Marcus Johnson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3846077 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcus Johnson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcus |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnson |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9723-1515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality
The colonial origins of development paradigm have generated important explanations for unequal development in the Global South. Through a review of four recently published books, I critique the colonial origins framework to highlight its limitations. I first critique the colonial origins paradigm for its empirical focus on variation among formerly colonized countries, which obscures the large-scale and enduring inequalities between states in the …
Integrating the Thirdspace Movement Model Into Elementary Physical Education: Practical Strategies for Inclusivity and Engagement
The Thirdspace Movement Model builds on critical theory to create an inclusive, reflective approach to physical education. This article highlights how the Model can address common challenges in engaging diverse learners, fostering inclusivity, and promoting critical reflection
Land Titling, Race, and Political Violence: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Under what conditions do reforms prompt violent counterreform? Reform threatens elite interests in structurally unequal societies, prompting elites to use their power to counter reform. Although the existing literature demonstrates the material logic of counterreform, the authors build on critical race theory to argue that elites are more likely to target reforms meant for racially marginalized beneficiaries. The authors test this argument using …
Reducing Racial Asymmetries in the Survey Overestimation of Voter Turnout
Research has consistently demonstrated that Black respondents are more likely than their White counterparts to overstate their plans or previous decisions to vote. We propose that by using a single question regarding turnout intention and candidate preference (rather than the typical approach of using two separate questions), survey researchers can reduce these racial asymmetries. The reason, we suggest, is that doing so encourages Black responde…
Los nadies y las nadies: The Effect of Peacebuilding on Political Behavior in Colombia
How do peacebuilding institutions affect political behavior? This article studies the historic victory of the Colombian left in the 2022 presidential elections in light of the implementation of local peacebuilding programs through the 2016 Peace Accords. Using a quasi-experimental design, we show that the Development Plans with a Territorial Focus (PDET), a central component of the 2016 Peace Accords between the government and the FARC, increased…
The Thirdspace Movement Model for Inclusion and Social Justice in Physical Education
This article introduces the concept of a new curricular model that addresses these issues through the body. The Thirdspace Movement Model can be integrated in K-12 Physical Education in coordination with other models. The Thirdspace Movement Model creates an environment where students practice movements and engage in critical discourse that address embodied identity. Through movements, the model fosters; 1) self-awareness which can lead to self-i…
Dynamics of Polarizing Rhetoric in Congressional Tweets
Affective polarization is pervasive in modern US politics, and can be intensified by strategic messaging from members of Congress. But there are gaps in our knowledge of the dynamics of polarizing appeals from elected representatives on social media. We explore the usage of polarizing rhetoric by members of Congress on Twitter using the 4.9 million tweets sent by members of Congress from 2009 to 2020, coded for the presence of polarizing rhetoric…
Incivility in Congressional Tweets
Civility in political discourse is often thought to be necessary for deliberation and a healthy democracy. However, incivility is on the rise in political discourse in the United States—even from members of Congress—suggesting that political incivility may in fact be a tool to be used strategically. When and why, then, do members of Congress use incivility in their rhetoric? We develop and test expectations for the usage of political incivility b…
Fluidity, Phenotype and Afro-Latin Group Consciousness
Racial fluidity and mixed phenotype have been posited as critical barriers to politicized black identity in the region. Using an original, survey experiment in Panama, this paper finds that racial fluidity and phenotype significantly affect who identifies as black, but have relatively little impact on the strength of measures of black group consciousness. Rather than reducing the strength of group consciousness all together, racial fluidity and p…
Black cultural studies is intersectionality
This article argues that Black cultural studies must be understood as an intersectional intervention of praxis. Grounding our field in the past, speaking from the present, and projecting to the future, we examine the transformational influence that Black feminist theory has had on cultural studies, from Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s defense of 2 Live Crew, to the #SayHerName and Protect Black Women rally and marches
