Monique Newton
Program Area(s): American Politics; Methods
Regional Specialization(s): United States
Dissertation Title:
Worst Behavior: How Traumatic Events Impact Local Political Participation of Black Neighborhoods in the United States
Dissertation Committee: Rogers, Reuel (Chair); Burch, Traci; Nuamah, Sally; Druckman, James
Research Interest(s): American Politics, Black Political Behavior, Trauma, Collective Memory, Local Reparations, Urban Politics
Publications:
- Newton, Monique, and Matthew D. Nelsen. 2024. “The Politics of Expedience: Evanston, Illinois, and the Fight for Reparations.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 10(3): 114–39.
- Nelsen MD, Newton M, d’Urso AS. Forty Acres and a Mule: Symbolic Politics and the Pursuit for Black Reparations in the United States. Perspectives on Politics. Published online 2025:1-24. doi:10.1017/S1537592725000751
Conference Presentations:
- International Society of Political Psychology, In person. Newton, M July 2025, “Body of Lies: Collective Memory, Traumatic Events, and Collective Action during the Black Lives Matter Movement”
- Organizing Forum Conference, In person. Newton, M, May 2025, “Worst Behavior: How Traumatic Events Impact Local Political Participation of Black Neighborhoods in the United States”
- Towards Liberation Conference, In person. Newton, M, May 2025, “Body of Lies: Collective Memory, Traumatic Events, and Collective Action during the Black Lives Matter Movement
Honor(s) & Award(s):
- Presidential Fellowship
- Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
- APSA Public Scholarship Program 2022-2023
- TGS ODI Social Justice Mini-Grant
- APSA Minority Fellow
- APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Scholar