NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BLACK POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

2020 PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Keesha M. Middlemass, Howard University
Domingo Morel, Rutgers University-Newark

SECTIONS & SECTION CHAIRS

I. African and Diaspora Politics
Takiyah Harper-Shipman, Davidson College

II. Politics, Inequality, and Social Justice
Meghan Wilson, University of Chicago
Nyron Crawford, Temple University

III. Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Transnational Politics
Mai Hassan, University of Michigan
Adryan Wallace, Stony Brook University

IV. Identity Politics: Gender, Class, Ethnicity, LGBTQ+, Sexuality, Religion & Queer Politics
Lakeyta Bonnette, Georgia State University
Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs, Hood College

V. Teaching & Professional Development
Christina Rivers, DePaul University
Nadia Brown, Purdue University

VI. Undergraduate Research
Boris E. Ricks, CSU-Northridge
Teri Platt, Clark Atlanta University

VII. Political Theory & Political Philosophy
Revathi Hines, Southern University and A&M College
Keisha Lindsay, University of Wisconsin

VIII. Public Policy & Political Institutions
Natasha Christie, University of North Florida
K. Jurée Capers, Georgia State University

IX. Public Opinion and Political Participation
Davin Phoenix, UC-Irvine
Brianna Nicole Mack, Ohio Wesleyan University

X. Afro-Latino Politics
Danielle Pilar Clealand, Florida International University
2020 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM SCHEDULE

MONDAY, MARCH 9 TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020

Tour of the NCOBPS Collection Clark Atlanta University Archives
9.30-10.30AM

Registration
12:00PM – 4:00PM Executive Board Room

NCOBPS Executive Council Meeting
12:00PM – 5:00PM Lenox Room

CAUCUS OR GROUP MEETING TIME
5:00PM – 6:00PM Brookhaven

Welcome & Early Bird Reception
7:00PM – 8:30PM Peachtree AB

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020

Registration
8:00AM – 5:00PM Executive Board Room

Opening Plenary: TBD

8:00AM – 9:45AM Peachtree AB

CONCURRENT SESSION I: 10.00AM to 11.30AM

Panel 1: Considering, Challenging, and Navigating Wars on Blackness in Southern Africa

March 12, 2020, 10.00-11.30am Location: Peachtree A

Chair: Robin L Turner, Butler University, rlturne1@butler.edu

Rethinking Afrophobia in South Africa: Black Americans in the anti-apartheid struggle in the 1960s
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, University of California, Irvine, twilloug@uci.edu

The Violence of Evictions: The Poor’s Removal from the Purview of the State in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Kira Tait, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, kira.tait@gmail.com

Black Women’s Politics in Rural Southern Africa: Governing Marginalized Communities
Robin L. Turner, Butler University, rlturne1@butler.edu

Fake News and Gendered Attacks on African Women: We Like Our Women Pretty, We Don’t Like to Hear Them Speak
Chipo Dendere, Wellesley College, cd1@wellesley.edu

Discussant: Kurt Young, Clark Atlanta University, kyoung@cau.edu

Panel 2: Evolving Moral Movements

March 12, 2020, 10.00-11.30am Location: Peachtree B

Chair: B. D’Andra Orey, Jackson State University, Byron.d.orey@jsums.edu

Street Heat in North Carolina Black Politics: The Genesis and Evolution of the Moral Mondays Movement
Jarvis Hall, North Carolina Central University, jhall@nccu.edu

A Case Study Analysis of How North Carolina’s Moral Mondays Movement Finds Strength in Diversity
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University, vsc@purdue.edu
India Lenear, Purdue University, ilenear@purdue.edu

Black Moral Activists: A Focus on Black Moral Activists in the Trump Era
Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs, Hood College, tuckerworgs@hood.edu
Donn Worgs, Towson University, dworgs@towson.edu

Spiritual Strivings: An Analysis of Dr. King’s use of Spirituality in his Theory of Political Action in the Civil Rights Movement
Da’Von Boyd, Yale University, davon.boyd@yale.edu

Discussant: Elizabeth Davies, University of Chicago, ejdavies@uchicago.edu

Panel 3: Theories of Black Politics

March 12, 2020, 10.00-11.30am Location: Peachtree C

Chair: Anand Comissiong, CSU-Long Beach, anand.commissiong@csulb.edu

Towards a Theory of Pan Blackness
Joseph Jones, Philander Smith College, jjones@philander.edu

The Doctrine of Nullification: Toward a New Theory of Black Politics
Albert Samuels, Southern University and A&M College, albert_samuels@subr.edu

Show Some Self-Respect:” An Analysis of President Obama’s Black Respectability Rhetoric
Williams, Stephanie, University of South Florida, swilliams@usf.edu

Discussant: TBD

Panel 4: Deconstructing Descriptive & Political Representation

March 12, 2020, 10.00-11.30am Location: Piedmont A

Chair: Matthew Platt, Morehouse College, matthew.platt@morehouse.edu

Messaging or Melanin? Disentangling Demands for Descriptive Representation and Ideological Congruence in Two Congressional Districts
Andra Gillespie, Director, James Weldon Johnson Institute, Emory University, angille@emory.edu
Kevin Sparrow (graduate student), Emory University, ksparr2@emory.edu

My Representative Looks Like Me: Intersectional Linked Fate in the 2018 Congressional Elections
Andrea Benjamin, University of Oklahoma, andrea.benjamin@ou.edu
Sydney Carr, University of Michigan, slcarr@umich.edu

“You Should Know Better”: The Consequences of Descriptive Representation
Jared Clemons, Duke University, jared.clemons@duke.edu
Julian Wamble, Stonybrook University, julian.wamble@stonybrook.edu

The Politics of Racial Representation and National Recognition: Examining Afro-Caribbean Assessments of Political Representation
Cory Gooding, University of San Diego, cgooding@sandiego.edu

Discussant: Matthew Platt, Morehouse College, matthew.platt@morehouse.edu

Panel 5: Diaspora Politics

Neoliberalism & Poverty in Gambia: The Collective Actions of the People
Haddy Njie, North Carolina State University, hmnjie@ncsu.edu

March 12, 2020, 10.00-11.30am Location: Piedmont B

Chair: Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, University of Wisconsin-Madison, mitchelg@uwm.edu

