ALEX MOFFETT-BATEAU, PHD. 2025 Anna Julia Cooper Outstanding Publication Award
Alex Moffett-Bateau (she/they) holds a Ph.D in political science from the University of Chicago and BA in political science and African American studies from the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor. She is an Assistant Professor of political science at John Jay College, City University of New York.
Their research and writing focus on extra-systemic and subversive politics. Professor Moffett-Bateau’s book, Redefining the Political: Black Feminism and the Politics of Everyday Life, was published by Temple University Press in 2024. In Redefining the Political Dr. MB argues, in order to accurately capture the political engagement of Black women living in poverty in the U.S., a fundamental expansion and redefinition of what is considered, “political” is needed.
Dr. Moffett-Bateau was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at UConn as a part of the Collaborative for Equity Through Research on Women and Girls of Color. Other awards include, the BRES Research Faculty Fellowship as part of the BRES Collaboration Hub at the CUNY Graduate Center. Prior to her arrival in New York Dr. Moffett-Bateau was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow of the University of Virginia Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Virginia Carter G. Woodson Center.
INDIA LENEAR 2025 JoAnn Gibson Robinson Dissertation Writing Award
India S. Lenear is a fifth-year ABD Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University. India's work broadly studies Women and politics, Black Politics, and American Politics. Her work focuses on Black Women's politics, Black politics, and Black feminism(s)/Womanism. Her research examines Black women's political behavior, ideology, and participation through Black feminist theoretical lenses. Her dissertation examines Black women's ideological self-identification, beliefs, and attitudes through mixed methods and its effect within formal and informal political spheres.
India is a member of the American Political Science Association's Committee on the Status of Graduate Students as of Fall 2024. She is a proud alumna of North Carolina Central University, graduating magna cum laude in 2018. India's preferred pronouns are she/her/hers.