Da’Von Boyd
Graduate School Student
Contact:
- 115 Prospect Street, Rosenkranz Hall
- davon.boyd@yale.edu
Education:
- B.A., Political Science (Summa Cum Laude), Morehouse College, 2017
- M.A., Political Science and African American Studies, Yale University, 2018
- M.Phil., Political Science and African American Studies, Yale University, 2021
- Beinecke Scholar
Fields of Interest:
- African American Political Theory
- Black Political Theology
- Religion in Social Movements
- Black Feminist Theory
Dissertation:
I aim for my dissertation to assess the political significance of Black religious traditions in shaping the political ideologies, practices, narratives, aims, tropes, and structures of Black-led social movements in the mid-twentieth century in the United States. Specifically, I focus on three organizations: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Nation of Islam. I contend that Black religious traditions constructed the philosophical, ethical, and political design of the Civil Rights movement and, subsequently, we ought to perceive the movement as constitutive of a pivotal epoch in the chronology of a divinely imbued and inspired Black freedom struggle.
Da’Von Boyd is a Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow at Williams College for the 2023-2025 academic years. He can be reached at dab9@williams.edu