Academic Positions

Education

Professional Publications (Articles)

• “Racial Threat Republicanism and the Rebel Flag: Trent Lott and the 2006 Mississippi Senate Race .” National Political Science Review, forthcoming.

• “African Americans in the State Legislative Power Structure: Committee Chairs.” Social Science Quarterly (with Marvin Overby and Chris Larimer September 2007).
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• “Accounting for “Racism: Responses to Political Predicaments in Two States.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly (with Marvin Overby and Kimberly Walker* September 2007).
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• “A Systematic Analysis of the Deracialization Concept.” The National Political Science Review (with Boris Ricks, January 2007: 325-334).

• “Deracialization or Racialization: The Making of a Black Mayor in Jackson, Mississippi” Politics and Policy. December 2006: 814-836.
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• “Race and Gender Matter: Refining Models of Legislative Policy Making in State Legislatures.” Journal of Women, Politics and Policy (with Wendy Smooth, Kimberly Adams and Kish Harris-Clark 2006).
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• “Framing the Issue, When the Issue is Race.” International Journal of Africana Studies (January 2005).

• “A Research Note on White Racial Attitudes and Support for the Mississippi State Flag.” American Politics Research. January 2004: 102-116.
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• “Explaining Black Conservatives: Racial Uplift or Racial Resentment.” Black Scholar, Spring 2004: 18-22.

• “The New Black Conservative: Rhetoric or Reality.” African American Research Perspective, Winter 2003: 38-47.
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• “A New Racial Threat in the New South? (A Conditional) Yes!” American Review of Politics, Summer 2001: 233-255).
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• “Symbolic Racism in the 1995 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election,” Social Science Quarterly, December 2000 (with Jonathan Knuckey).
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• “Black Legislative Politics in Mississippi,” Journal of Black Studies, July 2000.
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• “The Race Race in Black and White: An analysis of the 1995 Louisiana Gubernatorial Election,” Southeastern Political Review, December 1998.
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Professional Publications (Book Chapters)

• “Race and Gender Matter: Refining Models of Legislative Policy Making in State Legislatures.” In Intersectionality and Politics Recent Research on Gender, Race, and Political Representation in the United States, Edited by Carol Hardy-Fanta.

• “Participation in Electoral Politics”, in African Americans and Political Participation, edited by K.C. Morrison, 2004 (ABC-CLIO Press) with Reginald Vance*.
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• “Black and Brown Conflict? Intergroup Attitudes and their Impact on Policy Preferences.” In Jessica Perez-Monforti and William Nelson’s Black And Latina/o Politics: Issues In Political Development In The United States Barnhardt & Ashe Publishing Company.

• “Teaching the Politics of Race in a Majority White Place.” 2006. In C.A. Stanley (Ed.), Faculty of color teaching in predominantly white colleges and universities. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company (2006).
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Encyclopedia Entry

• "African American Legislators,” in The Mississippi Encyclopedia, edited by Charles Wilson and Ted Ownby.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles

• “The Cross-Cutting Issue of AIDS in the Black Community.” Oracle, forthcoming

Featured Course Profile

• “Course Portfolio for POLS 100: Power and Politics.” In Inquiry into the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, by Paul Savory, Amy Goodburn, and Amy Burnett Nelson. Boston: Anker Publishing, 2007. Reviewed by Editor

Revise and Resubmit

• “The Role of Race, Gender and Structure in State Policymaking” State Politics & Policy Quarterly (with Chris Larimer).

Manuscripts Under Review

• “System Justification and Black Opposition to Affirmative Action.” American Journal of Political Science.

• “White Support for Racial Referenda in the South” Political Research Quarterly (with Marvin Overby and Peter Hatemi).

• “Black Nationalism and Black Conservatism: Divergence or Convergence.” Social Justice Journal (With Melanye Price).

• “The Politics of AIDS in the Black Community.” Forum on Public Policy.

Courses Taught

Personal Grants/Fellowships

• Initiative for Teaching and Learning Excellence III, UNL. “Sankofa: Challenging Racial Mythologies Here and Abroad” (2006: $16,500, Denied).

• Emerging Scholars Summer Fellow, University of Michigan, 2006, “Empirical Summer Program in Applied Multi-Ethnic Research at the Inter-University consortium for Political and Social Research” $2,500.

• Layman Fund Award 2006, “Black Intra-Cultural Attitudes Toward Race-based Policies.” (2006-2007: $9,500).

• Senning Summer Faculty Fellowship, “The Intersection of Race and Gender in examining descriptive and substantive representation.” (2006: $6,500).

• Department of Labor, Broad Agency Small Contract, “Race and the Uninsured,” with Tina Mueller. (2006, $25,000, denied).

• Initiative for Teaching and Learning Excellence II, UNL. “Sankofa, a Return to the Middle Passage.” (2005: $15,000, denied).

• Senning Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2005, “Race, Gender and Structure Matter: Descriptive versus Substantive Representation.” (2005: $6,500).

• Summer Grant Writing Institute, 2005, “Opposition to Racially-Targeted Redistributive Programs.” ($2,750).

• National Science Foundation, 2004, “Black Racial Conservatives: Racial Uplift or Racial Resentment?” (Denied, $204,000).

• Maude Hammond Fellowship, 2004, Research Council, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, “Black Conservatives and Intra-group resentment.” (2004: $10,000).

• Senning Summer Faculty Fellowship, “African Americans in the State Legislative Power Structure: Committee Chairs.” (Summer 2004, $6,500).

