Michael K. Fauntroy
Assistant Professor

mfauntro@gmu.edu
703-993-4987
703-993-8215 fax
George Mason School of Public Policy
3401 Fairfax Drive – MS 3B1
Arlington, VA 22201

Education
Ph.D, Howard University

M.A., Howard University

B.A., Howard University

Biography
Dr. Michael K. Fauntroy is an assistant professor at the George Mason School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses in civil rights policy, urban policy, and American government. Prior to joining the faculty in GMU, he was an analyst in American national government at the Congressional Research Service (CRS).At CRS, he provided research and consultations for members and committees of Congress. 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.

Fauntroy’s newest book, Republicans and the Black Vote, was published in April 2008 and analyzes the historical relationship between African Americans and the GOP.  He is also the author of Home Rule or House Rule? Congress and the Erosion of Local Governance in the District of Columbia.  He is currently research a book that examines the politics of federal civil rights enforcement.

A regular contributor to The Huffington Post, he has been published in The Washington Times, TomPaine.com, The Black Commentator, The Chicago Defender, The Topeka Capital Journal, and The Root. He has been quoted widely in print publications such as The Washington Post, USA Today, Newsday, Black Enterprise, The Washington Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and the Boston Globe.

He has been heard or seen on national radio and television networks such as ABC (World News Tonight), CBS (Evening News and Saturday Early Show), CNN (American Morning), MSNBC (Hardball), Fox News (Hannity and Colmes), NBC (Nightly News and Today), Comcast (Your Morning), National Public Radio (Talk of the Nation, Tell Me More, and News and Notes), Radio One, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Pacifica Radio, and XM Satellite Radio (POTUS '08).

A fourth-generation Washingtonian, Dr. Fauntroy resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife and children.

Areas of Research

• American Government and Politics
• Political Parties
• Race and Public Policy
• Civil Rights Policy
• Urban Policy
• District of Columbia Governance