William T. Hoston, Ph.D.

William T. Hoston, Ph.D. Professor
William T. Hoston, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science

Contact Information

Professor of Political Science
Office: 321 G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building
Phone: (936) 261-2557
Email: wihoston@pvamu.edu
Website: williamhoston.com

Teaching/Research Area of Interest

  • State Politics and Policy
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Black Masculinity
  • Sexualities and Gender
  • Theory & Dynamics of Racism and Oppression

Education

  • Ph. D., Political Science, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana (2007)
  • M.S., Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (1998)
  • B.G.S., General Studies, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana (1997)

Selection of Courses Taught

  • American Government
  • Texas Government
  • State and Local Politics
  • Urban Politics
  • Race and Ethnic Politics
  • Blacks in American Political Systems

Selected Research Activities

Academic Books:

  • Forthcoming.  Hoston, William T. The Fight for Black Liberation: Breaking the Political Strings in the Post-Trump Era. Santa Barbara, CA: Punctum Books.
  • 2022.  Hoston, William T., Laurette B. Foster, and Farrah G. Cambrice. (Eds.). The Crucial Conversation: Educating Through an Anti-Racist Lens. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. (1st Ed.)
  • 2021.  Cambrice, Farrah G., William T. Hoston, and Marco Robinson. (Eds.). Contemporary Debates in Social Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Exploring the Lives of Black and Brown Americans. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. (1st Ed.).
  • 2019.  (2nd Ed.) New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity: Critical Readings about the Black Experience in Trump’s America. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. (w/Randon R. Taylor)
  • 2018.  Listen To Me Now, or Listen To Me Later: A Memoir of Academic Success for College Students (3rd Ed.). Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
  • 2018. Toxic Silence: Race, Black Gender Identity, and Addressing the Violence against Black Transgender Women in Houston.  New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
    • 2019 Lambda Literary Award Winner in the LGBTQ Studies category
  • 2018. (1st Ed.) New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity: Critical Readings about the Black Experience in Trump’s America. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
  • 2016. Race and the Black Male Subculture: The Lives of Toby Waller.  New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • 2014.  Black Masculinity in the Obama Era: Outliers of Society.  New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Special Issue of Journal Edited:

  • 2023.  Guzman, Will, William T. Hoston, Malachi Crawford, and Marco Robinson. (Eds.). “The Social, Cultural, and Political Contours of the Black and Brown Experience in the Bayou City.” Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South. Special Edition v. 30, n. 1

Books in Preparation:

  • Prairie View A & M University and the Quest for Justice. (w/ Will Guzman, Eds.) In Progress. (Under Contract w/ Texas Tech University Press)
  • ‘The Hill’ We Climbed: An Anthology on the History of Prairie View A&M University. (w/ Will Guzman, Eds.) In Progress. (Under Contract w/ Texas A&M University Press)
  • Black Profiles in Greatness: A Legacy of Prairie View A&M University.  In Progress. (Under Contract w/ Texas Tech University Press)
  • From “The Hill” to The Hall: Profiles of Prairie View Sports. In Progress.
  • We Must All Be Kunta Kinte’s: A Reader on Black Masculinity. In Progress.

Selected Service Activities

  • Interim Associate Dean, Brailsford College of Arts & Sciences, 2019 – 2021
  • Inaugural Director, The Mellon Center for Faculty Excellence, 2020 – 2023

*Academic course instruction is not affected by the passage of SB 17. The law specifically states that its limitations may not be construed to apply scholarly research or a creative work by an institution of higher education’s students, faculty, or other research personnel or the dissemination of that research or work. This page reference is to specific research interest of a professor, Dr. William T. Hoston.*