An Analysis of the Strategic Balance Between China’s Regional Hegemony and the United States’ Influence in the South China Sea: 1974 – 2016
Eslam Omar, Kentucky State University, eslam.omar@kysu.edu

Black Politics in Peru and Ecuador, 1980-2016
John Thomas, University of Chicago, jthomas3@uchicago.edu

Land Inequality, Reforms, and Political Violence: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Marcus Johnson, CUNY Baruch College, marcus.johnson@baruch.cuny.edu
Ali Ahmed, NYU, Mateo Vasquez Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Whose World Order? Conceptualizing Global South Countries’ Entrance into the International Society
Claire Crawford, University of Southern California, clairecr@usc.edu

Unstable Genius: Racism, Militarism, and Howard School Theories of International Security
Sobukwe Odinga, UCLA, sodinga@afam.ucla.edu

Discussant: Danielle Pilar Clealand, Florida International University, dclealan@fiu.edu

Panel 6: Mediated Imaginations: Race, Rhetoric, and its Burden

March 12, 2020, 10.00-11.30am Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Chair: LaFleur Stephens-Dougans, Princeton University, lafleurs@princeton.edu

Polititweets: The Use of Rhetoric in Political Arenas
Meaghan Rysdale, Indiana University, meamorre@iu.edu

Typical or Stereotypical? The Influence of Stereotypes on the Media’s Coverage of Candidates
Jasmine Jackson, Purdue University, jcj121694@gmail.com

War on Black Women in Gwendolyn Brooks’ ‘Ballad of Pearl May Lee:’ Rage and Lynchings Silent Witnesses
Lashonda Carter, University of California-Irvine, lrcarter@uci.edu

Political Estrangement in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower
Jennifer Joines, University of California, Los Angeles, EMAIL

Who Gives “The Talk”? An Examination of How Parental Status and Racial Consciousness Influence Black Parent’s Discussions about Race with Their Children
Christopher Stout, Oregon State University, stoutch@oregonstate.edu
Katherine Tate, Brown University, Katherine_tate@brown.edu

Discussant: TBD

NRBP Editorial Board Meeting

March 12, 2020, 11.45-1.15pm Location: Brookhaven

Chairs: Andra Gillespie, Emory University, angille@emory.edu
Pearl Dowe, Emory University, pearl.dowe@emory.edu

Lunch: Documentary: Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

March 12, 2020, 11.45-1.15pm Location: Peachtree AB
Timothy E. Smith, Executive Producer, American Issues Initiative
Please join us for a brown bag lunch (provided by NCOBPS) and documentary on the suppression of voting rights.

CONCURRENT SESSION II
Thursday, March 12, 1.15PM to 3.00PM

Panel 7: Black Struggle for Educational Excellence

March 12, 2020, 1.15-3.00pm Location: Peachtree A

Chair: Domingo Morel, Rutgers University-Newark, domingo.morel@rutgers.edu

Fighting for the “Black Cerebral:” Black Virginians’ Struggle for Public Education, 1865-1875
Shayla Nunnally, University of Connecticut, shayla.nunnally@uconn.edu
Michael Christie, University of Connecticut, Michael.christie@uconn.edu

The Blackening of Pepperdine University
Elizabeth Craigg Walker, Claremont Graduate University, elizabeth.craigg@cgu.edu

The War on Education: Asymmetrical Warfare on the Black Community
Akil Parker, Cheyney University, akil.lateef@gmail.com

The Impact of State Funding Policies on Historically Black Colleges and University’s (HBCU): A Case Study
Melanie Johnson, UNIVERSITY, EMAIL

Discussant: Sherice Nelson, St. Mary’s College of California, drsjnelson@gmail.com

Panel 8: The Color of Change: Flipping Circuits and Clapping Back

March 12, 2020, 1.15-3.00pm Location: Peachtree B

The Color of Congress: Representation and Citizenship in Congressional Internships
James Jones, Rutgers University, Newark, james.r.jones@rutgers.edu

Chair: Brandon R. Davis, University of Kansas, davis_brandon@ku.edu

Call Outs and Clap Backs: Congresswomen of Color and Inter-branch Discourse in the Age of Trump
Najja Baptist, University of Arkansas, nbaptist@uark.edu
Guillermo Caballero, Purdue University, gcaballe@purdue.edu
Periloux C. Peay, Oklahoma University, pcpeay@ou.edu
Michael J. Simrak, Purdue University, msimrak@purdue.edu

Flipping Circuits: Trump’s War on Diversity in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Adam Stone, Georgia State University, astone@gsu.edu

“Bring it Home,” Post Deracialization Strategies and the Paradox of Trump
Pearl Dowe, Emory University, pearl.dowe@emory.edu
Sekou Franklin, Middle Tennessee State University, Sekou.Franklin@mtsu.edu

Federal Courts, Voting Rights in view of the Legacy of Dr. King
Shenita Brazelton, Tuskegee University, sbrazelton@tuskegee.edu

Discussant: Brandon R. Davis, University of Kansas, davis_brandon@ku.edu

Panel 9: Protest and Change: Voting Rights & Political Participation

March 12, 2020, 1.15-3.00pm Location: Peachtree C

Chair: Andrea Benjamin, University of Oklahoma, andrea.benjamin@ou.edu

A Change is Gonna Come: A Brief Look into the Voter Education Project
LaRaven Temoney, University of Florida, l.temoney@ufl.edu

Voting Rights Act Counter-Enforcement: Republican Race War Tactics Since “Shelby v. Holder”
Adrienne Jones, Morehouse College, adrienne.jones@morehouse.edu

How Republican are Black Republicans?
Aaron L. Bell, Howard University, aaron.l.bell@gmail.com

Racial Dynamics in the American Context: A Second Century of Civil Rights and Protest?
Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame, Pinderhughes.1@nd.edu

“Custodial Youth:” The Effect of Early Criminal Justice Contact on Political Participation
Kelly Richardson, University of Florida, kelly.richardson@ufl.edu

Discussant: Andrea Benjamin, University of Oklahoma, andrea.benjamin@ou.edu

Panel 10: Contemporary Research: Police and the Black Community

March 12, 2020, 1.15-3.00pm Location: Piedmont A

Chair: Leslie Taylor Grover, Southern University and A&M College, leslie_grover@subr.edu

