This week Ask a Political Scientist hands the stage off to Nadia E. Brown and Andrea Coleman to discuss Intersectionality and Political Representation.
The show goes live on Youtube at BIT.LY/ASKAPS
Here’s the details for this week’s show:How have the political attitudes, voter behavior, and vote choices of Black women changed over the years, and how are these trends distinct from Black men and white women? How does identity inform Black women legislator’s decision making? How are Black women evaluated when they run for office? What are the many likely impacts of minority women in politics going forward? Join us this week for a conversation with the incredible Nadia E. Brown, Ph.D., whose research helps us all think about these important issues more clearly. We will also be discussing her academic activism, especially regarding intersectionality and #MeToo in the field of political science. We are also joined by the brilliant comedian and lawyer Andrea Coleman! Donations made during this week’s show will go to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute which works to protect and defend the human rights of BLACK transgender people.
Guests:
Nadia E. Brown, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Purdue University, where she is also a University Scholar and an affiliated faculty member in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is the author of Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making, which was the winner of multiple awards, including the 2015 W.E.B. Du Bois Best Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. She is the co-editor of Distinct Identities: Minority Women in US Politics and Body Politics, the editor of Me Too Political Science, and the lead editor of Politics, Groups, and Identities. She has conducted research on intersectional identity and politics, the evaluation of Black women candidates, intersectionality and #MeToo, political rap and Black feminism, and is a founding board member of Women Also Know Stuff.
Andrea Coleman is a standup comedian, writer, actor, and attorney. She is the host of the acclaimed Woke Laws show, where she judges laws from around the US and decides along with a panel of guest judges whether they are WACK or WOKE. Part of the Upright Citizen’s Brigade sketch comedy team Young Douglas, she has appeared on/in the New York Times, TimeOut NY, NPR, WNYC, and SiriusXM. She’s also a prolific writer and satirist, and you can find some of her recent essays here.
