Sarita McCoy Gregory is a CSMP (Consortium for Strong Minority Presence) Post-Doctoral Fellow in the department of Political Science (Ph.D., University of Chicago). Sarita received her B.S. in Political Science with honors from Tuskegee University.
She is currently working on a book entitled Improvising Politics: Citizen Engagement in an Age of Democratic Disappointment which proposes improvisation as a post-deliberative mechanism for democratic engagement and decision-making. Using the cases of Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. and the 2005 suburban insurgency in Paris, she offers an interpretive analysis of ways that citizens engage politically when they perceive themselves to be socially isolated and abandoned.
She specializes in the study of race and American political thought, ancient and contemporary political theory, African American political thought, education and democratic theory. Dr. Gregory's substantive research interests include the study of citizenship and transnational identities, African American political thought, and urban education policy reform. Her interests also include urban community studies and qualitative research methods.
She currently teaches American Political Thought, Black Political Thought, and Democratic Engagement. At the University of Chicago, she taught Black Popular Culture and Problems of Citizenship.
For additional information, see a copy of Professor Gregory's curriculum vitae.