African-American Police Officers’ Bias towards Other African Americans
B. D’Andra Orey, Jackson State University, Byron.d.orey@jsums.edu
Peay Periloux, Oklahoma University, pcpeay@ou.edu
Tisha Lane, Jackson State University, tisha.lane74@gmail.com

Gorillas in Our Midst: Exploring the Political Consequences of Implicit Dehumanization
Steven T. Moore, University of Michigan, stvmoore@umich.edu

The Politics of Race and the Development of the Law and Order President
Joshua Miller, Catholic University, 74millerj@cua.edu

Police Homicides of Civilians and the Politics of Counting
Ajenai Clemmons, Duke University, ajenai.clemmons@duke.edu

The Black Ice Syndrome: Deconstructing the Myth Defining the Conflicting Relationship between Black Males and Law Enforcement
Douglas Ealey, University of North Georgia, douglas.ealey@ung.edu

Discussant: Donovan Watts, Indiana University, donwatts@iu.edu

Panel 11: Race and Democracy Project: Using Other People’s Money (OTM): How to Develop a Grant Proposal & Get it Funded

March 12, 2020, 1.15-3.00pm Location: Piedmont B

Chair: David Covin, CSU-Sacramento State University, covindl@csus.edu

Danielle Pilar Clealand, Florida International University, dclealan@fiu.edu
K.C. Morrison, University of Delaware minion@udel.edu
Kathie Golden, kstromile@aol.com
Dianne Pinderhughes, Notre Dame University, Dianne.M.Pinderhughes.1@nd.edu
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour; University of Wisconsin, Madison mitchelg@uwm.edu

Panel 12: Roundtable: NCOBPS Presidential History Series – Honoring Our Legacy

March 12, 2020, 1.15-3.00pm Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Mack Jones, Professor Emeritus, Clark Atlanta University
William Daniels, Professor Emeritus, Union College
Robert Holmes, Professor Emeritus, Clark Atlanta University
Leslie McLemore, Professor Emeritus, Jackson State University

Moderator: Shiela Harmon Martin, University of the District of Columbia, smartin@udc.edu

CONCURRENT SESSION III
Thursday, March 12, 3.15PM to 5.00PM

Panel 13: The Republican Party’s War on Democracy and Equality: Why Black and Brown Communities in America Are in the Fight of Their Lives

March 12, 2020, 3.15-5.00pm Location: Peachtree A

Moderator: Albert Samuels, Southern University and A&M College, albert_samuels@subr.edu

Stephanie Williams, University of South Florida, swilliams@usf.edu
Mack Henry Jones, Ph.D. Clark Atlanta University, Professor Emeritus
Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, Rutgers University, ngaf@womenstudies.rutgers.edu
Fernando Tormos-Aponte, University of Maryland Baltimore County, ft@umbc.edu

Panel 14: Roundtable: Professional Development: Funding Opportunities for NCOBPS Members
Co-Sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA)

March 12, 2020, 3.15-5.00pm Location: Peachtree B

Moderator: Janna Deitz, John W. Kluge Center, The Library of Congress, jdeitz@loc.gov

Cleopatra Warren, Ph.D., Fulbright Brazil Scholar, current Board Member, Georgia Chapter, Fulbright Association, and 1998 NCOBPS Fellowship Awardee
Jesse J. Holland, Distinguished Visiting Scholar In Residence, John W. Kluge Center jesse@jessejholland.com (Award-winning writer and journalist of The Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther? and The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slavery Inside The White House)
Kim Mealy, Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion Programs, American Political Science Association (APSA), kmealy@apsanet.org, www.apsanet.org/diversityprograms

Panel 15: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors

March 12, 2020, 3.15-5.00pm Location: Peachtree C

Chair: Jared Clemons, Duke University, jared.clemons@duke.edu

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Impact of Race and Gender on the Local Governing Styles of Black Women Mayors in Gary, Indiana and Cambridge, Maryland
Regina Moorer, Alabama State University, rmoorer@alasu.edu

Black Female Mayoral Re-Elections in Savannah and San Antonio
Briana Hyman, Howard University

Project Power: Understanding the Campaigns and Economic Development Strategies Black Female Politicians Pursue
Jessica Stewart, Emory University

Mayor London Breed of San Francisco
James L. Taylor, University of San Francisco

The Campaigns, Elections, and Governance of Black Female Mayors
Sharon Austin, University of Florida, polssdw@polisci.ufl.edu

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Defeat of the Chicago Political Machine
Valerie Johnson, Depaul University

Discussant: Sharon Austin, University of Florida, polssdw@polisci.ufl.edu

Panel 16: Undergraduate Research: An In-Depth Analysis of the Social, Economic, and Political Structure in Cities

March 12, 2020, 3.30-5.00pn Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Chair: Dr. Tammy Greer, Clark Atlanta University and Atlanta Metropolitan State College, tammy.greer@yahoo.com

Dr. Greer will provide students’ names

Discussant: TBD

Panel 17: War on Working Black People

March 12, 2020, 3.15-5.00pm Location: Piedmont A

Chair: Caroline Shenaz Hossein, York University, Toronto, Canada, chossein@yorku.ca

The African Jamaican Working-Class and the Sugar Workers’ Cooperatives: Challenging the Racist-Cum Capitalist Political Economy
Ajamu Nangwaya, University of West Indies, Jamaica, anangwaya@gmail.com

The Banker Ladies: Black Women Grounding Business in the Collective in the Americas
Caroline Shenaz Hossein, York University, Toronto, Canada, chossein@yorku.ca

Under-Representation of the Black Community in the Formal Cooperative Sector in Canada
Ushnish Sengupta, University of Toronto, ushnish.sengupta@gmail.com

Racial Capitalism & the Color of Accumulation in Global Africa – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Darryl C. Thomas, Pennsylvania State University, dct10@psu.edu

Discussant: TBD

Panel 18: Towards a New Politics of Pan-Africanism

March 12, 2020, 3.15-5.00pm Location: Piedmont B

Chair: TBD

The Power & Promise of Pan African Ideals, Values & Knowledge
Noel Whelchel, Clark Atlanta University, nwhelchel@cau.edu

