Dr. Gooding investigates the power of place, race, and nation-based identities to shape political engagement. His work examines these relationships among dominant groups in the society, political elites seeking to define and defend the boundaries of the society, as well as newcomers and groups that have traditionally been cast to the periphery of the society.
He is currently developing a book manuscript tentatively entitled Tightrope: Black Immigration and the Navigation of U.S. Politics. The project traces how conceptions of racial and national belonging shape the experience, attitudes, and behaviors of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in distinct social and political contexts.
Selected research from Dr. Gooding is included below.
