Title
Associate Professor of Politics
African and Afro-American Studies
History
Politics
Expertise
American political development. History of race policy and politics. The presidency. Wartime politics. Time and constitutions.
Profile
Current scholarship concerns the relationship between police and democracy in American history; temporal configurations in the American constitution, the causes and consequences of law enforcement patterns in the US South; and qualitative and historical methods.
Degrees
New School for Social Research, Ph.D.
New School for Social Research, M.A.
George Washington University, B.A.
Contact
| Email: | kryder@brandeis.edu |
| Phone: | 781-736-2778 |
| Office: | Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 107 |
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Scholar - West Bank (2010)
National Science Foundation Collaborative Research Grant - Anti-Civil Rights Networks (2010)
Visiting Fellow, Charles Warren Center for American History (2006)
Courses Taught
| GSAS | 301d | Interdisciplinary Prospectus Seminar |
| POL | 108a | Social Movements in American Politics |
| POL | 108aj | The Police and Social Movements in American Politics |
| POL | 113b | The American Presidency |
| POL | 124a | The Politics of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. |
| POL | 154aj | Seminar: Citizenship |
| POL | 192b | Seminar: Topics in Law and Political Theory |
| POL | 212a | Graduate Seminar: Research Methods and Methodology |
| POL | 215a | Graduate Seminar: American Political Development |
| POL | 215b | Graduate Seminar: Advanced Topics in American Politics |
| POL | 340d | Proseminar |
| SYS | 1c | How Do We Know What We Know? |
| USEM | 5a | The Police and Politics in the Sixties and Now |
Scholarship