Electoral Discrimination: The Relationship between Skin Color and Vote Buying in Latin America
Under what conditions do elections produce racially discriminatory outcomes? This article proposes electoral discrimination as an electoral mechanism for racial marginalization in indigenous and Afro-descendant Latin America. Electoral discrimination occurs when voters are mobilized under differential terms of electoral inclusion based on their observable characteristics. Using the 2010–2014 rounds of the AmericasBarometer and a conjoint experime…
Teaching Ferguson: Can #BlackLivesMatter in the Neoliberal University
In the wake of protests following the nonindictments of police for the killing of unarmed African Americans in Ferguson and elsewhere, schools across North America created courses discussing historical and contemporary events leading up to these deaths and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The authors created and taught such a course during the winter of 2015; this article reflects on our experience and places it within the context of neoliberal hi…
Effects of noun phrase type on sentence complexity
Dynamics of Polarizing Rhetoric in Congressional Tweets
Affective polarization is pervasive in modern US politics, and can be intensified by strategic messaging from members of Congress. But there are gaps in our knowledge of the dynamics of polarizing appeals from elected representatives on social media. We explore the usage of polarizing rhetoric by members of Congress on Twitter using the 4.9 million tweets sent by members of Congress from 2009 to 2020, coded for the presence of polarizing rhetoric…
Electoral Discrimination: The Relationship between Skin Color and Vote Buying in Latin America
Under what conditions do elections produce racially discriminatory outcomes? This article proposes electoral discrimination as an electoral mechanism for racial marginalization in indigenous and Afro-descendant Latin America. Electoral discrimination occurs when voters are mobilized under differential terms of electoral inclusion based on their observable characteristics. Using the 2010–2014 rounds of the AmericasBarometer and a conjoint experime…
Incivility in Congressional Tweets
Civility in political discourse is often thought to be necessary for deliberation and a healthy democracy. However, incivility is on the rise in political discourse in the United States—even from members of Congress—suggesting that political incivility may in fact be a tool to be used strategically. When and why, then, do members of Congress use incivility in their rhetoric? We develop and test expectations for the usage of political incivility b…
Los nadies y las nadies: The Effect of Peacebuilding on Political Behavior in Colombia
How do peacebuilding institutions affect political behavior? This article studies the historic victory of the Colombian left in the 2022 presidential elections in light of the implementation of local peacebuilding programs through the 2016 Peace Accords. Using a quasi-experimental design, we show that the Development Plans with a Territorial Focus (PDET), a central component of the 2016 Peace Accords between the government and the FARC, increased…
Land Titling, Race, and Political Violence: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Under what conditions do reforms prompt violent counterreform? Reform threatens elite interests in structurally unequal societies, prompting elites to use their power to counter reform. Although the existing literature demonstrates the material logic of counterreform, the authors build on critical race theory to argue that elites are more likely to target reforms meant for racially marginalized beneficiaries. The authors test this argument using …
Reducing Racial Asymmetries in the Survey Overestimation of Voter Turnout
Research has consistently demonstrated that Black respondents are more likely than their White counterparts to overstate their plans or previous decisions to vote. We propose that by using a single question regarding turnout intention and candidate preference (rather than the typical approach of using two separate questions), survey researchers can reduce these racial asymmetries. The reason, we suggest, is that doing so encourages Black responde…
Effects of noun phrase type on sentence complexity
Teaching Ferguson: Can #BlackLivesMatter in the Neoliberal University
In the wake of protests following the nonindictments of police for the killing of unarmed African Americans in Ferguson and elsewhere, schools across North America created courses discussing historical and contemporary events leading up to these deaths and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The authors created and taught such a course during the winter of 2015; this article reflects on our experience and places it within the context of neoliberal hi…
Fluidity, Phenotype and Afro-Latin Group Consciousness
Racial fluidity and mixed phenotype have been posited as critical barriers to politicized black identity in the region. Using an original, survey experiment in Panama, this paper finds that racial fluidity and phenotype significantly affect who identifies as black, but have relatively little impact on the strength of measures of black group consciousness. Rather than reducing the strength of group consciousness all together, racial fluidity and p…
