BIOSKETCH WILLIAM T. HOSTON, Ph.D., 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.Dr. Hoston teaches courses that examine the political behavior of Black politicians, race and minority group behavior, Black masculinity, sexualities and gender, race and crime, and theories and dynamics of racism and oppression. He uses a variety of teaching techniques that enrich his classes and motivate students to participate.Dr. Hoston's work traverses multiple genres, including editorials, essays, fiction, and poetry. He is the author or editor of 20-plus books, most recently: The Fight for Black Liberation, 2nd Edition (2025); The Crucial Conversation: Educating Through an Anti-Racist Lens (2022); Contemporary Debates in Social Justice (2021); Power to the People: The Time is Now, Vol. III (2020); and New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity: Critical Readings about the Black Experience in Trump's America (2nd Edition; 2019). His academic book, Toxic Silence, won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award in the 'LGBTQ Studies' category.He is currently working on four academic books: (1) The Quest for Justice: Activism at Prairie View A & M University (Eds); (2) ‘The Hill’ We Climbed: An Anthology on the History of Prairie View A&M University (Eds); (3) Black Profiles in Greatness: A Legacy of Prairie View A&M University, Vol. I. (Ed); and (4) From “The Hill” to The Hall: An Anthology on Prairie View Sports.In 2021, he became a co-editor of the Afro-Texans series at Texas Tech University Press. This series explores how African Americans fit, challenged, and expanded historical narratives concerning the general interpretation of Texan identity.