Dr. Jasmine Noelle Yarish is a dynamic scholar of political science whose research and teaching explore abolitionist democracy, racial capitalism, and Black feminist political thought, while actively shaping civic education and global studies at the University of the District of Columbia.
Experience
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science with Graduate Certificates in Global Studies & Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Master of Arts in Political Theory, with Distinction, University of Essex Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with High Honors, Hobart & William Smith Colleges Bachelor of Arts in French & Francophone Studies, Magna Cum Laude, Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Roles
Chair, Political Science Program Curriculum Committee, University of the District of Columbia, 2020-Present Member, Task Force JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion), DACOR, 2023-Present Co-Coordinator, Conference Local Organizing Committee, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2021-22
Courses Taught
Political Ideologies Politics of Prison Abolition Political Visions of the City Intro to Global Studies Globalization & Archives Capitalism & Modernity Political Science Research Methods Senior Seminar: Black Feminist Political Thought Discovery Civics US History (Before and Since 1865)
Expertise
PI of "Global Archives in DC" Lab Quality Matters Certified Course Builder
Research Focus / Works in Progress
Abolition as democratic theory; racial capitalism; Black feminist political thought; urban-rural continuum; discourse analysis; archival methodology
Leadership
Secretary, University of the District of Columbia Faculty Senate, 2024-25 ELEVATE Fellow, Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions, 2024 Myrtilla Miner Faculty Fellow, Center for the Advancement of Learning at the University of the District of Columbia, 2023-24 Diversity Scholar, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, 2023-24 Faculty Coordinator, University of the District of Columbia Global Studies Concentration, 2021-24
Impact
Selected Publications
Yarish, J.N. (2024). Creolization between horror and science fiction: Get out and the era of a third reconstruction. In M. Paradiso-Michau (Ed.), Creolizing Frankenstein. Roman & Littlefield International.
Briscoe, C., & Yarish, J.N. (2023). Prioritizing racial theory and political economy in our teaching / Review of Charles Booker’s From the Hood to the Holler. Political Science Educator, 26(2).
Yarish, J.N. (2021). Seeding a Black feminist future on the horizon of a third reconstruction: The abolitionist politics of self-care in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy, 42, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2021.1870089
Yarish, J.N. (2019). From ‘empty lands’ to ‘empty signifiers’: Nativism, race, gender, and populist nationalism. In D.E. Johnson & F. Lopez-Alvés (Eds.), Populist nationalism in comparative perspective: Europe and the Americas. Routledge.
Yarish, J.N. (2018). #IfIDieInPoliceCustody: Neo-abolitionism, new social media, and queering the politics of respectability. National Political Science Review, 19(2).
Selected Presentations
Yarish, J.N. (2024). Craftivism as feminism, bricolage as abolitionism, and the 2018 candidacy of Paula Jean Swearengin. CraftNOW Connectivity Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Yarish, J.N. (2024). Non-partisan and no-blame: A civic education resource to meet the moment.American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Yarish, J.N. (2024). Connecting the archival dots: Reimagining course constructon across the social sciences. Gordan Cain Conference at the Science History Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Selected Grants
Humanities D.C. (2022). Global archives in D.C. American Political Science Association. (2022). Centennial center research grant. American Political Science Association. (2022). Advancing research for early career scholars.
Recognitions
Minority-Serving Institution Virtual Book Workshop Award, American Political Science Association, 2022 Teacher of Promise Award, UDC, 2022 Alex Willingham Best Political Theory Paper Award, National Conference of Black Political Science, 2020
Invited Participations
Yarish, J.N. (2023). Educating leaders for global challenges. Career Opportunities in International Relations, Washington, D.C.
Yarish, J.N. (2023). Reconstructing home: Abolition democracy, the city, and Black feminist political thought revisited.Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Sacramento, California.
Yarish, J.N. (2022). Racial capitalism series. Philadelphia Democratic Socialists of America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
