Michael K. Fauntroy

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Michael K. Fauntroy (born April 11, 1966) is an American public policy professor, columnist, and political commentator. He currently serves as an assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University (GMU), where he teaches graduate courses in urban policy and U.S. national policy systems and specializes in race and American politics. He is a regular media commentator on local and national issues and his commentary has been heard or seen on national radio and television networks such as The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, ABC News, Radio One, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and XM Satellite Radio. He has also appeared local radio and television stations in Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and Washington, D.C. He is also a weekly contributor to the Cliff Kelley Show on WVON-AMin Chicago.

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Fauntroy joined the faculty at GMU in 2002. Prior to joining GMU, he was an analyst in American national government at the Congressional Research Service,where he provided research and consultations for members and committees of Congress. His primary research area was District of Columbia governance and he authored or co-authored numerous reports and memoranda on a wide range of issues concerning the District. From 1993 to 1996, he was a civil rights analyst at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where he conducted research on major civil rights issues. He also monitored developments in selected civil rights areas such as voting rights and redistricting, and employment barriers to minorities and women at the highest levels of business.

Fauntroy has taught at numerous institutions including the University of the District of Columbia, Howard University, Trinity University, and American University. He taught the first course ever offered at Trinity on the politics and governance of the District of Columbia. He is an in-demand public speaker. Recent appearances include an appearance atDominican University on February 15, 2007, the Color Colorado Conference (sponsored by Progressive Majority) in Denver, Colorado on February on February 17, 2007, and at the Pre-Kwanzaa Festival in Chicago, Illinois in December 2006. He has also lectured abroad, most recently at the West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal.

Fauntroy's most recent book book, Republicans and the Black Vote was published in January 2007 and examined how the Republican Party has lost its African American support. It is a clear analysis of the ways in which the Republican Party has used political symbolism and policy positions to repel Black voters. He discussed the book on February 5, 2007 at the Progressive Majority in a session that has been aired on C-SPAN2. His first book, Home Rule or House Rule? Congress and the Erosion of Local Governance in the District of Columbia, was published in 2003. It examined the relationship between the U.S. government and the city of Washington, emphasizing the political disenfranchisement of the local residents of the nation’s capital.