The Forces & Sources of Unity: Towards a New Synthesis for Pan-Africanism
Kurt Young, Clark Atlanta University, kyoung@cau.edu

War on Pan-Africanism: 9-11, ADOS, and the Modern Presidency
Kiyadh Burt, Hope Policy Institute, kiyadh.burt@hope-ec.org
Dalitso Ruwe, Wittenburg University, ruwed@wittenburg@edu

Hashtag ADOS [#ADOS] and the “War” of Gerrymandering Black American Identity: How is Political Activism and the National Debate on Reparations Shaping Public Policy and What it Means to be “Black” in America
Theodore Harrison, University of Oregon, theoh@uoregon.edu

The Pan African Federalist Movement in North America
Edward Brown (aka Baba Mwalimu K-Q Amsata), unitedafrica2020@aol.com

Discussant: Stephen Graves, University of Missouri, gravessc@missouri.edu

SPECIAL EVENT: LGBTQ Safe Space Training & Workshop

March 12, 2020, 3.30-5.30pm Location: Brookhaven

Organizer: Jerome Hunt, Long Beach City College, jhunt@lbcc.edu

Seats are limited. The Safe Space Training & Workshop is open to the first 20 people who email the LGBTQ+ Caucus at lgbtqcaucus.ncobps@gmail.com to reserve a seat. Admission is free.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12, EVENING ACTIVITIES

NCOBPS General Business Meeting Peachtree AB
5:30PM – 6:30PM

ASBWP General Business Meeting Brookhaven
6:30PM – 7:30PM

Reception Peachtree AB
Co-Sponsored by the Black Rural Project
7.00-8.30PM

FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020

Registration
8:00AM – 5:00PM Executive Board Room

CONCURRENT SESSION IV
Friday, March 13, 8.00-9.45am

Panel 19: Black Candidates, Campaigns & Engagement

March 13, 2020, 8.00-9.45am Location: Peachtree A

Chair: Lorrie Frasure, University of California, Los Angeles, lfrasure@polisci.ucla.edu

Untangling the effects of Race and Legislative Behavior on Constituent Attitudes
Matthew Platt, Morehouse College, matthew.platt@morehouse.edu

Reflection of the 2018 Georgia Mid-Term Election
William Boone, Clark Atlanta University, boone.william@gmail.com
Tammy Greer, Clark Atlanta University and Atlanta Metropolitan State College, tammy.greer@yahoo.com

Minority Density and Political Involvement (MD ↔ PI): A Framework that Integrates Multiple Bodies of Research
Ray Block, Pennsylvania State University, rblock@psu.edu

Campaign and Issue Positioning of Black Female Candidates in the Context of Societal Stereotyping
Jessica Carew, Elon University, jcarew@elon.edu

Propelling Black Political Leaders: A Case Study of Florida’s Black Political Leaders
Paul Jackson, Jr., University of Wisconsin-Madison, jacksonii@wisc.edu

The ‘Twoness’ Advantage: Examining Black v. Black LGBTQ Campaigns
Ravi Perry, Howard University, ravi.perry@howard.edu

Discussant: Julian Wamble, Stonybrook University, julian.wamble@stonybrook.edu

Panel 20: Roundtable: Race and Democracy Project: The Collaborative Study of Race in the Americas

March 13, 2020, 8.00-9.45am Location: Peachtree B

Moderator: David Covin, CSU-Sacramento State University, covindl@csus.edu

K.C. Morrison, University of Delaware, minion@udel.edu
Kathie Golden, kstromile@aol.com
Dianne Pinderhughes, Notre Dame University, Dianne.M.Pinderhughes.1@nd.edu
Cloves Oliveira
James Steele

Panel 21: Framing Police Violence & Outrage

March 13, 2020, 8.00-9.45am Location: Peachtree C

Chair: David Knight, University of Chicago, djknight@uchicago.edu

Social and Political Responses to Police Violence
Brianna Mack, Ohio Wesleyan University, bnmack@owu.edu
Brad Holland, University of Hawaii-Hilo, holland8@hawaii.edu

Brewing Outrage: The Role of Sympathy in Shaping the Political Response to Police Shootings
Gabrielle Gray, Howard University gabrielle.gray@bison.howard.edu

If We Don’t Do It, Who Will? Combatting State and Community Violence in Greater Englewood
Justin Zimmerman, Northwestern University, justinzimmerman2022@u.northwestern.edu

Trust the Experts, the Only Experts: Police Labor Organizations and the Politics of Extrajudicial State Violence
Bryan Carter (graduate student), Johns Hopkins University, bcarte33@jhu.edu

Analyzing the Applicability of the Patrol-Alarm Mode of Oversight in Explaining Successful Police Reform in the United States
Alexander Goodwin, University of North Texas, AlexanderGoodwin@my.unt.edu

Discussant: Douglas Ealey, University of North Georgia, douglas.ealey@ung.edu

Panel 22: White Racial Attitudes

March 13, 2020, 8.00-9.45am Location: Piedmont A

Chair: Steven T. Moore, University of Michigan, stvmoore@umich.edu

White Supremacist and Racist Opinion, 1940s-2018: A New Look at the Data
Robert C. Smith, San Francisco State University, rcs@sfsu.edu
Richard Seltzer, Howard University, rseltzer@howard.edu

The Politics of Skin Color: Exploring Whites’ Evaluations of Black Political Candidates
Nicole Yadon, University of Michigan, nyadon@umich.edu

Mapping Anti-Blackness from Sea to Shining Sea
Princess Williams, University of Michigan, princesh@umich.edu
Camille Burge, Villanova University, camille.burge@villanova.edu

Paying the Price? White Liberals’ Conditional Support for Racial Justice
Jared Clemons, Duke University, jared.clemons@duke.edu

Discussant: Cory Gooding, University of San Diego, cgooding@sandiego.edu

Panel 23: Roundtable: Students Sowing Democracy: The North Carolina HBCU Participatory Redistricting Project (PRP)

March 13, 2020, 8.00-9.45am Location: Piedmont B

Chair: Jarvis Hall, North Carolina Central University, jhall@nccu.edu

Fred McBride, Redistricting & Voting Rights Policy Specialist, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

