Hello everyone!

We hope that you are continuing to have a great Spring semester as you prepare for finals! We have some exciting news for you: 

The Political Science Council of Majors will be holding a professor luncheon this Wednesday (4/30)promptly from 12 PM - 12:30 PM. Keeping with tradition, this "Brown-Bag" (bring your own lunch) event will be held in Conference Room 354 of the Public Policy Building.

We are pleased to inform you that our guest speaker will be Dr. Tyson King-Meadows. Dr. King-Meadows is an extremely accomplished member of the UMBC community: 

In addition to being an associate professor of the Political Science Department, Dr. King-Meadows is an affiliate of both the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (MIPAR) and the Department of Public Policy as well as a Faculty Fellow of the Honors College. He also serves as President of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists and as an Alumni Ambassador of the Fullbright Scholar Program. Dr. King-Meadows received his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from North Carolina Central University and went on to receive both his Master's Degree and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research is concerned with "African American political behavior and attitudes, identity politics, race and representation, Congress, and elections." Dr. King-Meadows is also "interested in exploring the impact of black political engagement, civil rights law, identity group politics, and racial representation on the black socioeconomic condition from the latter twentieth century to present day." He has authored a book titled When the Letter Betrays the Spirit and has also co-authored Devolution and Black State Legislators: Challenges and Choices in the Twenty-first Century with Dr. Thomas Schaller. Dr. King-Meadows is currently in the process of authoring another book which will address racial identity politics and candidacies of black federal representatives.