Kathleen Robbins is an associate professor of art, affiliate faculty of southern studies and coordinator of the photography program in the McMaster College of Art at the University of South Carolina. Robbins was raised in the Mississippi Delta and received her MFA from the University of New Mexico in 2001. Her photographs have been exhibited in over 40 venues in the United States, China, and Great Britain. Her work is part of numerous collections including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.