Mark Sawyer
Director, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science

POLITICAL SCIENCE
Area of Expertise: Race and politics; African American political involvement; youth and politics; post-revolutionary Cuba; race, gender and politics in the Caribbean
Biography
Mark Sawyer, associate professor of political science and director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Politics, is a regularly cited expert on variety of political topics, including African American and ethnic politics, youth voters, political debates, and local and national elections in the U.S.
In addition, Sawyer is an expert on post-revolutionary Cuban race relations and racial politics and on the societal barriers faced by Afro-Cubans. His research has also explored the intersection of race and gender throughout the Caribbean.
Sawyer can give interviews in both English and Spanish.
Media Contacts
Letisia Marquez, 310-206-3986
lmarquez@support.ucla.edu Meg Sullivan,
310-825-1046
msullivan@support.ucla.edu






