Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain and numerous scientific journals. The book was adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith in 2022. In "Braiding Sweetgrass" (2013), Robin employs the metaphor of braiding wiingaashk, a sacred plant in Native cultures, to express the intertwined relationship between three types of knowledge: traditional ecological knowledge, the Western scientific tradition, and the lessons plants have to offer. Biodiversity loss and the climate crisis make it clear that it’s not only the land that is broken, but our relationship to land. She says, “I’m a Potawatomi scientist and a storyteller, working to create a respectful symbiosis between Indigenous and western ecological knowledges for care of lands and cultures. In 2022 she was named a MacArthur Fellow. Robin is a plant ecologist, educator and writer and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people located in Oklahoma. Also, she is expected to participate in a nature walk and class conversation. in Dana Auditorium, is one of several activities during her visit and is open to students, faculty, staff and the public at no charge on a seats-available basis.
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