Samantha Davis has accepted a Mellon Post Doctoral Position at Oberlin College, beginning Fall 2022. This position, focusing on Black Political Thought, will be situated as a joint appointment in the Africana Studies and Politics departments at Oberlin. Samantha is currently completing a dissertation on the tradition of Black Statescraft, focusing on the thought of Toussaint L'Ouverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Frederick Douglass, and C.L.R. James.