Robbie Paul, PhD, is an enrolled Nez Perce (Ni mii puu) Tribal member.  Daughter of Titus J. Paul and Maxine S. Caster Paul. Dr. Paul’s research focused on her family’s intergeneration historical trauma and healing. This involved researching five generations of her Nez Perce family going back to 1793 to her great-great grandfather Chief Ut-Sin-Malikan. Dr. Paul developed a healing model for her family to begin the healing journey that affected her family. Dr. Paul retired October 2016 from Washington State University Spokane as the Founding Director of Native American Health Sciences. Serves on the Center for Native American Research and Collaboration Affiliates and Associates for Washington State University Tribal Relations and also serves on the University of Washington Native American Advisory Board. Also serves on Oregon Health Sciences School of Medicine Native American Advisory Board.

Dr. Paul curated an exhibit at Washington State University Titled: Grandfather's Trunk Spirit of Survival: Three Generations of the Paul Family's Native American Boarding School Experience. The exhibit opened October 25, 2019 and closed September 2020. The Exhibit is now at the Nez Perce National Park, Spalding, Idaho, on the Nez Perce Reservation.

Dr. Paul submitted a book titled “Listening to the Birds: A Nez Perce Woman’s Journey of Self-discovery and Healing” on the Paul Family and Intergenerational Trauma and Healing, hoping for publication in the near future.