Kathy M. Robinson, music educator and performer, holds degrees from Lebanon Valley College, Northwestern University, and the University of Michigan and is currently the director of Umculo! Kimberley, a professional development program for inservice teachers featuring immersionin Kimberley and Galeshewe, South Africa, developed while teaching at Temple University, the Eastman School of Music, and now the University of Alberta.  Her research focuses on world musics in education, Ghanaian and South African musics, culturally relevant pedagogy and urban music education. 

She has studied Ghanaian drumming and dance at the Institute for African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, children’s songs and choral music in Ghana and South Africa, and holds Orff Schulwerk certification from the University of St. Thomas, MN.  Dr. Robinson has led workshops focusing on world musics in education for elementary classroom and general music teachers, choral directors and performing arts organizations throughout the United States, Canada the Netherlands, Germany, Malaysia, the Republic of South Africa and Australia. 

She is the author of South Africa Sings: Choral Dance Songs from Galeshewe,  developed with musicians from this South African community. Her articles, book chapters and reviews are found in World Musics and Music Education: Facing The Issues, Readings on Diversity, Inclusion, and Music for All, Cultural Diversity in Music Education: Directions and Challenges for the 21st Century,  Perspectives on Music in Urban Schools, Music Educators Journal, Mary Hoffman Symposium on Music Education Festschrift, Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, Women and Music in America since 1900: An Encyclopedia, and Southern Africa Newsletter.