Race and Democracy

Olufemi Vaughan is a Nigerian academic whose research and teaching focuses on African political and social history, African Politics, Diaspora Studies, African Migrations and Globalization, Religion and African States. He is currently the Alfred Sargent Lee ’41 and Mary Ames Lee Professor of African Studies at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Victoria DeFrancesco Soto is a lecturer at The University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs, where she was selected as one of UT’s Game Changers. She is also a faculty affiliate of the Department of Mexican-American and Latino Studies and the Center for Mexican American Studies. Soto received her Ph. D. in political science from Duke University, […]

Laurence Ralph is a Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. He earned both a PhD and also a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Institute of Technology where he majored in History, Technology and Society. Laurence has published articles on these topics […]

Dr. Joseph sits down in the studio with Dr. Sugrue to discuss the changing political futures of American cities and how that intersects with race and civil rights.

Dr. Joseph sits down with Dr. Brandon Jones, Associate Director for Student Learning and Development, to discuss Black men in higher education and student-athletes’ exploitation and achievement.

Peniel talks with Jeremi Suri on his book, “The Impossible Presidency”, and how America’s highest office has changed in perception and power throughout history. Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the university’s Department of History and the LBJ […]

Dr. Brandon Terry sits down in Dr. Peniel Joseph’s office to discuss the political philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Brandon M. Terry is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Social Studies at Harvard University. He earned a PhD with university distinction in Political Science and African American Studies from Yale […]

Dr. Peniel Joseph and Virginia Cumberbatch, Director of UT’s Community Engagement Center, discuss race, equity, and community engagement at UT and across Austin.

Dr. Christen Smith researches engendered anti-Black state violence and Black community responses to it in Brazil and the Americas. Her work primarily focuses on transnational anti-Black police violence, Black liberation struggles, the paradox of Black citizenship in the Americas, and the dialectic between the enjoyment of Black culture and the killing of Black people....

Dr. Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at UT Austin. Her most recent book, The Price for Their Pound of Flesh, traces the economic value assigned to enslaved people across their lifespans and has won multiple awards including the 2018 Hamilton Book Award.

Dr. Devin Walker earned his undergraduate degree in 2008 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he majored in Sociology and History. He earned his Ph. D. in Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Texas at Austin in 2018.  His research portfolio focuses on the intersection of race, sports, and education with an emphasis on international […]

Eric Tang is an Associate Professor in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department and faculty member in the Center for Asian American Studies. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Sociology and serves as a faculty fellow with both the Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis and the Division of […]

Dr. Richard J. Reddick is an award-winning Associate Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy, where he serves as coordinator of the Program in Higher Education Leadership, with courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Warfield Center of African and African American Studies. Dr. Reddick is also the Assistant Director […]

In the inaugural episode of Race and Democracy, Dr. Peniel Joseph sits down with Dr. Leonard Moore to discuss race, voting rights, social movements, and American moral identity. They cover a broad range of topics including the spreading of racial hatred in the past two years, the loss of morality in American politics, reinvigorating the […]

A preview of the first episode of Race and Democracy.