Cathy J Cohen
Biographic Data
| ID | 183560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cathy J Cohen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cathy J |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She is the author of Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics (2010) and The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics (1999). She is the Principal Investigator for the Black Youth Project and the Mobilization, Change, and Political and Civic Engagement Project |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1282 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Beyond the Ballot Box
Political scientist Hakeem Jefferson (Stanford University) facilitated a discussion about race, policing, and the state of American democracy with fellow political scientists Cathy J. Cohen (University of Chicago), Yanilda M. González (Harvard Kennedy School), Rebecca U. Thorpe (University of Washington), and Vesla M. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) on May 26, 2021. The conversation occurred a year after George Perry Floyd Jr., a 46-year-old Bl…
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Black Sexuality, Indigenous Moral Panics, and Respectability
Reconceptualizing Political Knowledge
What is political knowledge? We argue that the traditional measure of political knowledge is limited, as it represents one domain of facts that people should know about American politics. This domain of knowledge is rooted in the liberal-democratic face of the state and neglects other political knowledge generated from the carceral face of the state. We argue that knowledge of carceral violence, especially against African Americans, represents a …
Ask a Feminist
Herein, Sarah J. Jackson interviews Cathy J. Cohen on the potentials for feminist theory in racial justice movements. Topics addressed include the barriers and bridges between activists and academics, the unique ways in which race and gender intersect in state violence, challenges for feminist academics of color engaged in activism, and the shape of the #BlackLivesMatter movement
Obama, Neoliberalism, and the 2012 Election
On May 9, 2012 President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. It was the first time a sitting president in the United States had made such a declaration. His new stance in support of same-sex marriage marked an evolution in President Obama's position. The President's new stand on same-sex marriage also re-ignited a debate or complaint heard repeatedly in black communities regarding the administration's willingness to respond …
Millennials & the Myth of the Post-Racial Society
According to some academics and journalists, once the “millennials” dominate the political arena, many of the thorny social issues that have caused great debate and consternation among the American public will be resolved. This line of reasoning suggests that young people who embrace and personify a more inclusive society will eventually take over both policy-making and thought leadership, moving both in a more liberal direction. Yet data from th…
Democracy remixed
While Barack Obama's victory led many to believe that America's racial divide had significantly narrowed, if not been eliminated, the facts belie this. Black youth today continue to be plagued by low levels of employment, high levels of incarceration, and a profound lack of trust in the government and broader political community. Yet discussions of why this is have been largely anecdotal, often putting the blame on black youth themselves--even wh…
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Black Queer Studies
While over the past decade a number of scholars have done significant work on questions of black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered identities, this volume is the first to collect this groundbreaking work and make black queer studies visible as a developing field of study in the United States. Bringing together essays by established and emergent scholars, this collection assesses the strengths and weaknesses of prior work on race and sexua…
Apsa Task Force on Graduate Education
In spring 2002, APSA President-Elect Theda Skocpol appointed this Task Force on Graduate Education, representing a variety of institutions, political science subfields, scholarly backgrounds, and methodological viewpoints. She asked its members to report on ways to strengthen graduate education in political science. The Task Force quickly concluded that no single structure of graduate training could be appropriate for the wide range of institutio…
Long March Ahead
Contributors: Cathy J. Cohen Megan McLaughlin Columba Aham Nnorum Michael Leo Owens Desiree Pedescleaux Barbara D. Savage R. Drew Smith Emilie Townes Christopher Winship
Deviance as Resistance
This paper explores the possibility of constructing a field of investigation based in African American Studies and borrowing from queer theory and Black feminist analysis that is centered around the experiences of those who stand on the (out)side of state-sanctioned, normalized, White, middle- and upper-class, male heterosexuality. This would entail a paradigmatic shift in how scholars of Black politics and more broadly African American Studies t…
Educational Attainment and Sex Differentials in African American Communities
The authors review and analyze the educational progress made by African Americans, paying special attention to differences in the educational attainment of Black women and men. Increasingly, Black women comprise the majority of African Americans enrolled in college and receiving associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. Using aggregate data, the authors explore the feasibility of various explanations both for the declin…
The Boundaries of Blackness
Cathy Cohen's "The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics" examines the complex intersection of race, sexuality, and politics in the United States, focusing on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on Black communities. Cohen argues that traditional Black political organizations often marginalized those affected by AIDS, particularly Black gay men and intravenous drug users, due to homophobia and a focus on respectability pol…
