Rate My Professor Michael James

As a political theorist, Professor James focuses on contemporary democratic theory, theories of political representation, theories of immigration, and the philosophy of race. His research explores topics such as tribal sovereignty, intercultural dialogue, racial constituency in representation, the ontology of race, and rights-based arguments for immigration. Notable publications include "Tribal Sovereignty and the Intercultural Public Sphere" (1999), "Critical Intercultural Dialogue" (1999), "Communicative Action, Strategic Action, and Inter-Group Antagonism" (2003), "The Priority of Racial Constituency over Descriptive Representation" (2011), "The Political Ontology of Race" (2012, Polity), "Can the right to internal movement, residence, and employment ground a right to immigrate?" (2019), and "Spanish Citizenship and Responsibility for the Past: The Case of Sephardic Jews" (2020). These works have appeared in prestigious journals and contributed to ongoing academic debates in political theory. James has received the Class of 1956 Lectureship Award for Inspirational Teaching and has delivered invited lectures, including the Cotter Memorial Lecture, the Class of 1956 Award Lecture, and public forums on the transformation of immigration politics and policy. He continues to advance scholarship in these areas.