Melvin Rogers

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Melvin L. Rogers is an American political scientist. He is the Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brown University. [1]

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Rogers received a BA in Political Science from Amherst College in 1999, [2] an M.Phil in Political Thought and Intellectual History from the University of Cambridge in 2000 and a PhD in Political Science from Yale University in 2006. [1]

In 2023, Rogers received the James W.C. Pennington Award of Heidelberg University. The award, presented by the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) and the Faculty of Theology, is given to scholars who perform "ground-breaking research on Afro-American history." [3] He received the 2024 Ralph J. Bunche Award from the American Political Science Association for his book In The Darkened Light of Faith. [4]

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  1. 1 2 "Melvin Rogers | Political Science | Brown University". polisci.brown.edu. July 23, 2024.
  2. https://polisci.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/rogerspdf.pdf
  3. "Universität Heidelberg Confers James W.C. Pennington Award". www.uni-heidelberg.de.
  4. Nogueira, Clarissa (July 23, 2024). "Melvin Rogers Receives the 2024 Ralph J. Bunche Award for "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought" -".
  5. Rogers, Melvin L. "The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
  6. Harris, Kimberly Ann (October 30, 2025). "Melvin L. Rogers, The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought". Ethics. 136 (1): 189–193. doi:10.1086/736738 via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
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  8. Jones, William P. (October 30, 2024). "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought by Melvin L. Rogers, and: King: A Life by Jonathan Eig (review)". Dissent. 71 (1): 131–136 via Project MUSE.
  9. Bromell, Nick (October 1, 2025). "Book Review: The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and African American Political Thought, by Melvin L. Rogers". Political Theory. 53 (5): 743–749. doi:10.1177/00905917251325844 via SAGE Journals.
  10. Eisenach, Eldon J. (January 30, 2015). "The Public and Its Problems: An Essay in Political Inquiry, edited by John Dewey". American Political Thought. 4 (1): 172–176. doi:10.1086/679055 via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
  11. Elias, Sean (June 11, 2023). "African American political thought: a collected history: edited by Melvin L. Rogers and Jack Turner, Chicago, USA, and London, UK, The University of Chicago Press, 2021, 808 pp., $27.59 (paperback), ISBN 978-0226725918". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 46 (8): 1725–1728. doi:10.1080/01419870.2022.2114095 via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.