North Carolina Central University Students:
Jazmyne Abney
Jaleel Graves
Imani Johnson
Brendon Peay

Discussant: Artemesia Stanberry, North Carolina Central University, astanberry@nccu.edu

Panel 24: Roundtable: Teaching the Politics of Race at Predominantly White Colleges and Universities: Challenges and Best Practices

March 12, 2020, 8.00-9.45am Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Moderator: Emmitt Y. Riley III, DePauw University, emmittriley@depauw.edu

Emmitt Y. Riley III, DePauw University, emmittriley@depauw.edu
Clarissa Peterson, DePauw University, cpeterson@depauw.edu
Valerie C. Johnson, DePaul University, Valerie.c.johnson@depaul.edu
Nyron Crawford, Temple University, nyron.crawford@temple.edu

CONCURRENT SESSION V
Friday, March 13, 10.00-11.45am

Panel 25: Roundtable: Mack Jones & the “Atlanta School” of Black Political Science: Contemporary Questions, Debates & Contributions

March 13, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Peachtree A

Moderator: Rickey Hill, Department of Political Science, Jackson State University

Kurt Young, Clark Atlanta University, Department of Political Science
Kelly Harris, Africana Studies Program, Seton Hall University
Afia Zakiya, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Joseph Jones, Department of Political Science, Philander Smith College, jjones@philander.edu
Hashim Gibrill, Department of Political Science, Clark Atlanta University, Hashim Gibrill, Clark Atlanta University, hgibrill@cau.edu

Panel 26: Critical Political Economies: Radical Alternatives and Possibilities

March 13, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Peachtree B

Discussant: T. D. Harper-Shipman, Davidson College, taharpershipman@davidson.edu

Dying for Life: Necro-Economics and Reproduction in Ghana
T. D. Harper-Shipman, Davidson College, taharpershipman@davidson.edu

Communal Land Titles, Land Trusts & Shared Land Stewardship
Kia Melchor Hall, Fielding Graduate University, khall.sis14@gmail.com

Theorizing Radical Africana Political Economy
Charisse Burden-Stelly, Carleton College, cburden@carleton.edu

Solidarity Economy Praxis in Limonade: Reintellecting Woman as Subject
Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper, Davidson College, madougeprosper@davidson.edu

Panel 27: Roundtable: African American LGBTQ+ Activism/Movement Building in the Trump Era in Atlanta, Georgia

March 13, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Peachtree C

Moderator: Jerome Hunt, Long Beach City College, jhunt@lbcc.edu

Tonya M. Williams, Cosumnes River College, WilliaL3@crc.losrios.edu

Panel 28: Author Meets Critics: Steadfast Democrats by Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird

March 13, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Piedmont A

Moderator: Julian Wamble, Stony Brook, julian.wamble@stonybrook.edu

Ismail K. White, Duke University, ismail.white@duke.edu
Chryl N. Laird, Bowdoin College, claird@bowdoin.edu
Candis Watts Smith, Pennsylvania State University, cwsmith@psu.edu
Ray Block, Pennsylvania State University, rjb6233@psu.edu
Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina, shawtc@mailbox.sc.edu

Panel 29: Roundtable: Professional Development: The Editors’ Guide to Getting Your Research Published

March 13, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Piedmont B

Moderator: Sharon Austin, University of Florida, Incoming Editor of the American Political Science Review

Nadia Brown, Purdue University, brown957@purdue.edu, Politics, Groups, and Identities
Pearl Ford Dowe, Emory University, pearl.dowe@emory.edu, National Review of Black Politics
Andra Gillespie, Emory University, angille@emory.edu, National Review of Black Politics
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University, vsc@purdue.edu, Politics, Groups, and Identities & Incoming Editor of the American Political Science Review

Panel 30: Educating at the Margins? Policy, Identity, and Future Consideration

March 13, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Chair: Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University, vsc@purdue.edu

The Politics of a LGBTQ+ Classroom
Gabriela Corona Valencia, University of California, Los Angeles, gcoronav1995@ucla.edu

How Resilient Black Men Enrolled in STEM Ph.D. Programs Navigate, Negotiate, and Respond to Racism in the Ivory Tower
Breauna Spencer, UC Irvine, EMAIL

Proper Funding for Historical Black Colleges and Universities as a Pillar of Reparations
Sherice Nelson, St. Mary’s College of California, drsjnelson@gmail.com

Democrats v. Republicans: Which Party Is Best For Black Homeownership?
Kendrick Roberson, University of Southern California, kbrobers@usc.edu

AB-705: Eliminating the Educational Gap?
Elizabeth Craigg Walker, Claremont Graduate University, elizabeth.craigg@cgu.edu

Discussant: Tammy Greer, Clark Atlanta University & Atlanta Metropolitan State College, tammy.greer@yahoo.com

LUNCH FOR STUDENTS ONLY (Undergraduate & Graduate Students)

CO-SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
Friday, March 13, 11.45 to 1.00PM

APSA President Paula McClain Location: TBD

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
11.45-1.00pm

CONCURRENT SESSION VI
Friday, March 13, 1.00PM to 2.45PM

Panel 31: Roundtable: Do We Dare Charge Genocide? Have Public Policies Been Used to Wage War Against Black People?

March 12, 2020, 1.00-2.45pm Location: Peachtree A

Moderator: Artemesia Stanberry, North Carolina Central University, astanberry@nccu.edu

Jarvis Hall, North Carolina Central University, jhall@nccu.edu
Artemesia Stanberry, North Carolina Central University, astanberry@nccu.edu

North Carolina Central University Undergraduate Students
Akelo L. Agingu
Jaleel D. Graves
Jayla Gittens
Jordan M. Thomas

Panel 32: Creating New Terms of Agreement in Africa

March 13, 2020, 1.00-2.45pm Location: Peachtree B

Chair: TBD

Livelihoods in the Slums of Kenya: A Case Study on Perspectives of Experts and Slum Dwellers
Angela Pashayan (graduate student), Howard University, angela.pashayan@bison.howard.edu
Richard Seltzer, Howard University. rseltzer@howard.edu

Towards a Federal Constitution for the United African States
Edward Brown (aka Baba Mwalimu K-Q Amsata), unitedafrica2020@aol.com

