Rowland Keshena Robinson

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Rowland Keshena Robinson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. He primarily works as a social and political theorist and philosopher with a focus on Indigenous North American politics, settler colonialism, decolonization, and fascism and antifascism. Presently, Rowland is engaged in several different research and writing projects, including 1) the metaphysics of Indigenous sovereignty and the prospect of decolonial struggles for justice; 2) an ideology critique of the idea that treaties between Indigenous peoples and settler states can form a meaningful basis for the pursuit of decolonial justice, as well as an effort to think more expansively about what is often referred to as the “politics of refusal;” and 3) the theorization of fascist movements, their recent return to concerning political prominence, and their relationship to of ongoing settler-colonial violence and what that means for how we should think of the far-right. Beyond these projects, Rowland also has forthcoming work on the development of transnational Indigenous identity against and beyond settler-colonial border formations.

Select Publications

  • In-Press. “Indigenous Diaspora, Identity, and Settler Colonial Borders,” Review of International American Studies. (expected publication: Fall 2025).
  • 2024. “Fascism and Antifascism: A Decolonial Perspective.” In Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism, edited by Xtn Alexander and Matthew N. Lyons. Montreal, QC and Oakland, CA: Kersplebedeb / PM Press.
  • 2024. “Unravelling Settler Ideology: Navigating Treaty Dynamics in Settler-Colonial Contexts.” Settler Colonial Studies October: 1–19.

Education

  • PhD Sociology (2020 Waterloo)
  • MA Public Issues Anthropology (2011 Waterloo)
  • BA (Honours) Anthropology & Sociology (2010 Waterloo)
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