Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor

associate professor of government

Area of Expertise:
U.S. government and politics: civil rights, civil liberties, and politics of school desegregation; urban politics; politics of race and ethnicity; African politics
Additional Information:
Steven Jeffrey Taylor is the author of three books: The Unfinished American Project: Founding Sins, Institutional Failures, and Expanding Democracy to Form a More Perfect Union (De Gruyter Press, 2024), Exiles, Entrepreneurs, and Educators: African Americans in Ghana,(State University of New York Press, 2019), and Desegregation in Boston and Buffalo: The Influence of Local Leaders (State University of New York Press, 1998. He also published a chapter in the book Creating Constitutional Change, with his chapter being entitled: "The Swann Decision: Brown Moves North." Among the journal articles he has published are "Whatever Happened to the Republican 'Lock' on the Electoral College?" (New England Journal of Political Science, 2013, "Racial Polarization in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election" (The Western Journal of Black Studies, 2011), "The Political Influence of African American Ministers: A Legacy of West African Culture" (Journal of Black Studies, 2006), and "Disputed Electoral Results in Ghana and the United States" (Journal of Global Awareness, 2004).
Foreign Language Fluency:
n/a
Academic Credentials:
BS, College at Buffalo–State University of New York; MEd, Florida A&M University; MA, PhD, University of Minnesota
Category:
Africa, Civil Rights, Race Relations, Politics-Campaigns and Elections, Social Issues-Urban Affairs
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