Ronald Brown

Faculty Profile

Professor
aa4723@wayne.edu

Department

Political Science

Phone

313-577-2630

Fax

313-993-3435

Office

656 West Kirby St.
2013 Faculty/Administration Building

News mentions

Selected publications

  • Ronald E. Brown, Davin Phoenix, and James S. Jackson, “Turning the Wheels: Striving and Black American Social Identity in the 21st Century”, National Political Science Review, A Publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Volume 20.2, pp.129-148. 2019
  • R. Khari Brown, Edward Eschler, Ronald E. Brown, "Political Congregations, Race, & Environmental Policy Attitudes," Manuscript ID JSSR-OA-08-2019-179, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, (Accepted for publication, August 2020)
  • R. Khari Brown, Ronald E. Brown, Angela Kaiser, Race, Religious Tradition, and Environmental Conservation, Race, Religious Tradition, and Environmental Conservation, Sociology of Religion, sraa028, https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sraa028, September 22, 2020
  • R. Khari Brown, Ronald Brown, and James S. Jackson, Race, Religion and Politics in America, University of Michigan Press
  • R. Khari Brown, Ronald E. Brown, and James S. Jackson, Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics, Ann Arbor, University Press, 2021
  • R. Khari Brown and Ronald E. Brown, “What Americans hear about Social Justice at church-and what they do about it.” November 18, 2021. https://theconversation.com/what-americans-hear-about-social-justice-at-church-and-what they-do-about-it-168713
  • R. Khari Brown, Berkley Franz, and Ronald E. Brown, “Religious and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions”. Conditional Acceptance, Decision on Manuscript ID USFO-2022- 0013.R1Sociological Focus, September 2022
  • Ronald E. Brown and R. Khari Brown, Book Talk: Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics, by R. Khari Brown, Ronald E. Brown, and James S. Jackson, (2021, University of Michigan Press) Response to Calvin E. Smidt. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion, Volume 18, Article 9, ISSN 1556-3723, August 2022

Research Description

Professor Brown teaches classes in African-American Politics, Parties and Elections, Public Opinion and in American Politics. His publications include "The Effects of Religious Messages on Racial Identity and System Blame Among African Americans" (Journal of Politics, 1995) "Political Action" in James S. Jackson's Life in Black America (Sage, 1991), "Severity of Conditions, Racial Identification and Voting Among the Black Elderly (with R. Nacoste) in Roles and Resources of the Black Elderly , and "Racial Belief Systems, Religious Guidance, and African American Political Participation" (with Dawson and Allen) in The National Political Science Review. Professor Brown's current research is in the area of racial differences, and the influence of age and social learning on perceptions of African American political influence. Professor Brown was awarded the Probus Club Academic Achievement Award for Social Sciences and Humanities in 1994.

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