Melissa V. Harris-Perry is professor of political science at Tulane University, where she is founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South. She previously served on the faculties of the University of Chicago and Princeton University. Her academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and to better understand the multiple, creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges. She is also an award winning author and appears regularly on MSNBC and other media venues.

I enjoy listening to Melissa Harris-Perry’s commentaries. She is fair, thoughtful, and insightful. Her articles and lectures are also worth checking out. Harris-Perry’s self-titled weekend program debuts on MSNBC this weekend (Feb 18, 2012)—Saturdays and Sundays from 10a-12p.

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Melissa Harris-Perry’s New MSNBC Weekend Show Has A Name: Melissa Harris-Perry

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