Evaluating and Addressing the Effects of Attacks on Higher Education and Academic Freedom on Blacks in the Profession

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

This session will provide an overview of the current policy and legislation that poses significant threats to the opportunity and well-being of Black political scientists. The roundtable participants will examine the ways in which growing authoritarian tendencies and threats to democratic practice within U.S. society more broadly have had a disproportionate effect on Blacks in the profession. Panelists will also discuss ideas and strategies specific to addressing an increasingly hostile academic and social environment.

Sub Unit

• Panels

Cosponsor

• Status Committees / Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession

Chair

• Jessica D. Carew Elon University

Presenters

• Sharon Denise Austin University of Florida

• Najja Baptist Howard University

• Pearl K. Dowe Emory University

• Athena M. King Old Dominion University

• Periloux Peay University of Maryland, College Park