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My research continues to deepen as I advance in my psychological training. Centering racism, health disparities (including substance use and suicidality), racial trauma, and LGBTQ+ health outcomes, I am committed to developing public health and policy-oriented research that remains accessible to communities and stakeholders. By integrating these interests with my clinical training, I examine both the psychological mechanisms that support effective therapeutic outcomes and the broader systems of oppression that shape the daily health experiences of Black and Black LGBTQ+ individuals. Through this work, I aim to address critical questions of intersectional experiences across multiple platforms, including research journals, op-eds, policy briefs, and blog posts.

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English, D., Robinson, T. A., Hoggard, L. S., Muchomba, F. M., Williams, S. Z., Cantor, J. C., Duberstein, P. R., & Millar, B. M. (2025). Longitudinal Associations From US State/Local Police and Social Service Expenditures to Suicides and Police‐Perpetrated Killings Between Black and White Residents. The Milbank Quarterly, 103(2), 528–553. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.70018

This longitudinal study examined how state and local government spending from 2010 to 2020 relates to later suicide and police-perpetrated killings among Black and White Americans. We found that every $100 increase in per-capita police spending predicted substantially more years of potential life lost (YPLL) to suicide and police killings among Black Americans, but not White Americans. In contrast, greater investments in housing and community development were associated with fewer Black suicide-related YPLL, and higher K–12 education spending reduced suicide-related YPLL for White residents. Overall, the findings suggest that reallocating funds away from policing and toward housing may help reduce racial inequities in violent death.

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Publications

    • Taylor, T. O., Smith, N. C., Robinson, T. A., & Wood, K. D. (2025). Racism and health: Examining pathways influencing health outcomes among justice-involved and nonjustice-involved Black and Latine individuals. Journal of Counseling Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000843

    • Taylor, T. O., Robinson, T. A., Simmons, T., Badio, K. S., & Wilcox, M. M. (2025). Interpersonal and structural reconciliation and healing: restorative justice as a decolonizing lens in counseling psychology. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2025.2521630

    • English, D., Robinson, T. A., Hoggard, L. S., Muchomba, F. M., Williams, S. Z., Cantor, J. C., Duberstein, P. R., & Millar, B. M. (2025). Longitudinal Associations From US State/Local Police and Social Service Expenditures to Suicides and Police‐Perpetrated Killings Between Black and White Residents. The Milbank Quarterly, 103(2), 528–553. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.70018

    • Robinson, T. A., Coleman, T. M., & Carmack, C. (2025). “Your sexuality is yours and yours alone”: a reflexive thematic analysis of sexual orientation microaggressions and their impact on LGB emerging adults’ sexual health knowledge and attitudes. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1522751. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1522751

    • Shi, J., Robinson, T. A., Loomba, P., Murley, B., Strong, L. L., Basen‐Engquist, K., & Mama, S. K. (2025). “Everything cannot be handled virtually”: Understanding intention and use of digital health technologies among rural adults and rural cancer survivors. The Journal of Rural Health, 41(1), e12926-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12926

    • Chu, W., & Robinson, T. A. (2025). Rethinking Racial Matching in Children’s Mental Health: The Need for Racially Conscious Therapists. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 64(1), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.05.025

    • Robinson, T. A., Smith, N. G., Obasi, E. M., & Reitzel, L. R. (2024). Internalized Homonegativity is Indirectly Associated with Smoking Status through Somatic Anxiety. Health behavior and policy review, 11(3), 1549–1557. https://doi.org/10.14485/hbpr.11.3.1

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