BIO
I just want to be an example. Many have come before me, and hopefully, those that come after will be inspired by the example that I have set.
Dr. William T. Hoston Sr. is an award-winning scholar and author who hails from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a tenured full professor of political science at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU).
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His research examines minority voting behavior; the political behavior of Black elected officials; race and minority group politics; Black masculinity; sexualities, gender, and politics; race and crime; and the theories and dynamics of racism and oppression. Dr. Hoston’s scholarship and writing span multiple genres, including editorials, essays, fiction, and poetry.
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In 2013, he released the documentary, "Black Dot in a White World: Critical Discourse Among Black Males in the Obama Era."
He is the author or editor of 20-plus books, most recently, From “The Hill” to “The Hall”: An Anthology on Prairie View Sports (2026); The Fight for Black Liberation (2025), and The Crucial Conversation (2022). His academic book, Toxic Silence (2018), which examined the deaths of Black trans women, won the Lambda Literary Award (Lammys) for LGBTQ Studies in 2019.
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Dr. Hoston is currently working on four academic books under the Prairie View History Book Series: (1) Justice on "The Hill": Activism at Prairie View A & M University (Eds.); (2) The Hill We Climbed: Prairie View A&M University (Eds.); (3) Black Profiles in Greatness (Ed.); and (4) Billy's Boys (Monograph). See Hoston's CV.
In 2021, he became a co-editor of the Afro-Texans series at Texas Tech University Press.
