Nyron N. Crawford, PhD, is associate professor of political science and faculty fellow in the Public Policy Lab at Temple University. His research, teaching, and practice draw on political psychology to explore law and policy, especially as they relate to local and racialized public problems. His scholarly writing has been published, among other places, in the Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, Perspectives on Politics, Public Administration Quarterly, Urban Studies, and his popular writing has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Politico Magazine, and The Washington Post. He is also author of Marked Men: Black Politicians and the Racialization of Scandal (NYU Press 2024). Crawford earned his doctorate (and MA) in political science from The Ohio State University and a BA in the same from Howard University.