Robin McFarland

Dr. Robin McFarland, Acting Assistant Superintendent/Vice President of Instruction of Cabrillo College.

Before accepting the position of Vice President of Instruction, Dr. McFarland taught in the Biology Department at Cabrillo College. She is passionate about helping students reach their personal and professional goals. She earned a Ph.D. in physical (biological) anthropology from the University of Washington, where she studied the relationship between body fat and reproduction in primates. Robin subsequently conducted research on comparative ape anatomy with colleagues at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to graduate school, Robin was a Rotary Scholar for one year at University of Cape Town in South Africa. She also studied as an undergraduate for one year at l’Universite de Poitiers, France. She is a coauthor of an Anatomy and Physiology textbook published by McGraw-Hill.