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Biography
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William T. Hoston, Ph.D., is Convener for the Political Science program and Assistant
Professor in the School of Human Sciences and Humanities. He teaches courses in
American Political Institutions and Urban and Minority politics. Dr. Hoston’s research examines areas of minority voting behavior, political behavior of African-American politicians, and race and minority group behavior. His dissertation entitled, “African-
American Legislators Post-Katrina: Race, Representation, and Voting Rights Issues in the
Louisiana House” explored the scope and nature of African-American representation in
Louisiana in the post-Hurricane Katrina period. This dissertation was nominated for the
Best Dissertation award in the Race, Politics, and Ethnicity section of the APSA 2008 annual meeting. His research has appeared in the American Review of Politics , Journal of Southern Studies, Journal of College Orientation and Transition and Journal of Black
Studies . Dr. Hoston has several articles under review and is currently working on two book projects: The End of Black Empowerment in New Orleans: 1978-
2010 and Black Dot in a White World: Conversations with Black Men in the 21st
Century.
Education
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Ph.D., Political Science, University of New Orleans, December 2007
Major Field: American Political Institutions
Minor Field: Urban and Minority Politics
M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1998
Masters Area Paper: Gangsta Rap: Promoter of Violence or Form of Cultural Resistance?
Completed Coursework for the Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 1998-2000
B.G.S., General Studies, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 1997
Additional Study (i.e. post docs or special post-graduate study)
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) Ann Arbor, MI,
Summer 2004 Courses: Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Regression, and Time-Series
Analysis.
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Teaching Areas
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American Political Institutions
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Urban and Minority Politics
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American Political Behavior
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Criminology and Criminal Justice
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African-American History and Culture
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Minority Group Behavior
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Political Behavior of Minority Politicians
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Professional Affiliations
American Political Science Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
National Conference of Black Political Scientist
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Course Links
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Http://www.wthoston.com