a little essay about trains, dinner with strangers, and taking the time

In Vancouver for #APSA2025! Here's my schedule: Presenting at: "Social Movements, Violence, and Backlash" Thu, Sept 11, 8:00AM & "The Political Ethics and Praxis of Liberation" Fri, Sept 12, 4:00PM Chairing: "Freedom Dreams, Organizing, and Radical Political Visions" Sat, Sept 13, 10:00AM Come by!

Re-upping this! Send me your papers! @wpsa.bsky.social @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social

I'm in the @sfchronicle.com today talking about Trump's racist decision to send federal officers to Black cities. Check it out! 👇

Hi friends! I am collecting submissions for the Best Women in Politics Paper Award for WPSA! Send your nominations to ejdavies [at] uci [dot] edu. Self nominations are welcome!

Wrote a review of Dara Strolovitch's excellent new book, "When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People" for PSQ. Check it out 👇

New essay up on my Substack! Thinking about the racist anti-intellectual movements of the past 5 years. open.substack.com/pub/partandp...

So very proud of the space we curated yesterday. The students presented excellent papers and stoked great discussion ✨

This week! Irvine/ LA area friends come through. forms.gle/fPcgRgWjdPEp...

Thank you for sharing the work JZ 🙏

Heading to #WPSA this week! 1. Thursday panel: Building Intersectional & Transnational Movements 2. Friday Roundtable: Seeking Research Funding from Foundations 3. Saturday Roundtable: Of, With, and For the Movement: The Task of Researching Racial Justice Organizing All at 8AM 😅 bring coffee

multiple teaching evals said I was FUNNY, step off political science I'm working on my netflix special 😌

Last day to apply to our spring graduate conference on race and ethnicity at UCI! Join us! sites.uci.edu/towardsliber...

Really proud that this is out now at @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social as a part of the Flowers for the Founders of Black Politics issue edited by @pcpeay.bsky.social, Najja Baptist, and Pearl Dowe. Grateful to Cathy Cohen and Katherine McKittrick for Black feminist critique & seeing the fullness of Black life.

Dear friends, my students and I are hosting a graduate conference in Race & Ethnicity at UCI next spring. Please share our CFP widely! sites.uci.edu/towardsliber...

Just had the best time presenting at the OSU Kirwan Institute 💥 even saw a little snow this morning 🥲

Check out my new part & parcel! Contains a (brief) election reflection & some joyful things ✨

Hello new friends and followers! I wanted to introduce myself and my work to you all. I consider myself a Black politics scholar with a focus on social movements.