Congratulations to Michael Hanchard, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies and LALS affiliated faculty, who was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Congratulations to Michael Hanchard, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies and LALS affiliated faculty, who was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Michael Hanchard is the Gustav C. Kuemmerle Professor of Africana Studies at The University of Pennsylvania, 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 most recent book is The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy.
(Princeton, 2018)