Adolphus G. Belk Jr. Explained
Adolphus G. Belk, Jr. is a political analyst and professor of political science and African American studies.[1] [2] He was born in New York to Mrs. Azalia Belk and Mr. Adolphus Belk, Sr. He currently teaches at Winthrop University with a focus on issues of race and politics.[3] [4] He also specializes in the "prison-industrial complex."[5] [6] He is a political commentator and has published in periodicals such as Time and Democrat.[7] He was a guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Race and Policy, in which he published twice.
Career
He was a double major, receiving a B.A. in African American Studies and a B.A. in Political Science from Syracuse University. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Maryland.
Publications
Guest editor
- Journal of Race and Policy - 2008
Published works
- “Peanuts, Pigs, Trash and Prisons: The Politics of Punishment in the Old Dominion and Sussex County,”
- A New Generation of Native Sons: Men of Color and the Prison-Industrial Complex, The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute - 2006 [8]
- Making It Plain : Deconstructing the Politics of the American Prison-Industrial Complex (thesis) - 2003[9]
TV appearances
- "Do South Carolina Primaries Foreshadow Shifting Political Priorities?"[10] PBS, 2006, (himself)
Notes and References
- Web site: Archives - Houston Chronicle. Chron.com. 19 August 2017.
- Web site: Clinton-Obama Quandary for Many Black Women. Katharine Q.. Seelye. 14 October 2007. 19 August 2017. The New York Times.
- http://faculty.winthrop.edu/belka/abjr.htm Winthrop University - Dr. Adolphus G. Belk, Jr
- Web site: Candidates Exchange Jabs at Democratic Debate. Npr.org. 19 August 2017.
- http://sentencingproject.org/detail/clearinghouse.cfm?clearinghouse_id=412 The Sentencing Project Clearinghouse Data - A New Generation of Native Sons: Men of Color & the Prison-Industrial Complex
- Web site: The Courier Online News&Notes - Volume 34, No. 12 - June 10, 2005. www.odu.edu. 19 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20100610072220/http://www.odu.edu/ao/instadv/vol34issue12/news.htm. 10 June 2010. dead.
- Web site: Blacks moving away from Clinton to Obama, poll shows. Thetandd.com. 19 August 2017.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2012-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140915153616/http://2025bmb.org/pdf/justice/menofcolor_prison.pdf . 2014-09-15 .
- Book: Belk, Adolphus G. Making it plain: deconstructing the politics of the American prison-industrial complex. 19 August 2017. 19 August 2017. Open WorldCat. 85589565.
- Web site: Do South Carolina Primaries Foreshadow Shifting Political Priorities? | PBS NewsHour | June 23, 2010 | PBS . . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140118185645/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june10/scarolina2_06-23.html . 2014-01-18 . dead .