Bean Robinson, PhD
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Contact Info
PhD, University of Minnesota
Summary
Bean Robinson, Ph.D., is professor, MN Licensed Psychologist (LP), MN Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and State-approved LMFT Supervisor at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Health (ISGH). Dr. Robinson received her PhD from the University of Minnesota and received NIMH funding to complete a postdoctoral training in Asian-American mental health and research methods at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Her current area of emphasis is exploring the sexual health of Somali women living in Minnesota who have experienced female genital cutting/circumcision/female genital mutilation. Other foci of her professional activities have been examining and promoting HIV prevention in sexual and ethnic minority communities (African-born HIV- positive men, African American women and men, HIV-positive African American men who have sex with men, men who have sex with men, Hmong women and men, bisexual women, and transgender individuals) and examining risk factors leading to sexual offending. She is a researcher-clinician who investigates and develops new methods, techniques, and programs to promote sexual and psychological health; she has been a practicing psychotherapist/clinician her entire career. Dr. Robinson has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, has been the principal or co-investigator on numerous research grants, and is on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. She is an active teacher and has provided clinical training for psychologists, marriage and family therapists, medical students and residents. She has also developed HIV/STD prevention curricula and has given numerous presentations at professional meetings nationally and internationally. She is the past-president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and Executive Director for the World Professional Association of Transgender Health. Pronouns: she/her/hers or no pronouns.
Research
Publications
This lists only ten recent publications.
Brady, S. S., Connor, J. J., Chaisson, N., Mohamed, F. S., & Robinson, B. B. E. (2021). Female genital cutting and deinfibulation: Applying the theory of planned behavior to research and practice. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(5), 1913-1927. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1427-4 (invited submission)
Brady, S. S., Connor, J. J., Chaisson, N., Mohamed, F. S., & Robinson, B. B. E. (2021). Response to commentaries: Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to female genital cutting and deinfibulation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(5), 1963-1971. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02067-9 (invited submission)
Connor, J. J., Brady, S. S., Chaisson, N., Mohamed, F. S., & Robinson, B. B. E. (2021). Understanding women’s responses to sexual pain after female genital cutting: An integrative psychological pain response model. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(5), 1859-1869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-1422-9 (invited submission)
Connor, J. J., Brady, S. S., Chaisson, N., Mohamed, F. S., & Robinson, B. B. E. (2021). Response to commentaries: Understanding women’s responses to sexual pain after female genital cutting. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50(5), 1907-1912. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02047-z (invited submission)
Bockting, W. O., Miner, M. H., Swinburne Romine, R. E., Dolezal, C., Robinson, B. B. E., Rosser, B. R. S., & Coleman, E. (2020). The Transgender Identity Survey: A measure of internalized transphobia. LGBT Health,7(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2018.0265
Newstrom, N. P., Miner, M., Hoefer, C., Hanson, R. K., & Robinson, B. B. E. (2019). Sex offender supervision: Communication, training, and mutual respect are necessary for effective collaboration between probation officers and therapists. Sexual Abuse, 31(5), 607-631. doi:10.1177/1079063218775970
Hunt, S.L., Connor, J.J., Ciesinski, A., Abdi, C., & Robinson, B.B.E. (2018) Somali American female refugees discuss their attitudes toward homosexuality and the gay and lesbian community. Culture, Health &Sexuality, 20(5), 591-605. doi:10.1080/13691058.2017.1367036
Connor JJ, Lund SM, Ciesinski A, Finsaas M, Bichanga T, Robinson BE. The East African HIV prevention model: perspectives from HIV-positive male immigrants living in the U.S. [published online ahead of print May 9, 2016]. Cogent Medicine. doi: 10.1080/2331205X.2016.1175402.
Bockting, W.O., Miner, M.H., Swinburne Romine, R.E., Robinson, B.B.E., Rosser, B.R.S., & Coleman, E. The Transgender Identity Survey: A measure of internalized transphobia. Submitted to Journal of Sex Research, September 2016.
Grey JA, Robinson BE, Coleman E, Bockting WO. A systematic review of instruments that measure attitudes toward homosexual men. J Sex Research. 2013;50(3-4):329-52.
Robinson BE, Galbraith J, Swinburne Romine RE, Zhang QC, Herbst JH. Differences between HIV-positive and HIV-negative African American men who have sex with men in two major U.S. metropolitan areas. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 2013;42(2):267-78.