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Research Article| May 01 1997 Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics? Cathy J. Cohen Cathy J. Cohen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1997) 3 (4): 437–465. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3-4-437 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cathy J. Cohen; Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Que…
Neighborhood Poverty and African American Politics
William Wilson and other scholars argue that one of the attributes of devastated neighborhoods is social isolation. We shall explore whether neighborhoods that seem to indicate significant social isolation also foster political isolation. We begin our examination by providing a description of the poor in the samples from the 1989 Detroit Area Study. We then turn our attention toward analyzing the effects of neighborhood poverty on African-America…
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Research Article| May 01 1997 Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics? Cathy J. Cohen Cathy J. Cohen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1997) 3 (4): 437–465. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3-4-437 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cathy J. Cohen; Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Que…
The Boundaries of Blackness
Cathy Cohen's "The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics" examines the complex intersection of race, sexuality, and politics in the United States, focusing on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on Black communities. Cohen argues that traditional Black political organizations often marginalized those affected by AIDS, particularly Black gay men and intravenous drug users, due to homophobia and a focus on respectability pol…
Deviance as Resistance
This paper explores the possibility of constructing a field of investigation based in African American Studies and borrowing from queer theory and Black feminist analysis that is centered around the experiences of those who stand on the (out)side of state-sanctioned, normalized, White, middle- and upper-class, male heterosexuality. This would entail a paradigmatic shift in how scholars of Black politics and more broadly African American Studies t…
Neighborhood Poverty and African American Politics
William Wilson and other scholars argue that one of the attributes of devastated neighborhoods is social isolation. We shall explore whether neighborhoods that seem to indicate significant social isolation also foster political isolation. We begin our examination by providing a description of the poor in the samples from the 1989 Detroit Area Study. We then turn our attention toward analyzing the effects of neighborhood poverty on African-America…
Democracy remixed
While Barack Obama's victory led many to believe that America's racial divide had significantly narrowed, if not been eliminated, the facts belie this. Black youth today continue to be plagued by low levels of employment, high levels of incarceration, and a profound lack of trust in the government and broader political community. Yet discussions of why this is have been largely anecdotal, often putting the blame on black youth themselves--even wh…
Reconceptualizing Political Knowledge
What is political knowledge? We argue that the traditional measure of political knowledge is limited, as it represents one domain of facts that people should know about American politics. This domain of knowledge is rooted in the liberal-democratic face of the state and neglects other political knowledge generated from the carceral face of the state. We argue that knowledge of carceral violence, especially against African Americans, represents a …
Ask a Feminist
Herein, Sarah J. Jackson interviews Cathy J. Cohen on the potentials for feminist theory in racial justice movements. Topics addressed include the barriers and bridges between activists and academics, the unique ways in which race and gender intersect in state violence, challenges for feminist academics of color engaged in activism, and the shape of the #BlackLivesMatter movement
Millennials & the Myth of the Post-Racial Society
According to some academics and journalists, once the “millennials” dominate the political arena, many of the thorny social issues that have caused great debate and consternation among the American public will be resolved. This line of reasoning suggests that young people who embrace and personify a more inclusive society will eventually take over both policy-making and thought leadership, moving both in a more liberal direction. Yet data from th…
Educational Attainment and Sex Differentials in African American Communities
The authors review and analyze the educational progress made by African Americans, paying special attention to differences in the educational attainment of Black women and men. Increasingly, Black women comprise the majority of African Americans enrolled in college and receiving associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. Using aggregate data, the authors explore the feasibility of various explanations both for the declin…
Obama, Neoliberalism, and the 2012 Election
On May 9, 2012 President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. It was the first time a sitting president in the United States had made such a declaration. His new stance in support of same-sex marriage marked an evolution in President Obama's position. The President's new stand on same-sex marriage also re-ignited a debate or complaint heard repeatedly in black communities regarding the administration's willingness to respond …
Beyond the Ballot Box
Political scientist Hakeem Jefferson (Stanford University) facilitated a discussion about race, policing, and the state of American democracy with fellow political scientists Cathy J. Cohen (University of Chicago), Yanilda M. González (Harvard Kennedy School), Rebecca U. Thorpe (University of Washington), and Vesla M. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) on May 26, 2021. The conversation occurred a year after George Perry Floyd Jr., a 46-year-old Bl…
Neighborhood Poverty and African American Politics
William Wilson and other scholars argue that one of the attributes of devastated neighborhoods is social isolation. We shall explore whether neighborhoods that seem to indicate significant social isolation also foster political isolation. We begin our examination by providing a description of the poor in the samples from the 1989 Detroit Area Study. We then turn our attention toward analyzing the effects of neighborhood poverty on African-America…
