Research

As a scholar of American politics, my research is centered political behavior, Black politics, political socialization, public opinion, and election administration. My scholarship explores the ways in which generations understand politics and I utilized a mixed-method approach (quantitative and qualitative) to analyze this. My research has been published in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics and I analyze Democratic Party loyalty among Black millennials and compare it with Black non-millennials (Baby boomers & Gen X’ers).

The Politics of Black Millennials (under advance contract with University of Michigan Press)

The Politics of Black Millennials examine how experiences with race have uniquely shaped Black millennials’ political attitudes and policy preferences as compared to Black non-millennials (Baby boomers and Gen X’ers). Given that Black millennials now represent the largest eligible voting bloc among African Americans (Adams et. al 2020), the purpose of my book is to reexamine what we know about Black political behavior by analyzing generational differences between Black millennials and Black non-millennials. I do this by providing a comprehensive examination of Black millennial and Black non-millennial political attitudes and policy preferences to measure intra-group differences between both groups. This is of particular relevance as we have witnessed an increase in literature that focuses on millennials as a group, white millennials, and comparing baby boomers with the millennial generation (Rouse & Ross 2018; Desante & Smith 2020; Munger 2022). However, we have yet to have literature that specifically analyzes the political behaviors and electoral influence of Black millennials, and my book project will do just that.

Working Papers

• “Let the Church say Amen: Redefining the Black Church in Black millennials Political Engagement Process
• “The Generational Divide: Police Violence, Political Attitudes and African American Millennials”