In Memoriam: Dr. Boris E. Ricks, Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Passes Away –

This obituary includes excerpts from the California State University Northridge website.  Dr. Boris E. Ricks was an Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Northridge, since 2008. He passed away suddenly on September 5, 2024. Professor Ricks earned his M.A and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California in 2003. He completed his dissertation, “Black Elected Officials, Leadership Style and the Politics of Race: Los Angeles, 1963-2003,” under the mentorship of the late Dr. Michael Preston, WPSA’s first African American President. Within the American Political Science Association, Dr. Ricks held a number of leadership and committee positions. He began attending in the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference in 2008 and served as a track moderator starting in 2011-2014 for the Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Equality Track. He also served on the Teaching and Learning Conference Program Committee from 2012 through 2017, helping to organize the structure and content of the meetings. Ricks has served on the executive committee and an award committee of the Political Science Education Organized Section and an award committee of the Race, Ethnicity and Politics Organized Section. “We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Ricks. Boris was a...