Research
Recent Submissions
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'Campaigns Against "Blackness"': Criminality, Civility, and Election to Executive Office
(Critical Sociology, 2009)‘Campaigns against “Blackness”’ focuses on the 2008 Democratic presidential primary waged by Barack Obama and the 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial race run by Deval Patrick. It explores racial bias expressed against and ... -
Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)Contributors include Mumia Abu-Jamal, Sundiata Acoli, Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., Dhoruba bin Wahad, Rita Bo Brown, Marilyn Buck, Safiya Bukhari, Angela Y. Davis, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, Elizam Escobar, Linda Evans, George ... -
Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics
(St. Martin's Press, 1999)Shadowboxing presents an explosive analysis of the history and practice of black feminisms, drawing upon political theory, history and cultural studies in a sweeping interdisciplinary work. James charts new territory by ... -
"Introduction: Democracy and Captivity" in The New Abolitionists: (Neo)Slave Narratives and Contemporary Prison Writings
(State University of New York Press, 2005)The New Abolitionists presents a collection of essays and interviews that provide a frank look at the nature and purposes of prisons in the United States from the perspective of the prisoners. Written by Native American, ... -
Introduction to The Angela Y. Davis Reader
(Blackwell Publishers, 1998)For three decades, Angela Y. Davis has written on feminism, anti-racism, political philosophy, and liberation theory. Her analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have profoundly influenced political and social ... -
Introduction to Imprisoned Intellectuals
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La création de la masculinité: la mise en scène du queer genre et l’usurpation raciale
(Conference paper presented at "Norms and Counter-norms: Sexualities and Women's De/humanization", University of Paris, Diderot, June 15, 2007., 2007-06) -
Indigenous Inclusion/Black Exclusion: Race, Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship in Latin America
(Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 37, 2005) -
Black Immigrants in the United States and the “Cultural Narratives" of Ethnicity
(Identities, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2004) -
Racial(ized) Identity, Ethnic Identity, and Afrocentric Values-Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Understanding African American Identity
(Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2005) -
A Psychometric Examination of the Africentric Scale: Challenges in Measuring Afrocentric Values
(Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2005) -
Getting Carded: Border Control and the Politics of Canada's Permanent Resident Card
(Citizenship Studies Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2005) -
Disparate Diasporas: Identity and Politics in an African-Nicaraguan Community
(University of Texas Press, 1998) -
Bridging Troubled Waters: Principles For Teaching in Times of Crisis
(Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education Vol. 4, No. 1, 2006) -
Careful What You Ask For: Parent Involvement in Schools
(Practicing Anthropology, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2008) -
Scenarios of Racial Contact: Police Violence and the Politics of Performance and Racial Formation in Brazil
(Misférica Vo. 5, No. 2, 2008) -
Of "Passport Babies" and "Border Control": The Case of Mavis Baker v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
(Atlantis, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2002) -
To Be or Not to Be Black: Problematics in Racial Identity
("To Be or Not to Be Black: Problematics in Racial Identity" In The Quest For Community And Identity: Critical Essays In Africana Social Philosophy, edited by R. Birt, 29-44. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc., 2002) -
Technologies: Transculturations of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Arturo A. Schomburg's Masonic Writings
(Centro Journal, Vol. 17, No.1, 2005) -
“BELOVED ENEMIES”: Race and Official Mestizo Nationalism in Nicaragua
(Latin American Research Review, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2005)
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