures & English from the University of Washington, and studied at the Arabic Language Institute at the American University in Cairo.
Subjects
Islamic Studies, South Asian Studies, and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Selected projects, activities, and accomplishments
- Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon (2015-2019)
- Danforth Staff Council (2023-present)
- Gender Violence Database project with Humanities Digital Workshop (2017-2020)
- Information Literacy Learning Community at Gephardt Center for Civic Education (2019-2020)
- Middle East Librarians Association executive board (2016-2019), nominations committee (2017-2019), digital scholarship interest group (2018-present)
- Transgender Spectrum Conference planning committee (2018-2019)