Juliet Hooker

When Hooker was a girl, her family moved from the Afro-Caribbean coast of Nicaragua to its capital and largest city, Managua.{{Cite journal |last=Rodríguez Mega |first=Emiliano |date=2021-12-13 |title=How the mixed-race mestizo myth warped science in Latin America |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=600 |issue=7889 |pages=374–378 |doi=10.1038/d41586-021-03622-z|bibcode=2021Natur.600..374R |s2cid=245188744 |doi-access=free }}

Hooker obtained a BA in political science from Williams College in 1994.{{cite web |url=https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jhooker1 |title=Researchers@Brown: Juliet Hooker, Professor of Political Science |publisher=Brown University |access-date=15 February 2020}} She then studied government at Cornell University, earning an MA in 1998 and a PhD in 2001. After receiving her PhD, she became a Rockefeller Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin in 2001, and then a member of the faculty there in 2002. She remained there until 2017, when she moved to Brown University.

In addition to book chapters as well as journal articles in outlets like Political Theory{{cite journal |first=Juliet |last=Hooker |title=Black Lives Matter and the Paradoxes of U.S. Black Politics: From Democratic Sacrifice to Democratic Repair |journal=Political Theory |volume=44 |issue=4 |date=4 April 2016 |pages=448⁠–469 |doi=10.1177/0090591716640314|s2cid=147874563 }} and the Journal of Latin American Studies,{{cite journal |first=Juliet |last=Hooker |title=Indigenous Inclusion/Black Exclusion: Race, Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship in Latin America |journal=Journal of Latin American Studies |volume=37 |issue=2 |date=May 2005 |pages=285⁠–310 |doi=10.1017/S0022216X05009016|hdl=2152/6086 |s2cid=21129378 |hdl-access=free }} Hooker has written three books: Race and the Politics of Solidarity (2009), Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and Vasconcelos (2017), and Black Grief/White Grievance (2023). In Race and the Politics of Solidarity, Hooker argues that rhetoric of solidarity and multiculturalism can hinder both political theory and public policy in addressing racial injustice, specifically by obfuscating the way that racial hierarchies continue to be constructed and imposed on people.{{cite journal |first=Alexandre Emboaba |last=Da Costa |title=Race and the Politics of Solidarity - Hooker, Juliet |journal=Bulletin of Latin American Research |volume=30 |issue=2 |date=2011 |pages=243–244 |doi=10.1111/j.1470-9856.2010.00515.x}} The book uses Government of Nicaragua policies promoting multiculturalism as a case to argue that racial categories are unignorable in any theory of justice which can successfully challenge white supremacy. The political scientist Bruce Baum wrote that Hooker "makes a valuable contribution to multicultural theory, critical race theory, democratic theory, and the study of Latin American politics" and that her most innovative contribution is "how she brings all of these literatures into a fruitful dialogue".{{cite journal |first=Bruce |last=Baum |title=Review Race and the Politics of Solidarity. By Juliet Hooker. (Oxford University Press, 2009.) |journal=The Journal of Politics |volume=72 |issue=2 |date=April 2010 |pages=599⁠–599 |doi=10.1017/S0022381609990983}}

Hooker's second book, Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and Vasconcelos, was published in 2017. The book examines the political philosophy of Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and José Vasconcelos, in order to study the political theory of race in the Americas.{{cite journal |first=Andrea J. |last=Pitts |title=Review of Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and Vasconcelos |journal=Critical Philosophy of Race |volume=6 |issue=1 |year=2018 |pages=109⁠–119|doi=10.5325/critphilrace.6.1.0109 }}{{cite web |url=https://newbooksnetwork.com/juilet-hooker-theorizing-race-in-the-americas-douglass-sarmiento-du-bois-and-vasconcelos-oxford-up-2017/ |title=Juliet Hooker, Theorizing Race in the Americas |publisher=New Books Network |date=28 August 2017 |access-date=15 February 2020}} The philosopher Andrea J. Pitts wrote that, "while the book itself offers a compelling set of analyses regarding race, national and pan-national identities, and democratic theory, it is Hooker's scope, methodological innovativeness, and theoretical complexity that make the work exceptional." In a review of the work, political theorist Saladin Ambar wrote that it could be understood as part of a project by thinkers like Hooker, Michael Hanchard, Robin Kelley, and Pap Ndiaye to develop transnational theories of race informed by international political developments.{{cite journal |first=Saladin |last=Ambar |title=Book Review: Juliet Hooker. Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and Vasconcelos. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. Pp ix+296. $53.00. |journal=American Political Thought |volume=7 |issue=3 |year=2018 |pages=535⁠–538 |doi=10.1086/698489|s2cid=158421876 }}

