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Introduction :

Dr. Christina Greer is a political scientist and Associate Professor. She is also a political analyst, published author, and host.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

• Christina Greer was born on July 13, 1978, in New York, to parents Ted Greer (father) and Gloria Greer (mother).
• She has an older sister, Florencia Greer Polite, to whom she is very close.
• Christina grew up in a rural area in Illinois, but she frequently visited and lived with relatives working at Harvard University and Baltimore, Maryland. Christina’s mother encouraged this to help her experience something other than the environment of her home.
• Greer credits her parents with setting the foundation of her intellectual interests from an early age.
• After graduating from high school, Christina attended Tufts University in Massachusetts from 1996 to 2000. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Government.
• From 2001 to 2008, Christina attended Columbia University in New York. She graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science and Government.
• Her partner, Samuel Kelton Roberts Jr., is also an Associate Professor at Columbia.
• Currently, she resides in New York City.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

• Christina was a Coro New York Fellow from 2000 to 2001.
• From 2006 to 2009, she was a Mendenhall Pre-Doctoral Fellow and a Mellon Post Doctoral Fellow at Smith College.
• She has been working as an Assistant Professor at Fordham University since July 2009. Since July 2016, she has also been the associate chair of the Political Science department.
• Since January 2017, she has been the host and producer of The Aftermath on Ozy.com.
• In January 2018, Christina was named the New York University McSilver Institute Fellow.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

• Christina was named in the ’40 Under 40 Rising Stars’ List list of both New York City and State.
• Her research is centered on New York State politics, public opinion, black ethnic politics, urban politics, quantitative methods, Congress policies, and general American politics.
• Christina’s book Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream was published in 2013 by Oxford University Press. In the book, Greer studied the ethnically diverse black populations across the United States and coming from Africa and the Caribbean. She is also planning to write a second book at the moment.
• She has also been the co-host of the podcast FAQ-NYC, which focuses on New York City events.
• Christina also has a weekly column that she writes for one of the oldest black newspapers in the United States – The Amsterdam News.
• She is a sought-after political commentator and can usually be seen offering her expertise on MSNBC and NY1.
• Christina is passionate about justice and social issues, and to this effect, she is on the board of several organizations such as the Riders Alliance of New York, The Tenement Museum in New York City, the Centre for Community Change, the Human Services Council, and the Black Alliance for Just Immigration.

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