Stacey Abrams to take role at Howard University focused on race and politics
and New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones. The award-winning actress and directorAbrams, who is 49, has experience as an adjunct professor at her alma mater, Spelman College in Atlanta, and said she has an “extraordinarily strong” relationship with the HBCU and its former president, Johnnetta Cole, a mentor to her. She also has strong ties to the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a master’s degree in public affairs, and Yale University, where she went to law school.
But Howard is located in a powerful hub of influence in many fields, she said. “Washington, D.C. is an essential part of how we protect democracy, how we think about social policy, how we challenge norms,” Abrams said. “And Howard University is a crucible for how we can engage all of those pieces. And so when they approached me, I was excited.”
The role is intended to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, inspire research into real-world solutions to complex societal problems that adversely affect African diasporic communities and other vulnerable populations, and will include a speaker series, according to university officials.The creation of the endowed chair was first announced in 2020 when Ronald Walters’s wife, Patricia Turner Walters, gave the university the couple’s collection of African American art valued at more than $2.
Abrams became nationally known for energizing reluctant voters and building support for Democratic candidates with intensive efforts aimed at both rural and urban areas. Some presidential candidates sought out her expertise in voter mobilization in recent years, and she was considered a likely vice-presidential candidate for Joe Biden.
In 2018, Abrams lost by less than 2 percent of the vote when she sought to become the country’s first Black female governor. In November, Abrams
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