Rachel Sullivan Robinson, associate professor in the School of International Service at American University, studies global health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa, including family planning, HIV/AIDS, and sexuality education. Her book, Intimate Interventions in Global Health, was just published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Her current projects relate to politicized homophobia and the extent of social science knowledge on NGOs. Her research has been funded by the MacArthur Foundation, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, and the National Science Foundation.