Dr. Robert is an interdisciplinary scholar and expert whose research is located at the intersections of race, gender, and class with an emphasis on Black women and mass incarceration. She is the author of the peer-reviewed article, “Penitence Plantation and the Penitentiary: A Liberation Theology for Lockdown America” (Harvard Graduate Journal, 2017). Her dissertation is titled, “Breaking The Law When The Law Breaks Us: A Womanist Theo-Ethical Approach to Public Policy and Criminal Justice Advocacy for the Black Church.” Dr. Robert is a public lecturer, global speaker, ordained clergy, clinically-trained healthcare chaplain and teaches religious studies in higher education.