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About Robert W. Williams
I teach a range of political science courses at Bennett College in Greensboro, NC. My initial graduate school specialization focused on political theory, especially modern, contemporary, and critical theories. I typically engage in meta-theoretical (a.k.a. metatheoretical) analyses, addressing the assumptions and implications that underpin the social and political theories themselves. Over the last few years I have concentrated my scholarship on environmental justice, the spatiality of politics, and the Internet and cyber-politics. Inspiring my recent research efforts are the philosophical dimensions of W.E.B. Du Bois' thought, especially as they relate to social inquiry. I am especially intrigued by what can be construed as his idea of a critical social science. The intellectual context of Du Bois' era, including its many and varied thinkers and their works, also interests me.
My online vita includes more details of my research, as well as my teaching experience and other college-related matters.
My journal publications on Du Bois include:
"The Early Social Science of W.E.B. Du Bois." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 3:2 (September 2006): 365-394.
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"W.E.B. Du Bois and His Social-Scientific Research: A Review of Online Texts." Sociation Today, 3:2 (Fall 2005). (The journal, Sociation Today , is managed and edited by the North Carolina Sociological Association).
"W.E.B. Du Bois and the Socio-Political Structures of Education." The Negro Educational Review, 55:1 (January 2004): 9-26. [A draft version is available online.]
I have written several entries for theThe Literary Encyclopedia . Please note: to read more than the first 600 words of any entry will require you to procure a daily, monthly, or yearly membership to The Literary Encyclopedia (which, if I do say so myself, is a good reference source for literature, philosophy, and other academic topics). The Encyclopedia entries are:
Biographical sketch: W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) (June 2005).
Profile of Du Bois' The Philadelphia Negro,
1899 (March 2006).
Profile of Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk, 1903 (June 2005).
Profile of Du Bois' The Negro, 1915 (October 2006).
Profile of Du Bois' Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil, 1920 (September 2005).
On academic matters, I can be contacted via .
My online vita includes more details of my research, as well as my teaching experience and other college-related matters.
My journal publications on Du Bois include:
"The Early Social Science of W.E.B. Du Bois." [Abstract; Issue TOC]
"W.E.B. Du Bois and His Social-Scientific Research: A Review of Online Texts." Sociation Today, 3:2 (Fall 2005). "W.E.B. Du Bois and the Socio-Political Structures of Education." The Negro Educational Review, 55:1 (January 2004): 9-26. I have written several entries for the
Biographical sketch: W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) (June 2005).Profile of Du Bois' The Philadelphia Negro,1899 (March 2006).
Profile of Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk, 1903 (June 2005).
Profile of Du Bois' The Negro, 1915 (October 2006).
Profile of Du Bois' Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil, 1920 (September 2005).
On academic matters, I can be contacted via .