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Research Article| May 01 1997 Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics? Cathy J. Cohen Cathy J. Cohen Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (1997) 3 (4): 437–465. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3-4-437 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cathy J. Cohen; Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Que…
The Boundaries of Blackness
Cathy Cohen's "The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics" examines the complex intersection of race, sexuality, and politics in the United States, focusing on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on Black communities. Cohen argues that traditional Black political organizations often marginalized those affected by AIDS, particularly Black gay men and intravenous drug users, due to homophobia and a focus on respectability pol…
Educational Attainment and Sex Differentials in African American Communities
The authors review and analyze the educational progress made by African Americans, paying special attention to differences in the educational attainment of Black women and men. Increasingly, Black women comprise the majority of African Americans enrolled in college and receiving associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees. Using aggregate data, the authors explore the feasibility of various explanations both for the declin…
Long March Ahead
Contributors: Cathy J. Cohen Megan McLaughlin Columba Aham Nnorum Michael Leo Owens Desiree Pedescleaux Barbara D. Savage R. Drew Smith Emilie Townes Christopher Winship
Deviance as Resistance
This paper explores the possibility of constructing a field of investigation based in African American Studies and borrowing from queer theory and Black feminist analysis that is centered around the experiences of those who stand on the (out)side of state-sanctioned, normalized, White, middle- and upper-class, male heterosexuality. This would entail a paradigmatic shift in how scholars of Black politics and more broadly African American Studies t…
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Black Queer Studies
While over the past decade a number of scholars have done significant work on questions of black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered identities, this volume is the first to collect this groundbreaking work and make black queer studies visible as a developing field of study in the United States. Bringing together essays by established and emergent scholars, this collection assesses the strengths and weaknesses of prior work on race and sexua…
Apsa Task Force on Graduate Education
In spring 2002, APSA President-Elect Theda Skocpol appointed this Task Force on Graduate Education, representing a variety of institutions, political science subfields, scholarly backgrounds, and methodological viewpoints. She asked its members to report on ways to strengthen graduate education in political science. The Task Force quickly concluded that no single structure of graduate training could be appropriate for the wide range of institutio…
Democracy remixed
While Barack Obama's victory led many to believe that America's racial divide had significantly narrowed, if not been eliminated, the facts belie this. Black youth today continue to be plagued by low levels of employment, high levels of incarceration, and a profound lack of trust in the government and broader political community. Yet discussions of why this is have been largely anecdotal, often putting the blame on black youth themselves--even wh…
Millennials & the Myth of the Post-Racial Society
According to some academics and journalists, once the “millennials” dominate the political arena, many of the thorny social issues that have caused great debate and consternation among the American public will be resolved. This line of reasoning suggests that young people who embrace and personify a more inclusive society will eventually take over both policy-making and thought leadership, moving both in a more liberal direction. Yet data from th…
Obama, Neoliberalism, and the 2012 Election
On May 9, 2012 President Barack Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. It was the first time a sitting president in the United States had made such a declaration. His new stance in support of same-sex marriage marked an evolution in President Obama's position. The President's new stand on same-sex marriage also re-ignited a debate or complaint heard repeatedly in black communities regarding the administration's willingness to respond …
Ask a Feminist
Herein, Sarah J. Jackson interviews Cathy J. Cohen on the potentials for feminist theory in racial justice movements. Topics addressed include the barriers and bridges between activists and academics, the unique ways in which race and gender intersect in state violence, challenges for feminist academics of color engaged in activism, and the shape of the #BlackLivesMatter movement
Black Sexuality, Indigenous Moral Panics, and Respectability
Reconceptualizing Political Knowledge
What is political knowledge? We argue that the traditional measure of political knowledge is limited, as it represents one domain of facts that people should know about American politics. This domain of knowledge is rooted in the liberal-democratic face of the state and neglects other political knowledge generated from the carceral face of the state. We argue that knowledge of carceral violence, especially against African Americans, represents a …
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens
Beyond the Ballot Box
Political scientist Hakeem Jefferson (Stanford University) facilitated a discussion about race, policing, and the state of American democracy with fellow political scientists Cathy J. Cohen (University of Chicago), Yanilda M. González (Harvard Kennedy School), Rebecca U. Thorpe (University of Washington), and Vesla M. Weaver (Johns Hopkins University) on May 26, 2021. The conversation occurred a year after George Perry Floyd Jr., a 46-year-old Bl…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Welfare (5 works) · Criminology (4 works)