Philip McHarris

Philip V. McHarris (born December 4, 1992) is an American academic at Yale University and writer.^[1][2]

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times,^[3] The Washington Post,^[4][5][6] Al Jazeera,^[7] and Essence^[8][9] regarding issues related to race, policing, housing, and social inequality. He has appeared on HBO,^[10] CNN,^[11] PBS,^[12] ABC News,^[13] and MSNBC.^[14] His commentary has also been featured in Time,^[15] the Los Angeles Times,^[16] and MTV.^[17]

McHarris has keynoted and spoken at universities across the country, including Harvard University,^[18] Iona College,^[19] Boston College,^[20] Yale University Art Gallery,^[21] and Princeton University.^[22] McHarris was also the recipient of the Boston College 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award.^[1][20] In 2020, he was selected as one of the Root 100 most influential African Americans.^[23][24]

Early life and education

McHarris was born in Bronx, New York, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey.^[1] McHarris attended high school at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Boston College.^[20] McHarris received a Master of Arts in sociology and African American studies from Yale University and a Master of Philosophy in sociology and African American studies from Yale University. He also attended Princeton University as a PhD exchange scholar. Philip McHarris is currently a PhD candidate at Yale University in sociology and African American studies.^[25] McHarris' academic research focuses on race, policing, housing, inequality, and mass incarceration.^[3][26][27]

Media

McHarris has frequently written and provided commentary on politics and social issues in news media outlets. He has appeared on CNN,^[11][28] PBS,^[12] ABC News,^[13] MSNBC,^[14] and Axios on HBO.^[10] His commentary has also been featured on BBC,^[29] Time,^[30] NPR,^[31] and NBC.^[32]

McHarris has been a frequent contributor for The New York Times,^[3] The Washington Post,^[4][5][6] Slate,^[33] Al Jazeera,^[7] and Essence.^[8][9] His commentary has also appeared in Time,^[15] CNN,^[34] the Los Angeles Times,^[16] and MTV.^[17]

Politics and activism

McHarris has been an advocate of the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts to end police violence.^[35][36][37] He has advocated for divesting from policing and reinvesting funds into community resources and alternative safety and emergency response systems.^[4][3][12]

In 2012 while an undergraduate student at Boston College, McHarris organized a student rally (along with Ben St. Gerard) following the killing of Trayvon Martin two months earlier.^[38] In 2015 McHarris was a co-founder of the NYC chapter of BYP100, an African American youth organization in the United States with the main focus on community organizing, voter mobilization, and other social justice campaigns.^[39][40]

Publications and works

• McHarris, Philip V. (May 30, 2020). "No More Money for the Police". The New York Times.
• McHarris, Philip V. (May 28, 2020). "Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?". The Washington Post.
• McHarris, Philip V. (April 10, 2020). "Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak". Essence.
• Vargas, Robert; McHarris, Philip (January 8, 2016). "Race and State in City Police Spending Growth: 1980 to 2010". Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 3 (1): 96–112. doi:10.1177/2332649216650692. S2CID 156271269.

External links

• Official website

References