| Pearl T. Robinson | |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1945 |
| Birth Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Fields: | Political science |
| Workplaces: | Tufts University |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Davis, Columbia University |
| Thesis Title: | African traditional rulers and the modern state the linkage role of chiefs in the Republic of Niger |
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| Thesis Year: | 1975 |
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| Awards: | 2011 Teshome H. Gabriel Distinguished Africanist Award from the UC San Diego Research Center in African and African American Studies |
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Pearl T. Robinson (born 1945) is an American professor of political science at Tufts University.[1] She has written dozens of books and articles on Africa and African Americans, including co-authoring and co-editing the book, Transformation and Resiliency in Africa,[2] with her co-editor Elliott Skinner. She was president of the African Studies Association from 2007–2008,[3] and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[4] Her chapter Area Studies in Search of Africa from The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines was included in 4th edition of The African Studies Companion.[5]