James Robinson holds a BA in Political Science (International Relations) from Auburn University, an MA Ed. in Education (Special Education) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is currently a doctoral student earning an Ed. D. in International Education at Northcentral University. James Robinson is interested in the refractive iterations of multifaceted complexity, resulting from the interplay of psychosocial factors, educational access, and achievement. He is focusing his studies on access to educational opportunities, academic achievement, and the psychosocial wellbeing of youth in lower-secondary education from socio-economically challenged communities in Cape Town, South Africa. As of November 2019, he is in the process of developing his dissertation research project.