Eugene B. Lee-Johnson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College in Baton Rouge and an Adjunct Professor at Dillard University in New Orleans. Eugene's primary research interests lie within American Politics and how political behaviors and group identity are structured by race and gender, specifically looking at Black Women in leadership roles (in social movements and political office). Eugene combines social movement literature and gender and politics literature to understand what vehicles of change Black women value the most. Eugene also uses major themes in hip-hop music to introduce students to core political issues of race and racism; sexism and gender; inequality and class; and history, power, and culture. Eugene received his Bachelor's degree (Political Science) and his Master's Degree (Social Sciences) from Southern University – Baton Rouge and his Doctor of Philosophy from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Eugene also uses his extensive non-profit experience and social justice activism to foster his development as a political scientist. While trained as a political scientist, his scholarship on African American history and intersectionality seek to push beyond disciplinary constraints to think more holistically about the lives and experiences of Black people, but most importantly, Black women.