• Gallup Research Professorship 2003-2004, “Explaining Black Conservatives: Racial Resentment or Racial Uplift?” (Summer 2003): $4,600

Selected Conference Participation

• “System Justification and Opposition to Affirmative Action.” The National Conference of Black Political Scientists, San Francisco, CA March 2007.

• Chair, “Race and Fear.” Hendricks Conference on Biology and Political Behavior. Lincoln, Nebraska, October 13-14, 2006.

• Panelists, “Roundtable: A Retro and Prospective: The 10th Anniversary of Robert Smith’s We Have No Leaders.” The National Conference of Black Political Scientists’ Annual Conference.” Atlanta, GA. March 22-25, 2006.

• Panelists, “Roundtable: Representation and the Intersections of Gender, Race and Ethnicity.” The Southern Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. January 6-8, 2006.

• Roundtable, “Mentoring Task Force Panel: Finding Mentors and Advocates in the Ivory Tower.” American Political Science Association, September 2005, Washington, D.C.

• Paper: “A Tale of Two Flags: The Mississippi and Georgia Flag Referenda.” Midwestern Political Science Association, April 7-9, 2005, Chicago, IL.

• Paper: “Explaining Black Conservatives.” Western Political Science Association. March 17-20, 2005, Oakland, CA.

• Paper: “Not Exactly What We Had in Mind for Inclusion: The Impact of Racial Resentment on Latinos” (with Jessica Perez-Monforti). Western Political Science Association, March 17-20, 2005, Oakland, CA.

• Discussant: “Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity.” Southern Political Science Association. January 6-8, 2005.

Selected Invited Presentations

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Keynote Speaker: Hurricane Katrina: A Remembrance in Three Acts, September 25, 2007.

• New York University, “System Justification and Black Opposition to Affirmative Action.” September 13, 2007.

• Oxford University (Oxford, England), Oxford Roundtable, “Religion and Politics.” July 2007.

• Williams College, Voting Rights Roundtable, February 9-10, 2007.

• Emory University School of Law Public Interest Committee, “Annual Public Interest Conference.” October 7, 2006.

• Yale University, Presenter: “Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future: A Conference in honor the Fortieth Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.” April 21-23, 2005.

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln. “From Selma to Washington,” April 18, 2005.

• University of Nebraska, Lincoln. “Martin Luther King Forum on Reparations.” (January 20, 2005).

• University of Mississippi. “Race and the Mississippi State Flag.” February, 2005.

• University of Southern Illinois. “Explaining Black Racial Conservatives.” December 9, 2004.

• Middle Tennessee State University. “The Year of the Ballot or the Bullet.” April 22, 2004.

• The College Board, Arranged a Panel on “The Role of College Faculty in AP Success.” National AP Equity Colloquium. March 20-21, 2004.

• Washington University, Lecture: “Racial Uplift or Racial Resentment: Explaining Black Conservatives?” February 6, 2004.

• University of Winneba, Winneba, Ghana (West Africa). June 2004.

Ph. D. Committees

• Peter Hatemi, Political Science, Defense: Spring 2007

• Reginald Vance, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Defense: December 2006

• James H. Moore, Howard University (Economics), Defense: December 2004.

• Kimberly Adams, University of Mississippi, Defense: Spring 2003).

• Mitch Herring, Political Science

• Yolanda Johnson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (sociology)

Honors Thesis:

• Andy Conroy, (Completed Spring, 2006)

University Services

• Executive Committee, Division of Arts and Sciences, 2007-2008.

• Diversity Committee, 2007-Present

• Executive Committee, Department of Political Science, 2002-2003 and 2006-Present.

• UCARE, Student Advisor, 2006 (Amanda Ponce).

• Mentor, Ronald E. McNair Summer Program, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Summer, 2006 (Mentee: Amanda Ponce)

• Graduate Committee, Department of Political Science, (2005-2006)

• Political Science Unit Review Committee, (2005-Present)

• Mentor, Ronald E. McNair Summer Program, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2003 (Mentees: Donald McCauley and Potso Byndon).

• Member, Executive Committee, University of Nebraska, Department of Political Science, 2002-present

• Mentor, Ronald E. McNair Summer Program, University of Mississippi, 1999 (Mentee: Kimberly Walker, Alcorn State University).

Professional Activities

• Section Chair: Race and Politics, National Conference of Black Political Scientists 2005.

• Jewell Prestage Awards Committee, Southwestern Political Science Association 2004.

• Section Chair: Race and Ethnicity, Southwest Political Science Association. 2004.

• Section Chair: Race and Ethnicity, Midwestern Political Science Association, 2002.

Other Professional Activities

• Voting Rights Expert Witness Work:
  Testified before the Mississippi Legislative Reapportionment Committee (April 2001)
  Lewis, et al. v. Alamance County, et al. Rose Johnson, et al. v. The City of Gainesville, GA Jackson v. Nassau County Board of Supervisors
  City of Hampton, Virginia

• Education Consultation:
  Testing Committee, Education Testing Services: Assist in writing objective questions for the Advanced Placement Exam (Government and Politics).
  College Board Consultant—Conduct workshops to High School Government Instructors on teaching Advanced Placement Government and Politics (April 2002-Present).
  Table Leader for the Advance Placement Exam, in American Government, Educational Testing Services (Summers 1998-2003).
  Reader for the Advance Placement Exam, in American Government, Educational Testing Services (Summers 1996-1998).

Reviewer

• American Politics Research; Political Research Quarterly; Politics and Policy; Lynne Rienner Publishers; Journal of Race and Policy; Social Science Quarterly; SUNY PRESS

Community Services

• Member, Charter Revision Commission, Lincoln, Nebraska Member, Nebraska’s Help America Vote Act (Secretary of State’s Office).