Erica E. Townsend-Bell, PhD, is Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Center for African Studies at Oklahoma State University. She earned her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2007. Her areas of expertise include the politics of intersectionality, comparative race and gender politics, and social movements, especially across the Americas. Her work is published in Political Research Quarterly, Signs, European Journal of Politics and Gender, JILAR, and Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies (LACES), among other outlets. Dr. Townsend-Bell is an active member of national and international academic associations and also serves on the editorial board of the American Political Science Review, and as a member of the American Political Science Association Council.

Research Interests:

intersectionality
comparative racial politics
the politics of inclusion
comparative gender politics
social movements
qualitative methods
Latin America
The Americas