Research Interests
Selected Publications from Professor Harris-Perry
- Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Yale University Press
- Barbershops,
Bibles, and B.E.T: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought
Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Winner: 2005 W.E.B DuBois Book Award from National Conference
of Black Political Scientists and
2005 Best Book Award from the Race and Ethnic Politics Section of the
American Political Science Association.
- Political
Science and the Study of African American Public Opinion. 2007
African American Perspectives on Political
Science . Wilbur Rich: Editor. Temple University Press.
- Do
You Know what it Means.Mapping Emotion in the Aftermath of
Katrina
Souls . Volume 9, Number 1. 2007.
- Righteous
Politics: The Role of the Black Church in Contemporary Politics
Cross Currents . Volume 57, Number
2. 2007.
- Old Friends and New Alliances: How the 2004 Illinois Senate
Race Complicates the Study of Race and Religion.
With Jane Junn.
Journal of Black Studies 2007 38: 30-50
- Liberation
to Mutual Fund: The Political Consequences of Differing Notions of Christ
in the African American Church
2007. Chapter in edited volume, From Pews to Polling Places:
Political Mobilization in the American Religious Mosaic , J.
Matthew Wilson: Editor. Georgetown University Press.
- Contributions
of Black Women in Political Science to a More Just World
Politics and Gender. December 2005.
- African
American Political Ideology
Encyclopedia of
African-American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the
Americas . Colin Palmer (editor). December 2005.
- Good Times?
Understanding African American Misperceptions of Racial Economic Fortunes
Journal of Black Studies.
Volume 35, Number 5. With Bethany Albertson.
- The Heart
of the Politics of Race: Centering Black People in the Study of White Racial
Attitudes
Journal of Black Studies.
Volume 34, Number 2.
- No
Place to Rest: African American Political Attitudes and the Myth of Black
Women's Strength
Women and Politics. Volume 23. Issue 3.
- Broken Glass: A Community Impact Study of the Chihuly Exhibit on Garfield Park, Chicago.
- Politics of Hurricane Katrina