First Annual Division of Diversity and Community Engagement Lecture

Professor Hanes Walton, Jr. received his Ph.D. from Howard University and is currently in the Political Science Department at the University of Michigan. He also holds positions as Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Political Studies and as faculty member in the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies.



Professor Walton's principal areas of interest, at the moment, are African American Politics, presidential elections, and public policy. His current book (due