Robin Washington is a longtime journalist and transportation writer and editor-at-large of The Forward, America’s oldest Jewish journalism outlet. He’s an expert on Black Judaism and transportation with a particular interest in self-driving cars.

Washington also hosts the weekly news and public-affairs show Simply Superior on Wisconsin Public Radio and remains a contributing reporter to WGBH Boston and an editor and mentor for American City Business Journals.

In his career, Washington has lectured at Harvard, MIT, Brown and dozens of other academic institutions and has been an adjunct faculty member at both Northeastern University and Emerson College.

Expertise: Self-driving cars, transportation technology and policy, civil rights movement, Judaism, Black Judaism

Location: Duluth, Minn.

Email: rwashington@forward.com

Twitter: @robinbirk

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