James Justus

American Field Chair, PSGSC

> American Politics

PhD Student

University of Florida 

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James Justus is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of Florida. His major field is American Politics with a focus on race and ethnic politics. His research examines how social hierarchies, institutional power, and representation shape political participation, democratic inclusion, and policy outcomes affecting Black communities and other marginalized groups. Methodological training includes quantitative data analysis using RStudio and Excel. Recent work employs ecological regression on aggregated precinct-level data to analyze patterns of voter turnout in response to descriptive representation.