Robinson is a queer and trans studies scholar. Their research is interdisciplinary and connects with many subfields, including family studies, criminology, health, urban studies, children and youth studies, and scholarship on cyberspace/new media. Their book, "Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness" (University of California Press, November 2020), examines how gender and sexuality interconnect with processes of racial inequality, poverty, and experiences of homelessness. This project received external support from the National Science Foundation and the Equality Knowledge Project.

David Brady is a professor in the School of Public Policy. He also is visiting research professor in Inequality and Social Policy at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. At UCR, he teaches classes in quantitative methods, poverty, inequality, and social policy. He investigates a variety of research questions related to poverty, racial inequality, social policy, health, immigration, and politics.