Dr. Ashley C.J. Daniels (she/her) is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Irvine. She conducts research in the areas of Black Politics, Black feminist and Womanist theory, public opinion, and popular culture. Her writing has been featured in the Washington Post, the Washington and Baltimore Afro-American Newspaper, ForHarriet, the PHILLIS Journal for Research on African American Women, Political Science Today, and the National Review of Black Politics. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Daniels is the Project Director for the Black Girls Vote Research Network, the academic arm of Black Girls Vote, Inc. She is currently working on a book based on her doctoral dissertation from Howard University exploring the how Black sorority women evaluate and support Black women candidates.
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Ashley C.J. Daniels
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow – University of California,
Project Director – Black Vote Research Network