Beyond Learning Outcomes to Life Outcomes: Implications of Post-Secondary Education on Market and Non-Market Outcomes in Nigeria
Kyela Gadi (graduate student), Georgia State University, kgadi1@student.gsu.edu

Botswana: Creating an Oasis in the Kalahari
Richmond Danso, Howard University, rdanso.danso@gmail.com

Discussant: TBD

Panel 33: Fighting For Our Lives

March 13, 2020, 1.00-2.45pm Location: Peachtree C

Chair: Ravi Perry, Howard University, ravi.perry@howard.edu

“For Your Gay Brothers and Your Gay Sisters in Jail”: Shame and Repentance in Sylvia Rivera’s Jeremiad
Lisa Beard, West Washington University, bearde@wwu.edu

LGBT Inclusive Language and the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act: A Comparative Legislative History
Michael J. Simrak, Purdue University, msimrak@purdue.edu

Legislating Action: The Reactionary Changes to State Law Creating Stricter Regulations for Protest and Free Speech Privileges in Black Communities
Marshall Allen, University of Missouri, matk7@mail.missouri.edu

Discussant: Ravi Perry, Howard University, ravi.perry@howard.edu

Panel 34: Politics of Black Space

March 13, 2020, 1.00-2.45pm Location: Piedmont A

Chair: Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs, Hood College, tuckerworgs@hood.edu

Determinants of Black Attitudes towards Reparations for Slavery in the U.S.
Brooke Abrams, University of New Mexico, babrams@unm.edu
Kathy Powers, University of New Mexico & Georgetown University, kpowers1@unm.edu
Gabriel Sanchez, University of New Mexico, sanchezg@unm.edu

Truth and Reconciliation: A Suggestion for Step One of the U.S. Reparations Movement
Monique Gamble, University of the District of Columbia, mgamble@udc.edu

Environmental Genocide and Black Rural Life
Chaz Briscoe, University of California, Irvine, cbriscoe@uci.edu

Black and Blue in the Red Stick: The Hell Summer of 2016 in Baton Rouge
Leslie Taylor Grover, Southern University and A&M College, leslie_grover@subr.edu

Black and White Images of Crime and Violence on St. Louis Local Television News
Michael Strawbridge, Purdue University, mstrawbr@purdue.edu
Rosalee Clawson, Purdue University, clawsonr@purdue.edu

Discussant: Christopher Stout, Oregon State University, stoutch@oregonstate.edu

Panel 35: Black Politics and Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean

March 13, 2020, 1.00-2.45pm Location: Piedmont B

Chair: John Thomas, University of Chicago, jthomas3@uchicago.edu

Black Political Support of the Cuban Revolution
Danielle Pilar Clealand, Florida International University, dclealan@fiu.edu

Communists Wearing Panties”: The Committee of Women for Progress Defining Revolutionary Politics in Jamaica
Maziki Thame, Clark Atlanta University, mthame@cau.edu

Intersectional Blackness: Afro-Brazilian Bolsa Familia Beneficiaries’ Experiences and Political Opinions
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, University of Wisconsin, Madison mitchelg@uwm.edu

Intersectional Synthesis: A Case Study of the Colectiva Feminista en Construcción
Fernando Tormos-Aponte, University of Maryland Baltimore County, ft@umbc.edu

Discussant: Noel Whelchel, Clark Atlanta University, nwhelchel@cau.edu

Panel 36: Roundtable: The 50th Anniversary of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

March 13, 2020, 1.00-2.45pm Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Moderator: Sekou Franklin, Middle Tennessee State University, Sekou.Franklin@mtsu.edu

Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame, Pinderhughes.1@nd.edu
LaShonda Brenson, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, lashonda@jointcenter.org

Poster Session 1

Co-Sponsored by:
Pi Sigma Alpha
James Weldon Johnson Institute, Emory University (Dr. Andra Gilliespie)

March 13, 2020, 1.00-2.45pm Location: Ballroom Foyer

Crime News and Racial Stereotype Priming
Sebree Warrington, University of Arkansas, wesebree@uark.edu

Racing the Messenger: The Effect of Racial Cues on Blacks’ Political Attitudes
Zoe Walker, University of Michigan, zcwalker@umich.edu

African American Women in the Workplace
Kaylin Oliver, University of Arkansas, kdoliver@email.uark.edu

The Effect of Cultural Heterogeneity on Black Americans’ Political Behavior and Attitudes
Tolulope Babalola, USC, babalola@usc.edu

Discussants: NCOBPS Members

CONCURRENT SESSION VII
Friday, March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm

Panel 37: Author Meets Critics: American While Black: African Americans, Immigration, and the Limits of Citizenship by Niambi Carter (Oxford University Press, 2019)

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Peachtree A

Moderator: Najja Baptist, University of Arkansas, nbaptist@uark.edu

Niambi Carter, Howard University, niambi.carter@howard.edu
Sekou Franklin, Middle Tennessee State University, Sekou.Franklin@mtsu.edu
Andra Gillespie, Emory University, angille@emory.edu
Shayla Nunnally, University of Connecticut, shayla.nunnally@uconn.edu

Panel 38: Articulations of Women and Their Labor

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Peachtree B

Chair: Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, University of California, Irvine, twilloug@uci.edu

Voices Unheard, Stories Untold: Black Women, Police Violence and Political Participation
Ayana Best, University of Southern California, ayanabes@usc.edu

The Generational Difference: Police Perceptions, Political Attitudes, and African American Youth
Donovan Watts, Indiana University, donwatts@iu.edu

The Politics of Black and Latinx Mother(hood)
Gabriela Corona Valencia, University of California, Los Angeles, gcoronav1995@ucla.edu
April Jackson, Claremont University, EMAIL

Black Mothers, the Problem That Never Was: How U.S. Policies and Politics Undermined Black Mothers to Weaken the Black Family Unit
Artemesia Stanberry, North Carolina Central University, astanberry@nccu.edu

Black Women and Labor/Movement
Anand Comissiong, California State University Long Beach, anand.commissiong@csulb.edu

Discussant: Stephen Graves, University of Missouri, gravessc@missouri.edu

Panel 39: Examining the “Afro” in Latino and Caribbean Politics in the U.S.

