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Introduces an innovative, community-based model for producing knowledge and assessing scholarly impact in and beyond the field of politics.
Black Women Talk Politics models and makes a case for new ways of generating knowledge and measuring impact in political science and academia writ large. Based on thirty-two oral histories conducted between established and emerging scholars during the historic first conference of the Association for the Study of Black Women in Politics in 2016, the volume brings together multiple generations and genres, including intellectual biographies, bibliographies, discussion questions, lectures, and photographs. The book foregrounds oral history as not only a method of research and assessment but also a movement rooted in the lives of Black women researchers and the communities they work with and for. Black Women Talk Politics is an essential resource for all Black social scientists dedicated to building community.
"An important and timely volume that highlights the breadth and depth of Black women's and gender expansive scholars' contributions to political science. Black Women Talk Politics opens up possibilities and pathways for meaningful scholar-activism within and beyond the discipline and shows the generative potential of intentional, caring, well-crafted scholarly Black women's gatherings." — Robin L. Turner, Butler University
"Black Women Talk Politics makes a significant contribution—one that is both long overdue and remarkably forward-looking. Political science has often struggled to take seriously the lived experiences and intellectual labor of scholars from marginalized communities. Oral history, when used at all, has typically centered elite voices and reinforced disciplinary gatekeeping. Here, oral history is more than a methodological choice—it's a subversive intervention! By elevating storytelling, memory, and mentorship to the level of formal scholarship, the volume challenges dominant narratives about what counts as knowledge in the discipline. It models citation justice, archival care, and collaborative authorship as scholarly practices. It is ambitious in both content and form. It doesn't just profile individual scholars; it creates a living archive. It teaches. It remembers. It passes down knowledge across generations. And it does so while offering readers—especially students and early-career scholars—a model for how to do political science differently: with care, rigor, and a deep commitment to community." — Ray Block Jr., coauthor of Black Networks Matter: The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard is Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and Professor Extraordinarius in the Chief Albert Luthuli Research Chair at the University of South Africa. She is the author of Waste of a White Skin: The Carnegie Corporation and the Racial Logic of White Vulnerability. Lisa Beard is Associate Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University. They are the author of If We Were Kin: Race, Identification, and Intimate Political Appeals. LaShonda R. Carter is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at Riverside City College. Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. She is the author of Re-Imagining Black Women: A Critique of Post-Feminist and Post-Racial Melodrama in Culture and Politics. Jessica Millward is Associate Professor of History and Core Faculty in African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland.