Michael Hanchard

Michael Hanchard is a Professor in the Africana Studies Department and Director of the Marginalized Populations Project.  His research and teaching interests combine a specialization in comparative politics with an interest in contemporary political theory, encompassing themes of nationalism, racism,  xenophobia and citizenship. His publications include Orpheus and Power: The Movimento Negro of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1945-1988, Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil, editor, Party/Politics: Horizons in Black Political Thought, and most recently, The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy. His scholarly articles have appeared in journals such as Public Culture, Political Theory and Social Text.