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Russell Benjamin
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Russell Benjamin
Associate Professor
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Office: CLS 2079
Phone: (773) 442-4776
Email: r-benjamin@neiu.edu
Professor Benjamin's Vita |
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Education |
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Ph.D., University of Florida, 1996
M.A., University of Florida, 1991
B.A., University of South Carolina, 1985 |
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Research and Teaching Interests |
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Dr. Benjamin’s research focuses upon the politics of race in the United States, especially as they intersect with entrepreneurship, consumerism, and the U.S. policy toward the Caribbean. Dr. Benjamin is currently completing a book with Edwin Mellen Press, African Americans and the Caribbean: Recent Political Considerations. Along with Dr. Gregory Hall, he is considering a book contract offer for their co-edited book, Eternal Colonialism. Dr. Benjamin is also seeking to publish a book manuscript, The Politics of Black Commerce: Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, Florida. He has also published three book reviews, with another forthcoming. His teaching area includes African American and American Minority Politics, Minority Economic Development, Politics of Poverty, and Political Gerontology. |
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Selected Publications and Conference Participations |
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Conrad, Cecilia A., John Whitehead, Patrick Mason, and James Stewart (eds). 2005. African Americans in the U.S. Economy (Rowman & Littlefield). Reviewed in The Journal of Race and Policy 2 (2006): 91-94.
Watson, Alan D. 2005. African Americans in Early North Carolina: A Documentary History (N.C. Office of Archives and History). Reviewed in The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians 14 (2006): 118-121.
Nussbaum, Martha C. 1997. Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (Harvard University Press). Reviewed in National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Journal 4 (2001): 65-66.
"Aging and Politics: The Case of Indian River County, Florida." 1995. The Political Chronicle 7: 8-16.
“Socioeconomic Factors in the Development of Civil Rights Groups.” Florida Education Fund Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (forthcoming). African Americans and the Caribbean: Recent Political Considerations. Forthcoming, with Edwin Mellen Press.
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