NCOBPS 2025 Annual Meeting Information & Call For Papers
America at a Crossroad: Multiracial Democracy or Authoritarianism?
March 19th – 22nd, 2025
56th Annual Meeting Details
Dates: Wed., March 19 – Sun., March 22, 2025
Last Day to Register: Wed., February 26, 2025
HOTEL/LODGING
Doubletree By Hilton, New Orleans
300 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Group Rate Booking: $199/night
Program Chairs and Local Arrangement
Dr. Albert Samuels, Southern University
Dr. Brandon Davis, Tulane University
Dr. Melanie Johnson, Southern University
Dr. Riva Hines, Southern University
Chenetra Hall, Southern University
Dr. Eugene Johnson, Southern University
CALL FOR PAPERS: NCOBPS 2025
America at a Crossroad: Multiracial Democracy or Authoritarianism?
The election of Barack Obama to the presidency ignited hopes that the United States had crossed a critical juncture in a journey toward an America where all men, in Martin Luther King’s words, “will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Obama’s election inspired visions of hope and possibility for some Americans, but it also triggered a white backlash that gave us the Tea Party, birtherism, MAGA, and the January 6th Insurrection. Similarly, the First and Second Reconstructions also triggered counterrevolutionary movements. Currently, unfounded fears of white replacement and a ‘browning’ American population have become a threat to the very future of American democracy. The democratic backsliding that has occurred in the United States is indicative of the rise of authoritarianism seen around the world. America finds itself yet again at a historical inflection point. On the one hand, the country can finally come to terms with and live up to its founding principles that “all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” and embrace the multiracialism that makes our nation strong. On the other hand, the nation could give into xenophobia, racism, antigay bills, and eliminating access to reproductive healthcare as it descends into fascism. Indicative of the juxtaposed positions above, this conference is set in one of the most diverse, multicultural cities in the US which is within a state that was central to prematurely ending the nations’ first attempt to reconstruct the American democracy. We invite papers, panels, and roundtables from a variety of methodological approaches that explore these themes. We especially encourage undergraduate and graduate students to submit paper proposals.
SUBMISSIONS DUE: DECEMBER 8, 2024
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Section Chairs
International Relation & Transnational Relation
TBD
African & Diaspora Politics
Dr. Dorian Brown Crosby, Spelman College, and Mahder Habtemariam Serekberhan, Syracuse University
Afro-Latino Politics
Dr. Tony Affigne University of Providence affigne@providence.edu and Dr. Kone, College of the Desert mkone@collegeofthedesert.edu
Comparative Politics
Dr. Athena King, Old Dominion University, a1king@odu.edu and Darryl C. Thomas, Pennsylvania State University, dct10@psu.edu
Identity Politics; Gender, Class, Ethnicity, LGBTQ+, Sexuality, Religion and Queer Politics
Dr. Jerome Hunt, Long Beach City College, jhunt@lbcc.edu and Dr. Shameka Nicole Cathey, Tennessee State University, scathey@tnstate.edu
Law and Higher Education Policy
Adrienne Konigar, JD
Political Institutions
Dr. Stacy Carter, Alabama A and M University, and Dr. Maruice Mangum, Jackson State University
Political Theory
Dr. Jared Clemons, Temple University, jared.clemons@temple.edu
Politics, Inequality, and Social Justice
KL Newhouse, JD
Public Opinion and Political Participation
Dr. Kone, College of the Desert mkone@collegeofthedesert.edu ; Dr. Nicole Jones
Public Policy
Dr. Nicole Jones
Teaching and Professional Development
Dr. Elizabeth Walker, College of the Desert ewalker@collegeofthedesert.edu
Undergraduate Research
Dr. Stacy Carter, Alabama A and M University, and Dr. Maruice Mangum, Jackson State University