Joe Lowndes

Joe Lowndes is a scholar of American politics with a specific focus on right-wing politics, populism, and race. Among other publications, he is the author of From the New Deal to the New Right: Race and the Southern Origins of Modern Conservatism (Yale University Press), and co-author with Daniel Martinez HoSang of Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity (University of Minnesota Press).

Along with scholarly work, he is frequently published in public venues, including the Washington Post and The New Republic. His work has been cited in The New York Times, The New Yorker Magazine, The Guardian, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. He has also been interviewed on National Public Radio, MSNBC, BBC Radio 4, and Al Jazeera.

Lowndes is a Visiting Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College. Before coming to Hunter, he was a Professor of Political Science at the University of Oregon. He holds a PhD in Political Science from The New School for Social Research.