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Candis Watts Smith

Associate Professor of Political Science & African American Studies, Penn State

Candis Watts Smith is Associate Professor of Political Science & African American Studies. She is the author of three books and co-editor of another together. The most recent publications are Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter (NYU Press, 2019) and Racial Stasis: The Millennial Generation and the Stagnation of Racial Attitudes in American Politics (U of Chicago Press, 2020). Taken together, Smith is an expert in American politics, racial & ethnic politics, and social policy & inequality. She has written in academic scholarly journals as well as for outlets such as the Washington Post, and has presented at TEDx.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor of Political Science & African American Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Education

  • 2011 
    Penn State University, Political Science, African American Studies