Being Black in Political Science: A Candid Conversation about Racism in the Discipline

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

2020 has laid bare the yawning racial disparities that still affect American society, with the plight of African American communities coming into particularly sharp relief. In this roundtable, four prominent political scientists who live and study the African American experience discuss the progress that our discipline has made and the obstacles that still block the progress of Black scholars at all levels of our profession.

Sub Unit

• Theme Panel

Presenters

• Niambi M. Carter Howard University

• Vincent L. Hutchings University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

• Melanye Tarea Price Prairie View A&M University

• Evelyn M. Simien University of Connecticut

• Ismail K. White Princeton University

• Andra Gillespie Emory University

• Paula D. McClain Duke University