Dr. Robin Hailstorks passed away July 10, 2023. She was recently selected by STP President Diane Finley for a Presidential Citation.
Here is a revised and condensed version of the citation that Dr. Finley wrote and presented to Robin’s brother at the end of her presidential talk at APA 2023:
Dr. Hailstorks was professor of psychology and Department Chair at Prince George’s for over thirty years during which time she had mentored countless part-time and full-time faculty (including me!).
Robin earned her bachelors at Morgan State University and helped to make it easier for many community college students to continue their education at the baccalaureate level at Morgan. She earned her doctorate at The Ohio State University.
In 1997, she received the Wayne Weiten Teaching Excellence Award (Division2) which recognizes excellence in teaching at a two-year college.
She was involved in making community college psychology a national concern. While advising a Psi Beta chapter at Prince George’s Community College, Robin served as Psi Beta’s Eastern Regional Vice-President (1994to1996). Robin was Psi Beta’s National President from 1997-1998.
Robin was involved with APA’s Diversity Project 2000 and Beyond (DP2K), which was a leadership and mentoring program designed for ethnic minority honor students attending community colleges. DP2kB occurred two days prior to and two days during the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association and offered grants for students.
She also served as Associate Director of Precollege and Undergraduate Education in the American Psychological Association’s Education Directorate for many years. Jerry Rudmann says of Robin: “she has played a key role in dozens of APA-sponsored events, taskforces, and working groups all of which supported, encouraged, and provided valuable resources for America’s psychology teachers and thousands of their students.”
Robin always worked quietly “behind the scenes” and many do not really know all the contributions she made to the advancement of community college psychology and to the teaching of psychology.
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