Angelique M. Davis, J.D. is a tenured Professor of Political Science and Director of African and African American Studies at Seattle University. Her research concentrates on racial gaslighting, dehumanization, apologies, and reparations, the socio-legal 

construction of race, and the reinvention of white supremacy in the twenty-first century. Her published articles are in several journals, including the Journal of Black Studies, The Black Scholar, Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, and Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. She published a book chapter, Political Blackness: A Sociopolitical Construction of Blackness Post-Loving v. Virginia, in "Loving in a 'Post–Racial' World: New Legal Approaches to Interracial Marriages and Relationships" (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Her co-authored “Racial Gaslighting” article in Politics, Groups and Identities with Rose Ernst, Ph.D., won the Western Political Science Association’s 2019 Best Paper Award. Her most recent collaboration with Rose Ernst, Ph.D., is titled Racial Gaslighting: A Self-Help Approach to Racial Justice. They also have a Substack podcast, The Fifth Dimension, on the subject. 

She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington in 1999. She served as a federal law clerk and subsequently practiced law until she joined the faculty at Seattle University in 2005. In addition to her academic pursuits, Professor Davis served as a Commissioner on the Seattle Civil Service Commission (2013-2022), owns Exhale Professional Development & Consulting, and is a coach and campus workshop facilitator for the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). www.angeliquemdavis.com