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Professor
(b. September 25, 1941 - d. January 7, 2013)

• Affiliation(s)

  • Research Professor, Center for Political Studies

• Fields of Study

  • American Gorvernment and Politics
  • Public Policy and Administration
  • Race, Ethnicity and Politics

• About

  Professor Walton's principal areas of interest, at the moment, are African American Politics, presidential elections, and public policy.  His current book (due out this year) explores and analyzes the manner in which the political context variable impacts and influences the political behavior of the African American community.  His large scale work on commemorative public policies is presently in the data collection stage.  This work has been underway since 1983.

• Education

  • Howard University, Ph.D. (Government)
  • Atlanta University, M.A. (Political Science)
  • Morehouse College, A.B. (Political Science)

• Awards

  • AJPS Best Article Award for "One of Our Own: Black Female Candidates and the Voters Who Support Them," with Tasha Philpot (2007)
  • Outstanding Book Award, National Conference of Black Political Scientists (1998)
  • Howard University Distinguished Alumni Award

• Grants

  • NSF Grant for "Elite Communications and Racial Communication and Racial Group Conflict in the 21st Century," with Vincent Hutchings and Robert Mickey (2009-2012)
  • Presidential Election Mapping Study Grant, University of Michigan LS&A (2003-4)

• Presentations

  • Exploring the Effects of Implicit and Explicit Racial Cues on Blacks' Attitudes about Whites (co-author, MPSA, 2012)
  • The Early Political Partisanship of the Initial African American Voters After the Civil War (co-author, MPSA, 2011)
  • African American Voting After the Civil War in Presidential and Congressional Elections (co-author, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, 2010)

• Selected Publications:

• Books

  • (2012) American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom

• Book Chapters

  • (2011) "Dead Certain: The Election of Barack Obama and its Implications for Racial Politics", The Obama Phenomenon: Toward a Multiracial Democracy
  • (2010) "Continuity in Mayoral Power: The 2007 Reelection of Mayor Otis Johnson in Savannah, Georgia", African Americans in Georgia: A Reflection of Politics and Policy in the New South