Conversations w/ Professor Michelle Smith

Assistant Professor of Political Science - Barnard College
Michelle-Renée Smith, assistant professor of political science, joined Barnard’s faculty on July 1, 2011.  She teaches courses on political theory, and on politics and race. Professor Smith’s current research centers on contemporary democratic theory, in particular the changing parameters of democratic inclusion in a post-national world. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's and Alain Locke, one of its most original thinkers, are of special interest. Professor Smith academic focus includes: Political Theory: Contemporary democratic theory; Black political thought; theories & critiques of identity; critical theory; history of political thought. American Politics: Race & equality in political institutions.

TITLE:  "Freedom and Lyric Poetry": Platonic Themes in teh Literary Criticism of Politics of Alain Lock"

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