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Peachtree C

Chair: TBD

Northern Migrations of Latin American Race Ideologies
Tanya K. Hernandez, Fordham University, thernandez@law.fordham.edu

Pan-Africanism, the Emerging Self-Identification of Afro-Latinx Americans, and the Sequent Political Impacts
Briana Hyman, University of Arkansas, bhyman@email.uark.edu

Dominican Political Incorporation in the U.S.
Yalidy Matos, Rutgers University, yalidy.matos@rutgers.edu
Domingo Morel, Rutgers Universtiy-Newark, domingo.morel@rutgers.edu

Different Nations Within: Re-examining the Dimensions of Ethnic Nationalism among African Americans and Latina/os
Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina, shawtc@mailbox.sc.edu
Robert Brown, Spelman College, rbrown61@spelman.edu

Discussant: TBD

Panel 40: Roundtable: Professional Development: Tenure and Promotion
Co-Sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA)

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Chair: Pearl Ford Dowe, Emory University, pearl.dowe@emory.edu

Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University, vsc@purdue.edu
Lorrie Frasure, University of California, Los Angeles, lfrasure@polisci.ucla.edu
Errol Henderson, Pennsylvania State University
Ray Block, Pennsylvania State University, rjb6233@psu.edu

Panel 41: The Black Agenda & Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Piedmont A

Chair: Shayla Nunnally, University of Connecticut, shayla.nunnally@uconn.edu

Is there a Black Agenda?
Tammy Greer, Clark Atlanta University & Atlanta Metropolitan State College, tammy.greer@yahoo.com

Black Lives Matter … I Think
Crystal Robertson, UCLA crystalrob@ucla.edu

Connecting HIV Prevention with the Opioid Crisis: Attitudinal and Policy Implications of Shifting HIV Prevention Messages from a POC, LGBTQ frame to a White, Drug Use Frame
Briana Mack, Ohio Wesleyan University, bnmack12@gmail.com
Phokeng M. Dailey, Ohio Wesleyan University, pmdailey@owu.edu

Invisible Weapons: Agenda-Setting and Cooptation in a Neoliberal Era
Marcus Board, Georgetown University, marcus.board@georgetown.edu

Church of Black Voters: Church and Religion in Blacks’ Democratic Party Affiliations
Christopher Stout, Oregon State University, stoutch@oregonstate.edu
Katherine Tate, Brown University
Meghan Wilson, University of Chicago, mewilson@uchicago.edu

Discussant: Jessica Carew, Elon University, jcarew@elon.edu

Panel 42: Racial Identity & Ideologies

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Piedmont B

Chair: Nicole Yadon, University of Michigan, nyadon@umich.edu

Black Nationalism and Conservative African American Solutions
Stephen Graves, University of Missouri, gravessc@missouri.edu

Between Blackness and Islam: Black Muslim Political Behavior
Nura Sedique, Princeton University, nsediqe@princeton.edu

Unpacking Multiraciality as a Political Identity
Gregory Leslie (graduate student), University of California-Los Angeles, gregoryjohnleslie@gmail.com

How Judgments of Belonging and Citizenship Shape Young Black Americans’ Political Identities
Ana E. Jones, Syracuse University, aejones@syr.edu
Jenn Jackson, Syracuse University, jjacks37@maxwell.syr.edu

Minority Legislators, Majority Views: Race, Partisanship, and Incumbent Congressional Job
Emmitt Y. Riley III, Depauw University, emmittriley@depauw.edu
Clarissa Peterson, Depauw University, cpeterson@depauw.edu

Discussant: Adrienne Jones, Morehouse College, adrienne.jones@morehouse.edu

Poster Session 2

Co-Sponsored by:
Pi Sigma Alpha
James Weldon Johnson Institute, Emory University (Dr. Andra Gilliespie)

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Ballroom Foyer

Race, Violence, and Mental Illness
Kendall Chan, Emory University, Kendall.chan@emory.edu

Sociopolitical Stressors and Preterm Births in African Americans in Virginia: 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2017
Anessha Maini, Emory University, Aneesha.maini@emory.edu

Media Racial Bias: A Study of Kamala Harris’ Two Campaigns
Tate Stevenson, Emory University, Tate.elijah.stevenson@emory.edu

Mariah Parker, Black Radicalism and Athens-Clarke County
Adesola Thomas, Emory University, adesola.thomas@emory.edu

Discussants: NCOBPS Members

APSA Committee on the Status of Blacks – Spring Meeting

March 13, 2020, 3.00-4.45pm Location: Brookhaven

Contact: Kim Mealy, APSA, Senior Director of Diversity and Inclusion Programs (www.apsanet.org/diversityprograms), kmealy@apsanet.org

NCOBPS Founder’s Symposium

March 13, 2020, 5.00-6.00pm Location: Peachtree AB

Friday, March 13, Evening Activities

NCOBPS President’s Reception Peachtree AB
Sekou Franklin, NCOBPS President
Paula McClain, APSA President
Steven Smith, Executive Director of APSA
6.00-7.00

NCOBPS Awards Banquet featuring _____
7.00PM – 10:00PM Peachtree AB

SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2020

Registration Executive Board Room
8:00AM – 12:00PM

ASBWP Networking Breakfast
8.30-9.45am TBD

LGBTQ Caucus Meeting

March 14, 2020, 8.30-9.45am Location: Brookhaven

Contact: Jerome Hunt, Long Beach City College, jhunt@lbcc.edu

CAUCUS OR GROUP MEETING TIME

March 14, 2020, 8.30-9.45am Location: TBD

Contact:

CONCURRENT SESSION VIII
Friday, March 13, 2020, 10.00AM to 11.45AM

Panel 43: Policing in Black & White: The Stigmatization of Black Bodies

March 14, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Peachtree A

Chair: Joshua Miller, Catholic University, 74millerj@cua.edu

Policing Hate: Bias-Motivated Crime in the Aftermath of Police Violence
Kiela Crabtree, University of Michigan, crabtka@umich.edu

To Protect or Police: Minority Threat and the Expectation of Police Intervention in Social Movement Protests
Periloux Peay, University of Oklahoma, pcpeay@ou.edu
Tyler Camarillo, University of Oklahoma, tyler.camarillo@ou.edu

