Melissa Harris-Lacewell is Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University. Her writings have been published in newspapers throughout the country. She has provided expert commentary on U.S. elections, racial issues, religious questions and gender issues for many television, radio and print sources both in the United States and around the world.

Welcome back for the 2008-2009 academic year. This fall Professor Harris-Lacewell is teaching two courses. The Politics of American Racial Health Disparities and Black Women's Political Activism. The syllabi are available at blackboard.princeton.edu. Politics department majors should sign up for advising. All departmental questions should be directed here.

• MSNBC:
Melissa Harris-Lacewell talks about Sarah Palin with Keith Olbermann

• October 6, 2008: Does Race Matter? Grad Valley State University