Black cultural studies is intersectionality
This article argues that Black cultural studies must be understood as an intersectional intervention of praxis. Grounding our field in the past, speaking from the present, and projecting to the future, we examine the transformational influence that Black feminist theory has had on cultural studies, from Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s defense of 2 Live Crew, to the #SayHerName and Protect Black Women rally and marches
Electoral Discrimination: The Relationship between Skin Color and Vote Buying in Latin America
Under what conditions do elections produce racially discriminatory outcomes? This article proposes electoral discrimination as an electoral mechanism for racial marginalization in indigenous and Afro-descendant Latin America. Electoral discrimination occurs when voters are mobilized under differential terms of electoral inclusion based on their observable characteristics. Using the 2010–2014 rounds of the AmericasBarometer and a conjoint experime…
Incivility in Congressional Tweets
Civility in political discourse is often thought to be necessary for deliberation and a healthy democracy. However, incivility is on the rise in political discourse in the United States—even from members of Congress—suggesting that political incivility may in fact be a tool to be used strategically. When and why, then, do members of Congress use incivility in their rhetoric? We develop and test expectations for the usage of political incivility b…
The Thirdspace Movement Model for Inclusion and Social Justice in Physical Education
This article introduces the concept of a new curricular model that addresses these issues through the body. The Thirdspace Movement Model can be integrated in K-12 Physical Education in coordination with other models. The Thirdspace Movement Model creates an environment where students practice movements and engage in critical discourse that address embodied identity. Through movements, the model fosters; 1) self-awareness which can lead to self-i…
Dynamics of Polarizing Rhetoric in Congressional Tweets
Affective polarization is pervasive in modern US politics, and can be intensified by strategic messaging from members of Congress. But there are gaps in our knowledge of the dynamics of polarizing appeals from elected representatives on social media. We explore the usage of polarizing rhetoric by members of Congress on Twitter using the 4.9 million tweets sent by members of Congress from 2009 to 2020, coded for the presence of polarizing rhetoric…
Reducing Racial Asymmetries in the Survey Overestimation of Voter Turnout
Research has consistently demonstrated that Black respondents are more likely than their White counterparts to overstate their plans or previous decisions to vote. We propose that by using a single question regarding turnout intention and candidate preference (rather than the typical approach of using two separate questions), survey researchers can reduce these racial asymmetries. The reason, we suggest, is that doing so encourages Black responde…
Los nadies y las nadies: The Effect of Peacebuilding on Political Behavior in Colombia
How do peacebuilding institutions affect political behavior? This article studies the historic victory of the Colombian left in the 2022 presidential elections in light of the implementation of local peacebuilding programs through the 2016 Peace Accords. Using a quasi-experimental design, we show that the Development Plans with a Territorial Focus (PDET), a central component of the 2016 Peace Accords between the government and the FARC, increased…
Integrating the Thirdspace Movement Model Into Elementary Physical Education: Practical Strategies for Inclusivity and Engagement
The Thirdspace Movement Model builds on critical theory to create an inclusive, reflective approach to physical education. This article highlights how the Model can address common challenges in engaging diverse learners, fostering inclusivity, and promoting critical reflection
Land Titling, Race, and Political Violence: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Under what conditions do reforms prompt violent counterreform? Reform threatens elite interests in structurally unequal societies, prompting elites to use their power to counter reform. Although the existing literature demonstrates the material logic of counterreform, the authors build on critical race theory to argue that elites are more likely to target reforms meant for racially marginalized beneficiaries. The authors test this argument using …
Reassessing Colonial Origins: A Decolonial Review of Four Books on Global Inequality
The colonial origins of development paradigm have generated important explanations for unequal development in the Global South. Through a review of four recently published books, I critique the colonial origins framework to highlight its limitations. I first critique the colonial origins paradigm for its empirical focus on variation among formerly colonized countries, which obscures the large-scale and enduring inequalities between states in the …
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