2020 NCID Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan
About
Sy Stokes is a postdoctoral fellow for the National Center for Institutional Diversity. His primary research is focused on campus racial climates during the Trump presidency. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA in African American studies and earned his master's degree in higher education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Current Work:
Sy Stokes' research focuses on the intersections of three key areas: (1) exploring the relationship between presidential rhetoric and political decision-making on college students’ racialized experiences (i.e., campus racial climate), (2) developing and expanding critical theories of race to interrogate the systemic manifestations of white supremacy in education contexts, and (3) examining the ways that college students respond to campus racism through activism and political engagement.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Campus racial climate, critical race, student activism, presidential rhetoric
