Philip V. McHarris (born December 4, 1992) is an American academic atYale University and writer.^[1][2]

McHarris has been a frequent contributor forThe New York Times,^[3]The Washington Post,^[4][5][6]Al Jazeera,^[7] andEssence^[8][9] regarding issues related torace,policing,housing, andsocial inequality. He has appeared onHBO,^[10]CNN,^[11]PBS,^[12]ABC News,^[13] andMSNBC.^[14] His commentary has also been featured inTime,^[15] theLos Angeles Times,^[16] andMTV.^[17]

McHarris has keynoted and spoken at universities across the country, includingHarvard University,^[18]Iona College,^[19]Boston College,^[20]Yale University Art Gallery,^[21] andPrinceton University.^[22]McHarris was also the recipient of theBoston College 31st Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Award.^[1][20] In 2020, he was selected as one of theRoot 100 most influential African Americans.^[23][24]

McHarris was born inBronx, New York, and grew up inNewark, New Jersey.^[1] McHarris attended high school atSaint Benedict's Preparatory School and received hisBachelor of Arts degree in sociology fromBoston College.^[20] McHarris received aMaster of Arts in sociology and African American studies fromYale University and aMaster of Philosophy in sociology andAfrican American studies fromYale University. He also attendedPrinceton University as a PhD exchange scholar. Philip McHarris is currently a PhD candidate atYale University in sociology and African American studies.^[25] McHarris' academic research focuses on race, policing, housing, inequality, and mass incarceration.^[3][26][27]

McHarris has frequently written and provided commentary on politics and social issues innews media outlets. He has appeared onCNN,^[11][28]PBS,^[12]ABC News,^[13]MSNBC,^[14] andAxios on HBO.^[10] His commentary has also been featured onBBC,^[29]Time,^[30]NPR,^[31] andNBC.^[32]

McHarris has been a frequent contributor forThe New York Times,^[3]The Washington Post,^[4][5][6]Slate,^[33]Al Jazeera,^[7] andEssence.^[8][9] His commentary has also appeared inTime,^[15]CNN,^[34] theLos Angeles Times,^[16] andMTV.^[17]

McHarris has been an advocate of theBlack Lives Matter movement and efforts to end police violence.^[35][36][37] He has advocated for divesting from policing and reinvesting funds into community resources and alternative safety and emergency response systems.^[4][3][12]

In 2012 while an undergraduate student atBoston College, McHarris organized a student rally (along with Ben St. Gerard) following thekilling of Trayvon Martin two months earlier.^[38] In 2015 McHarris was a co-founder of the NYC chapter ofBYP100, anAfrican American youth organization in the United States with the main focus oncommunity organizing, voter mobilization, and othersocial justice campaigns.^[39][40]

• McHarris, Philip V. (May 30, 2020)."No More Money for the Police".The New York Times.
• McHarris, Philip V. (May 28, 2020)."Why does the Minneapolis police department look like a military unit?".The Washington Post.
• McHarris, Philip V. (April 10, 2020)."Public Housing Residents May Be Some Of The Hardest Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak".Essence.
• Vargas, Robert; McHarris, Philip (January 8, 2016). "Race and State in City Police Spending Growth: 1980 to 2010".Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.3 (1):96–112.doi:10.1177/2332649216650692.S2CID 156271269.

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