The study of both race and politics are fraught with preconceived notions, assumptions, and anecdotal evidence supporting personal views. In this course we will learn how race is studied by scholars, organizers, and ac(vists who not only submit their preconceived notions to the test of scientific scrunity, but who also engage issues of race, power, domination, and society as a matter of grave importance.
The purpose of this course is to understand race and it’s study from a social scientific perspective, and to understand the ways that identity politiccs are integral to our interpretation and understanding of the American political sphere broadly. Our class will work under the assumption that students have little to no prerequisite methodological training. While our readings use mul(ple methodologies between them, the course provides room for students to learn how to interpret data and theoretical arguments without sacrificing their ability to understand the substance of each text.
Students will have a opportunity to introduce alternative texts that help diversify our conversations.
About the instructor: My name is Marcus Board Jr. I am currently a tenured Associate Professor of Political Science at Howard University. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2017 in Political Science. At its center, my academic research is about the same things as my life's work - liberation.