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Cedric Johnson is a Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland and is a member of UIC United Faculty Local 6456. His research focuses on racial and ethnic politics, African American political thought, neoliberalization, and urban governance. Johnson is renowned for his critiques of Black Lives Matter’s strategic limitations and his analysis of post-Katrina New Orleans’ neoliberal transformation.
Key publications include The Panthers Can’t Save Us Now (2022), Revolutionaries to Race Leaders (2007, winner of the 2008 W.E.B. DuBois Book Award), and The Neoliberal Deluge (2011). His work spans journals like Catalyst, Labor Studies, and Historical Materialism. Notable honors include the Daniel Singer Millennium Prize (2018) and the Jon Garlock Labor Educator of the Year (2008).
Johnson’s scholarship interrogates intersections of race, class, and urban policy, emphasizing systemic critiques of capitalism and policing. His theoretical contributions challenge romanticized views of Black Power while advocating for structural economic reforms. He has served as a labor educator, advising on issues of urban marginalization and neoliberalism’s impacts on marginalized communities.
