Jill Robinson

Interests

• pedagogy
• substance use
• psychological theory
• clinical psychology

Faculty bio

My focus as a teaching professor and clinical psychologist is on teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Mental Health and Wellbeing  (undergraduate) and clinical streams (graduate). I teach in the areas of clinical psychology, theory of psychotherapy, and psychological disorders.

My research focuses on the broad relationships between cognition, substance use (cannabis and psychedelics in particular), personality, and youth. I am also interested in engaging students with active learning strategies in the classroom to provide a unique and useful educational experience in psychology. I am also the Director of the UVic Psychology Clinic. As a teaching professor, I do not supervise graduate students.

Representative publications

Pilin, M.A., Robinson., J., Young, K. and Krank, M. Cognitions mediate the influence of personality on adolescent cannabis use initiation. (2022). Addictive Behaviour Reports, 15, 100425. 

Pilin, M.A., Robinson, J., Dow-Fleisner, S., Sanchez, T.A. and Krank, M.D. (2021). Automatic cognitions as mediators of parental influence on adolescent cannabis use. Addictive Behaviours, 114, 106728.  

Robinson, J., Copeland, C., Pilin, M.A., Meyer, A. and Krank, M.D. (2020). The impact of cannabis legalization in Canada on young adolescents’ perceptions. Journal of Drug Issues, 50(3), 235-241. 

Krank, M. and Robinson, J. (2017). Dual cognitive processes and youth substance use: risks and prevention. Current Addiction Reports, 4(4), 386-396.