Professor Desmond King
About
Professor Desmond King is one of the world’s leading scholars of US government and politics, holding an endowed Chair in US Politics at the University of Oxford as well as being a recent visitor to Yale and NYU universities.
Professor King is the author of 12 books about American politics (for further details visit: Desmond King - Nuffield College Oxford University) and is a frequent op-ed contributor to media such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and Financial Times.
Scholarly achievement is recognized by election as an international member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society etc (further details about fellowships and distinctions available here).
Expertise
- All aspects of US politics and government including the following:
- The presidency
- Race and civil rights / Black politics
- Elections
- Foreign policy
- Political parties and leadership
- Supreme Court
- Congress
Selected publications
- Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic (2021)
- Racial Reparations against White Protectionism: America's New Racial Politics (2021)
- COVID-19: A Crisis of Borders (2021)
- The Racialized Pandemic: Wave One of COVID-19 and the Reproduction of Global North Inequalities (2021)
- Illiberalism (2021)
- “The Latter-Day General Grant”: Forceful Federal Power and Civil Rights (2020)
- Racial Pay Parity in the Public Sector: The Overlooked Role of Employee Mobilization (2020)
- White Protectionism in America (2020)
Media experience
Professor Desmond King is a frequent op-ed contributor to media such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and Financial Times.