Beyond Brutality: The Impact of Police Discrimination on Linked Fate among African Americans in the U.S.
Brooke Abrams, University of New Mexico babrams@unm.edu

Black Youth and the Carceral State: Reimagining America’s Mass Imprisonment Generation
David Knight, University of Chicago, djknight@uchicago.edu

Engaging College Students in 21st Century Policing
Elsie L. Scott, Ronald Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University, elsie.scott@howard.edu

Discussant: Joshua Miller, Catholic University, 74millerj@cua.edu

Panel 44: Black Women, Politics, and Elected Office

March 14, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Peachtree B

Chair: Pearl Dowe, Emory University, pearl.dowe@emory.edu

Intersectional Representation: A Framework for Studying Black Congresswomen
Rolda Darlington, University of Florida, rolly713@ufl.edu

Delayed But Not Denied: The Election of the First Black Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama
Regina M. Moorer, Alabama State University, rmoorer@alasu.edu

Black Women’s Motivation to Run and the Infrastructure Behind Them
Jamil Scott, Georgetown University, jamil.scott@georgetown.edu

Home is Where the Heart Is: Black Women and their Communal Quest for Change
Eugene Johnson, Louisiana State University, ejoh138@lsu.edu

Discussant: Nadia Brown, Purdue University, brown957@purdue.edu

Panel 45: Economic Anxiety: Race, Welfare, and Social Policies

March 14, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Peachtree C

Chair: Breanca Merritt, Indiana University, Public Policy Institute, breanca@iupui.edu

A Rose By Any Other Name?
LaFleur Stephens-Dougans, Princeton University, lafleurs@princeton.edu

No Strangers to Hardship: African Americans, Poverty, and Politics of Resilience
Christine Slaughter, University of California, Los Angeles, christine.slaughter@ucla.edu

The Poor, The Needy, and The Partisan: How do State-Level Political Factors Influence Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Benefits
Naomi Nubin (graduate student), University of Houston, naomi_nubin@yahoo.com

Cadillac Queens: An Analysis of Welfare Stigma and Its Effect on CalFresh Program Participation
Alexandria Davis (undergraduate student), UCLA, alexjdavis29@gmail.com

Discussant: Breanca Merritt, Indiana University, Public Policy Institute, breanca@iupui.edu

Panel 46: The Activist Movement

March 14, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Piedmont A

Chair: Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University, vsc@purdue.edu

Wartime Athletic Peace: Black Athlete Activism, Protest…Revolution?
Justin Garner, Alabama A&M University, justin.garner@aamu.edu
Tarale Murry, University of Michigan, murrytg@umich.edu

“I Am More Than an Athlete”: Examining the Backlash Against Black Athletes as Political Actors.
Lorriane Nicole Nance (undergraduate student), lnnance@uci.edu

And When They Wake-Up”: Black Lives Matter, Rap, and Activism
Najja Baptist, University of Arkansas, nbaptist@uark.edu

From Adherents to Activists: The Process of Social Movement Mobilization
Elizabeth Davies, University of Chicago, ejdavies@uchicago.edu

Revisiting and Mobilizing the Political Organizing History of the National Association of Wage Earners (NAWE)
Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, Texas Woman’s University, dphillips3@twu.edu

Discussant: TBD

Panel 47: Graduate Student Research

March 14, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Piedmont B

Chair: Meghan Wilson, University of Chicago, mewilson@uchicago.edu

Examining How First Generation Americans Vote on Immigration Policies
Honor Donnie, Clark Atlanta University, honordonnie@gmail.com

Equalizing Gun Control
Jaelyn Jackson, Ohio University-Lancaster, jj537919@ohio.edu

Historic Firsts in U.S. Elections, the Case of Jahana Hayes
Aaron Hooker, University of Connecticut, aaron.hooker@uconn.edu
Evelyn Simien, University of Connecticut, evelyn.simien@uconn.edu

Goodbye Chocolate City: The War on Black DC
Ruby Branscomb, University of the District of Columbia
Benjamin Hoffshcneider, University of the District of Columbia
Shermaine Keyes, University of the District of Columbia
Randell Thomas, University of the District of Columbia

Examining Black and White Millennials Trust In Government
Kayla Thompson, Depauw University, kaylathompson_2022@depauw.edu
Shafrarisi Bonner, Depauw University, EMAIL

Discussants: Meghan Wilson, University of Chicago, mewilson@uchicago.edu

Panel 48: Racial & Ethnic Politics in the U.S. (Graduate Students)

March 14, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: Piedmont Ballroom

Chair: Andra Gillespie, Emory University, angille@emory.edu

Beyond Marriage Equality: Are LGBT Non-profit Organizations Doing Enough for LGBT Communities of Color?
Clark Brinson, Emory University, Clark.brinson@emory.edu

An Intersectional, Life Course Approach to Understanding Health Disparities
Emily Dore, Emory University, Emily.catherine.dore@emory.edu

Our Vote, Our Voice: Descriptive Political Representation, Race, and Nativity.
Michaela Jenkins, Emory University, Michaela.jenkins@emory.edu

Discussant: Ray Block, Pennsylvania State University, rblock@psu.edu

Panel 49: Roundtable: The LGBTQ+ Caucus Presents: A Discussion with African American LGBTQ+ Elected Officials

March 14, 2020, 10.00-11.45am Location: TBD

Moderator: Jerome Hunt, Long Beach City College, jhunt@lbcc.edu

Ravi Perry, Howard University, ravi.perry@howard.edu

Closing Plenary: NCOBPS President Sekou Franklin
2021 Co-Program Chairs
12.00-1.30pm Peachtree AB

“A Tribute to Dr. Mack Jones” Ceremony
2.00pm-5.00pm Atlanta University Center (AUC)
Robert W. Woodruff Library


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NCOBPS would like to thank the following co-sponsor for their support of its 51st Annual Meeting:

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NCOBPS would like to thank the following co-sponsors for their support of its 51st Annual Meeting:

Call for Papers 52nd Annual Meeting of the
National Conference of Black Political Scientists

March 2021
LOCATION

TITLE

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Paper proposals will be due in the fall. Consult www.ncobps.org for more information.


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