Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro

Expert on political engagement, African American politics, black-Latino relations, and women in politics

Professor of Political Science, Gender Studies & Sociology

Author of Beyond the Oppression Olympics: A Politics of Solidarity for the 21st Century (2011, Palgrave Macmillan) and The Politics of Disgust and the Public Identity of the “Welfare Queen” (2004, New York University Press)
Co-producer of documentary Beyond the Oppression Olympics: What Columbia Maryland Got Right (And Wrong) About Diversity in America
Staffer on numerous political campaigns, including the landmark 1989 David Dinkins mayoral campaign and for Adriano Espaillat, who became the first Dominican American elected to a State House in the U.S.
Member: American Association of Political Consultants, American Political Science Association (APSA), National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS), Western Political Science Association (WPSA)
Co-founder of the Intersectional Research section of the WPSA
Recipient: W.E.B. DuBois Best Book Award from NCOBPS (2006); Best First Book Award, Race & Ethnic Politics Organized Section, from APSA (2006); Betty Nesvold Award for the Best Paper on Women & Politics, 2002 WPSA Conference