He's a professor of political science and African-American studies at the University of South Carolina.

NPR: A Local Perspective on the South Carolina Vote

Dr. MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL (Professor of Politics and African-American Studies, Princeton University): Oh, thanks for having me.

NPR: Assessing the Impact of Assassinations

Professor TODD SHAW (Political Science and African-American Studies, University of South Carolina): Hello.

NPR: A Local Perspective on the South Carolina Vote

The group includes a political scientist, the head of an African-American studies department, an English professor and a former city attorney.

WSJ: Can We Please Stop Talking About TV?

She's a professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University.

NPR: Assessing the Impact of Assassinations

"I've watched the Bronx burn and left for abandoned and now being slowly rebuilt, " said Mark Naison, a professor of African-American studies and history at Fordham University.

WSJ: A Shift in the South Bronx

Many of the doctors conducting the studies are African-American.

FORBES: Magazine Article

It was the function at Princeton Junction where Princeton University's Center for African American Studies hosted a first-ever academic conference called Ain't That a Groove: The Genius of James Brown.

NPR: A Tribute to James Brown

Ely is also a principal investigator for the African-American Roots Project, a nonprofit group that studies the genealogy of black Americans.

CNN: DNA provides clues to family's African heritage