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    ANDREW J. DOUGLAS, PH.D.

    Faculty

    Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, And Arts Division

    • Chair, Political Science Department
    • Professor, Political Science
    Education

    University of California, Berkeley

    Bachelor of Arts, Rhetoric and Political Science

    University of Virginia

    Doctor of Philosophy, Government

    Contact Information

    Phone
    (470) 639-0732
    Office Location

    Wheeler Hall, Room 301

    Office Hours
    Monday, Wednesday, Friday
    12 pm - 1 pm

    About the Professor

    Andrew J. Douglas has taught at Morehouse since 2011. As a political theorist, his work is concerned with theories and histories of Black radicalism, capitalism, money, labor, and debt. Douglas is the author of three books: Prophet of Discontent: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Critique of Racial Capitalism (Georgia, 2021), coauthored with Jared Loggins; W.E.B. Du Bois and the Critique of the Competitive Society (Georgia, 2019); and In the Spirit of Critique: Thinking Politically in the Dialectical Tradition (SUNY, 2013). Articles and other writings have appeared in, among other outlets, The Du Bois Review, The C.L.R. James Journal, Constellations, Philosophy and Social Criticism, Contemporary Political Theory, The Review of Politics, Boston Review, Academe, Money on the Left, and Political Theory. He is currently working on two new books: one on philosophies of money in the Black radical tradition and another, a co-edited volume, on W.E.B. Du Bois’s writings on political economy.

    Douglas was a 2016-2017 residential research fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. He is actively involved with the American Association of University Professors, as a member of the national AAUP’s Committee on Historically Black Institutions and as secretary of the Morehouse AAUP chapter, and has served for many years in various faculty governance roles at Morehouse. Douglas received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

    Areas of Expertise

    • Political Theory
    • History of Political Thought
    • Political Economy
    • Labor Studies

    COURSES

    Introduction to Political Theory
    PSC 294

    Politics and Protest
    PSC 100

    Debt and Democracy
    PSC 101