Michael D. Royster
Associate Professor of Practice
Contact Information
Associate Professor of Practice and Graduate Program Coordinator
Office: 304A G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building
Phone: (936) 261-3221
Email: mdroyster@pvamu.edu
Education
- Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Candler School of Theology
Doctor of Ministry (2018) - Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
Master of Arts (2006)
Major: Sociology - Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX. Perkins School of Theology
Master of Divinity (2005) - Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
Bachelor of Arts (1992*)
Major: Mathematics
* Requirements were completed in the Fall 1992. At the time the University did not confer degrees during the Fall Term; therefore, the degree was conferred in the Spring 1993.
Selected Research Activities
Recent Scholarship:
- Royster, M.D. “From the Stand-Up Stage to Dropping Knowledge: Dick Gregory the Public Intellectual (1961-1974)” Journal of African American Studies vol. 30no. 1 (2026): 32-43 From the Stand-Up Stage to Dropping Knowledge: Dick Gregory the Public Intellectual (1961–1974) | Journal of African American Studies | Springer Nature Link
- Royster, M.D. “Get Over the Hump: The Mission of the Mothership” The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research vol. 56 no.1 (2026): 66-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/00064246.2025.2599732 .
- Royster, M.D. “The Last Poets, Martin, and Malcolm: The Nexus Between the Black Radical Tradition and the Arrival of Hip Hop” Words, Beats, and Life: Global Journal of Hip Hop Culture (accepted, in-production)
Awards
- A. Wade Smith Award for Teaching, Mentorship, and Service through Association of Black Sociologists
- Gomillion-Himes Award through Southern Sociological Society