Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications//Working Papers

Nuamah, S.A. Working Paper. “The Punishment and Political Labor Paradox of Black Women.”

Nuamah, S.A. 2023. "Public Perceptions of Black Girls and their Punitive Consequences.” Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics (with Quinn Mulroy)

Nuamah, S.A. 2021. “Close to Home: Place-Based Mobilization in Racialized Contexts.” American Political Science Review (with Thomas Ogorzalek)

Nuamah, S.A. 2020 “The Cost of Participating while Poor and Black: Toward a Theory of Collective Participatory Debt.” Perspectives on Politics.

Nuamah, S.A. 2020. “Every Year They Ignore Us”: School Closures and Public Trust. Politics, Groups and Identities.

Nuamah, S.A. 2019. Who Governs? How Shifts in Political Power Shape Perceptions of Local Government Services. Urban Affairs Review (with Domingo Morel)

Nuamah, S. A. 2018. Achievement Oriented: Developing Positive Academic Identities for Girl Students at an Urban School. American Educational Research Journal.

Nuamah, S. A. 2017. The paradox of educational attitudes: Racial differences in public opinion on school closure. Journal of Urban Affairs.

Frempong, G., M. Visser, Nosisi Feza, L. Winnaar, and S. Nuamah. 2016. "Resilient learners in schools serving poor communities." Electronic journal of research in educational psychology.

Media based on above research: Health Affairs, Bloomberg/City Lab, National Education Policy Center, Salon.com, Harpers.com, Have You Heard Podcast, Nola.com, the74million, theWaltonSun, Dianeravitch.com, Stamford Advocate, New Books Network, Ufahamu Africa, Observer Research Foundation, Ms.Magazine, Forbes Women. 

Edited Volumes/Book Chapters:

Nuamah, S. A. 2023. Race, Art and the Legacy of Pan Africanism in Amoako: Soul of Black Folks.  Edited by Larry Ossei-Mensah. Museum of the African Diaspora. Cameron Books.

 Nuamah, S.A. 2020. The Limits of Individual Level Factors for Ghanaian and South African Girls Learning. Youth Challenges and Opportunity Pathways in and linked to West Africa. Eds. Palgrave Macmillan

 Nuamah, S.A. 2019. Race for Education: gender, white tone and schooling in South Africa by Mark Hunter.  Journal of Modern African Studies.  Nuamah, S.A.

Working Papers

Nuamah, S.A. Race, Gender and the Political Labor of Black Women, Under review.

Nuamah, S.A. How Punishment Shapes the Political Participation of Black Women, Preparing for Submission.

Nuamah, S.A., Leah Ouellet. “Black women’s Conceptions of Citizenship and Democracy” In progress

Nuamah, S.A. and Fortunate Ekwuruke. “Becoming an Empowered African Women.” In Progress