For Theorizing Race in the Americas, Hooker received the American Political Science Association's 2018 Ralph J. Bunche Award, which is awarded each year to "the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism".{{cite web |url=https://www.apsanet.org/PROGRAMS/APSA-Awards/Ralph-J-Bunche-Award |title=Ralph J. Bunche Award |publisher=American Political Science Association |year=2019 |access-date=15 February 2020}} The award committee wrote that the book is "beautifully written, theoretically rich, and methodologically innovative".{{cite news |title=Juliet Hooker — 2018 Ralph J. Bunche Award Recipient |url=https://politicalsciencenow.com/juliet-hooker-2018-ralph-j-bunche-award-recipient/ |date=27 August 2018 |work=Political Science Now |access-date=15 February 2020}}

Hooker has served in significant service positions in political science, including several committees of the American Political Science Association.{{cite web |url=https://www.apsanet.org/ABOUT/Governance/Committees/Governance-Committees |title=Governance committees |publisher=American Political Science Association |year=2020 |access-date=15 February 2020}} Hooker has also written for media outlets like The Chronicle of Higher Education{{cite news |title=What's Wrong With Inequality Studies? |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-s-Wrong-With-Inequality/235900/?key=piIwZGSReMWgrhtqcjqGohsJzC_WeMVsI_hvtUHI1v5RWTNGcVdLcFE2RHlJSXZUU3pIbHpjODVsRC1vYm9NTk1wazVqT1p4alg0 |date=3 April 2016 |work=The Chronicle of Higher Education |last1=Hooker |first1=Juliet |last2=Tillery Jr. |first2=Alvin B. |access-date=15 February 2020}} and the North American Congress on Latin America,{{cite news |title=A Hemispheric Approach to Contemporary Black Activism |url=https://nacla.org/news/2017/03/20/hemispheric-approach-contemporary-black-activism |date=20 March 2017 |work=North American Congress on Latin America |first1=Larnies A. |last1=Bowen |first2=Ayanna |last2=Legros |first3=Tianna |last3=Paschel |first4=Geísa |last4=Mattos |first5=Kleaver |last5=Cruz |first6=Juliet |last6=Hooker |access-date=15 February 2020}} and she has been featured on the radio station KPFA{{cite web |url=https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-june-7-2017/ |title=Frederick Douglass on Race and Democracy |publisher=KPFA |year=2017 |access-date=15 February 2020}} and the show White House Chronicle on WETA.{{cite news |title=What to watch this weekend: 'Duncanville' premieres on Fox |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/what-to-watch-this-weekend-duncanville-premieres-on-fox/2020/02/14/2358c57e-4e83-11ea-b721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html |date=15 February 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Zafar |first=Nina |access-date=15 February 2020}} Her work has been cited or described in media outlets like The Washington Post,{{cite news |title=Who is David Clarke Jr.? And why are so many Republicans excited about this Democrat? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/18/who-is-david-clarke-jr-and-why-are-so-many-republicans-excited-about-this-democrat/ |date=18 July 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |last=Ross |first=Janell |access-date=15 February 2020}} the Atlanta Black Star,{{cite news |title=How Afro-Nicaraguans Suffer Through the 'Taboo' Subject of Racism |url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2017/07/30/afro-nicaraguans-suffer-taboo-subject-racism/ |date=30 July 2017 |work=Atlanta Black Star |last=Nittle |first=Nadra |access-date=15 February 2020}} and the Havana Times.{{cite news |title=Juliet Hooker: "People Don't Imagine that a Nicaraguan could be Black" |url=https://havanatimes.org/interviews/juliet-hooker-people-dont-imagine-that-a-nicaraguan-could-be-black/ |date=25 July 2017 |work=Havana Times |last=Vilchez |first=Danae |access-date=15 February 2020}}

• "Indigenous Inclusion/Black Exclusion: Race, Ethnicity and Multicultural Citizenship in Latin America", Journal of Latin American Studies (2005)
• Race and the Politics of Solidarity (2009)
• Theorizing Race in the Americas: Douglass, Sarmiento, Du Bois, and Vasconcelos (2017)

• Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association (2018)

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