Stacey Abrams, who ran twice for Georgia governor, has been appointed as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics at Howard University. 

Ronald W. Walters, Ph.D., was an internationally renowned scholar, activist, and expert on the African Diaspora. He died in 2010.

“Stacy Abrams has proven herself an essential voice and eager participant in protecting American democracy—not just for certain populations, but for everyone with the fundamental right to make voices heard,†said Wayne A.I. Frederick, Howard University president.

“I am honored to serve as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics, having had the privilege of knowing and learning from Dr. Walters,†said Abrams.

A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, she won the Democratic primary for Governor in 2018 and in 2020.

She lost both races to Republican Governor Brian Kemp.

Outside of politics, Abrams has found success as a fiction writer. Until 2021, she published her works under Selena Montgomery. She claims to have sold more than 100,000 copies of her novels. She wrote her first novel during her third year at Yale Law School and published her most recent book, While Justice Sleeps, a political thriller, in 2021.