Adolphus G. Belk Jr.

Adolphus G. Belk, Jr. is a political analyst and professor of political science and African American studies.[1][2] He was born in New York to Mrs. Azalia Belk and Mr. Adolphus Belk, Sr. He currently teaches at Winthrop University with a focus on issues of race and politics.[3][4] He also specializes in the "prison-industrial complex."[5][6] He is a political commentator and has published in periodicals such as Time and Democrat.[7] He was a guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Race and Policy, in which he published twice.[3]

Career

He was a double major, receiving a B.A. in African American Studies and a B.A. in Political Science from Syracuse University. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Maryland.

Publications

Guest editor
  • Journal of Race and Policy - 2008

Published works
  • “Peanuts, Pigs, Trash and Prisons: The Politics of Punishment in the Old Dominion and Sussex County,”[6]
  • A New Generation of Native Sons: Men of Color and the Prison-Industrial Complex, The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute - 2006 [8]
  • Making It Plain : Deconstructing the Politics of the American Prison-Industrial Complex (thesis) - 2003[9]

TV appearances
  • "Do South Carolina Primaries Foreshadow Shifting Political Priorities?"[10] PBS, 2006, (himself)

References
  1. "Archives - Houston Chronicle". Chron.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. Seelye, Katharine Q. (14 October 2007). "Clinton-Obama Quandary for Many Black Women". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. Winthrop University - Dr. Adolphus G. Belk, Jr Archived June 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Candidates Exchange Jabs at Democratic Debate". Npr.org. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. The Sentencing Project Clearinghouse Data - A New Generation of Native Sons: Men of Color & the Prison-Industrial Complex Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "The Courier Online News&Notes - Volume 34, No. 12 - June 10, 2005". www.odu.edu. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  7. "Blacks moving away from Clinton to Obama, poll shows". Thetandd.com. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Belk, Adolphus G (19 August 2017). Making it plain: deconstructing the politics of the American prison-industrial complex. Open WorldCat. OCLC 85589565. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  10. "Do South Carolina Primaries Foreshadow Shifting Political Priorities? | PBS NewsHour | June 23, 2010 | PBS". PBS. Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
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