Lester Spence is an assistant professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. His specialties include racial politics, black politics, urban politics, public opinion and political behavior. His work has appeared in the National Political Science Review, the Dubois Review, the American Journal of Political Science, Political Research Quarterly, as well as in the Washington Post, NPR and Africana.com. He is at work on a book on hip-hop and black politics.
