Christina Greer
Professor of Political Science
Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @Dr_CMGreer
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Prof. Greer received her BA from Tufts University and her MA, MPhil, and PhD in Political Science from Columbia University.
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American politics, black ethnic politics, urban politics, quantitative methods, and public opinion.
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Christina Greer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, Lincoln Center (Manhattan) campus. Her research and teaching focus on American politics, Black ethnic politics, campaigns and elections, and public opinion. She is the author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream, How to Build a Democracy from Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams, and co-editor of Black Politics in Transition: Immigration, Suburbanization, and Gentrification. Greer writes a weekly column for The Amsterdam News, is a frequent political commentator on several media outlets, and is the co-host of FAQ-NYC.
Her research interests also include mayors and public policy in urban centers. Her previous work has compared criminal activity and political responses in Boston and Baltimore. Prof. Greer received her B.A. from Tufts University and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University.
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2024
How to Build a Democracy: From Fannie Lou Hamer and Barbara Jordan to Stacey Abrams. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Elements.
2023
“Black Women: Keepers of Democracy, the Democratic Process, and the Democratic Party” Politics & Gender (with Chaya Crowder and Christine Slaughter), June. 1-20.
2022
“Baltimore Must Develop an Inclusive Solution That Does Not Leave Anyone Out: Black Female Mayors in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter (with Jamil Scott and Nadia Brown). Forthcoming in Political Black Girl Magic: The Elections and Governance of Black Female Mayors. Ed. Sharon Wright Austin. Temple University Press
2019
Black Politics in Transition: Immigration, Suburbanization, and Gentrification. Ed. with Candis Watts Smith. New York: Routledge, 2019.
2017
"Scholarly Engagement with the Public: the Risks and Benefits of Engaging Outside of the Classroom." Political Communication, Vol. 35, Issue 1 (2017).
"A Nation Divided Still: How a Vote for Trump Says More about the Voter than the Candidate Himself." The Dream Revisited, March, Issue 23 (2017).
2016
"Obama’s Racial Legacy." Columbia Public Policy Review, Fall (2016).
"African-American candidates for the presidency and the foundation of black politics in the twenty-first century." Politics, Groups, and Identities, Vol 4, Issue 4 (2016): 638-651.
"To Be Young, Gifted, Black, and a Woman: A comparison of the Presidential Candidacies of Charlene Mitchell and Shirley Chisholm." Distinct Identities: Minority Women in U.S. Politics. New York: Routledge, 2016.
“Racial and Ethnic Politics” (with Jeff R. Smith). CQ Press Guide to Urban Politics. CQ Press, 2016.
2014
“The International Dimensions of Everyday Black Political Participation” (with Robin J. Hayes). Journal of African American Studies, Vol. 18, Issue 3 (2014): 353-71.
2013
Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.